page_title: 2010 Shelby American
section_title: Practices and qualifying
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 Shelby American / Race report / Practices and qualifying
caption_attribution_description: English: Kurt Busch during qualifications at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart, Sonoma, California
context_page_description: The 2010 Shelby American at Las Vegas was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on February 28, 2010 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada as the third race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season The race consisted of 267 laps, 400.5 miles.
  The race began with Kurt Busch, from Penske Racing, on the pole. During the race there were ten different leaders, twenty lead changes, and seven cautions. Jimmie Johnson, from Hendrick Motorsports, ended up winning the 2010 Shelby American while Kevin Harvick finished 2nd and Jeff Gordon finished third after leading the most laps.
context_section_description: In the first practice session on February 26, the fastest were Juan Pablo Montoya, Sam Hornish, Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon. During qualifying runs, Kurt Busch ran the fastest lap with a speed of 188.719 miles per hour (303.714 km/h) and a time of 28.614 seconds to be on the pole position, while Casey Mears and Terry Cook failed to qualify. In the second practice session, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, David Reutimann, and Clint Bowyer were the fastest.  In final practice Clint Bowyer, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Marcos Ambrose were the fastest. Unlike the first two practice sessions, final practice had one red flag because Dale Earnhardt, Jr. spun to pit road.
caption: Polesitter Kurt Busch (pictured in 2015)
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