2011 Brickyard 400

Race 20 of 36

Indianapolis
160 laps
Time of race: 2:50:30
Average speed of winner: 140.762 mph
Margin of victory: 0.725 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 175.486
Lap leaders: Ragan pole, Kahne 1-24, J. Gordon 25-26, Kenseth 27, Cassill 28, Kahne 29-51, Blaney 52, Earnhardt, Jr. 53-59, J. Gordon 60-80, Johnson 81, Menard 82, J. Gordon 83-94, Kahne 95, Menard 96-104, Kenseth 105-113, Keselowski 114-130, Bowyer 131-132, J. Gordon 133, Ragan 134, Stewart 135-144, Menard 145-151, McMurray 152-156, Menard 157-160

Race notes: First win for Paul Menard.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Opening ceremonies), Part 2 (Starting grid), Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (Finish), Part 13 (Post-race), Part 14 (Post-race), Part 15 (Closing)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Paul Menard	27	Nibco/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	181.870	160	4	21	running	373575	47
2	8	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive To End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	182.242	160	4	36	running	358536	43
3	27	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	180.926	160	0	0	running	297345	41
4	16	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	181.848	160	1	5	running	290964	41
5	9	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.216	160	2	10	running	266386	40
6	24	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	181.251	160	1	10	running	240508	39
7	18	Greg Biffle	16	Red Cross	Ford	Roush	Puccia	181.682	160	0	0	running	201250	37
8	12	Mark Martin	5	Quaker State/GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	181.969	160	0	0	running	189375	36
9	5	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	182.556	160	1	17	running	204133	36
10	29	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	180.854	160	0	0	running	221241	34
11	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	181.635	160	0	0	running	214761	33
12	23	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	181.320	160	0	0	running	199075	32
13	26	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	180.981	160	1	2	running	197908	32
14	10	Carl Edwards	99	Ortho Home Defense Max	Ford	Roush	Osborne	182.050	160	0	0	running	197341	30
15	31	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	180.610	160	0	0	running	181114	29
16	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	181.335	160	1	7	running	167100	29
17	17	Bobby Labonte	47	Huggies	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	181.715	160	0	0	running	178695	27
18	2	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	182.927	160	3	48	running	178133	28
19	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	182.801	160	1	1	running	202211	26
20	32	Landon Cassill	51	Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	180.133	160	1	1	running	164058	0
21	4	Kurt Busch	22	Shell/Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	182.671	160	0	0	running	189900	23
22	6	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Best Buy	Ford	RPM	Erwin	182.445	160	0	0	running	183911	22
23	1	David Ragan	6	UPS/Hall of Fame/Ned Jarrett	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	182.994	160	1	1	running	160325	22
24	30	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Platinum Filter	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	180.618	160	0	0	running	151975	20
25	20	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	181.422	160	0	0	running	151400	19
26	39	Andy Lally	71	Interstate Moving Services	Ford	TRG	Richert	178.926	160	0	0	running	151200	18
27	14	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	181.892	160	0	0	running	185625	17
28	7	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pohlman	182.367	160	0	0	running	177633	16
29	11	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	182.024	160	0	0	running	140100	15
30	25	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	181.134	160	0	0	running	140075	0
31	33	Dave Blaney	36	Big Red	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Lopez	179.924	160	1	1	running	149183	14
32	42	Mike Bliss	32	TMone	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	177.863	159	0	0	running	144072	0
33	37	David Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	179.276	157	0	0	running	135225	11
34	21	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	181.389	157	0	0	running	163966	10
35	13	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Lambert	181.895	152	0	0	engine	141725	9
36	28	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	180.912	49	0	0	accident	161533	8
37	35	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing, LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	179.451	23	0	0	electrical	133550	7
38	36	Joe Nemechek	87	AM FM Energy	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	179.297	19	0	0	overheating	133425	0
39	34	Scott Speed	37	Max Q Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	179.548	19	0	0	rear gear	133325	0
40	38	Mike Skinner	60	Big Red	Toyota	Germain	Sisco	178.990	16	0	0	electrical	133245	0
41	43	Terry Labonte	23	CRMone	Ford	Stoddard		174.496	15	0	0	transmission	133070	3
42	40	T.J. Bell	50	Green Smoke	Chevrolet	Falk	McClure	177.992	10	0	0	brakes	132975	2
43	41	Robby Gordon	7	SPEED Energy	Dodge	Robby Gordon		177.866	5	0	0	engine	133356	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	682	20	2	1	10	13
2	Jimmie Johnson	671	20	0	1	7	12
3	Kevin Harvick	670	20	0	3	6	10
4	Kyle Busch	666	20	0	3	10	12
5	Matt Kenseth	666	20	1	2	7	11
6	Kurt Busch	664	20	3	1	4	11
7	Jeff Gordon	630	20	1	2	7	9
8	Ryan Newman	618	20	1	1	6	9
9	Tony Stewart	609	20	0	0	2	8
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	606	20	1	0	3	8
11	Denny Hamlin	587	20	0	1	4	7
12	Clint Bowyer	574	20	0	0	3	8
13	Greg Biffle	560	20	0	0	1	6
14	Paul Menard	553	20	0	1	4	6
15	Kasey Kahne	551	20	1	0	3	7
16	David Ragan	546	20	2	1	3	6
17	A.J. Allmendinger	537	20	0	0	1	4
18	Mark Martin	536	20	1	0	1	6
19	Joey Logano	529	20	1	0	3	5
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	527	20	2	0	2	6
21	Brad Keselowski	511	20	1	1	2	5
22	Marcos Ambrose	505	20	0	0	3	6
23	Martin Truex, Jr.	505	20	0	0	0	6
24	David Reutimann	456	20	0	0	1	2
25	Jeff Burton	454	20	0	0	0	0