GENERAL RACING NEWS 2011
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APRIL 18, 2011
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 8
42ND ANNUAL AARON'S "499"
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
Talladega, AL - April 17, 2011
2.66-Mile Oval
188 Laps - 500 Miles Purse: $5,944,315
FIN STR
POS POS NO DRIVER
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS
TEAM LAPS WINNINGS STATUS 1 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chev 188 $ 329,386 Running
2 10 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chev 188 269,058 Running
3 1 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chev 188 210,686 Running
4 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard/AMP Energy Chev 188 148,725 Running
5 38 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chev 188 175,711 Running
6 20 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 188 159,141 Running
7 17 16 Greg Biffle 3M Scotch Blue Ford 188 125,375 Running
8 3 5 Mark Martin CARQUEST/GoDaddy.com Chev 188 115,625 Running
9 39 34 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford 188 131,033 Running
10 36 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 188 116,975 Running
11 16 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 188 135,486 Running
12 5 27 Paul Menard Schrock/Menards Chev 188 97,525 Running
13 26 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts toyota 188 105,350 Running
14 14 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 188 123,183 Running
15 18 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chev 188 120,595 Running
16 27 31 Jeff Burton Cat Financial Chev 188 102,575 Running
17 30 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chev 188 133,908 Running
18 8 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Penzoil/AAA Dodge 188 132,875 Running
19 37 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services 188 100,050 Running
20 42 7 Robby Gordon Fast Five/Speed Energy Dodge 188 107,083 Running
21 21 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chev 188 124,289 Running
22 40 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 188 88,350 Running
23 29 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 188 133,425 Running
24 15 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Toyota 188 113,370 Running
25 23 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chev 188 125,825 Running
26 43 46 Bill Elliott Red Line Oil Chev 188 82,625 Running
27 35 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chev 188 99,333 Running
28 12 15 Michael Waltrip Aaron's/Auburn National Toyota 187 81,525 Running
29 28 38 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver's/TMone Ford 184 97,333 Running
30 13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chev 177 123,658 Running
31 6 09 Landon Cassill Security Benefits/TATT Chev 170 93,872 Running
32 24 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 157 113,316 Running
33 19 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 154 89,650 Running
34 41 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 152 80,575 Engine
35 34 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Pretzel Toyota 144 128,266 Accident
36 25 17 Matt Kenseth Crown royal Black Ford 139 117,211 Accident
37 31 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 139 88,100 Running
38 9 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 115 106,964 Running
39 7 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 89 87,550 Accident
40 11 21 Trevor Bayne Good Sam/Camping World Ford 89 87,275 Accident
41 22 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 5 79,025 Vibra...
42 33 35 Steve Park Tommy Baldwin Racing Chev 4 78,855 Elec....
43 32 97 Kevin Conway ExtenZe Toyota 1 79,181 Elec....
# 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: : (3) #60 Mike Skinner; #37 Tony Raines; #66 Michael McDowell
RACE COMMENTS: Before a crowd estimated at 115,000, Jimmie Johnson won the Aaron's 499, his 54th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following cars dropped to the rear (reason): #7, 16, 21, 46 (adjustments during impound).
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 12 minutes, 1 second AVERAGE SPEED: 156.261 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.002 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (178.248 mph. 53.723 secs.)
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Joey Logano
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer (crew chief Shane Wilson)
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Clint Bowyer (195.345 mph, Lap 185)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt Childress Racing Technologies (#33)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer
MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: David Gilliland (crew chief Peter Sospenzo, 0.230 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $90,000 at next event++
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Kevin Harvick (33 places)
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.
CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 24 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 29-31 (Car #09, 22, 83 Accident Backstretch [71]); 91-96 (Car #2, 4, 6, 9, 21, 22 Accident Turn 3. [13]); 129-132 (Debris Turn 3 [7]); 141-144 (Car #11, 17, 18, 20, 43 Accident Backstretch [71]); 164-167 (Debris Backstretch [46]); 175-177 (Car #39 Spin Backstretch [15]).
LAP LEADERS: 88 lead changes among 26 drivers. J. Gordon 1-4, Bowyer 5, J. Gordon 6-9, Newman 10, Keselowski 11, Bowyer 12-13, Johnson 14, Bowyer 15-18, Kahne 19, Bowyer 20-21, Ragan 22, Ku. Busch 23, Ky. Busch 24-25, Ragan 26, Ky. Busch 27, Bowyer 28, Edwards 29, Bowyer 30-34, Logano 35, Bowyer 36, Ambrose 37, Kenseth 38-42, Logano 43, Smith 44-45, Burton 46-47, Biffle 48, Burton 49, Kenseth 50-51, Keselowski 52, Earnhardt Jr 53, Kenseth 54, Earnhardt Jr 55-56, Biffle 57-58, Bayne 59, Earnhardt Jr 60-63, Bayne 64-66, Earnhardt Jr 67-70, Bayne 71, Bowyer 72-75, Johnson 76-82, Newman 83, Johnson 84-88, Newman 89-92, Edwards 93, Martin 94, Menard 95-96, Bowyer 97, Ku. Busch 98-99, Blaney 100, Edwards 101-103, Ku. Busch 104-108, Bowyer 109-110, Ku. Busch 111-114, Smith 115, Bowyer 116, Smith 117, Bowyer 118, Blaney 119-121, Harvick 122, Ku. Busch 123-128, Edwards 129, Mears 130, Menard 131-132, Smith 133, Burton 134, Blaney 135-140, B. Labonte 141, Truex Jr 142, Harvick 143-146, Truex Jr 147, Ku. Busch 148, Harvick 149, Truex Jr 150, Harvick 151, Burton 152-153, McMurray 154, Blaney 155-157, Bowyer 158-168, Smith 169, Bowyer 170, Truex Jr 171-173, Blaney 174-177, Harvick 178-179, Blaney 180-183, Edwards 184, Bowyer 185, Edwards 186, J. Gordon 187, Johnson 188.
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