Consumers Energy 400

The Consumers Energy 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held annually during the month of August at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 1969. The race was not held in 1973 after track owner Roger Penske replaced the race with a Champ Car event. The inaugural event was scheduled to be 600 miles (970 km), but was shortened because of inclement weather. Afterward, the race distance was changed to 400 miles (640 km). The event has had numerous companies sponsor the race, including Pepsi and Carfax. It is the second of two NASCAR Cup Series races held annually at Michigan (the first race is held in June).
==Overall==
Overall, 26 different drivers have won the race, with David Pearson holding the record for most victories in the race with five. Pearson won the inaugural event, which was shortened from 600 miles (970 km) to 330 miles (530 km) because of rain. Bill Elliott has the record for most consecutive victories, winning three from 1985 to 1987. Ford has the most manufacturers' wins with 16. Kyle Larson is the most recent winner of the race, winning his first Cup race in the event in 2016.
==History==
*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 duled with Richard Petty and Pete Hamilton before Hamilton fell out with engine failure. 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.
*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 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 prerace 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 prerace 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 overreved the engine to blow it. It became his final race ever.Poole, David (2005): TIM RICHMOND: The Fast Life And Remarkable Times Of NASCAR's Top Gun (Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign, IL), pp. 155–8 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 ride 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.
==Past winners==
Year	Date 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Distance 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
Year	Date 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
1969	August 17 	17 	David Pearson 	Holman-Moody 	Ford 	165* 	330 (531.083) 	2:51:25 	115.508 	Report
1970	August 16 	99 	Charlie Glotzbach	Ray Nichels 	Dodge 	197 	401.8 (646.737) 	2:48:32 	147.571 	Report
1971	August 16 	12 	Bobby Allison 	Holman-Moody 	Mercury 	197 	401.88 (646.763)	2:40:54 	149.862 	Report
1972	August 20 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:31 	134.416 	Report
1973	Not held 	Not held	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held
1974	August 25 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:00:23 	133.045 	Report
1975	August 24 	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Dodge 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:43:05 	107.583 	Report
1976	August 22 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:51:20 	140.078 	Report
1977	August 22*	88 	Darrell Waltrip 	DiGard Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:53:59 	137.944 	Report
1978	August 20 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:05:14 	129.566 	Report
1979	August 19 	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:04:05 	130.376 	Report
1980	August 17 	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:45:07 	145.352 	Report
1981	August 16 	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Buick 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:14:24 	123.457 	Report
1982	August 22 	88 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Buick 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:45:53 	136.454 	Report
1983	August 21 	28 	Cale Yarborough 	Ranier-Lundy 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:42:42 	147.511 	Report
1984	August 12 	11 	Darrell Waltrip 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:35:59 	153.863 	Report
1985	August 11 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:54:38 	137.43 	Report
1986	August 17 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:57:28 	135.376 	Report
1987	August 16 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:53:06 	138.648 	Report
1988	August 21 	28 	Davey Allison 	Ranier-Lundy 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:33:00 	156.863 	Report
1989	August 20 	27 	Rusty Wallace 	Blue Max Racing 	Pontiac 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:32:11 	157.704 	Report
1990	August 19 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:53 	138.822 	Report
1991	August 18 	21 	Dale Jarrett 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:51:34 	142.972 	Report
1992	August 16 	33 	Harry Gant 	Leo Jackson Motorsports 	Oldsmobile 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:47:46 	146.056 	Report
1993	August 15 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:46:01 	144.564 	Report
1994	August 21 	7 	Geoffrey Bodine 	Geoff Bodine Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:51:32 	139.914 	Report
1995	August 20 	18 	Bobby Labonte 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:32:09 	157.739 	Report
1996	August 18 	88 	Dale Jarrett 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:51:41 	139.792 	Report
1997	August 17 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:09:09 	126.883 	Report
1998	August 16 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:37:54 	151.995 	Report
1999	August 22 	18 	Bobby Labonte 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:46:17 	144.332 	Report
2000	August 20 	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:01:00 	132.597 	Report
2001	August 19 	40 	Sterling Marlin 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Dodge 	162* 	324 (521.427) 	2:18:21 	140.513 	Report
2002	August 18 	88 	Dale Jarrett 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:50:45 	140.556 	Report
2003	August 17 	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:08:31 	127.31 	Report
2004	August 22 	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:35 	139.063 	Report
2005	August 21 	19 	Jeremy Mayfield 	Evernham Motorsports 	Dodge 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:49:33 	141.551 	Report
2006	August 20 	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:57:39 	135.097 	Report
2007	August 21*	2 	Kurt Busch 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	203* 	406 (653.393) 	2:55:55 	117.012 	Report
2008	August 17 	99 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:51:00 	140.351 	Report
2009	August 16 	83 	Brian Vickers 	Red Bull Racing Team 	Toyota 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:02:28 	131.531 	Report
2010	August 15 	29 	Kevin Harvick 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:46:38 	144.029 	Report
2011	August 21 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	203* 	406 (653.393) 	2:41:26 	150.898 	Report
2012	August 19 	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	201* 	402 (646.956) 	2:46:44 	144.662 	Report
2013	August 18 	22 	Joey Logano 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:45:59 	144.593 	Report
2014	August 17 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:49:16 	141.788 	Report
2015	August 16 	20 	Matt Kenseth 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:47:18 	143.455 	Report
2016	August 28 	42 	Kyle Larson 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:27:29 	162.73 	Report
2017	August 13 	42 	Kyle Larson 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Chevrolet 	202* 	404 (650.174) 	2:40:38 	150.903 	Report
===Notes===
*1969 & 2001: Race shortened due to rain.
*1977: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
*2007: Race postponed twice from Sunday to Tuesday morning due to rain
*2007, 2011–12 and 2017: Race extended due to an overtime finish.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
5 	David Pearson 	1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
3 	Richard Petty 	1975, 1979, 1981
3 	Bill Elliott 	1985, 1986, 1987
3 	Mark Martin 	1990, 1993, 1997
3 	Dale Jarrett 	1991, 1996, 2002
2 	Bobby Allison 	1971, 1982
2 	Cale Yarborough	1980, 1983
2 	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1984
2 	Bobby Labonte 	1995, 1999
2 	Rusty Wallace 	1989, 2000
2 	Greg Biffle 	2004, 2012
2 	Jeff Gordon 	1998, 2014
2 	Matt Kenseth 	2006, 2015
2 	Kyle Larson 	2016, 2017
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
7 	Roush Fenway Racing 	1990, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
5 	Wood Brothers Racing 	1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1991
4 	Penske Racing 	2000, 2003, 2007, 2013
4 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	1995, 1999, 2011, 2015
3 	Petty Enterprises 	1975, 1979, 1981
3 	Melling Racing 	1985, 1986, 1987
3 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	2001, 2016, 2017
2 	Holman-Moody 	1969, 1971
2 	DiGard Motorsports 	1977, 1982
2 	Junior Johnson & Associates	1980, 1984
2 	Ranier-Lundy 	1983, 1988
2 	Robert Yates Racing 	1996, 2002
2 	Hendrick Motorsports 	1998, 2014
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
18 	Ford 	1969, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
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
2 	Pontiac 	1989, 1999
1 	Oldsmobile 	1992
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network 	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1975	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Johnny Rutherford
1976	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Bobby UnserNed Jarrett
1981	ESPN 	Mike Joy 	Larry Nuber
1982	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1983	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1984	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1985	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1986	ESPN 	Jack Arute 	Jerry PunchDick Berggren
1987	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1988	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettGary Nelson
1989	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1990	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1991	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1992	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1993	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1994	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1995	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1996	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1997	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1998	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1999	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
2000	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
2001	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2002	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2003	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2004	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2005	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2006	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach, Jr.
2007	ESPNESPN2	Jerry Punch 	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2008	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2009	ESPN 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2010	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2011	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2012	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2013	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2014	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2015	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2016	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2017	NBCSN 	Leigh Diffey* 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2018	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve LetarteDale Earnhardt Jr.
*In 2017, veteran sports car race commentator Leigh Diffey will announce because of Rick Allen commentating at the Track and Field World Championships in London for NBC.
==References==