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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 24 51ST ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY Bristol, TN - August 27, 2011 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 500 Laps - 266.5 Miles Purse: $6,123,745 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 16 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 96.753 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.951 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 500 47 4 128.2 $291,883 Running 7 89 2 27 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 500 43 1 106.4 223,550 Running 1 5 3 4 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 500 43 2 133.7 202,986 Running 5 206 4 13 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 500 41 1 118.4 186,161 Running 1 76 5 6 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Realtree Chevrolet 500 40 1 107.9 158,064 Running 1 2 6 3 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 500 39 1 125.4 158,861 Running 4 110 7 20 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 500 37 90.9 154,250 Running 8 1 39 Ryan Newman Bass Pro Shops/Realtree Chevrolet 500 37 1 104.1 157,600 Running 1 4 9 2 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Dental Ford 500 35 106.2 148,841 Running 10 11 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 500 34 94.5 134,941 Running 11 25 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 500 33 75.5 126,233 Running 12 18 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 500 32 91.6 138,411 Running 13 9 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 500 32 1 85.3 109,475 Running 1 2 14 23 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota 500 31 1 92.9 143,666 Running 1 4 15 21 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 500 29 73.5 112,250 Running 16 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr AMP Energy/Bristol 50th Anniv/Nat'l Guard Chev 500 28 76.3 106,150 Running 17 10 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 500 27 84.0 139,025 Running 18 12 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 500 26 83.0 123,270 Running 19 19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 500 25 67.5 133,833 Running 20 24 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 500 24 69.6 105,275 Running 21 26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 499 23 63.9 122,214 Running 22 15 29 Kevin Harvick Realtree/Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet 499 22 69.8 140,786 Running 23 29 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 499 21 57.4 94,725 Running 24 17 34 David Gilliland Thanks Bristol Fans Ford 498 20 52.7 107,608 Running 25 38 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 498 19 44.3 102,500 Running 26 16 33 Clint Bowyer Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 498 18 53.5 132,608 Running 27 37 95 David Starr (i) Advocare Ford 497 0 53.1 87,930 Running 1 2 28 42 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Office Depot Chevrolet 497 16 46.6 137,828 Running 29 40 51 Mike Bliss (i) Phoenix Construction/Thank A Teacher Chevrolet 497 0 41.2 102,968 Running 30 7 27 Paul Menard Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet 496 14 54.3 98,675 Running 31 14 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 496 13 65.1 105,065 Running 32 31 30 David Stremme Echostor Technologies Chevrolet 494 12 37.1 87,955 Running 33 41 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Ford 494 11 34.0 99,842 Running 34 30 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Baked Beans Toyota 471 10 53.8 113,055 Ignition 35 35 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevrolet 457 9 44.9 86,575 Engine 36 34 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Freedom Ride Dream Machine Toyota 430 8 56.5 114,373 Running 37 33 38 Travis Kvapil (i) Long John Silver's Ford 371 0 40.2 86,330 Running 38 5 5 Mark Martin Farmers Insurance/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 363 6 67.3 94,220 Accident 39 32 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 49 5 31.5 86,110 Electrical 40 28 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AM/FM Energy Pellet Wood Stoves Toyota 42 0 33.9 85,975 Brakes 41 43 60 Mike Skinner (i) Big Red Toyota 28 0 30.6 85,750 Brakes 42 36 46 Scott Speed (i) Green Stuff Ford 28 0 27.9 85,635 Brakes 43 39 7 Robby Gordon SPEED Energy Dodge 10 1 25.4 85,960 Brakes # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (3) #50 T.J. Bell; #55 J.J. Yeley; #37 Jeff Green Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 156,000, Brad Keselowski won the IRWIN Tools Night Race, his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 42 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 33-37 (Debris [71]); 105-110 (Debris [95]); 130-135 (Debris [51]); 299-310 (00, 11, 27, 30 Accident Turn 3 [88]); 362-368 (Car #5, 47, 83 Accident Backstretch [4]); 415-420 (Car #18 Accident Turn 3 [47]). Lap Leaders: 22 lead changes among 10 drivers. Newman 1-4, J. Gordon 5-33, Keselowski 34-37, Kenseth 38-105, Keselowski 106, Johnson 107-182, J. Gordon 183-238, Keselowski 239, McMurray 240-241, Ky. Busch 242-245, Logano 246-247, Starr 248-249, Kenseth 250-266, J. Gordon 267-305, Keselowski 306, Kenseth 307-325, J. Gordon 326-363, Keselowski 364, Kenseth 365-370, J. Gordon 371-414, Keselowski 415, Truex Jr 416-420, Keselowski 421-500. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (122.811 mph. 15.624 secs.) MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Martin Truex Jr (crew AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Brad Keselowski chief Chad Johnston, 0.049 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Matt Kenseth (crew chief Jimmy Fennig) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Ryan Newman (118.789 mph, Lap 2) event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#24) O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Tony Stewart (14 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Martin Truex Jr places) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Kyle Busch 830 (4) Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Kurt Busch 3 2 - Jimmie Johnson 830 (1) Ryan Newman (#39) 3 Carl Edwards 2 3 - Matt Kenseth 798 (2) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Ryan Newman 2 4 - Carl Edwards 795 (1) Joey Logano 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Kevin Harvick 782 (3) David Ragan 2 6 - Jeff Gordon 782 (2) JGR (#18) 249 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 7 - Ryan Newman 762 (1) Roush/Yates (#99) 207 Kyle Busch 1 8 - Kurt Busch 749 (1) Hendrick (#48) 204 Matt Kenseth 1 9 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 728 (0) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Jeff Gordon 1 10 - Tony Stewart 710 (0) Kevin Harvick (#29) 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 11 - Brad Keselowski 689 (3) Ryan Newman (#39) 4 Brad Keselowski 1 12 - Clint Bowyer 688 (0) Clint Bowyer (#33) 3 Kasey Kahne 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF Greg Biffle 1 Pts Wins THE RACE Mark Martin 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet 153 (9) Bob Osborne (#99) 3 Ford 134 (6) Gil Martin (#29) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 133 (5) Steve Letarte (#88) 3 Andy Lally 193 Dodge 108 (4) O'REILLY AUTO PARTS AWARD AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Kyle Busch (#18) 3 AWARD Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 5 Tony Stewart (#14) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE Dave Rogers (#18) 5 Bob Osborne (#99) 5 Jimmy Fennig (#17) 4 NEXT EVENT: September 4, 2011 - 52nd Annual AdvoCare 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA (500.5 Miles) (325 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/29/2011) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2011 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #24: 51ST ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE Race Date: 8/27/2011 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 KYLE BUSCH 830 24 4 13 15 $4,622,372 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 830 24 1 10 16 4,282,327 3 MATT KENSETH 798 24 2 7 13 4,300,302 4 CARL EDWARDS 795 24 1 10 15 6,143,447 5 KEVIN HARVICK 782 24 3 6 11 4,290,837 6 JEFF GORDON 782 24 2 8 12 4,075,102 7 RYAN NEWMAN 762 24 1 8 12 3,776,448 8 KURT BUSCH 749 24 1 5 12 4,262,401 9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 728 24 0 3 9 2,974,813 10 TONY STEWART 710 24 0 2 9 3,824,050 11 BRAD KESELOWSKI 689 24 3 6 9 3,560,648 12 CLINT BOWYER 688 24 0 3 9 3,911,155 13 DENNY HAMLIN 672 24 1 4 8 3,830,893 14 A J ALLMENDINGER 664 24 0 1 5 3,315,957 15 KASEY KAHNE 656 24 0 3 8 3,086,912 16 GREG BIFFLE 649 24 0 1 7 2,991,028 17 MARTIN TRUEX JR.