FireKeepers Casino 400

The FireKeepers Casino 400 is a 400-mile (643.737 km) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan (15 of 36), the other one being the Pure Michigan 400 in mid-August, and it is the first of two NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan.
This particular event had one of the longer title sponsorship arrangements. Miller Brewing Company sponsored the race from 1984-1998. In 2006, 3M signed a three-year agreement to sponsor the race, but after one year moved its sponsorship to the August race. Starting with the 2008 race, LifeLock had title sponsorship rights for three years pending the announcement by the speedway, but left after two. The LifeLock 400 was the name of the race formerly known as the Banquet 400 in 2007. From 2012 to 2015, Quicken Loans sponsored the race, and was replaced by FireKeepers Casino in 2016.
The 1999 race, won by Dale Jarrett, went without a caution. At an average speed of 173.997 mph, it set the NASCAR all-time record for a 400-mile race.
==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 	June 15	21 	Cale Yarborough 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	250 	500 (804.672) 	3:35:26 	139.254 	Report
1970 	June 7 	21 	Cale Yarborough 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:53:02 	138.302 	Report
1971 	June 13	12 	Bobby Allison 	Holman-Moody 	Mercury 	197 	401.88 (646.763)	2:41:13 	149.567 	Report
1972 	June 11	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:43:40 	146.639 	Report
1973 	June 24	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:36:22 	153.485 	Report
1974 	June 16	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Dodge 	180* 	360 (579.363) 	2:48:46 	127.098 	Report
1975 	June 15	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:02:39 	131.398 	Report
1976 	June 20	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:50:02 	141.148 	Report
1977 	June 19	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:57:44 	135.033 	Report
1978 	June 18	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:40:28 	149.563 	Report
1979 	June 17	28 	Buddy Baker 	Ranier-Lundy 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:56:44 	135.798 	Report
1980 	June 15	27 	Benny Parsons 	M.C. Anderson Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:02:05 	131.808 	Report
1981 	June 21	28 	Bobby Allison 	Ranier-Lundy 	Buick 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:03:47 	130.589 	Report
1982 	June 20	27 	Cale Yarborough 	M.C. Anderson Racing 	Buick 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:23:13 	118.101 	Report
1983 	June 19	28 	Cale Yarborough 	Ranier-Lundy 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:53:00 	138.728 	Report
1984 	June 17	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:10 	134.705 	Report
1985 	June 16	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:45:48 	144.724 	Report
1986 	June 15	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:53:21 	138.851 	Report
1987 	June 28	3 	Dale Earnhardt 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:41:40 	148.454 	Report
1988 	June 26	27 	Rusty Wallace 	Blue Max Racing 	Pontiac 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:36:18 	153.551 	Report
1989 	June 25	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:38 	139.023 	Report
1990 	June 24	3 	Dale Earnhardt 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:39:46 	150.219 	Report
1991 	June 23	28 	Davey Allison 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:29:09 	160.912 	Report
1992 	June 21	28 	Davey Allison 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:37:12 	152.672 	Report
1993 	June 20	5 	Ricky Rudd 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:41:38 	148.484 	Report
1994 	June 19	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:11:58 	125.022 	Report
1995 	June 18	18 	Bobby Labonte 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:58 	134.141 	Report
1996 	June 23	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:24:23 	166.033 	Report
1997 	June 15	28 	Ernie Irvan 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:36:31 	153.338 	Report
1998 	June 14	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:31:14 	158.695 	Report
1999 	June 13	88 	Dale Jarrett 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:17:56 	173.997 	Report
2000 	June 11	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	194* 	388 (624.425) 	2:41:45 	143.926 	Report
2001 	June 10	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:50 	134.203 	Report
2002 	June 16	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:35:01 	154.822 	Report
2003 	June 15	97 	Kurt Busch 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	3:02:54 	131.219 	Report
2004 	June 20	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:18 	139.292 	Report
2005 	June 19	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:39:22 	150.596 	Report
2006 	June 18	9 	Kasey Kahne 	Evernham Motorsports 	Dodge 	129* 	258 (415.21) 	2:10:19 	118.788 	Report
2007 	June 17	99 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:42:05 	148.07 	Report
2008 	June 15	88 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	203* 	406 (653.393) 	2:47:34 	145.375 	Report
2009 	June 14	5 	Mark Martin 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:34:21 	155.491 	Report
2010 	June 13	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:33:28 	156.386 	Report
2011 	June 19	11 	Denny Hamlin 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:36:50 	153.029 	Report
2012 	June 17	88 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:29 	139.144 	Report
2013 	June 16	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:52:19 	139.278 	Report
2014 	June 15	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:47:19 	143.441 	Report
2015*	June 14	41 	Kurt Busch 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	138* 	276 (444.179) 	2:21:55 	116.688 	Report
2016 	June 12	22 	Joey Logano 	Team Penske 	Ford 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:58:47 	134.241 	Report
2017 	June 18	42 	Kyle Larson 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Chevrolet 	200 	400 (643.737) 	2:47:24 	143.369 	Report
===Notes===
*1974: The Race was shortened by 10% in response to the fuel crisis.
*2000: Race shortened due to rain/darkness.
*2006 and 2015: Race shortened due to rain
*2008: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2015: The race was red flagged for a record of four times, laps 13, 19, 44 and 139.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
6 	Cale Yarborough 	1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983
4 	David Pearson 	1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
4 	Bill Elliott 	1984, 1985, 1986, 1989
3 	Rusty Wallace 	1988, 1994, 1996
2 	Bobby Allison 	1971, 1981
2 	Dale Earnhardt 	1987, 1990
2 	Mark Martin 	1998, 2009
2 	Denny Hamlin 	2010, 2011
2 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2008, 2012
2 	Greg Biffle 	2005, 2013
2 	Kurt Busch 	2003, 2015
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
6 	Wood Brothers Racing 	1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
6 	Roush Fenway Racing 	1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013
6 	Hendrick Motorsports 	1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
4 	Melling Racing 	1984, 1985, 1986, 1989
4 	Robert Yates Racing 	1991, 1992, 1997, 1999
4 	Team Penske 	1994, 1996, 2004, 2016
4 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	1995, 2000, 2010, 2011
3 	Ranier-Lundy 	1979, 1981, 1983
2 	Junior Johnson & Associates	1977, 1978
2 	M.C. Anderson Racing 	1980, 1982
2 	Richard Childress Racing 	1987, 1990
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
17 	Ford 	1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016
15 	Chevrolet 	1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
7 	Mercury 	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
3 	Dodge 	1974, 2004, 2006
2 	Buick 	1981, 1982
2 	Pontiac 	1988, 2000
2 	Toyota 	2010, 2011
1 	Oldsmobile 	1978
==Notable races==
*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.
*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 set up 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 9:15pm 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 in to 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's Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy ran Hendrick Motorsports engines, a fact that irked primary Hendrick driver Gordon afterward and led to the discontinuance of the engine lease program between Hendrick and Gibbs.
*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-duelled 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 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 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.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1978	ABC 	Keith Jackson 	Chris Economaki
1979	ABC 	Al Michaels 	Jackie Stewart
1982	CBS 	Ken Squier 	David Hobbs
1983	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1984	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1985	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1986	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1987	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1988	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettChris Economaki
1989	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettChris Economaki
1990	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettChris Economaki
1991	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettChris Economaki
1992	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettChris Economaki
1993	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettNeil Bonnett
1994	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned Jarrett
1995	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettRichard Petty
1996	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettBuddy Baker
1997	CBS 	Ken Squier 	Ned JarrettBuddy Baker
1998	CBS 	Mike Joy 	Ned JarrettBuddy Baker
1999	CBS 	Mike Joy 	Ned JarrettBuddy Baker
2000	CBS 	Mike Joy 	Ned JarrettBuddy Baker
2001	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2002	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2003	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2004	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2005	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2006	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2007	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2008	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2009	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2010	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2011	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2012	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2013	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2014	TNT 	Adam Alexander	Wally DallenbachKyle Petty
2015	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2016	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2017	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2018	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
==References==
==External links==
*Ratings For NASCAR From Michigan Since 1997 (Viewership Since 2001)