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. 645 24 0 2 8 2,735,388 18 JOEY LOGANO 642 24 0 4 6 2,800,363 19 MARK MARTIN 633 24 0 2 7 2,741,908 20 PAUL MENARD 631 24 1 4 7 2,769,213 21 DAVID RAGAN 628 24 1 3 6 3,078,438 22 MARCOS AMBROSE 627 24 1 4 8 3,342,022 23 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 621 24 0 2 7 3,581,105 24 JEFF BURTON 572 24 0 0 1 2,573,201 25 REGAN SMITH 552 24 1 2 4 3,313,518 26 JAMIE MCMURRAY 551 24 0 2 4 3,413,349 27 BRIAN VICKERS 527 24 0 1 5 2,949,884 28 DAVID REUTIMANN 525 24 0 1 2 3,077,895 29 BOBBY LABONTE 509 24 0 1 2 3,268,888 30 DAVID GILLILAND 422 24 0 1 2 2,933,852 31 CASEY MEARS 344 23 0 0 0 1,913,858 32 DAVE BLANEY 323 23 0 0 0 2,217,934 33 ANDY LALLY 306 21 0 0 0 2,100,893 34 ROBBY GORDON 224 18 0 0 0 1,772,066 35 TONY RAINES 129 12 0 0 0 932,125 36 BILL ELLIOTT 100 5 0 0 0 663,887 37 TERRY LABONTE 92 7 0 0 0 882,627 38 KEN SCHRADER 87 6 0 0 0 516,432 39 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 83 20 0 0 0 1,559,705 40 J J YELEY 81 19 0 0 0 1,609,519 41 DAVID STREMME 49 10 0 0 0 759,820 42 BORIS SAID 38 2 0 0 0 194,730 43 MICHAEL WALTRIP 20 2 0 0 0 396,213 44 ANDY PILGRIM 18 1 0 0 0 78,475 45 CHRIS COOK 17 1 0 0 0 78,825 46 T J BELL 14 4 0 0 0 355,750 47 BRIAN SIMO 11 1 0 0 0 74,470 48 GEOFFREY BODINE 6 1 0 0 0 84,300 49 BRIAN KESELOWSKI 3 1 0 0 0 297,338 50 ERIK DARNELL 2 2 0 0 0 133,615 51 STEVE PARK 2 1 0 0 0 78,855 52 TREVOR BAYNE(i) 0 12 1 1 1 2,485,588 53 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 106,175 54 LANDON CASSILL(i) 0 20 0 0 0 1,829,210 55 STEVE WALLACE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 291,638 56 MIKE SKINNER(i) 0 17 0 0 0 1,340,046 57 TRAVIS KVAPIL(i) 0 18 0 0 0 1,727,868 58 MIKE BLISS(i) 0 8 0 0 0 722,270 59 DAVID STARR(i) 0 3 0 0 0 276,030 60 SCOTT WIMMER(i) 0 4 0 0 0 296,967 61 HERMIE SADLER III(i) 0 1 0 0 0 81,325 62 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 24 0 0 0 2,042,848 63 PATRICK CARPENTIER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 90,483 64 RON FELLOWS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 75,472 65 JASON WHITE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 66,175 66 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 64,875 67 ANDREW RANGER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 62,625 68 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 70,250 69 TODD BODINE(i) 0 3 0 0 0 261,038 70 DENNIS SETZER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 81,000 71 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 270,313 72 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 4 0 0 0 345,010 73 SCOTT RIGGS(i) 0 4 0 0 0 275,363 74 KEVIN CONWAY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 206,587 75 P J JONES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 72,724 76 JEFF GREEN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 69,767 77 DERRIKE COPE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 82,054 78 TONY AVE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #24: 51ST ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE Race Date: 8/27/2011 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 JOE GIBBS 830 24 4 13 15 24 2 48 JEFF GORDON 830 24 1 10 16 24 3 17 JOHN HENRY 798 24 2 7 13 24 4 99 JACK ROUSH 795 24 1 10 15 24 5 29 RICHARD CHILDRESS 782 24 3 6 11 24 6 24 RICK HENDRICK 782 24 2 8 12 24 7 39 TONY STEWART 762 24 1 8 12 24 8 22 WALTER CZARNECKI 749 24 1 5 12 24 9 88 RICK HENDRICK 728 24 0 3 9 24 10 14 MARGARET HAAS 710 24 0 2 9 24 11 2 ROGER PENSKE 689 24 3 6 9 24 12 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 688 24 0 3 9 24 13 11 J D GIBBS 672 24 1 4 8 24 14 43 RICHARD PETTY 664 24 0 1 5 24 15 4 DIETRICH MATESCHITZ 656 24 0 3 8 24 16 16 JACK ROUSH 649 24 0 1 7 24 17 56 MICHAEL WALTRIP 645 24 0 2 8 24 18 20 JOE GIBBS 642 24 0 4 6 24 19 5 MARY HENDRICK 633 24 0 2 7 24 20 27 TOM PUMPELLY 631 24 1 4 7 24 21 6 JOHN HENRY 628 24 1 3 6 24 22 9 RICHARD PETTY 627 24 1 4 8 24 23 42 CHIP GANASSI 621 24 0 2 7 24 24 31 RICHARD CHILDRESS 572 24 0 0 1 24 25 78 BARNEY VISSER 552 24 1 2 4 24 26 1 TERESA EARNHARDT 551 24 0 2 4 24 27 83 DIETRICH MATESCHITZ 527 24 0 1 5 24 28 00 ROB KAUFFMAN 525 24 0 1 2 24 29 47 TAD GESCHICKTER 509 24 0 1 2 24 30 51 JAMES FINCH 423 24 0 0 0 24 31 34 BOB JENKINS 422 24 0 1 2 24 32 13 BOB GERMAIN 344 23 0 0 0 24 33 36 TOMMY BALDWIN 337 24 0 0 0 24 34 32 FRANK STODDARD JR. 330 23 0 0 0 24 35 71 KEVIN BUCKLER 322 22 0 0 0 24 36 38 BOB JENKINS 273 21 0 0 0 24 37 7 ROBBY GORDON 269 23 0 0 0 24 38 21 GLEN WOOD 238 13 1 1 1 13 39 37 BRAD JENKINS 166 17 0 0 0 24 40 46 TOMMY MCMILLAN 101 20 0 0 0 24 41 66 PHIL PARSONS 95 22 0 0 0 24 42 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 90 24 0 0 0 24 43 60 MICHAEL HILLMAN 50 19 0 0 0 24 44 30 TIMOTHY MCSWEENEY 49 10 0 0 0 12 45 195 BOB LEAVINE 32 3 0 0 0 4 46 77 ROGER PENSKE 24 1 0 0 0 1 47 115 MICHAEL WALTRIP 20 2 0 0 0 3 48 181 DUSTY WHITNEY 18 5 0 0 0 9 49 150 JOSEPH FALK 14 4 0 0 0 10 50 192 BOB KESELOWSKI 9 2 0 0 0 8 51 135 BETH BALDWIN 8 2 0 0 0 4 52 55 BOB JENKINS 5 4 0 0 0 6 53 223 FRANK STODDARD JR. 3 1 0 0 0 1 54 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 2 2 0 0 0 3 55 177 ROBBY GORDON 1 1 0 0 0 5 56 64 LARRY GUNSELMAN 0 0 0 0 0 1