2011 AAA Texas 500

Race 34 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:16:51
Average speed of winner: 152.705 mph
Margin of victory: 1.092 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle 186.935
Lap leaders: Biffle 1-23, Kenseth 24-42, Stewart 43-45, Kenseth 46-88, Edwards 89-90, Kenseth 91-112, Edwards 113, Menard 114, Kenseth 115-116, Stewart 117, Kenseth 118, Stewart 119-158, Johnson 159, Keselowski 160-161, Stewart 162-202, Kahne 203-206, Stewart 207-263, Edwards 264-274, Stewart 275-300, Kahne 301, Burton 302-319, Newman 320-323, Burton 324-329, Stewart 330-334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	193.257	334	7	173	running	484783	48
2	7	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	193.071	334	3	14	running	361566	43
3	9	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	192.947	334	2	5	running	231883	42
4	3	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	193.659	334	5	87	running	227461	41
5	1	Greg Biffle	16	Scotch Blue	Ford	Roush	Puccia	193.736	334	1	23	running	196125	40
6	23	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	191.564	334	0	0	running	190661	38
7	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard by Tradition/AMP	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	192.130	334	0	0	running	144475	37
8	19	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Scott Miller	191.986	334	0	0	running	134325	36
9	18	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	192.123	334	0	0	running	164433	35
10	26	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Immortals/Best Buy	Ford	RPM	Erwin	191.252	334	0	0	running	157736	34
11	12	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	192.816	334	0	0	running	140366	33
12	2	David Ragan	6	UPS My Choice	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	193.729	334	0	0	running	116625	32
13	21	Kevin Harvick	29	Rheem	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	191.646	334	0	0	running	150511	31
14	11	Jimmie Johnson	48	mylowes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	192.871	334	1	1	running	151011	31
15	4	Paul Menard	27	Quaker State/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	193.437	334	1	1	running	108200	30
16	24	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans/Carrier Classic	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	191.421	334	1	4	running	140100	29
17	13	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	192.589	334	0	0	running	98550	0
18	15	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pohlman	192.362	334	0	0	running	135533	26
19	30	Mark Martin	5	CARQUEST/GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	190.436	334	0	0	running	105725	25
20	28	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	190.995	333	0	0	running	143075	24
21	20	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	191.918	333	0	0	running	124364	23
22	6	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	193.181	333	0	0	running	124683	22
23	10	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	192.892	333	0	0	running	122820	21
24	8	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	193.023	333	1	2	running	121633	21
25	33	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	190.221	333	0	0	running	96400	19
26	29	Landon Cassill	51	Security Benefit/Thank A Teacher	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	190.638	332	0	0	running	110083	0
27	31	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Lambert	190.389	332	2	24	running	104375	18
28	32	Bobby Labonte	47	Wounded Warrior Project	Toyota	JTG	Burns	190.221	332	0	0	running	121020	16
29	43	Andy Lally	71	TRG Motorsports	Ford	TRG	Richert	188.528	332	0	0	running	101475	15
30	14	Kurt Busch	22	AAA	Dodge	Penske	Addington	192.472	331	0	0	running	137340	14
31	41	Travis Kvapil	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Guy	188.081	331	0	0	running	103708	0
32	34	David Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	190.020	331	0	0	running	100872	12
33	17	Michael McDowell	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	192.123	331	0	0	running	139916	11
34	37	Mike Bliss	32	Street King	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	188.904	329	0	0	running	90925	0
35	36	Dave Blaney	35	Big Red	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	189.640	316	0	0	running	90725	9
36	22	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	191.571	295	0	0	running	129114	8
37	25	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	191.299	258	0	0	engine	98300	7
38	42	Geoff Bodine	36	Luke & Associates, Inc.	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Lopez	182.149	215	0	0	vibration	90100	6
39	39	Scott Speed	46	Green Stuff Absorbent	Ford	Dusty Whitney	Furr	188.679	30	0	0	rear gear	89900	0
40	35	Josh Wise	66	HP Racing LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	189.740	23	0	0	rear gear	89700	0
41	38	Mike Skinner	37	MaxQ Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	188.904	19	0	0	brakes	89475	0
42	40	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	188.600	14	0	0	clutch	89275	0
43	27	J.J. Yeley	55	Ingersoll Rand	Ford	Front Row	Derrick Finley	191.069	10	0	0	fuel pressure	89561	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	2316	34	2	1	17	24
2	Tony Stewart	2313	34	1	4	7	17
3	Kevin Harvick	2283	34	0	4	9	18
4	Matt Kenseth	2278	34	2	3	11	19
5	Brad Keselowski	2267	34	1	3	10	14
6	Jimmie Johnson	2261	34	0	2	14	21
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2237	34	1	0	4	12
8	Jeff Gordon	2235	34	1	3	12	17
9	Kurt Busch	2229	34	3	2	8	16
10	Denny Hamlin	2217	34	0	1	5	13
11	Kyle Busch	2216	33	1	4	14	18
12	Ryan Newman	2213	34	3	1	8	16
13	Clint Bowyer	975	34	0	1	4	14
14	Kasey Kahne	957	34	2	0	7	13
15	Greg Biffle	956	34	3	0	3	10
16	A.J. Allmendinger	946	34	0	0	1	9
17	Marcos Ambrose	895	34	0	1	5	11
18	David Ragan	889	34	2	1	4	8
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	889	34	2	0	2	8
20	Paul Menard	884	34	0	1	4	7
21	Mark Martin	882	34	2	0	2	10
22	Martin Truex, Jr.	871	34	1	0	2	11
23	Jeff Burton	860	34	0	0	1	3
24	Joey Logano	844	34	2	0	4	6
25	Brian Vickers	797	34	0	0	3	7