Overton's 400

The Overton's 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The inaugural race was held in 2001. Since 2011, it has been held in September as the first race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs; previously, the race was held in July from 2001 through 2010, with night races held from 2008 to 2010. Previously from 2011 to 2017, the race was held as the first race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in the round of 16, As part of schedule realignment, the race will be held on the first weekend of July, and be held on Independence Day weekend.
==Race history==
In May 2000, as Chicagoland Speedway was under construction, it was announced that the track would hold a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race beginning in the 2001 season. Tropicana served as the race's sponsor from 2001 to 2004, followed by USG Corporation from 2005 to 2007, LifeLock.com from 2008 to 2010, GEICO from 2011 to 2013, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutica from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon has sponsored the race through the network's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series since 2016. Kevin Harvick won the first two runnings of the race in 2001 and 2002, while Tony Stewart has the most wins in the race's history, having won it three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2011.
==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
2001 	July 15 	29 	Kevin Harvick 	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	3:18:16 	121.2 	Report
2002 	July 14 	29 	Kevin Harvick 	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:55:37 	136.832 	Report
2003 	July 13 	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:15 	134.59 	Report
2004 	July 11 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	3:05:33 	129.507 	Report
2005 	July 10 	8 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	3:08:16 	127.638 	Report
2006 	July 9 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	270* 	405 (651.784) 	3:03:59 	132.077 	Report
2007 	July 15 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:58:59 	134.258 	Report
2008 	July 12 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:20 	133.936 	Report
2009 	July 11 	5 	Mark Martin 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:39 	133.804 	Report
2010 	July 10 	00 	David Reutimann 	Michael Waltrip Racing 	Toyota 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:45:34 	145.138 	Report
2011 	Sept 19*	14 	Tony Stewart 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:47:41 	143.306 	Report
2012 	Sep 16 	2 	Brad Keselowski 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:47:37 	143.363 	Report
2013*	Sep 15 	20 	Matt Kenseth 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	3:10:56 	125.855 	Report
2014 	Sep 14 	2 	Brad Keselowski 	Team Penske 	Ford 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:48:50 	142.33 	Report
2015 	Sep 20 	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:51:30 	140.117 	Report
2016 	Sep 18 	78 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Furniture Row Racing 	Toyota 	270* 	405 (651.784) 	2:47:24 	145.161 	Report
2017 	Sep 17 	78 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Furniture Row Racing 	Toyota 	267 	400.5 (644.542)	2:45:16 	145.401 	Report
*2006 and 2016: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2011: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
*2013: Race started more than one hour late and then halted after 109 laps for five hours due to rain; the race started during the day but ended at night due to the delays.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
3 	Tony Stewart 	2004, 2007, 2011
2 	Kevin Harvick 	2001, 2002
2 	Brad Keselowski 	2012, 2014
2 	Martin Truex Jr.	2016, 2017
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
5 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015
3 	Team Penske 	2003, 2012, 2014
2 	Richard Childress Racing	2001, 2002
2 	Hendrick Motorsports 	2006, 2009
2 	Furniture Row Racing 	2016, 2017
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
8 	Chevrolet 	2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
6 	Toyota 	2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
2 	Dodge 	2003, 2012
1 	Ford 	2014
==Race reports==
* 2010: The race began the pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Afterward, Jim Cornelison, the Chicago Blackhawks national anthem singer, performed the United States National Anthem while Duncan Keith gave the command to start engines.Kevin Harvick drove his race car to the garage area. On lap 197, it was said that Harvick's crew members were changing a fuel pump. On lap 212, Edwards passed McMurray for the fourth position. One lap later, Reutimann passed Jeff Gordon for the first position. Fifteen laps later, Biffle's engine failed. One lap later, Johnson made a scheduled green flag pit stop. On lap 233 Bowyer claimed the lead as Reutimann came to pit lane for a pit stop. Afterward, Edwards and Montoya led as green flag pit stops continued. Green flag pit stops finished on lap 236, after Reutimann reclaimed the lead. On lap 242 Edwards claimed the second position from Jeff Gordon. Reutimann remained the leader, and crossed the finish line first to clinch his second career victory in the Sprint Cup Series. Edwards finished second ahead of Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, and Jamie McMurray.
* 2014: Almirola made his final stop as the caution came out with 36 laps to go after Carl Edwards' car cut down a left-rear tire, and Larson cycled back to the lead in the process. While pitting, Almirola blew his car's engine, and he retired from the race. Almirola later described himself as "heartbroken" with the result. The race restarted with 30 laps to go, but only ran for a handful of laps before Clint Bowyer brought out the fifth caution of the race, with 23 laps to go, after he hit the wall in turn 1. The race restarted with 18 laps to go, and Harvick retook the lead from Larson before Keselowski moved to the head of the race the following lap. The caution flags flew for the sixth time with ten laps to go after Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Danica Patrick made contact on the front stretch. Upon exiting her car, Patrick stated that she "talked with Ricky afterward and we're fine". The race restarted with six laps to go and Brad Keselowski coasted on to victory lane, for his second successive win. Keselowski expressed his delight at the result, stating that he "was waiting for an opportunity to strike and it came. The car stuck and everything came together".
* 2015: After drag racing through the front stretch, Kurt Busch passed his brother for the lead with 46 laps to go. Edwards began the final cycle of pit stops with 29 laps to go. Kurt Busch pitted with 28 laps to go and handed the lead to Hamlin. Hamlin pitted with 24 laps to go and handed the lead to teammate Matt Kenseth. Kenseth hit pit road with 23 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Kurt Busch. Allmendinger was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Debris in turn 2 brought out the sixth caution of the race with 10 laps to go. The debris were pieces of a brake rotor that came from the No. 83 car of Matt DiBenedetto. "Did the yellow even need to come out? I don't even know," Kurt Busch said after the race. He, Gordon and Hamlin opted to stay out while the rest of the lead lap cars opted to pit. The race restarted with five laps to go. Gordon got a good start on Kurt, but he was passed underneath by Hamlin, forced up the track and ultimately finished 14th. Denny drove on to score his 26th career victory.
* 2016: The race restarted with two laps to go in overtime, Blaney was no match on old tires against Truex on new tires. Truex passed him on the backstretch with two to go and drove on to score the victory.
==Television broadcasters==
NBC carried this event from 2001-2005, from 2006-2010, it was carried on TNT, from 2011-2014, it was carried on ESPN, that policy has been discontinued, Starting in 2015, the race will return to NBC, and has the rights for the final 20 races of the season, the 1st of 20 races aired as part of the NASCAR on NBC package, the race will be aired on NBCSN. 
Year 	Network 	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
2001 	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2002 	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2003 	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2004 	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2005 	NBC 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2006 	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2007 	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2008 	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2009 	TNT 	Ralph Sheheen 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2010 	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2011 	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2012 	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2013*	ESPNESPN2	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 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2018 	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve LetarteDale Earnhardt Jr.
* 2013: Race started on ESPN, race was completed on ESPN2 due to rain delays.
==References==
==External links==
*NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks