2011 Quaker State 400

Race 18 of 36

Kentucky
267 laps
Time of race: 2:55:00
Average speed of winner: 137.314 mph
Margin of victory: 0.179 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
Fastest lap: Kyle Busch 175.718
Lap leaders: Ky. Busch started pole, Ku. Busch 1-31, Ky. Busch 32, Kvapil 33, Yeley 34, Kahne 35, Ky. Busch 36-81, Cassill 82-83, Ky. Busch 84-141, Keselowski 142-157, Ky. Busch 158, Stewart 159, Keselowski 160-185, Ky. Busch 186-193, Hamlin 194-198, Ragan 199-201, Truex 202, Keselowski 203-239, Ku. Busch 240-249, Reutimann 250-256, Ky. Busch 257-267

Race notes: Kyle Busch took the points lead from Kevin Harvick.

Video links: Part 1 (Opening ceremonies/Command), Part 2 (Starting grid/Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 (Finish), Part 12 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers		267	6	125	running	213316	48
2	17	David Reutimann	00	TUMS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers		267	1	7	running	147883	43
3	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		267	0	0	running	152711	41
4	18	Ryan Newman	39	Tornados	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson		267	0	0	running	135860	40
5	7	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne		267	0	0	running	134491	39
6	13	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig		267	0	0	running	121886	38
7	6	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe		267	3	79	running	114108	38
8	8	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer		267	1	3	running	89850	37
9	3	Kurt Busch	22	Shell/Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington		267	2	41	running	120675	36
10	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		267	0	0	running	117436	34
11	26	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford		267	1	5	running	128950	34
12	9	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb		267	1	1	running	119883	33
13	4	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis		267	1	1	running	102233	32
14	15	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli		267	0	0	running	86600	30
15	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie		267	0	0	running	115208	29
16	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		267	0	0	running	125311	28
17	12	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau		267	0	0	running	102720	27
18	16	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Good To Go	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston		267	1	1	running	83950	27
19	22	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		267	0	0	running	84650	25
20	11	Marcos Ambrose	9	Porter-Cable	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott		267	0	0	running	106566	24
21	21	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin		267	0	0	running	90000	23
22	28	Mark Martin	5	Quaker State/GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew		267	0	0	running	83000	22
23	30	Landon Cassill	51	Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Today	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison		267	1	2	running	90233	0
24	10	Paul Menard	27	Sylvania/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe		266	0	0	running	82525	20
25	25	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker		266	0	0	running	74800	19
26	24	Bobby Labonte	47	Cottonelle Clean Care	Toyota	JTG	Kerr		266	0	0	running	100395	18
27	27	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton		265	0	0	running	101014	17
28	23	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Valvoline	Ford	RPM	Shiplett		265	0	0	running	110611	16
29	37	Travis Kvapil	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Guy		265	1	1	running	85733	0
30	29	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		265	0	0	running	79000	14
31	35	David Gilliland	34	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo		264	0	0	running	80982	13
32	39	Andy Lally	71	Cool Works Cup	Ford	TRG			264	0	0	running	79825	12
33	32	Dave Blaney	36	Big Red	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Lopez		264	0	0	running	71225	11
34	42	Mike Bliss	32	Big Red	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard		264	0	0	running	70225	0
35	20	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson		259	0	0	accident	114333	9
36	34	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion		198	0	0	engine	108739	8
37	43	Scott Wimmer	7	SPEED Energy	Dodge	Robby Gordon			90	0	0	electrical	70075	0
38	41	Tony Raines	37	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner		38	0	0	vibration	70000	6
39	31	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray		37	0	0	brakes	69950	0
40	36	J.J. Yeley	46	Red Line	Chevrolet	Dusty Whitney	Furr		35	1	1	transmission	69850	5
41	38	Michael McDowell	66	Standard Publishing/Relentless Hope	Toyota	HP	Nead		32	0	0	electrical	69800	3
42	40	Scott Riggs	81	Whitney'sCollision.com	Chevrolet	Dusty Whitney	Lamoreux		28	0	0	brakes	69745	0
43	33	Mike Skinner	60	Big Red	Toyota	Germain	Sisco		17	0	0	electrical	69317	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	624	18	0	3	10	11
2	Carl Edwards	620	18	2	1	10	13
3	Kevin Harvick	614	18	0	3	6	10
4	Kurt Busch	606	18	3	1	4	10
5	Jimmie Johnson	605	18	0	1	6	11
6	Matt Kenseth	602	18	1	2	6	10
7	Jeff Gordon	553	18	1	2	6	8
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	548	18	1	0	3	8
9	Ryan Newman	538	18	0	0	5	8
10	Denny Hamlin	529	18	0	1	3	6
11	Tony Stewart	527	18	0	0	1	6
12	Clint Bowyer	514	18	0	0	3	8
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	497	18	2	0	2	6
14	Greg Biffle	496	18	0	0	1	5
15	David Ragan	494	18	1	1	3	6
16	Paul Menard	486	18	0	0	3	5
17	Kasey Kahne	484	18	1	0	3	6
18	A.J. Allmendinger	483	18	0	0	1	4
19	Mark Martin	477	18	1	0	1	5
20	Joey Logano	469	18	1	0	2	4
21	Brad Keselowski	466	18	1	1	2	4
22	Marcos Ambrose	459	18	0	0	3	5
23	Martin Truex, Jr.	449	18	0	0	0	5
24	David Reutimann	423	18	0	0	1	2
25	Jeff Burton	417	18	0	0	0	0