Federated Auto Parts 400

The **Federated Auto Parts 400** is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, being the second of two races at the track with the first one being the Toyota Owners 400 in the spring. As of 2018 the race is one of the ten races in the Cup Series playoffs, run as the second race in the Round of 16. Previously, Richmond was home to the final race before the playoffs began and had been since NASCAR implemented them for the 2004 season; after the latest round of schedule realignment that distinction now belongs to the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Starting in 1991, the race was moved from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. It became the second night race on the NASCAR schedule, following Bristol which takes place a few weeks earlier.

From 2000–2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003–2009 races the race was known as the **Chevy Rock and Roll 400** and various cars were painted to promote various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts will be the race's sponsor starting in 2012.

Because of its proximity to (and its occasionally being run on) Patriot Day, the Pledge of Allegiance is included as part of the opening ceremony.

## Past winners

### Notes

* **1969:** Race shortened from 500 laps due to rain.
* **1988:** Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
* **1991:** Race moved to a Saturday night event.
* **2003:** Race shortened from 400 laps due to rain.
* **2008:** Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to Hurricane Hanna.
* **2012:** Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.
* **2016 and 2017:** Race extended due to an overtime finish.

### Track length notes

* **1958–1967:** 0.5 mile course
* **1968:** 0.625 mile course
* **1969–1987:** 0.542 mile course
* **1988–present:** 0.75 mile course

### Manufacturer wins

 15
 9
 6
 5
 1
 Oldsmobile | 1991

## Television broadcasters

### Notes

* The Super Chargers chose to tape delay the 1984 race for fourteen days and commentators Jan Gabriel and Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip did the commentary fourteen days after the race.
* The 2008 race, scheduled for ABC, was rained out and shown on ESPN due to scheduling conflicts with the 2008 Indycar Series Championship race from Chicagoland Speedway.

## External links

* NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
* Sour Sixteen: NASCAR Has 16th Ratings Decline Of Season Entering Chase

## Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

### Current races

* Daytona
* Atlanta
* Las Vegas
* Phoenix
* California
* Martinsville
* Texas
* Bristol
* Richmond
* Talladega
* Dover
* Kansas
* Charlotte
* Pocono
* Michigan
* Sonoma
* Chicagoland
* Daytona
* Kentucky
* New Hampshire
* Pocono
* Watkins Glen
* Michigan
* Bristol
* Darlington
* Indianapolis
* *Playoffs:* Las Vegas
* **Richmond**
* Charlotte
* Dover
* Talladega
* Kansas
* Martinsville
* Texas
* Phoenix
* Homestead

### Exhibition races

* Advance Auto Parts Clash
* Can-Am Duels
* Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race