NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 1 Unofficial Race Results for the 53Rd Annual Daytona 500 - Sunday, February 20, 2011 Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL - 2.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 208 Laps - 520 Miles - Purse: $18,693,533
Leader Driver Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 32 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 208 0 108.2 $1,462,563 Running 1 6 2 22 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 208 42 91.9 $1,081,413 Running 3 39 34 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford 208 41 74.5 $831,061 Running 4 31 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger/USO Toyota 208 41 1 86.4 $667,769 Running 1 2 5 3 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 208 40 1 116.3 $582,077 Running 10 19 6 13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 208 39 1 88.8 $454,064 Running 2 5 7 5 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 208 38 1 116.5 $414,328 Running 2 7 8 10 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 208 37 1 89.3 $394,314 Running 3 3 9 19 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevrolet 208 36 1 98.2 $327,413 Running 4 11 10 17 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 208 34 83.7 $318,038 Running 11 15 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 208 34 1 79.3 $309,463 Running 3 4 12 29 09 Bill Elliott Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 208 32 64.4 $324,978 Running 13 25 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 208 31 99.7 $305,863 Running 14 34 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 208 31 1 83.9 $350,188 Running 2 7 15 43 32 Terry Labonte U.S. Chrome Ford 208 30 1 67.6 $334,263 Running 1 2 16 30 7 Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Dodge 208 29 1 79.8 $313,211 Running 2 7 17 6 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 208 28 1 113.2 $315,813 Running 11 31 18 14 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 208 27 1 78.8 $335,003 Running 3 11 19 20 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota 208 26 1 84.5 $341,963 Running 8 17 20 36 77 Steve Wallace(i) 5-hour Energy Toyota 208 0 58.8 $291,638 Running 21 18 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 207 24 1 73.4 $300,538 Running 1 7 22 21 39 Ryan Newman U.S.Army Chevrolet 206 24 2 100.9 $297,013 Running 9 37 23 38 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 206 21 82.2 $290,363 Running 24 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 202 21 1 95.2 $350,813 Accident 3 9 25 11 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 199 19 78.2 $311,719 Running 26 42 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 198 19 1 65.2 $304,736 Accident 1 3 27 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 189 17 42.6 $300,713 Running 28 2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 173 17 1 51.5 $287,588 Running 1 1 29 16 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 166 16 1 77.7 $310,742 Accident 2 9 30 24 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 164 14 51.2 $318,219 Running 31 27 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 160 13 38.1 $313,861 Running 32 40 38 Travis Kvapil(i) Long John Silver's Ford 153 0 45.4 $304,242 Accident 33 37 71 Andy Lally # Super Eco-Fuel Saver Chevrolet 149 11 35.5 $282,863 Running 34 9 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black Ford 133 10 44.0 $320,668 Accident 35 26 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 126 9 48.0 $289,713 Accident 36 4 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 92 9 1 82.6 $311,451 Engine 2 5 37 35 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 82 7 33.6 $312,414 Running 38 28 37 Robert Richardson Jr.(i) North Texas Pipe Ford 45 0 32.0 $270,313 Accident 39 41 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AM FM Energy Toyota 29 0 31.1 $292,998 Accident 40 8 15 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28 4 41.0 $281,113 Accident 41 12 92 Brian Keselowski # K-Automotive Dodge 28 3 28.5 $273,663 Accident 42 7 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 22 3 1 38.9 $300,013 Engine 2 5 43 33 46 J J Yeley Red Line Oil Chevrolet 10 1 25.9 $268,550 Engine Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 182,000, Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500, his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: No. 88, 6, 20, 00 (backup car). Failed to Qualify: (5) 64, 97, 60, 66, 13. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 59 Mins, 24 Secs. Average Speed: 130.326 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.118 Seconds Caution Flags: 16 for 60 laps: Laps: 6-8 (#15, 18 accident turn 1 [None]); 12-15 (Oil on track [None]); 24-26 (Oil on track [None]); 30-35 (#5, 16, 87, 48, 9, 71, 38, 00, 15, 92, 83, 17, 24, 43 accident turns 3-4 [None]); 48-50 (#37, 38 accident turn 4 [17]); 58-60 (#83 off track [5]); 77-79 (#38 accident turn 2 [17]); 108-110 (#1, 42 accident turn 4 [77]); 125-128 (Debris [34]); 136-140 (#16, 17 accident tri-oval [5]); 143-146 (#16, 42 accident turn 4 [38]); 159-163 (#38 accident backstretch [None]); 168-170 (#2, 7, 20, 78 accident turn 4 [48]); 183-185 (#4 accident turn 3 [20]); 198-202 (#78, 39, 22, 33, 11 accident backstretch [1]); 204-206 (#43, 39, 88, 56 accident backstretch [77]). Lead Changes: 74 among 22 drivers: Earnhardt Jr. 0; Ku Busch 1; Harvick 2; Kurt Busch 3; Allmendinger 4; Harvick 5-8; Allmendinger 9; Gordon 10; Allmendinger 11-12; Keselowski 13-15; Labonte 16-17; Menard 18-21; Montoya 22-23; Bowyer 24-28; McMurray 29-36; Menard 37-39; Keselowski 40-45; Blaney 46-48; Labonte 49-50; Ku Busch 51; Menard 52-53; Bowyer 54-57; Montoya 58-60; Ku Busch 61-65; Burton 66-67; Smith 68-72; Bowyer 73-74; Burton 75-77; Earnhardt Jr. 78-80; McMurray 81-82; Newman 83-85; Truex Jr. 86-87; Bowyer 88-90; Ku Busch 91-96; Newman 97; Gordon 98-99; Truex Jr. 100; McMurray 101; Newman 102-105; Gordon 106-110; Ku Busch 111; Bowyer 112; Ku Busch 113; Bowyer 114; Ku Busch 115; Truex Jr. 116-117; Ku Busch 118; Menard 119-120; Ky Busch 121; Truex Jr. 122; Ky Busch 123; Truex Jr. 124; Ky Busch 125; Truex Jr. 126-128; Bowyer 129; Truex Jr. 130; Bowyer 131-140; Truex Jr. 141-146; Ku Busch 147; Earnhardt Jr. 148-152; Newman 153-159; Earnhardt Jr. 160; Newman 161-163; Hamlin 164-170; Newman 171-175; Ragan 176; Bowyer 177-178; Newman 179-180; Bowyer 181; Newman 182-192; Bowyer 193; Smith 194-195; Newman 196; Ragan 197-202; Bayne(i) 203-208. Top 12 Driver Points: (1) C. Edwards 42;(2) D. Gilliland 41;(3) B. Labonte 41;(4) Kurt Busch 40;(5) J. Montoya 39;(6) R. Smith 38;(7) Kyle Busch 37;(8) P. Menard 36;(9) M. Martin 34;(10) A. Allmendinger 34;(11) B. Elliott 32;(12) T. Stewart 31.
American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Travis Kvapil, #38 Coors Light Pole Award: Dale Earnhardt Jr, #88 186.089 mph DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race: Kyle Busch, #18 cc Dave Rogers Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap: Paul Menard, #27 197.589 mph, Lap 18 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Tom Ghent, #21 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: David Gilliland, #34 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race: David Gilliland, #34 cc Peter Sospenzo, 0.400O'Reilly seconds Auto Parts Position Improvement Award: David Gilliland, #34 36 places Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Andy Lally, #71 Driver Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Andy Lally, #71 (i) Ineligible for points in this series Next Race: Feb. 27, 2011 - Phoenix International Raceway NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications @ P.O. Box 2875, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875