Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400 5/1

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    The Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Since 2007, race title sponsor Crown Royal names the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona Speedweeks. The winner of the first essay contest was Jim Stewart from Houma, Louisiana, with subsequent contests won by Dan Lowry of Columbiana, Ohio and Russ Friedman of Huntington, N.Y. with the 2010 race being named for Army veteran Heath Calhoun of Clarksville, Tennessee.

    The race is currently held as a Saturday night event in early May. For several years, it was held as a daytime event the weekend after the Daytona 500 in February. Lights were installed at the facility in 1991, but the spring race remained during the day. Consistent cold weather, and even a snow delay in 1989, prompted track officials to move the race later in the spring. The race was moved around to May or June, and permanently moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday nights. After a few years, the race eventually fixed as a May race date by 1999.

    In 2007, for the first time in the track's history, the track's races aired on network television. The Crown Royal 400 aired on FOX. During the 1980s and early 1990s, TBS covered the race. ESPN took over later in the decade. From 2001-2006, the race was shown on FX.
     
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    Past Winners

    2009 Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400 Kyle Busch

    2008 Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 Clint Bowyer

    2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 Jimmie Johnson

    2006 Crown Royal 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
     

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