- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
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Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 
Venue Michigan International Speedway First race 1969 Distance 400 miles (643.737 km) Laps 200 Previous names Motor State 500 (1969) Motor State 400 (1970-1973, 1975)
Motor State 360 (1974)
Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 (1976-1977)
Gabriel 400 (1978-1983)
Miller High Life 400 (1984, 1988-1989)
Miller 400 (1985, 1996-1997)
Miller American 400 (1986-1987)
Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990-1995)
Miller Lite 400 (1998)
Kmart 400 (1999-2001)
Sirius Satellite Radio 400 (2002)
Sirius 400 (2003)
DHL 400 (2004)
Batman Begins 400 (2005)
3M Performance 400 Presented by Post-it Picture Paper (2006)
Citizens Bank 400 (2007)
LifeLock 400 (2008-2009)
The Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 is the first of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, the other being the Carfax 400. 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.
This particular event had one of the longer title sponsorship arrangements. Miller Brewing Company sponsored the race from 1984-1998.
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.
Contents
Past winners
Year Date Driver Car Make Winner's Prize
(USD)Distance
Laps/Miles(Km)Average Speed
(mph)Race Time Motor State 500 1969 June 15 Cale Yarborough '69 Mercury $17,625 250 / 500 (804.672) 139.254 3:35:26 Motor State 400 1970 June 7 Cale Yarborough (2) '69 Mercury $14,675 200 / 400 (643.737) 138.302 2:53:02 1971 June 13 Bobby Allison '69 Mercury $14,945 197 / 401.88 (646.763) 149.567 2:41:13 1972 June 11 David Pearson '71 Mercury $12,935 200 / 400 (643.737) 146.639 2:43:40 1973 June 24 David Pearson (2) '71 Mercury $12,710 200 / 400 (643.737) 153.485 2:36:22 Motor State 360 1974 June 16 Richard Petty '74 Dodge $17,190 180 / 360 (579.363) 127.098 2:48:46 Motor State 400 1975 June 15 David Pearson (3) '73 Mercury $14,405 200 / 400 (643.737) 131.398 3:02:39 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 1976 June 20 David Pearson (4) Mercury $15,845 200 / 400 (643.737) 141.148 2:50:02 1977 June 19 Cale Yarborough (3) Chevrolet $20,625 200 / 400 (643.737) 135.033 2:57:44 Gabriel 400 1978 June 18 Cale Yarborough (4) Oldsmobile $21,555 200 / 400 (643.737) 149.563 2:40:28 1979 June 17 Buddy Baker Chevrolet $16,870 200 / 400 (643.737) 135.798 2:56:44 1980 June 15 Benny Parsons Chevrolet $24,800 200 / 400 (643.737) 131.808 3:02:05 1981 June 21 Bobby Allison (2) Buick $24,075 200 / 400 (643.737) 130.589 3:03:47 1982 June 20 Cale Yarborough (5) Buick $24,700 200 / 400 (643.737) 118.101 3:23:13 1983 June 19 Cale Yarborough (6) Chevrolet $24,170 200 / 400 (643.737) 138.728 2:53:00 Miler High Life 400 1984 June 17 Bill Elliott Ford $41,600 200 / 400 (643.737) 134.705 2:58:10 Miller 400 1985 June 16 Bill Elliott (2) Ford $48,600 200 / 400 (643.737) 144.724 2:45:48 Miller American 400 1986 June 15 Bill Elliott (3) Ford $56,900 200 / 400 (643.737) 138.851 2:53:21 1987 June 28 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet $60,250 200 / 400 (643.737) 148.454 2:41:40 Miller High Life 400 1988 June 26 Rusty Wallace Pontiac $64,100 200 / 400 (643.737) 153.551 2:36:18 1989 June 25 Bill Elliott (4) Ford $71,450 200 / 400 (643.737) 139.023 2:52:38 Miller Genuine Draft 400 1990 June 24 Dale Earnhardt (2) Chevrolet $72,950 200 / 400 (643.737) 150.219 2:39:46 1991 June 23 Davey Allison Ford $90,650 200 / 400 (643.737) 160.912 2:29:09 1992 June 21 Davey Allison (2) Ford $150,665 200 / 400 (643.737) 152.672 2:37:12 1993 June 20 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet $77,890 200 / 400 (643.737) 148.484 2:41:38 1994 June 19 Rusty Wallace (2) Ford $66,980 200 / 400 (643.737) 125.022 3:11:58 1995 June 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet $84,080 200 / 400 (643.737) 134.141 2:58:58 Miller 400 1996 June 23 Rusty Wallace (3) Ford $71,380 200 / 400 (643.737) 166.033 2:24:23 1997 June 15 Ernie Irvan Ford $93,830 200 / 400 (643.737) 153.338 2:36:31 Miller Light 400 1998 June 14 Mark Martin Ford $92,375 200 / 400 (643.737) 158.695 2:31:14 Kmart 400 Presented by Castrol Super Clean 1999 June 13 Dale Jarrett Ford $151,240 200 / 400 (643.737) 173.997 2:17:56 Kmart 400 2000 June 11 Tony Stewart Pontiac $123,800 194 / 388 (624.425) 143.926 2:41:45 2001 June 10 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet $240,137 200 / 400 (643.737) 134.203 2:58:50 Sirius Satellite Radio 400 2002 June 16 Matt Kenseth Ford $154,100 200 / 400 (643.737) 154.822 2:35:01 Sirius 400 2003 June 15 Kurt Busch Ford $172,650 200 / 400 (643.737) 131.219 3:02:54 DHL 400 2004 June 20 Ryan Newman Dodge $176,367 200 / 400 (643.737) 139.292 2:52:18 Batman Begins 400 2005 June 19 Greg Biffle Ford $171,075 200 / 400 (643.737) 150.596 2:39:22 3M Performance 400 Presented by Post-It Picture Paper 2006 June 18 Kasey Kahne Dodge $205,364 129 / 258 (415.210) 118.788 2:10:19 Citizens Bank 400 2007 June 17 Carl Edwards Ford $177,850 200 / 400 (643.737) 148.070 2:42:05 LifeLock 400 2008 June 15 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet $173,550 203 / 406 (653.393) 145.375 2:47:34 2009 June 14 Mark Martin (2) Chevrolet $189,125 200 / 400 (643.737) 155.491 2:34:21 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 2010 June 13 Denny Hamlin Toyota $188,350 200 / 400 (643.737) 156.386 2:33:28 2011 June 19 Denny Hamlin(2) Toyota $202,200 200 / 400 (643.737) 153.029 2:36:50 - 1974: The Race was shortened by 10% in response to the fuel crisis.
- 2000: Race shortened due to rain/darkness.
- 2006: Race shortened due to rain.
- 2008: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.
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. Cale 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 & the STP Dodge and David Pearson & 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 '76 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 2001: Jeff Gordon out duels 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 of 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.
Manufacturer wins
Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 Ford 15 2 Chevrolet 11 3 Mercury 7 4 Dodge 3 5 Buick 2 5 Pontiac 2 5 Toyota 2 8 Oldsmobile 1 Television broadcasters
References
External links
- NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
- Ratings For NASCAR From Michigan Since 1997 (Viewership Since 2001)
Categories:- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races
- NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway
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