2011 Good Sam Club 500

Race 32 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:29:14
Average speed of winner: 143.404 mph
Margin of victory: 0.018 sec.
Lead changes: 72 among 26 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 38 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth 197.313
Lap leaders: Martin pole, Johnson 1, Ragan 2, Kenseth 3, Burton 4, Kenseth 5, Burton 6, McMurray 7, Kenseth 8-13, Newman 14-15, Harvick 16-18, Kvapil 19, Harvick 20-23, Kahne 24-25, Waltrip 26, Kahne 27-28, Harvick 29, Bowyer 30-32, Ky. Busch 33-35, Newman 36, Harvick 37, Newman 38, Bowyer 39-44, Newman 45, Bowyer 46-47, Vickers 48, Montoya 49-62, Stewart 63, Vickers 64, Kenseth 65-66, Montoya 67-68, Ku. Busch 69, Ambrose 70-72, McMurray 73, Bowyer 74-75, McMurray 76, Earnhardt, Jr. 77-78, McMurray 79-80, Keselowski 81, R. Gordon 82, Lally 83, Burton 84-85, McMurray 86-89, Ky. Busch 90-91, McMurray 92, Harvick 93, McMurray 94, Kenseth 95-96, McMurray 97, Harvick 98-100, Stewart 101, Burton 102-105, R. Gordon 106, Martin 107, Bowyer 108-113, Kenseth 114-121, Martin 122, J. Gordon 123, Bowyer 124-126, Kenseth 127, R. Gordon 128-135, Stewart 136-145, Burton 146-148, Stewart 149-156, Vickers 157, Burton 158-163, Edwards 164, Biffle 165, Bowyer 166-167, Blaney 168, Stewart 169-178, Burton 179-187, Bowyer 188

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet 100 Years	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	181.243	188	8	25	running	260558	47
2	25	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Lambert	179.602	188	7	26	running	170500	43
3	41	Dave Blaney	36	Golden Corral	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Lopez	178.337	188	1	1	running	160833	42
4	16	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	179.831	188	1	1	running	143483	41
5	30	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	179.054	188	3	3	running	135964	40
6	26	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	179.575	188	2	4	running	122033	39
7	12	Tony Stewart	14	El Monterey/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	180.108	188	5	30	running	143433	39
8	31	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	178.944	188	0	0	running	134000	36
9	23	Michael Waltrip	15	Aaron's/Darrell Waltrip NASCAR Hall of Fame	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	179.629	188	1	1	running	83500	36
10	37	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	178.670	188	0	0	running	94825	9
11	9	Carl Edwards	99	Subway	Ford	Roush	Osborne	180.210	188	1	1	running	128866	34
12	7	Paul Menard	27	Serta/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	180.655	188	0	0	running	91775	32
13	36	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	178.673	188	0	0	running	111308	6
14	18	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	179.784	188	1	1	running	95825	31
15	4	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	181.011	188	0	0	running	81325	0
16	38	Landon Cassill	51	Phoenix Construction/Thank A Teacher Today	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	178.603	188	0	0	running	91608	0
17	42	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	176.477	188	0	0	running	79050	27
18	11	Matt Kenseth	17	Jeremiah Weed	Ford	Roush	Fennig	180.196	188	7	21	running	121836	27
19	19	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	179.736	188	1	3	running	108366	26
20	1	Mark Martin	5	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	181.367	188	2	2	running	93250	25
21	17	Travis Kvapil	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Guy	179.831	188	1	1	running	88097	0
22	40	David Gilliland	34	World Hunger Relief/www.fromhungertohope.com	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	178.427	188	0	0	running	77175	22
23	15	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Energizer	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pohlman	179.875	188	2	16	running	115783	22
24	35	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	178.773	188	0	0	running	84525	20
25	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew Paint the 88/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	180.905	188	1	2	running	84225	20
26	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	mylowes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	181.360	188	1	1	running	127611	19
27	5	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive To End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	180.918	188	1	1	running	112461	18
28	8	David Ragan	6	UPS My Choice	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	180.608	188	1	1	running	81250	17
29	39	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	178.520	184	8	12	running	111189	16
30	22	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	179.645	180	0	0	accident	98745	14
31	24	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Best Buy	Ford	RPM	Erwin	179.602	179	0	0	running	109686	13
32	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	180.047	179	6	13	running	121786	13
33	34	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's Halloween	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	178.780	175	2	5	running	121691	12
34	32	Terry Labonte	32	C&J Energy	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	178.897	175	0	0	running	71700	10
35	21	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott Products	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	179.672	173	0	0	accident	97870	-16
36	14	Kurt Busch	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	179.970	173	1	1	accident	115950	9
37	43	Robby Gordon	7	SPEED Energy/MAPEI	Dodge	Robby Gordon		178.567	173	3	10	rear gear	71250	8
38	10	Ryan Newman	39	U.S. ARMY	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	180.203	172	4	5	running	113200	7
39	33	Andy Lally	71	TRG Motorsports	Ford	TRG	Richert	178.884	162	1	1	accident	80500	6
40	29	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing, LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	179.346	6	0	0	clutch	70860	4
41	27	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	179.420	4	0	0	rear gear	70710	0
42	28	J.J. Yeley	55	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Derrick Finley	179.349	3	0	0	wheel bearing	70580	2
43	20	Kevin Conway	97	Extenze	Toyota	Nemechek		179.693	2	0	0	vibration	70964	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	2237	32	2	1	16	22
2	Matt Kenseth	2223	32	2	3	10	18
3	Brad Keselowski	2219	32	1	3	10	14
4	Tony Stewart	2218	32	1	2	5	15
5	Kevin Harvick	2211	32	0	4	8	17
6	Kyle Busch	2197	32	1	4	14	18
7	Jimmie Johnson	2187	32	0	2	13	20
8	Kurt Busch	2185	32	3	2	8	16
9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2163	32	1	0	4	10
10	Jeff Gordon	2155	32	1	3	11	15
11	Denny Hamlin	2153	32	0	1	4	12
12	Ryan Newman	2149	32	3	1	8	15
13	Clint Bowyer	915	32	0	1	4	13
14	Kasey Kahne	896	32	2	0	6	12
15	Greg Biffle	887	32	2	0	2	9
16	A.J. Allmendinger	878	32	0	0	1	8
17	Marcos Ambrose	847	32	0	1	5	11
18	David Ragan	846	32	2	1	4	8
19	Mark Martin	841	32	2	0	2	10
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	841	32	2	0	2	8
21	Paul Menard	834	32	0	1	4	7
22	Joey Logano	811	32	2	0	4	6
23	Jeff Burton	804	32	0	0	1	2
24	Martin Truex, Jr.	799	32	1	0	2	9
25	Brian Vickers	760	32	0	0	3	7