NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series events have been held annually at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 1969. Traditionally, the track held two Cup Series races, one in June, around Father's Day weekend and another in August. The August race was not held in 1973 after track owner Roger Penske replaced the race with a Champ Car event.^[1] In 2020, both races were held over a single weekend in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the June race was dropped from the schedule as part of a realignment, with its place on the schedule being given to Texas Motor Speedway to host the All-Star Race.

FireKeepers Casino 400

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Michigan International Speedway
Location	Brooklyn, Michigan, United States
Corporate sponsor	Firekeepers Casino
First race	1969 (1969)
Distance	400 miles (643.738 km)
Laps	200 (Stage 1: 45 Stage 2: 75 Final stage: 80)
Previous names	August race: Yankee 600 (1969) Yankee 400 (1970–1972, 1974) Champion Spark Plug 400 (1975–1993) GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 (1994–1996) DeVilbiss 400 (1997) Pepsi 400 Presented by DeVilbiss (1998) Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer (1999–2001) Pepsi 400 Presented by Farmer Jack (2002) GFS Marketplace 400 (2003–2006) 3M Performance 400 (2007) 3M Performance 400 Presented by Bondo (2008) Carfax 400 (2009–2010) Pure Michigan 400 (2011–2017) June race: Motor State 500 (1969) Motor State 400 (1970–1973, 1975) Motor State 360 (1974) Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 (1976–1977) Gabriel 400 (1978–1983) Miller High Life 400 (1984, 1988–1989) Miller 400 (1985, 1996–1997) Miller American 400 (1986–1987) Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995) Miller Lite 400 (1998) Kmart 400 (1999–2001) Sirius Satellite Radio 400 (2002) Sirius 400 (2003) DHL 400 (2004) Batman Begins 400 (2005) 3M Performance 400 Presented by Post-it Picture Paper (2006) Citizens Bank 400 (2007) LifeLock 400 (2008–2009) Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 (2010–2011) Quicken Loans 400 (2012–2015)
Most wins (driver)	David Pearson Kevin Harvick (5)
Most wins (team)	Roush Fenway Racing (14)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ford (44)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Turns	4

The races have had many different corporate sponsors over the years and the 2022 event was known as the FireKeepers Casino 400. Chris Buescher is the defending winner of the race.

Past winners

June

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Race distance		Race time	Average speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
1969	June 15	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	60-Minute Cleaners	Mercury	250	500 (804.672)	3:35:26	139.254	Report
1970	June 7	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	60-Minute Cleaners	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:53:02	138.302	Report
1971	June 13	12	Bobby Allison	Holman-Moody	Coca-Cola	Mercury	197	401.88 (646.763)	2:41:13	149.567	Report
1972	June 11	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:43:40	146.639	Report
1973	June 24	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:36:22	153.485	Report
1974	June 16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Dodge	180*	360 (579.363)	2:48:46	127.098	Report
1975	June 15	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	3:02:39	131.398	Report
1976	June 20	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:50:02	141.148	Report
1977	June 19	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:57:44	135.033	Report
1978	June 18	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	200	400 (643.737)	2:40:28	149.563	Report
1979	June 17	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy	Spectra	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:56:44	135.798	Report
1980	June 15	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Melling Tool	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	3:02:05	131.808	Report
1981	June 21	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Hardee's	Buick	200	400 (643.737)	3:03:47	130.589	Report
1982	June 20	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Valvoline	Buick	200	400 (643.737)	3:23:13	118.101	Report
1983	June 19	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Hardee's	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:53:00	138.728	Report
1984	June 17	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:58:10	134.705	Report
1985	June 16	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:45:48	144.724	Report
1986	June 15	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:53:21	138.851	Report
1987	June 28	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:41:40	148.454	Report
1988	June 26	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Kodiak	Pontiac	200	400 (643.737)	2:36:18	153.551	Report
1989	June 25	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:38	139.023	Report
1990	June 24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:39:46	150.219	Report
1991	June 23	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Havoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:29:09	160.912	Report
1992	June 21	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Havoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:37:12	152.672	Report
1993	June 20	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Tide	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:41:38	148.484	Report
1994	June 19	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller Genuine Draft	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	3:11:58	125.022	Report
1995	June 18	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:58:58	134.141	Report
1996	June 23	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:24:23	166.033	Report
1997	June 15	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:36:31	153.338	Report
1998	June 14	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:31:14	158.695	Report
1999	June 13	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:17:56	173.997	Report
2000	June 11	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	The Home Depot	Pontiac	194*	388 (624.425)	2:41:45	143.926	Report
2001	June 10	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	DuPont	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:58:50	134.203	Report
2002	June 16	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	DeWalt	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:35:01	154.822	Report
2003	June 15	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	3:02:54	131.219	Report
2004	June 20	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Alltel	Dodge	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:18	139.292	Report
2005	June 19	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	National Guard/Charter	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:39:22	150.596	Report
2006	June 18	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge Dealers/UAW/Click	Dodge	129*	258 (415.21)	2:10:19	118.788	Report
2007	June 17	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Office Depot	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:42:05	148.07	Report
2008	June 15	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	203*	406 (653.393)	2:47:34	145.375	Report
2009	June 14	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	CarQuest/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:34:21	155.491	Report
2010	June 13	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	FedEx Ground	Toyota	200	400 (643.737)	2:33:28	156.386	Report
2011	June 19	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	FedEx Office	Toyota	200	400 (643.737)	2:36:50	153.029	Report
2012	June 17	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Diet Mountain Dew/The Dark Knight Rises/National Guard	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:29	139.144	Report
2013	June 16	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	3M Give Kids a Smile	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:19	139.278	Report
2014	June 15	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:47:19	143.441	Report
2015*	June 14	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	HAAS Automation	Chevrolet	138*	276 (444.179)	2:21:55	116.688	Report
2016	June 12	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:58:47	134.241	Report
2017	June 18	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Cars 3/Target/Cottonelle	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:47:24	143.369	Report
2018	June 10	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	HAAS 30 Years of the VF1	Ford	133*	266 (428.085)	2:00:15	132.723	Report
2019	June 10*	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	203*	406 (653.393)	2:52:50	140.945	Report
2020	August 8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Busch Light Apple	Ford	161*	322 (518.208)	2:34:55	124.712	Report

August

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
1969	August 17	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	N/A	Ford	165*	330 (531.083)	2:51:25	115.508	Report
1970	August 16	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Ray Nichels	Dow Chemical Company	Dodge	197	401.8 (646.737)	2:48:32	147.571	Report
1971	August 16	12	Bobby Allison	Holman-Moody	Coca-Cola	Mercury	197	401.88 (646.763)	2:40:54	149.862	Report
1972	August 20	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:58:31	134.416	Report
1973	Not held
1974	August 25	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	3:00:23	133.045	Report
1975	August 24	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Dodge	200	400 (643.737)	3:43:05	107.583	Report
1976	August 22	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	2:51:20	140.078	Report
1977	August 22*	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Gatorade	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:53:59	137.944	Report
1978	August 20	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	200	400 (643.737)	3:05:14	129.566	Report
1979	August 19	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	3:04:05	130.376	Report
1980	August 17	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Busch	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:45:07	145.352	Report
1981	August 16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Buick	200	400 (643.737)	3:14:24	123.457	Report
1982	August 22	88	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Gatorade	Buick	200	400 (643.737)	2:45:53	136.454	Report
1983	August 21	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Hardee's	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:42:42	147.511	Report
1984	August 12	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Budweiser	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:35:59	153.863	Report
1985	August 11	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:54:38	137.43	Report
1986	August 17	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:57:28	135.376	Report
1987	August 16	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:53:06	138.648	Report
1988	August 21	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Havoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:33:00	156.863	Report
1989	August 20	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Kodiak	Pontiac	200	400 (643.737)	2:32:11	157.704	Report
1990	August 19	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Folgers	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:53	138.822	Report
1991	August 18	21	Dale Jarrett	Wood Brothers Racing	CITGO	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:51:34	142.972	Report
1992	August 16	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Motorsports	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	200	400 (643.737)	2:47:46	146.056	Report
1993	August 15	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Valvoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:46:01	144.564	Report
1994	August 21	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Exide Batteries	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:51:32	139.914	Report
1995	August 20	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:32:09	157.739	Report
1996	August 18	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:51:41	139.792	Report
1997	August 17	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Valvoline	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	3:09:09	126.883	Report
1998	August 16	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	DuPont	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:37:54	151.995	Report
1999	August 22	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	200	400 (643.737)	2:46:17	144.332	Report
2000	August 20	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller Lite	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	3:01:00	132.597	Report
2001	August 19	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Coors Light	Dodge	162*	324 (521.427)	2:18:21	140.513	Report
2002	August 18	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	UPS	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:50:45	140.556	Report
2003	August 17	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Alltel	Dodge	200	400 (643.737)	3:08:31	127.31	Report
2004	August 22	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	National Guard/Justice League Unlimited/The Flash	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:52:35	139.063	Report
2005	August 21	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	200	400 (643.737)	2:49:33	141.551	Report
2006	August 20	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	DeWalt	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:57:39	135.097	Report
2007	August 21*	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Miller Lite	Dodge	203*	406 (653.393)	2:55:55	117.012	Report
2008	August 17	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Office Depot	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:51:00	140.351	Report
2009	August 16	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team	Red Bull	Toyota	200	400 (643.737)	3:02:28	131.531	Report
2010	August 15	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:46:38	144.029	Report
2011	August 21	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	203*	406 (653.393)	2:41:26	150.898	Report
2012	August 19	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	3M	Ford	201*	402 (646.956)	2:46:44	144.662	Report
2013	August 18	22	Joey Logano	Penske Racing	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:45:59	144.593	Report
2014	August 17	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Axalta	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:49:16	141.788	Report
2015	August 16	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Dollar General	Toyota	200	400 (643.737)	2:47:18	143.455	Report
2016	August 28	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Target/Axe/Clorox	Chevrolet	200	400 (643.737)	2:27:29	162.73	Report
2017	August 13	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Target/Coca-Cola	Chevrolet	202*	404 (650.174)	2:40:38	150.903	Report
2018	August 12	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Busch Light/Mobil 1	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:50:51	140.474	Report
2019	August 11	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Mobil 1	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:40:59	149.084	Report
2020	August 9	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Busch Light Apple	Ford	156	312 (502.008)	2:09:35	144.463	Report
2021	August 22	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Menards/Cardell Cabinetry	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:48:27	142.476	Report
2022	August 7	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Busch Light Apple #BuschelOfBusch	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	2:54:08	137.825	Report
2023	August 6–7*	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Castrol Edge	Ford	200	400 (643.737)	3:02:59	131.159	Report

Notes

• 1969, 2001, 2006, 2015, 2018: Race shortened due to rain.
• 1974: The race was shortened by 10% in response to the fuel crisis.
• 1977: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
• 2000: Race shortened due to rain and darkness.
• 2007: Race postponed twice from Sunday to Tuesday morning due to rain.^[2][3]
• 2007-08, 2011–12 , 2017, 2019-20: Race extended due to an overtime finish.
• 2020: Race postponed from June 7 to August 8 and shortened to 500 kilometers (312 miles) due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shortened races caused by new rules for two races on the same weekend. However, the race retained the "FireKeepers Casino 400" name.^[4]
• 2020: Race shortened by 22% to 500 km (312 mi) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the race retained the "Consumers Energy 400" name.^[5]
• 2023: Race started on Sunday afternoon but finished on Monday afternoon due to rain.

Notable races

June

• 1969: NASCAR's debut at Michigan International Speedway was a 500-miler where the lead changed 35 times and writer Benny Phillips wrote afterward, "If they gave an Oscar for NASCAR's most exciting race, it would win hands down." Cale Yarborough escaped to the win when LeeRoy Yarbrough crashed on the final lap.
• 1970: A scoring controversy marred Cale Yarborough's rally to edge Pete Hamilton in a four-lap battle to the flag. Yarborough had lost two laps earlier but was scored on the lead lap at the end; Hamilton's car owner Richard Petty protested, "The (scoring) cards have Cale lapping Pete (on a late caution) without the pace car lapping Pete. That's impossible." Hamilton and Petty led over 100 laps between them in high-winged Plymouth Superbirds.
• 1971: Bobby Allison edged Bobby Isaac by a car length for his third straight win of the season, driving the Holman-Moody Mercury. The lead changed 35 times with Allison, Isaac, and Donnie Allison at times racing three abreast down the mammoth trioval and the lead changing twice on several laps between Bobby Allison and Isaac.
• 1972: David Pearson took the second of his record nine Michigan wins, dominating in the Wood Brothers Mercury; the win was the third for the Woods in the Michigan 400's first four runnings. It was the final season the track was operated under the aegis of the defunct empire of Larry Lopatin, as Roger Penske would purchase the facility in 1973.
• 1974: The rivalry between Richard Petty in the STP Dodge and David Pearson and the Purolator Mercury had begun intensifying in 1973 and reached a new level in 1974 as Petty won the Daytona 500 and Carolina 500 while Pearson had stormed to win the Rebel 450, Winston 500, and World 600. Petty and Pearson faced off with challenges from the Allison brothers, Cale Yarborough, and Buddy Baker, but on this June 1974 day a rookie from Alsa Craig, Ontario, Earl Ross, found himself in the fight as well. A late crash put the race under yellow in the final four laps; Pearson pitted for tires thinking the race would restart but it didn't, as Petty took the win and the Canadian rookie Ross finished second with Pearson third. The lead changed 50 times among nine drivers. Also, this race marked the only Top 5 finish for Marty Robbins.
• 1976: Pearson's superspeedway vengeance tour of 1976 hit Michigan as Cale Yarborough dominated before losing enough power to finish second to the late rally of The Silver Fox, who posted his seventh win of the season.
• 1977: Cale Yarborough took his seventh win of the season over Richard Petty, but was upset after the race over the track surface, which had buckled after a hard winter and caused "my car (to jump) out of gear three times."
• 1979: The lead changed 47 times among eleven drivers and the finish shook into an eight-car battle. In the final laps rookie, Dale Earnhardt hit the apron of Turn Three trying a pass and nearly crashed into Neil Bonnett, Petty, and Darrell Waltrip; both Waltrip and Petty were pointedly critical of Earnhardt ("He nearly took us all out," Waltrip said afterward). Waltrip's blown transmission in the final two laps secured the win for Buddy Baker.
• 1980: Benny Parsons, raised in Detroit, took the win at the speedway in his home state.
• 1981: Another eight-car battle exploded with five to go when Kyle Petty blew his engine in, Turn, Two as the leaders were entering One; Bobby Allison was running seventh when five of the top seven spun in the oil, then down the backstretch, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt collided and crashed. The win was Allison's fourth of the 1981 season and the race turned out to be the final one for car owner Rod Osterlund as he sold his team to mysterious J.D. Stacy.
• 1982:Televised live on CBS, the race completed 56 laps before rain delayed resumption until late in the evening. Cale Yarborough setup Darrell Waltrip for a last-lap pass on the backstretch, with Waltrip, aggressively blocking and making contact. Yarborough made the pass and won, while Waltrip tried to make contact with Cale after the checkered, but thought better of it and spun into the turn 1 infield. An agitated Waltrip gave a very blunt interview to CBS pit announcer Larry Nuber for the late-night race summary, as the live telecast was abandoned after the rain delay. Helped by the very late mid-June sunset in Michigan, it is probably the latest a NASCAR Cup race ever concluded (about 9:15 pm EDT) at a track without night lighting.
• 1984: Cale Yarborough's bid for a ninth Michigan win faltered and Bill Elliott ran away from Dale Earnhardt for his first Michigan win and first win on an oval.
• 1986: Elliott posted a third straight Michigan 400 win, edging Harry Gant, who was competing despite injuries sustained at Pocono the week earlier.
• 1987: Dale Earnhardt took the win as Tim Richmond finished fourth, what would be the final top-five of Richmond's career.
• 1989: Rusty Wallace dominated but on a late pitstop Barry Dodson missed the peg under the door for the jack to be secured; the lengthy stop dropped Wallace too far back to challenge Bill Elliott, who took his fourth Michigan 400 win. Darrell Waltrip led late but "I had too high a gear and it was killing me off the corners."
• 1990: Bill Elliott's blown engine opened the door to a late duel between Dale Earnhardt and fiery upstart Ernie Irvan, who finished 1–2; Irvan was driving Oldsmobiles for Morgan-McClure Motorsports and before the race, it was revealed that Chevrolet would provide the team with factory backing.
• 1991: Only one caution flew as the first half of the race erupted into a ferocious multicar duel. Geoff Bodine and car owner Junior Johnson returned to action after Johnson was suspended for several races, but the primary battle was between Earnhardt, Davey Allison, Mark Martin, and upstart Hut Stricklin, driving for Davey's dad Bobby; the foursome fought it out after a Lap 35 caution and the lead changed over 30 times officially and otherwise, with Earnhardt, in particular, blasting his car into the corners two full seconds deeper than anyone else and the draft kicking into striking effect for Michigan. Past halfway the race shook into a caution-free breeze home for Allison and Stricklin and a satisfying day for Bobby Allison.
• 1994: A slow stop put Rusty Wallace, in his first year in a Ford, well behind Dale Earnhardt, but Wallace handily clawed his way forward and stormed to his third straight win of the season.
• 1995: Chevrolet's controversial Monte Carlo dominated as Jeff Gordon was bested by Bobby Labonte; Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy ran Hendrick Motorsports engines, a fact that irked primary Hendrick driver Gordon afterward and led to plans by Gibbs to hire Mark Cronquist to organise its own engine progamme that started from 1997 to 2010.
• 1997: Ernie Irvan, two months removed from a controversial weekend and bad crash at Texas Motor Speedway, ran away for the Michigan win, his lone win of the season, final win for Robert Yates, and only career win at the track where he was gravely injured three years earlier.
• 1999: For the first and only time at Michigan, the race goes caution-free.
• 2001: Jeff Gordon out-dueled Ricky Rudd to score the 100th win for car owner Rick Hendrick.
• 2008: On Father's Day and hanging around in 5th conserving fuel, Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled off the biggest upset of the year by winning at Michigan for the first time and snapping a 76 race winless streak (his father won 76 races) and scored his first points race win with car owner Rick Hendrick in the 88 car. At the time it was Chevrolet's first win at Michigan since Jeff Gordon won there in June 2001.
• 2012: First race on the new surface. Four years and two days after scoring his first win with Hendrick Motorsports, Dale Earnhardt Jr. snapped a 143 race winless streak by leading 95 of the 200 laps to score the win for the second time on Father's Day. His last win also came at Michigan on Father's Day in 2008. The race was delayed for two hours because of rain.
• 2014: Jimmie Johnson won his first Michigan race after a streak of bad luck that included engine failures and poor fuel strategy.
• 2015: Kurt Busch, driving in a back-up car, was declared the winner after the race was called for rain after 138 laps. The first 50 laps had seen three red flags resulting from persistent rain.
• 2017: Martin Truex Jr. led for most of the race but after a late-race debris caution, Kyle Larson bested him on the restart to win the race. It would be Larson's 2nd of 3 wins in a row at Michigan.
• 2019: Due to rain and FS1's broadcasts of World Cup games in France on Monday, the race started at 5 pm EDT with more than three and a half hours before sunset. Despite the fact it started late, darkness was never a factor. Joey Logano led a Michigan-record 163 of the 203 laps in a green-white-checkered finish, holding off Kurt Busch.

August

• 1970: Restrictor plates made their racing debut in the 1970 Yankee 400 and Charlie Glotzbach drove a Dodge Daytona to the win.
• 1971: Bobby Allison dueled Allison edged Petty at the stripe for a season sweep at Michigan in the Holman-Moody Mercury.
• 1973: Although the Yankee 400 was on the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule at the beginning of the 1973 season, set for August 5, Roger Penske announced on June 8 that the 1973 Yankee 400 would not be held, citing the tight schedule that Michigan International Speedway had to accommodate in the summer of 1973.^[1]
• 1974: Promoter Roger Penske reinserted the Yankee 400 to Michigan's schedule after 1973 after the Michigan 400 that June turned a strong profit. David Pearson and Cale Yarborough fought hard before Cale was stopped by a mismatched set of tires late in the race. The lead changed 45 times among eight drivers.
• 1975: A late yellow-flag set up a five-lap finish; Pearson and Richard Petty went at it and the lead changed on every lap down to the finish as Petty edged Pearson by a nose.
• 1977: Rain postponed the race to Monday and Darrell Waltrip edged Pearson to the stripe.
• 1978: Pearson's final win for the Wood Brothers came on a one-lap shootout as he passed Waltrip. Richard Petty crashed in the final laps, setting up the finish; he was making his debut in a second-hand 1974 bodied Chevrolet after abandoning his 1978 Dodge Magnum.
• 1979: Pearson was hired to drive Rod Osterlund's Chevrolet after Dale Earnhardt was injured at Pocono and he won the Michigan pole, ultimately finishing fourth. Buddy Baker led late but Richard Petty took tires on a late stop and gunned him down on the final lap; the win began a rally from a 229-point deficit to the season championship.
• 1981: The most competitive Michigan race ever erupted as Ron Bouchard won his first pole fresh off his electrifying Talladega win. There were 65 lead changes among 14 drivers and Richard Petty, who led 65 laps, roared from fifth to the lead with five to go and held off six other challengers. "This wasn't the toughest race, but it sure was the most aggravating," Petty said afterward.
• 1987: Fellow drivers revolted against Tim Richmond at Watkins Glen the week before when he reported to the pre race drivers meeting looking sickly and acting belligerently. Before Michigan qualifying Richmond had to be rousted out of his motorhome and when he arrived at the qualifying line asked aloud, "Where are we?" When NASCAR officials Les Richter and Dick Beaty asked Hendrick officials what was wrong with Tim, Richmond appeared from nowhere and confronted both of them, then showed up late for the pre race drivers meeting. During the 400 he had an anxiety attack and the engine blew; he drove to the garage and when the crew checked the tachometer they found it had been pegged, because Richmond had deliberately over revved the engine to blow it. It became his final race ever.^[6] Richard Petty rallied to the lead in the final 40 laps but had to pit on a late caution and crashed after colliding with Davey Allison on the final lap as Bill Elliott took the win, his sixth Michigan win in an eight-race span.
• 1991: Dale Jarrett stayed out on a late caution, and in the final laps Davey Allison ran him down, but became locked in a side-by-side battle won by Jarrett by inches for his first win and the first for the Wood Brothers since 1987 at Charlotte.
• 1994: Just after Wally Dallenbach Jr. was released from his seat in Richard Petty's Pontiac, Indycar veteran John Andretti took over the seat and turned heads by qualifying second. However, the story of the weekend was a savage crash in practice that left Ernie Irvan critically injured with head injuries. Irvan would recover from near-fatal injury over a year later. The race itself began with a six-car melee where Bobby Hillin Jr. nearly flew over the second turn wall. Geoff Bodine won on Hoosier Tires.
• 1998: Irvan dominated the race, but Jeff Gordon ran down the leaders and won handily. Mark Martin was denied the win, the race coming days after the death of his father in a plane crash.
• 1999: Goodyear brought tires to Michigan designed for Fontana for Winston West racing, where Hoosier Tire was still a presence in competition against Goodyear; the new tire featured greater stagger and handled more like bias-ply tires than radials. Dale Earnhardt grabbed the lead late and got into a spirited battle with Bobby Labonte before Labonte cleared for the win.
• 2007. This was the first modern-day NASCAR race to be run on a Tuesday. Kurt Busch dominated all day, leading 96 laps out of the 203. Busch held off Martin Truex Jr and Jimmie Johnson in a Green White Checkered finish for his second win of the season.
• 2012: Greg Biffle won his second race of 2012 after Jimmie Johnson's engine blew up with five laps to go. The race was also marked by a scary crash on lap 64. Mark Martin was leading Kasey Kahne into turn 4 and was about to lap Bobby Labonte and Juan Pablo Montoya when Labonte got loose and spun. Montoya got away, but Labonte collected Martin and Kahne. While Labonte and Kahne spun into the trioval grass, Martin's car spun down pit road and was impaled on the left rear side by an opening in the pit wall at Kahne's pit stall. Martin climbed out, unharmed. The day was also a sour day for Hendrick supplied engines as three of the six cars with this engine package - Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart - all had engine part failures (Johnson had two failed engines, as he blew another one in practice). The other three, Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Newman, survived for top ten finishes.
• 2016: This race is memorable for it being the first NASCAR Cup Series victory for Kyle Larson. Chase Elliott would end up finishing second as he did in the prior June race earlier in the year.

Multiple winners

June

Drivers

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Cale Yarborough	1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983
4	David Pearson	1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
	Bill Elliott	1984-1986, 1989
3	Rusty Wallace	1988, 1994, 1996
2	Bobby Allison	1971, 1981
	Dale Earnhardt	1987, 1990
	Mark Martin	1998, 2009
	Denny Hamlin	2010, 2011
	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2008, 2012
	Greg Biffle	2005, 2013
	Kurt Busch	2003, 2015
	Joey Logano	2016, 2019

Teams

# Wins	Team	Years Won
7	RFK Racing	1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2023
6	Wood Brothers Racing	1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
	Hendrick Motorsports	1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
5	Team Penske	1994, 1996, 2004, 2016, 2019
4	Melling Racing	1984-1986, 1989
	Robert Yates Racing	1991, 1992, 1997, 1999
	Joe Gibbs Racing	1995, 2000, 2010, 2011
3	Ranier-Lundy	1979, 1981, 1983
	Stewart-Haas Racing	2015, 2018, 2020
2	Junior Johnson & Associates	1977, 1978
	M.C. Anderson Racing	1980, 1982
	Richard Childress Racing	1987, 1990

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
21	Ford	1984-1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996-1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2018-2020, 2023
15	Chevrolet	1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
7	Mercury	1969-1973, 1975, 1976
3	Dodge	1974, 2004, 2006
2	Buick	1981, 1982
	Pontiac	1988, 2000
	Toyota	2010, 2011
1	Oldsmobile	1978

Sponsor wins

# Wins	Sponsor	Years Won
4	Purolator	1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
	Coors	1984-1986, 1989
3	Havoline	1991, 1992, 1997
	National Guard	2005, 2008, 2012
2	60-Minute Cleaners	1969, 1970
	Hardee's	1981, 1983
	Valvoline	1982, 1998
	Miller	1994, 1996
	FedEx	2010, 2011
	HAAS	2015, 2018
	Shell	2016, 2019
	Pennzoil	2016, 2019

August

Drivers

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
5	David Pearson	1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
	Kevin Harvick	2010, 2018- 2019 - 2020, 2022
3	Richard Petty	1975, 1979, 1981
	Bill Elliott	1985-1987
	Mark Martin	1990, 1993, 1997
	Dale Jarrett	1991, 1996, 2002
2	Bobby Allison	1971, 1982
	Cale Yarborough	1980, 1983
	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1984
	Bobby Labonte	1995, 1999
	Rusty Wallace	1989, 2000
	Greg Biffle	2004, 2012
	Jeff Gordon	1998, 2014
	Matt Kenseth	2006, 2015
	Kyle Larson	2016, 2017

Teams

# Wins	Team	Years Won
7	RFK Racing	1990, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
5	Wood Brothers Racing	1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991
	Team Penske	2000, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2021
4	Joe Gibbs Racing	1995, 1999, 2011, 2015
	Stewart-Haas Racing	2018-2019 - 2020, 2022
3	Petty Enterprises	1975, 1979, 1981
	Melling Racing	1985-1987
	Chip Ganassi Racing	2001, 2016, 2017
2	Holman-Moody	1969, 1971
	DiGard Motorsports	1977, 1982
	Junior Johnson & Associates	1980, 1984
	Ranier-Lundy	1983, 1988
	Robert Yates Racing	1996, 2002
	Hendrick Motorsports	1998, 2014

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
23	Ford	1969, 1985-1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019-2022
11	Chevrolet	1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017
6	Dodge	1970, 1975, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
5	Mercury	1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
3	Toyota	2009, 2011, 2015
2	Buick	1981, 1982
	Pontiac	1989, 1999
1	Oldsmobile	1992

Sponsor wins

# Wins	Sponsor	Years Won
4	Purolator	1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
	Busch	1980, 2018, 2020, 2022
	Coors	1985-1987, 2001
3	STP	1975, 1979, 1981
	Interstate Batteries	1995, 1999, 2011
2	Coca-Cola	1971, 2017
	Gatorade	1977, 1982
	Valvoline	1993, 1997
	Miller	2000, 2007
	Shell	2010, 2013
	Pennzoil	2010, 2013
	Target	2016, 2017
	Mobil 1	2018, 2019

References

1. "8 Jun 1973, Page 27 - at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
2. "Race Results at Michigan International Speedway". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
3. "Race Winners of the Pure Michigan 400 1972 - 2011". NASCAR. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
4. "NASCAR OEMs to battle this weekend for coveted Michigan Heritage Trophy". Michigan International Speedway. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020. The NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 will be held on Saturday, August 8 at 4:00 pm (NBCSN), while the Consumers Energy 400 will take place the following day at 4:30 pm (NBCSN). [...] The distance for each race will be 312 miles.
5. "NASCAR OEMs to battle this weekend for coveted Michigan Heritage Trophy". Michigan International Speedway. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020. The NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 will be held on Saturday, August 8 at 4:00 pm (NBCSN), while the Consumers Energy 400 will take place the following day at 4:30 pm (NBCSN). [...] The distance for each race will be 312 miles.
6. Poole, David (2005): TIM RICHMOND: The Fast Life And Remarkable Times Of NASCAR's Top Gun (Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign, IL), pp. 155–8

External links

• Michigan International Speedway race results at Racing-Reference

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