2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
{{short description|63rd season of NASCAR stock-car racing}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2011}}
{{Motorsport season
| series = NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
| year = 2011
| previous = 2010
| next = 2012
| previouslink = 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
| nextlink = 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
}}
File:Tony Stewart 2013 Coke Zero 400.jpg, the 2011 Sprint Cup Series champion.]]
File:Carl Edwards, 2011 (cropped).jpg finished second in the championship, losing the tie breaker to champion Tony Stewart.]]
File:Kevin Harvick at Zanesville Ohio 2006.jpg finished third in the championship, 58 points back.]]
file:Andy Lally Pocono 2011.jpg's car at Pocono Raceway, he won the Rookie of the Year.]]
file:Tony Stewart Pocono 2011.jpg won the Manufacturer's championship with 18 wins & 248 points.]]
The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 63rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 40th modern-era Cup series season. The season included 36 races and two exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The final ten races were known as 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup.
The 2011 season is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most exciting seasons in Cup Series history.{{Cite web | url=https://autoweek.com/article/nascar/racing-review-10-keys-2011-nascar-sprint-cup-series-season | title=Racing in Review: 10 keys to the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | date=January 2, 2012 }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/nascar-looking-at-the-2004-2013-chase-under-2017-rules-011617 | title=NASCAR: Looking at the 2004-2013 Chase Under 2017 Rules }} It had the closest points battle in history, with Tony Stewart winning the Drivers' Championship with a victory at the final race of the season in a tiebreaker over Carl Edwards due to having five wins on the season vs. Edwards' one win. To much surprise, Stewart, after barely making the Chase that year and having zero wins when the postseason began, went on to win five of the final ten races and then the title over Edwards, who led the points for most of the year despite only scoring one win early in the season at the Las Vegas. There were eighteen different race winners, the most since 2002. There were also five first-time Cup Series winners, most notably Trevor Bayne, the first of those, with his upset win in the Daytona 500 in just his second career Cup race. The other first-time winners were Regan Smith at Darlington, David Ragan at Daytona in July, Paul Menard at Indianapolis, and Marcos Ambrose at Watkins Glen. Some of those races the first-time winners won are also the biggest and most prestigious on the schedule.
During the 2010 season, NASCAR announced several calendar changes for 2011, including race additions at Kansas Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, and the removal of one race each from Atlanta Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway. Once the 2010 season had concluded, NASCAR also announced changes to the point system, and that the fuel changed from Sunoco unleaded to an ethanol blend called 'Sunoco Green E15'.
In addition, Stewart-Haas Racing, owned by Stewart and Gene Haas, won the Owners' Championship, while Chevrolet won their ninth-consecutive Manufacturers' Championship with 248 points. Stewart became the first owner-driver to win a Cup title since Alan Kulwicki in 1992.
This was the final season Cup cars would use carburetors in the engines which goes back to the NASCAR Cups first season in 1949. In 2012 the series would shift to fuel injection.
Teams and drivers
=Complete schedule=
There were 41 full-time teams in 2011.
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
Manufacturer
!Team !No. !Race driver !Crew chief |
---|
rowspan=22| Chevrolet
|rowspan=2| Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | 1 |
42
|Brian Pattie {{Tooltip|19|1–19}} |
Furniture Row Racing
| 78 |Pete Rondeau {{Tooltip|35|1–11, 13–36}} |
rowspan=4 | Hendrick Motorsports
| {{Tooltip|5|Ran as the #25 in the All-Star Race}} |
24 |
{{Tooltip|48|Ran as the #5 in the All-Star Race}} |
88 |
rowspan=4 | Phoenix Racing
|rowspan=4 | {{Tooltip|51|Started the season as the #09 but switched to the #51 using the 09 owners points}} |Bill Elliott {{Tooltip|4|1–4}} |rowspan=4 |Nick Harrison |
Landon Cassill {{Tooltip|29|5–15, 17–21, 23, 25–36}} |
Boris Said {{Tooltip|2|16, 22}} |
Mike Bliss {{Tooltip|1|24}} |
rowspan=4 | Richard Childress Racing
| 27 |
29 |
31
|Todd Berrier {{Tooltip|19|1–19}} |
33 |
rowspan=2| Stewart-Haas Racing
|14 |
39 |
rowspan=5|Tommy Baldwin Racing
|rowspan=5|36 |Dave Blaney {{Tooltip|30|1–21, 23–24, 27–33}} |rowspan=5|Kevin Buskirk {{Tooltip|24|1–7, 9–20, 22–26}} |
Ron Fellows {{Tooltip|1|22}} |
Mike Skinner {{Tooltip|1|25}} |
Stephen Leicht {{Tooltip|1|26}} |
Geoff Bodine {{Tooltip|3|34–36}} |
rowspan=6 | Dodge
|rowspan=2 | Penske Racing |2 |
22 |
rowspan=4|Robby Gordon Motorsports
|rowspan=4| 7 |Robby Gordon {{Tooltip|25|1–10, 12, 15–17, 20–22, 24–28, 31–32, 35}} |rowspan=4| Steven Lane {{Tooltip|5|1–5}} |
Scott Wimmer {{Tooltip|4|11, 14, 18–19}} |
Johnny Sauter {{Tooltip|2|13, 23}} |
Reed Sorenson {{Tooltip|5|29–30, 33–34, 36}} |
rowspan=20| Ford
|rowspan=8|FAS Lane Racing |rowspan=8|32 |Terry Labonte {{Tooltip|6|1, 8, 16–17, 24, 32}} |rowspan=8|Frank Stoddard |
Mike Skinner {{Tooltip|2|2–3}} |
Ken Schrader {{Tooltip|8|4–7, 9–10, 23, 33}} |
Mike Bliss {{Tooltip|16|11–12, 14–15, 18–20, 25–31, 34–35}} |
Patrick Carpentier {{Tooltip|1|13}} |
Jason White {{Tooltip|1|21}} |
Andrew Ranger {{Tooltip|1|22}} |
T. J. Bell (R) {{Tooltip|1|36}} |
rowspan=6|Front Row Motorsports
|34 |Peter Sospenzo |
rowspan=5|38
|Travis Kvapil {{Tooltip|26|1–13, 15, 17–18, 20–21, 23–24, 26, 30, 32–34, 36}} |rowspan=5|Bill Henderson {{Tooltip|3|1–3}} |
Sam Hornish Jr. {{Tooltip|1|14}} |
Tony Ave {{Tooltip|1|16}} |
J. J. Yeley {{Tooltip|7|19, 25, 27–29, 31, 35}} |
Terry Labonte {{Tooltip|1|22}} |
rowspan=2| Richard Petty Motorsports
|9 |
43
|Mike Shiplett {{Tooltip|19|1–19}} |
rowspan=4| Roush Fenway Racing
|6 |
16
|Greg Erwin {{Tooltip|18|1–18}} |
17 |
99 |
rowspan=14| Toyota
|13 |
rowspan=3|HP Racing
|rowspan=3|66 |Michael McDowell {{Tooltip|33|1–20, 22, 24–33, 35–36}} |rowspan=3|Gene Nead |
Todd Bodine {{Tooltip|2|21, 23}} |
Josh Wise {{Tooltip|1|34}} |
rowspan=4| Joe Gibbs Racing
|11 |
rowspan=2|18
|Kyle Busch {{Tooltip|35|1–33, 35–36}} |rowspan=2|Dave Rogers |
Michael McDowell {{Tooltip|1|34}} |
20 |
JTG Daugherty Racing
|47 |Frank Kerr {{Tooltip|32|1–32}} |
rowspan=2| Michael Waltrip Racing
|00 |Rodney Childers {{Tooltip|32|1–32}} |
56
|Pat Tryson {{Tooltip|14|1–13, 33}} |
NEMCO Motorsports
| 87 |Philippe Lopez {{Tooltip|17|1–17}} |
rowspan=2| Red Bull Racing
|4 |
83
|Ryan Pemberton |
rowspan=17| Ford Chevrolet |rowspan=8| 37 |Robert Richardson Jr. {{Tooltip|1|1}} |rowspan=8|Greg Conner {{Tooltip|20|1–20}} |
rowspan="7" | Max Q Motorsports
|Tony Raines {{Tooltip|19|2–15, 17–19, 23, 25}} |
Chris Cook {{Tooltip|1|16}} |
Scott Speed {{Tooltip|3|20–22}} |
Jeff Green {{Tooltip|1|24}} |
Erik Darnell {{Tooltip|1|26}} |
Josh Wise {{Tooltip|6|27–32}} |
Mike Skinner {{Tooltip|4|33–36}} |
rowspan="6" |Whitney Motorsports
| rowspan="6" |46 |J. J. Yeley {{Tooltip|16|1–7, 9–15, 17–18}} | rowspan="6" |Tony Furr |
Bill Elliott {{Tooltip|1|8}} |
Andy Pilgrim {{Tooltip|1|16}} |
Erik Darnell {{Tooltip|4|19–21, 23}} |
Brian Simo {{Tooltip|1|22}} |
Scott Speed {{Tooltip|13|24–36}} |
rowspan=3| TRG Motorsports
|rowspan=3| 71 |Andy Lally (R) {{Tooltip|32|1–5, 7–30, 32, 34–35}} |rowspan=3| Jay Guy {{Tooltip|4|1–4}} |
Hermie Sadler {{Tooltip|3|6, 31, 33}} |
Mike Bliss {{Tooltip|1|36}} |
=Limited schedule=
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" | |
Manufacturer
!Team !{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}} !Race driver !Crew chief !Rounds | |
---|---|
rowspan=9|Chevrolet
|Curb-Agajanian Performance Group |98 |Danny Stockman Jr. |{{Tooltip|1|30}} | |
Inception Motorsports
|30 |{{Tooltip|23|9–13, 15, 18–21, 23–31, 33–36}} | |
Sinica Motorsports
|93 |Allen Wellman |{{Tooltip|1|36}} | |
rowspan=4|Tommy Baldwin Racing
|rowspan=4|35 |rowspan=4|Kevin Buskirk {{Tooltip|1|8}} |{{Tooltip|2|8, 28}} | |
Geoff Bodine | {{Tooltip|5|17, 21, 25, 31–32}} |
Dave Blaney
|{{Tooltip|5|22, 26, 34–36}} | |
Stephen Leicht | {{Tooltip|1|27}} |
rowspan=2|Whitney Motorsports
|rowspan=2|81 |rowspan=2|Butch Lamoreux {{Tooltip|2|10–11}} |{{Tooltip|8|10–15, 18–19}} | |
Brian Simo
|{{Tooltip|1|16}} | |
rowspan=4|Dodge
|rowspan=3|Robby Gordon Motorsports |rowspan=3|77 |rowspan=3| Patrick Donahue |{{Tooltip|2|12, 20}} | |
P. J. Jones
|{{Tooltip|2|16, 22}} | |
Robby Gordon
|{{Tooltip|1|18}} | |
Stratus Racing Group
|75 |Dave Fuge |{{Tooltip|1|33}} | |
rowspan=10| Ford
|23 |{{Tooltip|1|20}} | |
rowspan=2| Wood Brothers Racing
|rowspan=2| 21 |rowspan=2| Donnie Wingo |{{Tooltip|17|1–8, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31–32, 34, 36}} | |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
|{{Tooltip|1|12}} | |
Max Q Motorsports
|64 |Dave Fuge | {{Tooltip|1|1}} |
rowspan=2| TRG Motorsports
|rowspan=2|77 |Todd Anderson |{{Tooltip|1|31}} | |
T. J. Bell
|Barry Boeckenstedt |{{Tooltip|1|32}} | |
rowspan=3|Front Row Motorsports
|rowspan=3|55 |rowspan=3|Derrick Finley |{{Tooltip|1|19}} | |
J. J. Yeley
|{{Tooltip|11|20–24, 26, 30, 32–34, 36}} | |
Travis Kvapil
|{{Tooltip|6|25, 27–29, 31, 35}} | |
Leavine Family Racing
|95 |Wally Rogers |{{Tooltip|8|7, 12, 18, 24–25, 27, 30, 34}} | |
rowspan=5| Toyota
|15 |Bobby Kennedy |{{Tooltip|4|1, 8, 18, 32}} | |
NEMCO Motorsports
|97 |Mike Boerschinger {{Tooltip|1|8}} |{{Tooltip|4|1, 8, 17, 32}} | |
Red Bull Racing Team
|84 |Randy Cox |{{Tooltip|2|35–36}} | |
R3 Motorsports
|23 |Greg Conner |{{Tooltip|1|35}} | |
Rusty Wallace Racing
|77 |Larry Carter | {{Tooltip|1|1}} |
rowspan=3|Dodge Chevrolet |rowspan=3|K-Automotive Motorsports |rowspan=3|92 |rowspan=3| Bob Keselowski |{{Tooltip|6|1–3, 9–10, 15}} | |
Dennis Setzer
|{{Tooltip|3|4, 19, 33}} | |
Scott Riggs
|{{Tooltip|1|36}} | |
rowspan=6|Toyota Chevrolet |rowspan=4|Germain Racing |rowspan=4|60 |rowspan=4|Buddy Sisco {{Tooltip|7|1–7}} |{{Tooltip|2|1, 5}} | |
Landon Cassill
|{{Tooltip|3|2–4}} | |
Mike Skinner
|{{Tooltip|23|6–24, 26–27, 29–30}} | |
Dave Blaney
|{{Tooltip|1|25}} | |
LTD Powersports, LLC.
|50 |{{Tooltip|13|10, 12-14, 18, 20–26, 28}} |
=Team changes=
In preparation for 2011, Penske Racing made team changes by moving Brad Keselowski, along with his No. 12 team, into the No. 2 Miller Lite car, replacing Kurt Busch and his 2010 team, who moved to the newly formed No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil car.{{cite web |url=http://bradracing.com/brad-keselowski-to-pilot-blue-deuce-starting-in-2011/ |title=Brad Keselowski To Pilot Blue Deuce Starting In 2011 | Brad Keselowski Racing |publisher=Bradracing.com |date=April 1, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122003916/http://bradracing.com/brad-keselowski-to-pilot-blue-deuce-starting-in-2011/ |archive-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Another change was made by Hendrick Motorsports, who rearranged three of the four-car team. The team moved Steve Letarte with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Alan Gustafson with Jeff Gordon, and Lance McGrew with Mark Martin.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-11-23-hendrick-motorsports-crew-chiefs_N.htm |title=Hendrick Motorsports shuffles crew chiefs for three teams |work=USA Today |date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}
On January 7, 2011, Bob Leavine and Lance Fenton announced the formation of Leavine Fenton Racing, and that David Starr drove for the team.{{cite web|author=Team Release |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110107/leavine-fenton-racing-formed/index.html?eref=/news/headlines/cup |title=Texans partner to form new race team — Jan 7, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=January 7, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2011}} In February, another team was formed, FAS Lane Racing, by Frank Stoddard.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=399154 |title=News > Frank Stoddard forms new team |publisher=Motorsport.com |date=January 19, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In March, David Stremme announced his return to the Cup Series with a new team, Inception Motorsports. They ran the No. 30 Chevrolet and attempted to make the spring race at Richmond.{{cite web |url=http://www.inceptionmotorsports.com/news/2011/03-30-David-Stremme-Returning-to-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series.html |title=David Stremme Returning to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series |publisher=Inception Motorsports |date=April 30, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402062358/http://www.inceptionmotorsports.com/news/2011/03-30-David-Stremme-Returning-to-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series.html |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In October before the Bank of America 500, it was announced that Sinica Motorsports would join the Cup Series for 3 races in 2011, running the No. 93 Chevrolet with either Bill Elliott or Terry Labonte and that ARCA driver Grant Enfinger would drive for the team for 10–15 races in 2012. (The team ended up only attempting the season-finale at Homestead with Enfinger in 2011, which they failed to qualify for, and no races in 2012.)
Another new team for 2011, America's Racing Team, was scheduled to debut in the Daytona 500 with their No. 76 Chevrolet. The team was formed in 2010 before the July race at Daytona. The team was unique because fans could pay between $44.95 to $1,999.95 to own a portion of it. However, AMR was unable to get off the ground and they did not attempt any races.{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/nascar-cup-series/2011-nascar-sprint-cup-team-driver-chart/ |title=2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Team/Driver Chart |website=Jayski's Silly Season Site |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=January 12, 2011 |access-date=July 4, 2021}}
=Driver changes=
==Changed teams==
Several drivers changed teams for the season. One of which was Paul Menard, who left Richard Petty Motorsports to drive for Richard Childress Racing.{{cite news|last=Release|first=Team|title=RCR signs Menard, returns to four-car stable|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/11/pmenard.rcr.fourth.car/index.html|access-date=August 23, 2010|newspaper=NASCAR|date=August 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100815040626/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/11/pmenard.rcr.fourth.car/index.html| archive-date= August 15, 2010 | url-status= live}} Menard signed a three-year deal to expire at the end of 2013, with options for further years. Other changes were Kasey Kahne who joined the Red Bull Racing Team, after leaving Richard Petty Motorsports in 2010,{{cite news|last=Release|first=Team|title=Kahne to drive for Red Bull Racing Team in 2011|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/09/kkahne.red.bull.2011/index.html|access-date=October 16, 2010|newspaper=NASCAR|date=August 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100912111112/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/09/kkahne.red.bull.2011/index.html| archive-date= September 12, 2010 | url-status= live}} and Marcos Ambrose who left JTG Daugherty Racing to drive for Richard Petty Motorsports in 2011, as a replacement for Kahne.{{cite news|last=Release|first=Team|title=Ambrose signs with Richard Petty Motorsports
|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/17/mambrose.signs.richard.petty.motorsports/index.html|access-date=October 16, 2010|newspaper=NASCAR|date=August 17, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914111429/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/17/mambrose.signs.richard.petty.motorsports/index.html| archive-date= September 14, 2010 | url-status= live}} Also, Bobby Labonte replaced Ambrose at JTG Daugherty Racing,{{cite news|last=Release|first=Team|title=Labonte to drive for JTG Daugherty in 2011|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/07/28/blabonte.jtg.daugherty.racing/index.html|newspaper=NASCAR|access-date=October 17, 2010|date=July 28, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914111414/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/07/28/blabonte.jtg.daugherty.racing/index.html| archive-date= September 14, 2010 | url-status= live}} and Bill Elliott, who moved from Wood Brothers Racing to Phoenix Racing.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Bill-Elliott-to-drive-for-Phoenix-Racing-in-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series-011710 |title=Lee Spencer: Bill Elliott to drive for Phoenix Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN |publisher=Msn.foxsports.com |date=January 17, 2011 |access-date=January 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110210141417/http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Bill-Elliott-to-drive-for-Phoenix-Racing-in-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series-011710| archive-date= February 10, 2011 | url-status= live}} Kevin Conway, the 2010 NASCAR Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Cup Series, also made a change by moving to NEMCO Motorsports.{{cite news |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Kevin_Conway_to_drive_for_Nemco_Motorsports_at_Daytona.html |title=Kevin Conway to drive for Nemco Motorsports at Daytona | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-date=January 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128054143/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Kevin_Conway_to_drive_for_Nemco_Motorsports_at_Daytona.html |url-status=dead }}
==Entered the series==
For the 2011 season, Trevor Bayne, who placed seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, entered the series driving for Wood Brothers Racing in 17 scheduled races.{{cite news |url=http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/bayne-joins-wood-brothers-for-17-races/ |title=Bayne Joins Wood Brothers For 17 Races |publisher=inRacingNews.com |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123135358/http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/bayne-joins-wood-brothers-for-17-races/ |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Another driver, Brian Keselowski also entered the series, after qualifying for the 2011 Daytona 500 for the K-Automotive Motorsports team.{{cite web |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Opportunity_is_now_for_underdog_Brian_Keselowski_in_Daytona_500.html |title=Opportunity is now for underdog Brian Keselowski in Daytona 500 | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221145415/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Opportunity_is_now_for_underdog_Brian_Keselowski_in_Daytona_500.html |url-status=dead }}
==Exited the series==
Some drivers left the series, such as Elliott Sadler who left Richard Petty Motorsports to drive for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in the Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Elliott-Sadler-to-drive-for-Kevin-Harvick-Inc-in-NASCAR-Nationwide-Series-in-2011-110510 |title=Elliott Sadler to drive for Kevin Harvick Inc. in Nationwide Series in 2011 – NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN |publisher=Msn.foxsports.com |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=January 18, 2011}} Sam Hornish Jr. also exited the series and moved to the Nationwide Series to participate in ten races, after new sponsorship for his Sprint Cup Series car could not be found.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Sam-Hornish-Jr-lands-NASCAR-ride-for-2011-011511 |title=Roger Penske: Sam Hornish has NASCAR ride for 2011 – NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN |publisher=Msn.foxsports.com |access-date=January 18, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110121125141/http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Sam-Hornish-Jr-lands-NASCAR-ride-for-2011-011511| archive-date= January 21, 2011 | url-status= live}} After the final race of the 2010 season, Scott Speed exited the series after Red Bull Racing Team dismissed him to make room for Kahne.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2010-12-02/scott-speed-released-from-red-bull-racing |title=Scott Speed released from Red Bull Racing – NASCAR |publisher=Sporting News |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110103113404/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2010-12-02/scott-speed-released-from-red-bull-racing| archive-date= January 3, 2011 | url-status= live}} The change resulted in Speed filing a lawsuit against the team for several reasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Scott_Speed_files_65_million_lawsuit_against_Red_Bull_Racing.html |title=Scott Speed files $6.5 million lawsuit against Red Bull Racing | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=February 8, 2011 |archive-date=December 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216080018/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Scott_Speed_files_65_million_lawsuit_against_Red_Bull_Racing.html |url-status=dead }}
==Mid-season changes==
During July 2011, Max Q Motorsports announced that Scott Speed signed a three race contract with the team to race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen International and Pocono Raceway. Following the announcement, Speed commented, "I am excited to get back to the track. Max Q Motorsports seems to have a good operation and a great group of guys. Ford has a great engine package, so I'm hopeful that we can get the ball rolling quickly and be competitive out the gate. "{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110726/notebook-sspeed-esadler-tpeck/index.html | title=Notebook: Speed gets ride for Brickyard 400 | publisher=Nascar.com | date=July 26, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Sporting News Wire Service}}
=Rookie entries=
At the beginning of the season, two drivers announced plans to participate in the 2011 Rookie of the Year standings. The drivers were Andy Lally driving for Kevin Buckler's TRG Motorsports, and Brian Keselowski, moving his family-operated K-Automotive Motorsports team up from the Nationwide Series. Trevor Bayne, who was running half the season with the Wood Brothers, did not participate in the standings after deciding to participate for the Nationwide Series championship.{{cite web |author=Reid Spencer |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2011-02-10/bayne-will-have-to-postpone-cup-rookie-run |title=Bayne will have to postpone Cup rookie run – NASCAR |publisher=Sporting News |date=February 10, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213004924/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2011-02-10/bayne-will-have-to-postpone-cup-rookie-run |url-status=dead }} T. J. Bell entered later in the season and collected his first Cup points at Pocono. As Lally was the only rookie driver to run the required 17 races to keep eligibility, he won the rookie award easily despite being released from TRG before Homestead.
Changes
=Rule changes=
After the 2010 season, the catch can man, who caught excess fuel during pit stops and adjusts the track bar, is no longer needed, because of the addition of a self-venting fuel can.{{cite news|url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/NASCAR_to_eliminate_catch_cans_for_2011_in_all_series.html |title=NASCAR to eliminate catch cans for 2011 in all series | NASCAR News Now |newspaper=SceneDaily.com |date=October 9, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110107190316/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/NASCAR_to_eliminate_catch_cans_for_2011_in_all_series.html| archive-date= January 7, 2011 | url-status= live}} On January 11, 2011, NASCAR reported drivers can only be able to compete for the championship in one of NASCAR's three national racing series, which means the drivers who race in multiple series, most notably in the Cup and Nationwide Series, are able to compete in the races, but not for the championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110110/rule-change-drivers-one-championship/index.html |title=NASCAR drivers must elect championships in '11 |first=Dave |last=Rodman |work=NASCAR.com |date=January 11, 2011 |access-date=January 11, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110112113703/http://www.nascar.com/news/110110/rule-change-drivers-one-championship/index.html| archive-date= January 12, 2011 | url-status= live}}
The rule does not affect the exemption rule, as exemptions are determined by the top 35 in NASCAR car owner points. Drivers ineligible for Sprint Cup driver points earned Sprint Cup owner points for their team.
An announcement came on January 26, 2011, when Brian France announced that the winner of the race, excluding bonus points would receive 43 points, and each position lost one point from the position before, so that the first position would receive 43 points, while second would receive 42.{{cite news|last=Network |first=Sports |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2011/01/26/1612808/nascar-adopts-new-points-system.html#more |title=NASCAR adopts new points system, changes format for Chase | Auto Racing |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |access-date=January 27, 2011}} For bonus points, if the driver leads a lap they receive one, if they lead the most laps they receive one more, and if they win the race they receive three more points.{{cite news |last=Utter |first=Jim |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/2011/01/26/54366/will-nascars-new-points-add-up.html |title=Will NASCAR's new points add up with fans? |publisher=www.thatsracin.com |access-date=January 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130045157/http://www.thatsracin.com/2011/01/26/54366/will-nascars-new-points-add-up.html |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} On the same day, France announced changes to the qualifying format, such as the qualifying order being set by practice speeds from slowest to highest. If qualifying is canceled, the grid would be determined by practice speeds, unless they are also cancelled, then they lined up by Drivers' points. In the press conference, it was also noted that in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the eleventh and twelfth positions would be awarded to whoever has the most victories who are ranked from 11th to 20th in regular-season driver's points. Those drivers would not be given bonus points for wins.{{cite press release |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110126/nascar-rules-changes/index.html |title=Changes for 2011 include emphasis on winning – Jan 26, 2011 |publisher=NASCAR |date=January 26, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130061833/http://www.nascar.com/news/110126/nascar-rules-changes/index.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.catchfence.com/2011/sprintcup/01/26/nascar-points-system-changes-to-add-more-excitement-to-mis-events/ |title=NASCAR points system changes to add more excitement to MIS events |publisher=Catchfence |date=January 26, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6062289 |title=NASCAR chairman Brian France announces new points system – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |date=January 1, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2011}} In addition, the number of base points received by Chase drivers at the points reset were set at 2,000 instead of the previous 5,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110128/chase-format/index.html |title=10-race Chase for the Cup crowns series champ |work=NASCAR 101 |publisher=NASCAR |date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=March 6, 2011}}
=Other changes=
During the 2010 season through the off-season, NASCAR announced a change to the front end of the race cars. The change removed the splitter braces, and made it a single molded piece.{{cite news |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Teams_already_working_on_cars_with_new_2011_nose.html |title=Teams already working on cars with new 2011 front splitter | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |date=October 12, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017020942/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Teams_already_working_on_cars_with_new_2011_nose.html |url-status=dead }} The fuel for all major series in NASCAR changed from Sunoco unleaded to an ethanol blend called 'Sunoco Green E15'. But during the rest of the season on August 23, Toyota unveiled the new Camry at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California and the teams changed their headlights, taillights, fog lights, and rear for the rest of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/Story.php?S=4461016101833 |title=NASCAR going green; E15 fuel next season |publisher=Speedwaymedia.com |date=October 16, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143446/http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/Story.php?S=4461016101833 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}
Schedule
On August 18, 2010, the final calendar was released containing 36 races, with the addition of two exhibition races. The schedule also includes two Gatorade Duels, which are the qualifying races for the Daytona 500.{{cite news|last=Release|first=Official|title=2011 NASCAR Schedule|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/official/08/18/2011.nascar.cup.nationwide.truck.schedule/index.html|access-date=August 23, 2010|newspaper=NASCAR|date=August 18, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100822131258/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/official/08/18/2011.nascar.cup.nationwide.truck.schedule/index.html| archive-date= August 22, 2010 | url-status= live}}
{{note|A|1}} Race was postponed due to rain.
=Calendar changes=
{{main|NASCAR Realignment#Realignment 2011|l1=2011 NASCAR realignment}}
For the 2011 season, NASCAR made several changes to the schedule. One change was that the Subway Fresh Fit 600, held at Phoenix International Raceway, was reduced to 500 kilometers, making the name Subway Fresh Fit 500, and it became the second race of the season.{{cite web|title=Phoenix receives second race on 2011 schedule|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/10/pir.date.change/index.html|publisher=NASCAR|access-date=August 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100815045446/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/10/pir.date.change/index.html| archive-date= August 15, 2010 | url-status= live}} Also, the Kobalt Tools 500, held at Atlanta Motor Speedway, was discontinued.{{cite web|title=Atlanta to play host to one race weekend in 2011|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/05/ams.one.date/index.html|access-date=August 7, 2010|location=NASCAR| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100818054856/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/05/ams.one.date/index.html| archive-date= August 18, 2010 | url-status= live}} The Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway, was reduced to 400 miles making the name Auto Club 400,{{cite news |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Auto_Club_Speedway_race_changed_from_500_miles_to_400_miles.html |title=Auto Club Speedway race changed from 500 miles to 400 miles | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=January 13, 2011 |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307220045/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Auto_Club_Speedway_race_changed_from_500_miles_to_400_miles.html |url-status=dead }} and became the fifth race of the season. More changes to the schedule included Kansas Speedway gaining a race (the STP 400), which was run on June 5, 2011,{{cite news|title=AP: Kansas to get second NASCAR Sprint Cup race|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-08-06-kansas-second-nascar-date_N.htm|work=USA Today|access-date=August 10, 2010 | date=August 6, 2010}} and Kentucky Speedway hosted its first Sprint Cup Series race, the Quaker State 400 on July 9, 2011.{{cite web|title=Finally, Kentucky gets its long-awaited Cup date|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/10/kentucky.speedway.cup.race/index.html|access-date=August 10, 2010|location=NASCAR| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100815045438/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/08/10/kentucky.speedway.cup.race/index.html| archive-date= August 15, 2010 | url-status= live}} The Chase schedule was changed to the GEICO 400 becoming the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup; the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the second, while Auto Club Speedway's Pepsi Max 400 was removed completely from the schedule.{{cite web|title=Chicago gets first Chase race of 2011| date=August 9, 2010 |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5448962|publisher=ESPN|access-date=August 10, 2010}}
==Starting times==
Another change for the season involves the races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which had different starting times so they would not conflict with the beginning of NFL games. The change was made after seven races during the 2010 season began at 1:00 pm EST, the same time as the NFL games began. The change delayed the start of the first six races, excluding Charlotte, to 2:00 pm EDT, while the last three started at 3:00 pm EST. Charlotte Motor Speedway's race remained on Saturday night.{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110127/chase-start-times-adjusted/index.html |title=Chase race start times adjusted for 2011 season – Jan 27, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |access-date=January 28, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110128054347/http://www.nascar.com/news/110127/chase-start-times-adjusted/index.html| archive-date= January 28, 2011 | url-status= live}} Martinsville Speedway's October race on Halloween weekend featured a 1:30 pm EDT start because the track did not carry lights, and as a result is using the 2004–09 start time of 1:30 pm EDT. As of 2020, Martinsville Speedway now has lights.
Preseason
File:The NASCAR nose for 2011.jpg's car prior to the 2011 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway) that was being used during the season.]]
The preseason testing season began on January 20, 2011, with a three-day test at the Daytona International Speedway to test the new nose on the car, as well as the new surface. Also in the sessions, the opening of the restrictor plate was reduced from the 30/32 inch plate used in tire testing in December to 29/32 inch. NASCAR vice president for competition Robin Pemberton stated, "We'll have to get back and talk to the teams and look at the speeds from the last two days of testing. I think we have some high-water marks at 197-and-a-half which, depending on where they pulled up in the draft, it may be a little quick, but it's hard to say."{{cite web|author=Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110113/restrictor-plate-size-thunder/index.html |title=NASCAR reducing restrictor plate for Daytona test — Jan 13, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |access-date=January 13, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Preseason Thunder dates set for Jan. 20–22|url=http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/official/10/09/daytona-preseason-thunder-2011/index.html|access-date=October 9, 2010|newspaper=NASCAR|date=October 9, 2010|author=Official Release| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101013063718/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/official/10/09/daytona-preseason-thunder-2011/index.html| archive-date= October 13, 2010 | url-status= live}} During the first session on the morning of January 20, 2011, 33 drivers participated, and Clint Bowyer was quickest with a speed of 184.216 mph{{cite web|url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-clint-bowyer-has-fastest-daytona-nascar-test-session-speed/ |title=NASCAR – CUP: Bowyer Has Fastest Test-Session Speed |publisher=Nascar.speedtv.com |access-date=January 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317071552/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-clint-bowyer-has-fastest-daytona-nascar-test-session-speed/ |archive-date=March 17, 2012 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Speeds_down_track_extremely_smooth_as_Clint_Bowyer_leads_first_test_session_at_Daytona.html |title=Speeds down, track extremely smooth as Clint Bowyer leads first test session at Daytona | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123003444/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Speeds_down_track_extremely_smooth_as_Clint_Bowyer_leads_first_test_session_at_Daytona.html |url-status=dead }} while David Reutimann had the highest speed of 195.780 mph during the second session in the afternoon.{{cite news|url=http://www.catchfence.com/2011/sprintcup/01/20/2011-nscs-nascar-preseason-thunder-day-1-afternoon-drafting-session-speeds/ |title=2011 NSCS NASCAR Preseason Thunder Day 1 – Afternoon Drafting Session Speeds |publisher=Catchfence |access-date=January 21, 2011}}
The third test session, scheduled for the morning of January 21, was canceled because of wet weather. During the fourth session, held during the afternoon, 34 drivers participated with Denny Hamlin being quickest with a speed of 196.868 mph.{{cite news |url=http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Teams_work_on_two-car_draft_at_Daytona_during_second_day_of_testing.html |title=Teams work on two-car draft at Daytona during second day of testing | NASCAR News Now |publisher=SceneDaily.com |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123224456/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Teams_work_on_two-car_draft_at_Daytona_during_second_day_of_testing.html |url-status=dead }} Several drivers decided to leave after the session, which included Reutimann, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and Bowyer. During the fifth session, held on the morning of January 22, 29 drivers participated, and Joey Logano was quickest with a speed of 197.516 mph.{{cite web|url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-joey-logano-denny-hamlin-cross-197-barrier-at-daytona/ |title=NASCAR — CUP: Logano, Hamlin Cross 197 Barrier At Daytona |publisher=Nascar.speedtv.com |access-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317071628/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-joey-logano-denny-hamlin-cross-197-barrier-at-daytona/ |archive-date=March 17, 2012 }} Brad Keselowski was quickest with a speed of 198.605 mph in the final session.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110122/preseason-thunder-day-3-release/index.html |title=Two-car drafts dominate final day of Thunder — Jan 22, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=January 22, 2011 |access-date=January 23, 2011}} Once the testing concluded, NASCAR managing director of competition John Darby commented that he did not expect to change the restrictor plate that they used in the January test sessions, leaving the opening at 29/32 inches.{{cite web|author=Dave Rodman, NASCAR.COM |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110123/preseason-thunder-speeds-not-concerning/index.html |title=Officials not worried about speeds at Thunder — Jan 23, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |access-date=January 24, 2011}}
Report
File:Carl Edwards celebrating his 2011 Las Vegas Victory.jpg, before performing his signature backflip after winning the Kobalt Tools 400, his only victory of the season]]
In the first exhibition race of the season, the 2011 Budweiser Shootout, Hamlin crossed the finished line in the first position, but since he passed below the yellow out of bounds line, Kurt Busch became the winner of the race.{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110212/kbusch-wins-shootout/index.html |title=Busch wins Shootout as Hamlin black-flagged – Feb 13, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=February 13, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011}} Trevor Bayne won the opening race of the season in the Daytona 500 after David Ragan received a penalty for a restart violation, with Bayne becoming just the fifth driver to win the race for Wood Brothers Racing and the youngest ever to win the Daytona 500 at 20 years and 1 day, as well as the first driver to win the race (excluding the inaugural 1959 race) in his first Daytona 500 start. Four-time champion, Jeff Gordon claimed victory in the 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, after leading the most laps of 138, ending a 66-race winless streak.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6165367 |title=Jeff Gordon wins at Phoenix to snap 66-race drought – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629025801/http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6165367| archive-date= June 29, 2011 | url-status= live}}
Next, Carl Edwards won the 2011 Kobalt Tools 400 after Tony Stewart, who led the most laps, was penalized on pit road.{{cite web |url=http://www.garnernews.net/view/full_story/12233261/article-Edwards%E2%80%99s-pit-strategy--Stewart-s-pit-error-equal-win-at-Vegas?instance=secondary_sports_left_column |title=Edwards's pit strategy, Stewart's pit error equal win at Vegas Read more: Garner News – Edwards's pit strategy Stewart s pit error equal win at Vegas |publisher=Garnernews.net |access-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723133141/http://www.garnernews.net/view/full_story/12233261/article-Edwards%E2%80%99s-pit-strategy--Stewart-s-pit-error-equal-win-at-Vegas?instance=secondary_sports_left_column |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }} After winning the Nationwide race on Saturday, Kyle Busch held off Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson to take his fifth consecutive Bristol victory.{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110320/kybusch-wins-bristol-cup/index.html |title=Busch's Bristol roll continues with Cup victory – Mar 21, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=March 21, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011}} Though Kyle dominated the race, Jimmie Johnson took the lead briefly but was passed on the last lap by Kevin Harvick, who took his first win of 2011 at Auto Club Speedway.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/03/Thrilling-Home-Win-for-Harvick.aspx |title=Thrilling Home Win for Kevin Harvick |publisher=MotorRacingNetwork.com |date=March 27, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614085527/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/03/Thrilling-Home-Win-for-Harvick.aspx |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The following week, Harvick passed fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. with four laps to go to win at Martinsville Speedway.{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110403/kharvick-win-martinsville/index.html |title=Harvick edges past Earnhardt for Martinsville win – Apr 4, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |access-date=July 10, 2011}} Roush Fenway Racing dominated the weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, with Matt Kenseth leading 169 laps en route to his first victory in 76 races.{{cite web |author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110409/mkenseth-wins-cup-texas/index.html |title=Kenseth snaps long drought in easy Texas victory – Apr 11, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816021753/http://www.nascar.com/news/110409/mkenseth-wins-cup-texas/index.html |url-status=dead }}
File:Kyle Busch, 2011 Goody's Fast Relief 500.jpg (car shown above) is tied with Kevin Harvick for the second most wins during the season with four]]
In the Aaron's 499 Jimmie Johnson edged Clint Bowyer for the win at Talladega Superspeedway by .002 seconds, tying the closest finish in series history.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6376741 |title=Jimmie Johnson takes Talladega in tie for closest Sprint Cup victory – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |date=April 18, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011}} For the third consecutive season, Kyle Busch dominated the spring race at Richmond, leading 293 of 400 laps en route to his second win of the season{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110430/kybusch-wins-richmond/index.html |title=Busch springs to another victory at Richmond – May 2, 2011 |publisher=Nascar.Com |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629004255/http://www.nascar.com/news/110430/kybusch-wins-richmond/index.html| archive-date= June 29, 2011 | url-status= live}} After being denied victory at Talladega in 2008, Regan Smith stayed out on older tires and held of points leader Carl Edwards for his and Furniture Row Racing's first Cup Series victory at Darlington Raceway.{{cite web |url=http://charlotte.news14.com/content/top_stories/640656/regan-smith-survives-at-darlington-raceway |title=Regan Smith survives at Darlington Raceway |publisher=Charlotte.news14.com |access-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323205031/http://charlotte.news14.com/content/top_stories/640656/regan-smith-survives-at-darlington-raceway |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Making a last minute two-tire pit stop on the final pit stop, Matt Kenseth outran former teammate Mark Martin to take his second win of the season at Dover.{{cite web|author=Sporting News Wire Service |url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110515/mkenseth-dover-win/index.html |title=Latecomer Kenseth steals a victory at Dover |publisher=Nascar.com |date=May 16, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2011}}
At the second exhibition race of the season, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXVII at Charlotte Motor Speedway, David Ragan and Brad Keselowski finished 1–2 in the Sprint Showdown, while fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the fan vote to transfer into the main event.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2011-05-21-David-Ragan-wins-Sprint-Showdown_N.htm | title=Ragan, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr. advance to all-star race | date=May 21, 2011 | agency=USA Today | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Ryan, Nate | location=Concord, North Carolina}} Carl Edwards dominated the final two segments and held off Kyle Busch for his first All-Star victory.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2011-05-21-Carl-Edwards-wins-NASCAR-Sprint-All-Star-Race_N.htm | title=Carl Edwards breezes to first victory in Sprint All-Star Race | date=May 21, 2011 | agency=USA Today | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Ryan, Nate | location=Concord, North Carolina}} With the teams remaining in Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600, Dale Earnhardt Jr. came close to snapping his winless drought by gambling on fuel, but ran out of gas on the backstretch, allowing Kevin Harvick to drive to his 3rd win of 2011.{{cite web|url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-harvick-wins-at-cms/ |title=NASCAR – CUP: Harvick Wins Charlotte In Bizarre Finish |publisher=Speedtv.com |date=May 29, 2011 |access-date=July 28, 2011 |author=Hembree, Mike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724060209/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-harvick-wins-at-cms/ |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }} At 402 laps and 603 miles, the race was the longest in NASCAR history.{{cite web|url=http://racingnewsdigest.com/2011/05/kevin-harvick-wins-coke-cola-600-longest-nascar-race-ever-crazy-finish/ |work=Racing News Digest |date=2011-05-29 |publisher=Racing News Digest |access-date=2011-10-30 |title=Kevin Harvick Wins Coke Cola 600 – Longest NASCAR Race Ever – Crazy Finish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101190615/http://racingnewsdigest.com/2011/05/kevin-harvick-wins-coke-cola-600-longest-nascar-race-ever-crazy-finish |archive-date=November 1, 2011 }} At the inaugural STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, a dominant Kurt Busch was forced to stop for fuel with 7 laps to go, allowing teammate Brad Keselowski to take the lead and hold off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his second Sprint Cup victory.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6628733 | title=Brad Keselowski wins at Kansas | publisher=ESPN | date=June 6, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | agency=Associated Press}} At the 5-hour Energy 500, a quick final pit stop enabled Jeff Gordon to beat polesitter Kurt Busch out of the pits, getting Gordon his 84th Sprint Cup victory, tying Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip for third on the all-time wins list and also tying Waltrip for the most wins in NASCAR's modern era.{{cite web | url=http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-jeff-gordon-wins-at-pocono/ | title=UP: Jeff Gordon Smokes Field At Pocono | publisher=Speedtv.com | date=June 12, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Hembree, Mike | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004232008/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-jeff-gordon-wins-at-pocono/ | archive-date=October 4, 2011 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} The next week at Michigan, defending race winner Denny Hamlin got an excellent final pit stop, enabling him to hold off Matt Kenseth for his first win of the season.{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110619/dhamlin-wins-michigan/index.html | title=Hamlin holds off Kenseth for win at Michigan | publisher=Nascar.com | date=June 20, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Sporting News Wire Service| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070952/http://www.nascar.com/news/110619/dhamlin-wins-michigan/index.html| archive-date= June 29, 2011 | url-status= live}} The next week at Infineon Raceway, Kurt Busch dominated the race and easily held off Jeff Gordon for his first win of 2011 and first on a road course.{{cite web | url=http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/06/Busch-Takes-Road-to-Victory.aspx | title=Busch Takes Road to Victory | publisher=Motorracingnetwork.com | date=June 26, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807171717/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/06/Busch-Takes-Road-to-Victory.aspx | archive-date=August 7, 2011 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}
The series returned to Daytona for the Independence Day weekend. Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne crashed out early, and David Ragan with help from teammate Matt Kenseth, rebounded from his late 500 loss to take his first Sprint Cup victory.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2011-07-02-sprint-cup-coke-zero-400_n.htm | title=David Ragan wins at Daytona for first Sprint Cup victory | date=July 2, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | agency=USA Today | author=Ryan, Nate | location=Daytona Beach, Florida}} The following week, at the inaugural Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, Kyle Busch dominated the race and held off a hard charging David Reutimann for his third win of the season.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2011-07-09-sprint-cup-kentucky_n.htm | title=Kyle Busch wins inaugural Sprint Cup race at Kentucky | date=July 9, 2011 | agency=USA Today | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Ryan, Nate | location=Sparta, Kentucky}} Heading up to New England for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon, Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart, both drivers for Stewart-Haas Racing started first and second on the grid, and the two remained in the same order at the conclusion of the race, Newman's his first win of season.{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/news/110717/rnewman-win-loudon/ | title=Newman, Stewart run 1–2 at New Hampshire | publisher=Nascar.com | date=July 18, 2011 | access-date=July 28, 2011 | author=Sporting News Wire Service}} After an off week, the series made its way to the prestigious Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400. Though Jeff Gordon had the dominant car, pit strategy got Paul Menard out front and eventually hold off a hard-charging Gordon for his first career Sprint Cup victory.
The series returned to Pocono for the Good Sam RV Insurance 500. The Joe Gibbs Racing trio of Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano dominated the race, but Brad Keselowski, racing injured from a crash at Road Atlanta, held off Busch with 10 to go to take his second win of the year. The next week at Watkins Glen, Cup drivers returned to road course racing, and Marcos Ambrose held off Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch in a green-white-checker finish and avoided several violent crashes, including David Reutimann flipping in the esses on the final lap, to claim his first Sprint Cup Series win, becoming the fifth first-time winner in 2011. Ambrose also became the first Australian ever (and fourth foreign-born driver) to win a Cup Series race.{{cite news|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/marcos-ambrose-claims-maiden-nascar-win-20110816-1iv4v.html |title=Marcos Ambrose claims maiden NASCAR win |first=Rob |last=Forsaith |agency=Australian Associated Press |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011}} The series returned to Michigan for the Pure Michigan 400, and Kyle Busch would dominate the race and hold off Jimmie Johnson for his fourth win of 2011. Heading to Bristol for the Irwin Tools Night Race, Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth dominated the race, but Brad Keselowski got out front after a fast final pitstop and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his third win of 2011.
Heading to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Labor Day weekend, the race was pushed to Tuesday September 6 due to Tropical Storm Lee dumping rain on the Southwest Sunday and Monday. When the race resumed, Jeff Gordon held off Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson for his 3rd win of 2011 and his 85th overall win in the Cup Series. At the Wonderful Pistachios 400, the last race of the regular season was hotly contested with multiple drivers needing a win to break into the Chase. Kevin Harvick would end up holding off the field for his 4th win of 2011 while Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski completed the two wild card spots in the top 12. For the first time, Chicagoland Speedway was the site of the Chase opener. With the race delayed until Monday due to rain, Tony Stewart held off a hard-charging Kevin Harvick and outlasted the field on fuel to take his first win of 2011. The teams headed up north to return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Sylvania 300. Once again, the race came down to fuel mileage as Tony Stewart passed Clint Bowyer with 2 laps to go and held on for his second consecutive win of the year. In the series' return to Dover, Jimmie Johnson dominated the race, but Kurt Busch took advantage of a restart and held off Johnson for his second win of 2011. Heading to Kansas, Jimmie Johnson once again dominated the race, but sealed up his second win of the season on a Green-white-checkered finish by holding off Kasey Kahne.
File:Clint Bowyer Coke 600 2011 (cropped).jpg, shown here before the Coca-Cola 600, claimed his only victory of the season in the Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega.]]
The series returned to Charlotte for the halfway mark of the Chase. Kyle Busch dominated the race, but Matt Kenseth passed Busch late in the race and held him off for his third win of 2011. During the Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega, the controversial two-car draft dominated the race, as the RCR duo of Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer pulled away from the field on a late restart, though Bowyer would pass Burton on the final lap and beat him to the line by a fender for his second consecutive fall Talladega win. The teams returned to Martinsville for the final short track of the season. There, the Chase drivers had up and down days, but Tony Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson on the final restart to grab his third win of 2011 and keep his Chase hopes alive. Returning to Texas, Stewart dominated and passed a gambling Jeff Burton with 5 to go to hold off points leader Carl Edwards for his fourth win in 2011.
At the penultimate race in Phoenix, the drivers face a completely new Phoenix International Raceway. Stewart dominated once again, but Kasey Kahne held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards to snap an 81 race winless streak. At the season finale, championship contenders Edwards and Stewart dominated the race with a razor-thin points gap, but Stewart prevailed and took home both his fifth win of 2011 and defeated Edwards for his first Cup championship as an owner-driver (Stewart and Edwards were tied in points after the race; Stewart prevailed on the first tie-breaker, number of race wins during the season – Stewart had five wins during the season (all during the Chase) while Edwards had only one win in the third race of the season). 2011 saw 5 drivers win their 1st ever Sprint Cup race (Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith, David Ragan, Paul Menard, and Marcos Ambrose). 2011 also saw 19 different drivers winning at least one race. 2011 matched 2001 with both modern era record accomplishments.
Results and standings
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(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results. * – Most laps led.
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver ! DAY ! PHO ! LVS ! BRI ! CAL ! MAR ! TEX ! TAL ! RCH ! DAR ! DOV ! CLT ! KAN ! POC ! MCH ! SON ! DAY ! KEN ! NHA ! IND ! POC ! GLN ! MCH ! BRI ! ATL ! RCH ! rowspan="13"| ! CHI ! NHA ! DOV ! KAN ! CLT ! TAL ! MAR ! TEX ! PHO ! HOM !valign="middle"| Points |
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|align="left"|Tony Stewart |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 ! 2403 |
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|align="left"|Carl Edwards |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2* ! 2403 |
3
|align="left"|Kevin Harvick |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 ! 2345 |
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|align="left"|Matt Kenseth |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14* |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 ! 2330 |
5
|align="left"|Brad Keselowski |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 ! 2319 |
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|align="left"|Jimmie Johnson |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 ! 2304 |
7
|align="left"|Dale Earnhardt Jr. |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 ! 2290 |
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|align="left"|Jeff Gordon |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 ! 2287 |
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|align="left"|Denny Hamlin |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 ! 2284 |
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|align="left"|Ryan Newman |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 ! 2284 |
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|align="left"|Kurt Busch |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 ! 2262 |
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|align="left"|Kyle Busch |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3* |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27* |style="background:#ffffff;"| EX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 ! 2246 |
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver ! DAY ! PHO ! LVS ! BRI ! CAL ! MAR ! TEX ! TAL ! RCH ! DAR ! DOV ! CLT ! KAN ! POC ! MCH ! SON ! DAY ! KEN ! NHA ! IND ! POC ! GLN ! MCH ! BRI ! ATL ! RCH ! rowspan="41"| ! CHI ! NHA ! DOV ! KAN ! CLT ! TAL ! MAR ! TEX ! PHO ! HOM !valign="middle"| Points |
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|align="left"|Clint Bowyer |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2* |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 ! 1047 |
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|align="left"|Kasey Kahne |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4* |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 ! 1041 |
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|align="left"|A. J. Allmendinger |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 ! 1013 |
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|align="left"|Greg Biffle |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20* |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 ! 997 |
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|align="left"|Paul Menard |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 ! 947 |
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|align="left"|Martin Truex Jr. |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 ! 937 |
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|align="left"|Marcos Ambrose |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 ! 936 |
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|align="left"|Jeff Burton |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 ! 935 |
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|align="left"|Juan Pablo Montoya |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 ! 932 |
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|align="left"|Mark Martin |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 ! 930 |
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|align="left"|David Ragan |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 ! 906 |
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|align="left"|Joey Logano |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 ! 902 |
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|align="left"|Brian Vickers |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 ! 846 |
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|align="left"|Regan Smith |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 ! 820 |
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|align="left"|Jamie McMurray |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 ! 795 |
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|align="left"|David Reutimann |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 ! 757 |
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|align="left"|Bobby Labonte |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 ! 670 |
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|align="left"|David Gilliland |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 ! 572 |
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|align="left"|Casey Mears |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 ! 541 |
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|align="left"|Dave Blaney |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 ! 508 |
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|align="left"|Andy Lally (R) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 421 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | ! 398 |
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|align="left"|Robby Gordon |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 | ! 268 |
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|align="left"|J. J. Yeley |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 ! 192 |
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|align="left"|Michael McDowell |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 ! 139 |
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|align="left"|Tony Raines | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | ! 129 |
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|align="left"|Ken Schrader | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 | | | ! 110 |
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|align="left"|Terry Labonte |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 | | | | ! 102 |
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|align="left"|Bill Elliott |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 100 |
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|align="left"|David Stremme | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 371 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 ! 80 |
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|align="left"|Michael Waltrip |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 9 | | | | ! 56 |
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|align="left"|Boris Said | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 38 |
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|align="left"|Geoff Bodine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 ! 33 |
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|align="left"|T. J. Bell (R) | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 381 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 ! 29 |
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|align="left"|Stephen Leicht | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | ! 20 |
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|align="left"|Andy Pilgrim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 18 |
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|align="left"|Chris Cook | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 17 |
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|align="left"|Brian Simo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 11 |
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|align="left"|Brian Keselowski (R) |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 3 |
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|align="left"|Erik Darnell | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 391 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | ! 2 |
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|align="left"|Steve Park | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | ! 2 |
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver ! DAY ! PHO ! LVS ! BRI ! CAL ! MAR ! TEX ! TAL ! RCH ! DAR ! DOV ! CLT ! KAN ! POC ! MCH ! SON ! DAY ! KEN ! NHA ! IND ! POC ! GLN ! MCH ! BRI ! ATL ! RCH ! rowspan="38"| ! CHI ! NHA ! DOV ! KAN ! CLT ! TAL ! MAR ! TEX ! PHO ! HOM !valign="middle"| Points |
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|align="left"|Trevor Bayne |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:white;"| INJ |style="background:white;"| INJ |style="background:white;"| INJ |style="background:white;"| INJ |style="background:white;"| INJ | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 ! – |
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|align="left"|Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
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|align="left"|Landon Cassill | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 ! – |
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|align="left"|Travis Kvapil |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 22 ! – |
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|align="left"|Steve Wallace |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
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|align="left"|Mike Bliss | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21 ! – |
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|align="left"|Mike Skinner | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 24 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#DFC484;"| Wth |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#DFC484;"| Wth | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
60
|align="left"|Cole Whitt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 ! – |
61
|align="left"|Hermie Sadler | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 | | | ! – |
62
|align="left"|Austin Dillon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 26 | | | | | | ! – |
63
|align="left"|David Starr | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 29 | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | ! – |
64
|align="left"|Scott Wimmer | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
65
|align="left"|Joe Nemechek |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 ! – |
66
|align="left"|Patrick Carpentier | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
67
|align="left"|Ron Fellows | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
68
|align="left"|Scott Speed | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 32 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 41 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
69
|align="left"|Jason White | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
70
|align="left"|Sam Hornish Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
71
|align="left"|Andrew Ranger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
72
|align="left"|Reed Sorenson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
73
|align="left"|Johnny Sauter | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36 | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
74
|align="left"|Josh Wise | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 | | ! – |
75
|align="left"|Todd Bodine |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 37 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
76
|align="left"|Dennis Setzer | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | |style="background:#DFC484;"| Wth | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
77
|style="white-space: nowrap; align=left" |Robert Richardson Jr. |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
78
|align="left"|Scott Riggs | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
79
|align="left"|Kevin Conway |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 | | | | ! – |
80
|align="left"|P. J. Jones | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
81
|align="left"|Jeff Green | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 43 | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
82
|align="left"|Derrike Cope |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFC484;"| Wth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | ! – |
83
|align="left"|Tony Ave | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
84
|align="left"|Grant Enfinger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ ! – |
85
|align="left"|Norm Benning |style="background:#DFC484;"| Wth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
86
|align="left"|David Mayhew | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| QL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! – |
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!valign="middle"| Driver ! DAY ! PHO ! LVS ! BRI ! CAL ! MAR ! TEX ! TAL ! RCH ! DAR ! DOV ! CLT ! KAN ! POC ! MCH ! SON ! DAY ! KEN ! NHA ! IND ! POC ! GLN ! MCH ! BRI ! ATL ! RCH ! CHI ! NHA ! DOV ! KAN ! CLT ! TAL ! MAR ! TEX ! PHO ! HOM ! Points |
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|References
|{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/20/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Brickyard 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=July 31, 2011|access-date=August 1, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/21/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=August 7, 2011|access-date=August 8, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/22/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/23/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Pure Michigan 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=August 21, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/24/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Irwin Tools Night Race results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=August 27, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/25/data/results_official.html|title=2011 AdvoCare 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=September 6, 2011|access-date=September 6, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/26/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=September 10, 2011|access-date=September 10, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/27/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Geico 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=September 19, 2011|access-date=September 19, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/28/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Sylvania 300 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=September 25, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/29/data/results_official.html|title=2011 AAA 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=October 2, 2011|access-date=October 3, 2011|archive-date=November 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122030402/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/29/data/results_official.html|url-status=dead}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/30/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Hollywood Casino 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=October 9, 2011|access-date=October 9, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/31/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Bank of America 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=October 15, 2011|access-date=October 18, 2011|archive-date=November 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124034802/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/31/data/results_official.html|url-status=dead}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/32/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Good Sam Club 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=October 24, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/33/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=October 30, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/34/data/results_official.html|title=2011 AAA Texas 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=November 6, 2011|access-date=November 7, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/35/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Kobalt Tools 500 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=November 13, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2011}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/36/data/results_official.html|title=2011 Ford 400 results|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=November 21, 2011}} !{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/data/standings_official.html|title=2011 Official Driver Standings|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|access-date=November 21, 2011|archive-date=April 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430223122/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/data/standings_official.html|url-status=dead}} |
colspan="40"| *1 – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points. |
{{small|Note:This list does not include exhibition races.}}
- Kyle Busch was suspended from competing in the second Texas race due to crashing out championship contender Ron Hornaday Jr. during a caution at the 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K earlier that weekend. He was replaced by Michael McDowell.
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Pos
! Manufacturer ! Wins ! Points |
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1
| 18 |align="right"| 248 |
2
|Ford | 7 |align="right"| 195 |
3
| 6 |align="right"| 187 |
4
| 5 |align="right"| 162 |
colspan="4"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web|title=Manufacturer Standings|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/data/standings_manufacturer.html|work=NASCAR.com|publisher=Turner Sports|access-date=November 21, 2011}}}}}} |
See also
References
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