2011 Hollywood Casino 400
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{{Infobox NASCAR race report
| Type = NAS
| Description =
| Race Name = Hollywood Casino 400
| Details ref =
| Fulldate = {{Start date|2011|10|9}}
| Year = 2011
| Race_No = 30
| Season_No = 36
| Image = KansasSpeedway all.PNG
| Caption = Kansas Speedway
| Location = Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
| Course_mi = 1.5
| Course_km = 2.4
| Distance_laps = 272
| Distance_mi = 408
| Distance_km = 656.612
| Scheduled_laps = 267
| Scheduled_mi = 400.5
| Scheduled_km = 644.542
| Weather =
| Avg = {{convert|137.181|mi/h}}
| Pole_Driver = Greg Biffle
| Pole_Team = Roush Fenway Racing
| Pole_Time = 30.877
| Most_Driver = Jimmie Johnson
| Most_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Most_laps = 197
| Car = 48
| First_Driver = Jimmie Johnson
| First_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Network = ESPN
| Announcers = Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree
| U.S. Ratings =
}}
The 2011 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 9, 2011 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps (but extended due to a Green-white-checker finish) on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirtieth race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his second of the season. Kasey Kahne finished second and Brad Keselowski was third.
Background
Kansas Speedway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races.{{cite web|title=NASCAR Race Tracks |url=http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ |access-date=10 June 2011 |location=NASCAR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231316/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ |archive-date=3 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} The standard track at Kansas Speedway is a four-turn D-shaped oval track that is {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} long.{{cite web|title=NASCAR Tracks—The Kansas Speedway|url=http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx|publisher=Kansas Speedway|access-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713134848/http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx|archive-date=2011-07-13|url-status=dead}} The track's turns are banked at fifteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is 10.4 degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only five degrees. The racetrack has seats for 82,000 spectators.
Race results
Standings after the race
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;Drivers' Championship standings
| class="sortable wikitable " style="font-size: 95%;" |
| ! Pos
! Driver ! Points |
|---|
| align="left"| 10px 1
| 1 | style="text-align:center;"|2161 |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| 2 | style="text-align:center;"|2160 (–1) |
| align="left"| 10px 2
| 3 | style="text-align:center;"|2157 (–4) |
| align="left"| 10px 3
| 4 | style="text-align:center;"|2150 (–11) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| 5 | style="text-align:center;"|2149 (–12) |
| align="left"| 10px 3
| 6 | style="text-align:center;"|2145 (–16) |
| align="left"| 10px 3
| 7 | style="text-align:center;"|2142 (–19) |
| align="left"| 10px
| 8 | style="text-align:center;"|2141 (–20) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| 9 | style="text-align:center;"|2118 (–43) |
| align="left"| 10px 1
| 10 | style="text-align:center;"|2114 (–47) |
| align="left"| 10px
| 11 | style="text-align:center;"|2107 (–54) |
| align="left"| 10px
| 12 | style="text-align:center;"|2082 (–79) |
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References
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{{NASCAR next race
| Series =Sprint Cup Series
| Season = 2011
| Previous_race = 2011 AAA 400
| Next_race = 2011 Bank of America 500
}}
{{2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup |state=collapsed}}