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**Crown Royal Presents The Your Name Here 400**

Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Corporate sponsor	Crown Royal
First race	1953
Distance	300 miles (482.8 km)
Number of laps	400
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1953, 1955-1957, 1960-1961) Richmond 100 (1959) Richmond 250 (1962-1968) Richmond 500 (1969-1975) Richmond 400 (1976-1983) Miller High Life 400 (1984-1987) Pontiac 400 (1988-1995) Pontiac Excitement 400 (1996-2003) Chevy American Revolution 400 (2004-2005) Crown Royal 400 (2006)

The Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Since 2007, race title sponsor Crown Royal names the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona Speedweeks. The winner of the first essay contest was Jim Stewart from Houma, Louisiana, with subsequent contests won by Dan Lowry of Columbiana, Ohio and Russ Friedman of Huntington, N.Y.^[1]

The race is currently held as a Saturday night event in early May. For several years, it was held as a daytime event the weekend after the Daytona 500 in February. Lights were installed at the facility in 1991, but the spring race remained during the day. Consistent cold weather, and even a snow delay in 1989, prompted track officials to move the race later in the spring. The race was moved around to May or June, and permanently moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday nights. After a few years, the race eventually fixed as a May race date by 1999.

In 2007, for the first time in the track's history, the track's races aired on network television. The Crown Royal 400 aired on FOX. During the 1980s and early 1990s, TBS covered the race. ESPN took over later in the decade. From 2001-2006, the race was shown on FX.

[edit] Past winners

Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400

2009 (Crown Royal Presents the Russ Friedman 400) Kyle Busch (Won on his 24th birthday)
2008 (Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400) Clint Bowyer (Race extended to 410 laps due to green-white-checker finish)
2007 (Crown Royal Presents the Jim Stewart 400) Jimmie Johnson (race moved to Sunday afternoon due to rain, first COT win at Richmond)

Crown Royal 400

2006 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Chevy American Revolution 400

2005 Kasey Kahne
2004 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Pontiac Excitement 400

2003 Joe Nemechek (393 laps due to rain)
2002 Tony Stewart (race was started on Saturday night but was finished on Sunday afternoon due to rain.)
2001 Tony Stewart
2000 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
1999 Dale Jarrett
1998 Terry Labonte (race moved to a Saturday night event)
1997 Rusty Wallace
1996 Jeff Gordon

Pontiac 400

1995 Terry Labonte
1994 Ernie Irvan
1993 Davey Allison
1992 Bill Elliott
1991 Dale Earnhardt
1990 Mark Martin
1989 Rusty Wallace (race rescheduled one month later due to snow)
1988 Neil Bonnett (last race on old layout)

Miller High Life 400

1987 Dale Earnhardt
1986 Kyle Petty
- This race is largely remembered for its controversey. Dale Earnhardt spun out Darrell Waltrip at the end, and both cars crashed. Petty slipped by to win.
1985 Dale Earnhardt
1984 Ricky Rudd