GENERAL RACING NEWS 2011
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APRIL 4, 2011
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 6
62ND ANNUAL GOODY'S FAST RELIEF 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
Ridgeway, VA - April 3, 2011
.526-Mile Oval
500 Laps - 263 Miles Purse: $4,897,916
FIN STR
POS POS NO DRIVER
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS 1 9 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chev 500 $ 200,788 Running
2 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr AMP Energy/National Guard Chev 500 118,200 Running
3 11 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 500 150,416 Running
4 27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chev 500 135,733 Running
5 21 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger/AARP Chev 500 123,461 Running
6 24 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 500 123,461 Running
7 1 1 Jamie McMurray Widia Chev 500 127,564 Running
8 14 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 500 90,525 Running
9 15 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chev 500 126,583 Running
10 12 5 Mark Martin Quaker State/GoDaddy.com Chev 500 88,625 Running
11 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chev 500 134,461 Running
12 5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 500 123,350 Running
13 4 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 499 87,650 Running
14 6 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 499 114,811 Running
15 8 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Outdoors Toyota 499 105,958 Running
16 20 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dode 499 118,675 Running
17 13 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 499 104,139 Running
18 23 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 499 119,816 Running
19 22 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 498 102,508 Running
20 2 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chev 498 117,325 Running
21 33 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 498 90,200 Running
22 39 32 Ken Schrader VAMortgageCenter.com Ford 497 91,383 Running
23 34 7 Robby Gordon Fast Five/SPEED Energy Dodge 497 90,033 Running
24 32 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chev 495 82,625 Running
25 40 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 493 74,825 Running
26 37 09 Landon Cassill (i) Thank A Teacher Today Chev 493 85,608 Running
27 7 47 Bobby Labonte Lance Toyota 489 100,970 Running
28 42 71 Hermie Sadler (i) Eco-Fuel Saver Chev 488 81,325 Running
29 19 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 487 103,141 Running
30 29 36 Dave Blaney All Sport Body Quencher Chev 486 83,572 Running
31 10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chev 476 96,220 Running
32 35 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing LLC Toyota 470 69,725 Running
33 36 34 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford 468 70,450 Running
34 28 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chev 462 114,783 Running
35 25 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 460 77,325 Running
36 30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 457 69,275 Running
37 31 38 Travis Kvapil (i) Long John Silver's Ford 443 69,200 Drive S.
38 16 27 Paul Menard Nibco/Menards Chev 261 69,150 Over H..
39 3 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 219 78,100 Accident
40 18 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 219 77,025 Accident
41 41 46 J.J. Yeley Red Line Chev 33 68,975 Brakes
42 38 60 Mike Skinner (i) Big Red Toyota 31 68,895 Brakes
43 43 87 Joe nemechek (i) AM FM Energy.com Toyota 25 68,418 Brakes
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
FAILED TO QUALIFY: n/a
RACE COMMENTS: Before an estimated crowd of 60,000, Kevin Harvick won the Goody's Fast Relief 500, his 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 32 minutes, 41 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 74.195 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.727 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jamie McMurray (96.509 mph. 19.621 secs.)
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Clint Bowyer
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Jamie McMurray (crew chief Kevin Manion)
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Jimmie Johnson (94.0125 mph, Lap 187)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Mark Cronquist (#18)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick
MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick (crew chief Gil Martin, 0.083 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $70,000 at next event++
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya (23 places)
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.
CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 72 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 53-61 (Car #34 Accident Frontstretch [66]); 108-114 (Car #36 Stopped On Track [None]); 126-132 (Car #9, 66 Accident Turn 2 [56]); 176-181 (Car #36 Stopped On Track [27]); 205-209 (Car #71 Accident Turn 3 [22]); 222-229 (Car #4, 56 Accident Turn 3 [Red Flag: Lap 223, 24:55] [17]); 232-238 (Car #7, 20, 22, 47, 83 Accident Turn 3 [32]); 242-247 (Car #2, 13, 27, 66 Accident Turn 1 [32]); 353-359 (Car #21 Slow On Track [17]); 372-376 (Car #39 Spin Turn 4 [6]); 467-471 (Car #78 Accident Turn 2 [None]).
LAP LEADERS: 31 lead changes among 12 drivers. McMurray 1-31, Kahne 32, Newman 33-34, Hamlin 35-54, Johnson 55-77, Ky. Busch 78-107, Hamlin 108, Johnson 109-123, Hamlin 124-133, Bowyer 134-176, Hamlin 177, Johnson 178-204, Hamlin 205, Bowyer 206-250, J. Gordon 251-256, Bowyer 257-259, Hamlin 260-314, Ky. Busch 315-320, J. Gordon 321-324, Newman 325, Allmendinger 326-331, Edwards 332-334, Harvick 335, Ky. Busch 336-352, Hamlin 353, Ky. Busch 354-364, J. Gordon 365-391, Ky.Busch 392-466, Harvick 467, Ky. Busch 468-479, Earnhardt Jr 480-496, Harvick 497-500.
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