2011 Irwin Tools Night Race

The 2011 Irwin Tools Night Race was a stock car racing competition that took place on August 27, 2011. Held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, the 500-lap race was the twenty-fourth in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Brad Keselowski of the Penske Racing team won the race; Martin Truex, Jr. finished second and Jeff Gordon finished third.

2011 Irwin Tools Night Race
Race details[1][2]
Race 24 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)
Location Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching as low as 62.1 °F (16.7 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[3]
Average speed 96.753 mph (155.709 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Stewart Haas Racing
Time 15.624
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 206
Winner
No. 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

Report

Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

Bristol Motor Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway.[4] The standard track at Bristol Motor Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long.[5] The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees.[5]

Before the race, Kyle Busch led the Drivers' Championship with 799 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 789 points. Kevin Harvick was third in the Drivers' Championship with 760 points, and Carl Edwards was fourth with 760 points. Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Stewart rounded out the first ten positions.[6] Kyle Busch was the race's defending champion.[7]

On August 23, 2011, Toyota debuted the 2012 Toyota Camry at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California, prompting the Toyota teams to change their headlights, taillights, fog lights, and rear decals.


Race

The race was televised by ABC in the United States. However, several affiliates including ABC owned-and-operated WABC in New York City, WPVI in Philadelphia and WTVD in Raleigh-Durham pre-empted the race in order to offer continuing coverage of Hurricane Irene,[8] while other ABC affiliates pre-empted this race to air NFL preseason games.

Results
Ryan Newman scored the pole position.
Qualifying results
Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 39Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet15.624122.811
2 99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord15.642122.670
3 17Matt KensethRoush Fenway RacingFord15.643122.662
4 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.654122.662
5 5Mark MartinHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.658122.544
6 1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet15.659122.537
7 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.676122.404
8 2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingDodge15.683122.349
9 20Joey LoganoJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.688122.310
10 22Kurt BuschPenske RacingDodge15.699122.224
11 9Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty MotorsportsFord15.715122.100
12 78Regan SmithFurniture Row RacingChevrolet15.721122.053
13 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.725122.022
14 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord15.725122.022
15 29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.727122.007
16 33Clint BowyerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.727122.007
17 34David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord15.736121.937
18 43A. J. AllmendingerRichard Petty MotorsportsFord15.738121.921
19 42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet15.755121.790
20 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.760121.751
21 31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.765121.713
22 88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.775121.635
23 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.785121.558
24 6David RaganRoush Fenway RacingFord15.787121.543
25 4Kasey KahneRed Bull Racing TeamToyota15.793121.497
26 83Brian VickersRed Bull Racing TeamToyota15.820121.290
27 56Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota15.822121.274
28 87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota15.835121.175
29 13Casey MearsGermain RacingToyota15.839121.144
30 47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota15.843121.113
31 30David StremmeInception MotorsportsChevrolet15.875120.869
32 66Michael McDowellHP Racing Toyota15.879120.839
33 38Travis KvapilFront Row MotorsportsFord15.894120.725
34 00David ReutimannMichael Waltrip RacingToyota15.901120.672
35 36Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet15.930120.452
36 46Scott SpeedWhitney MotorsportsFord15.949120.308
37 95David StarrLeavine Family RacingFord15.970120.150
38 71Andy LallyTRG MotorsportsFord16.012119.835
39 7Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsDodge16.012119.835
40 51Mike BlissPhoenix RacingChevrolet16.049119.559
41 32Terry LabonteFAS Lane RacingFord16.306117.674
42 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet16.306116.397
43 60Mike SkinnerGermain RacingToyota16.089119.158
Failed to qualify
44 50T. J. BellLTD Powersports, LLCChevrolet16.103119.158
45 55J. J. YeleyFront Row MotorsportsFord16.116119.062
46 37Jeff GreenMax Q MotorsportsFord16.302117.703
Source:[9]

Race
Brad Keselowski won the race.
Race results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Points
1 82Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingDodge50047
2 2756Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota50043
3 424Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50043
4 1348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50041
5 61Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet50040
6 317Matt KensethRoush Fenway RacingFord50039
7 2011Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50037
8 139Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet50037
9 299Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord50035
10 119Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord50034
11 254Kasey KahneRed Bull Racing TeamToyota50032
12 1843A. J. AllmendingerRichard Petty MotorsportsFord50032
13 920Joey LoganoJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50032
14 2318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50031
15 2131Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50029
16 2288Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50028
17 1022Kurt BuschPenske RacingDodge50027
18 1278Regan SmithFurniture Row RacingChevrolet50026
19 1942Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet50025
20 246David RaganRoush Fenway RacingFord50024
21 2683Brian VickersRed Bull Racing TeamToyota49923
22 1529Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49922
23 2913Casey MearsGermain RacingToyota49921
24 1734David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord49820
25 3871Andy LallyTRG MotorsportsFord49819
26 1633Clint BowyerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49818
27 3795David StarrLeavine Family RacingFord4970
28 4214Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49716
29 4051Mike BlissPhoenix RacingChevrolet4970
30 727Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49614
31 1416Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord49613
32 3130David StremmeInception MotorsportsChevrolet49412
33 4132Terry LabonteFAS Lane RacingFord49411
34 3047Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota47110
35 3536Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet4579
36 3400David ReutimannMichael Waltrip RacingToyota4308
37 3338Travis KvapilFront Row MotorsportsFord3710
38 55Mark MartinHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3636
39 3266Michael McDowellHP RacingToyota495
40 2887Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota420
41 4360Mike SkinnerGermain RacingToyota280
42 3646Scott SpeedWhitney MotorsportsFord280
43 397Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsDodge101
Source:[2]

Standings after the race

References
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