GENERAL RACING NEWS 2011
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APRIL 10, 2011
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 7
15TH ANNUAL SAMSUNG MOBILE "500"
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Fort Worth, TX - April 9, 2011
1.5-mile Paved Tri-oval
334 Laps - 501 Miles Purse: $7,000,716
FIN STR
POS POS NO DRIVER
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS 1 4 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black Ford 334 $ 525,886 Running
2 3 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chev 334 353,883 Running
3 2 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford 334 269,791 Running
4 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 334 206,975 Running
5 19 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chev 334 162,625 Running
6 7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 334 176,341 Running
7 1 6 David Ragan UPS Freight Ford 334 166,375 Running
8 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chev 334 179,761 Running
9 28 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr AMP Energy/National Guard Chev 334 140,525 Running
10 10 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 334 167,125 Running
11 12 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chev 334 132,325 Running
12 26 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chev 334 168,308 Running
13 14 42 Juan Pablo Target Chev 333 156,583 Running
14 16 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY Reserve Chev 333 155,125 Running
15 23 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota 333 160,850 Running
16 11 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 333 157,791 Running
17 18 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 333 120,550 Running
18 27 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 333 137,458 Running
19 15 43 AJ Allmendinger Valvoline Ford 332 146,186 Running
20 29 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chev 332 153,861 Running
21 13 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 332 130,308 Running
22 17 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chev 332 139,564 Running
23 32 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chev 332 140,936 Running
24 8 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 331 109,450 Running
25 34 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Toyota 331 126,720 Running
26 22 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 331 98,250 Running
27 30 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 330 123,839 Running
28 24 09 Landon Cassill (i) Security Benefits/TATT Chev 330 110,183 Running
29 25 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 329 121,733 Running
30 38 36 Dave Blaney Accell Construction Chev 329 105,833 Running
31 39 7 Robby Gordon Fast Five/SPEED Energy Dodge 328 99,797 Running
32 43 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 324 96,150 Running
33 41 32 Ken Schrader Big Red Ford 319 86,500 Running
34 42 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 319 84,450 Running
35 31 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Toyota 213 91,325 Accident
36 21 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chev 213 90,175 Accident
37 5 78 Regan Smith farmamerican.org Chev 212 107,420 Accident
38 33 95 David Starr (i) WRL General Contractors Ford 122 79,925 Accident
39 37 87 Joe Nemechek (i) NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 60 79,800 Clutch
40 20 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing, LLC Toyota 56 79,650 Elec....
41 35 46 J.J. Yeley Red Line Chev 52 79,490 Elec....
42 40 34 David Gilliland Gander Mountain Ford 44 79,395 Accident
43 36 60 Mike Skinner (i) Big Red Toyota 36 79,724 Rear ...
# 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: : (1) #38 Travis Kvapil
RACE COMMENTS: Before a crowd estimated at 168,400, Matt Kenseth won the Samsung Mobile 500, his 19th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 21 minutes, 26 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 149.231 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 8.315 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: David Ragan (189.82 mph. 28.448 secs.)
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Matt Kenseth
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Matt Kenseth (crew chief Jimmy Fennig)
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: David Ragan (184.54 mph, Lap 2)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Tom Ghent (#17)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer
MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Dale Earnhardt Jr (crew chief Steve Letarte, 0.062 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $80,000 at next event++
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Tony Stewart (14 places)
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.
CAUTION FLAGS: 5 cautions for 24 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 11-14 (Fluid On Track [None]); 47-51 (Car #34 Accident Turn 1 [71]); 115-119 (Debris [4]); 210-213 (Debris [14]); 216-221 (Car #5,56,78 Accident Backstretch [39]).
LAP LEADERS: 31 lead changes among 13 drivers. Ragan 1-10, Ku. Busch 11-14, Keselowski 15-46, Ku. Busch 47, R. Gordon 48, Blaney 49, Kenseth 50-51, Biffle 52-58, Kenseth 59-94, Bowyer 95, Edwards 96, Earnhardt Jr 97-98, Kenseth 99-114, Ragan 115, Ku. Busch 116-123, Kenseth 124-162, Edwards 163-164, J. Gordon 165, Kenseth 166-199, Bowyer 200-204, Kenseth 205-213, Bowyer 214-248, Kenseth 249, Bowyer 250, Ambrose 251, Stewart 252-256, Ku. Busch 257-269, Stewart 270-276, Kenseth 277-294, Bowyer 295-296, Ku. Busch 297-320, Kenseth 321-334.
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