NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway
auto race held in Michigan, United States
Stock car races events in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held annually at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 1969.
A second race at the track was also held until 2020; prior to 2021, the only other season where only one race was held at the track was in 1973.
Current race
The FireKeepers Casino 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held annually in the month of June at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 1969. Denny Hamlin is the defending winner of the event, having won it in 2026.
Notable races
1970: Restrictor plates made their racing debut in the 1970 Yankee 400 and Charlie Glotzbach drove a Dodge Daytona to the win.
1971: Bobby Allison edged Petty at the stripe for a season sweep at Michigan in the Holman-Moody Mercury.
1973: Although the Yankee 400 was on the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule at the beginning of the 1973 season, set for August 5, Roger Penske announced on June 8 that the 1973 Yankee 400 would not be held, citing the tight schedule that Michigan International Speedway had to accommodate in the summer of 1973.
1974: Promoter Roger Penske reinserted the Yankee 400 to Michigan's schedule after 1973 after the Michigan 400 that June turned a strong profit. David Pearson and Cale Yarborough fought hard before Cale was stopped by a mismatched set of tires late in the race. The lead changed 45 times among eight drivers.
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