2011 Aaron's 499

Race #8 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season

2011 Aaron's 499
*Held on April 17, 2011 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL*
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	188	14	running	47
2	10	33	Clint Bowyer	BB & T	Chevy	188	38	running	44
3	1	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger, AARP	Chevy	188	9	running	42
4	4	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard, AMP Energy	Chevy	188	11	running	41
5	38	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser	Chevy	188	9	running	40
6	20	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac	Ford	188	8	running	39
7	17	16	Greg Biffle	3M, Scotch Blue Painter's Tape	Ford	188	3	running	38
8	3	5	Mark Martin	Carquest Auto Parts, GoDaddy.com	Chevy	188	1	running	37
9	39	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell	Ford	188	0	running	35
10	36	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot	Toyota	188	2	running	35
11	16	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Best Buy	Ford	188	0	running	33
12	5	27	Paul Menard	Schrock Cabinetry, Menards	Chevy	188	4	running	33
13	26	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	188	6	running	32
14	14	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	188	0	running	30
15	18	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row, Denver Mattress	Chevy	188	6	running	30
16	27	31	Jeff Burton	CAT Financial	Chevy	188	6	running	29
17	30	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Mobil 1	Chevy	188	0	running	27
18	8	22	Kurt Busch	Shell, Pennzoil, AAA	Dodge	188	19	running	27
19	37	71	Andy Lally	Interstate Moving Services	Ford	188	0	running	25
20	42	7	Robby Gordon	Fast Five, Speed Energy	Dodge	188	0	running	24
21	21	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats	Chevy	188	1	running	24
22	40	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Toyota	188	1	running	23
23	29	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office	Toyota	188	0	running	21
24	15	47	Bobby Labonte	Bush's Baked Beans	Toyota	188	1	running	21
25	23	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation	Chevy	188	6	running	20
26	43	46	Bill Elliott	Red Line Oil	Chevy	188	0	running	18
27	35	36	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral	Chevy	188	21	running	18
28	12	15	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's, Auburn University	Toyota	187	0	running	16
29	28	38	Travis Kvapil	Long John Silver's, TMone	Ford	184	0	running	0
30	13	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevy	177	0	running	14
31	6	09	Landon Cassill	Security Benefits, Thank A Teacher Today	Chevy	170	0	running	0
32	24	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley, DeWalt Tools	Ford	157	1	running	13
33	19	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Dodge	154	2	running	12
34	41	32	Terry Labonte	C&J Energy Services	Ford	152	0	engine	10
35	34	18	Kyle Busch	M & M's Pretzel	Toyota	144	3	crash	10
36	25	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Black	Ford	139	8	crash	9
37	31	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull	Toyota	139	1	running	8
38	9	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull	Toyota	115	0	running	6
39	7	6	David Ragan	UPS "We Love Logistics"	Ford	89	2	crash	6
40	11	21	Trevor Bayne	Good Sam Club, Camping World	Ford	89	5	crash	0
41	22	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	5	0	vibration	0
42	33	35	Steve Park	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevy	4	0	electrical	2
43	32	97	Kevin Conway	Extenze	Toyota	1	0	electrical	0
QUALIFIED CAR
		7	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Fast Five, Speed Energy	Dodge			qualified car
DID NOT QUALIFY
		60	Mike Skinner	Big Red	Toyota			DNQ
		37	Tony Raines	Front Row Motorsports	Ford			DNQ
		66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing	Toyota			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:12:01
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeff Gordon - 53.723 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.002 seconds
Average Speed: 156.261 mph
Cautions: 6 for 24 laps - 29-31 (#09,22,83 accident backstretch), 91-96 (#2,4,6,9,21,22 accident turn 3), 129-132 (debris turn 3), 141-144 (#11,17,18,20,43 accident backstretch), 164-167 (debris backstretch), 175-177 (#39 spun backstretch)
Lead Changes: 88 among 26 drivers - Jeff Gordon 1-4, Clint Bowyer 5, Jeff Gordon 6-9, Ryan Newman 10, Brad Keselowski 11, Clint Bowyer 12-13, Jimmie Johnson 14, Clint Bowyer 15-18, Kasey Kahne 19, Clint Bowyer 20-21, David Ragan 22, Kurt Busch 23, Kyle Busch 24-25, David Ragan 26, Kyle Busch 27, Clint Bowyer 28, Carl Edwards 29, Clint Bowyer 30-34, Joey Logano 35, Clint Bowyer 36, Marcos Ambrose 37, Matt Kenseth 38-42, Joey Logano 43, Regan Smith 44-45, Jeff Burton (VA) 46-47, Greg Biffle 48, Jeff Burton (VA) 49, Matt Kenseth 50-51, Brad Keselowski 52, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 53, Matt Kenseth 54, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 55-56, Greg Biffle 57-58, Trevor Bayne 59, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 60-63, Trevor Bayne 64-66, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 67-70, Trevor Bayne 71, Clint Bowyer 72-75, Jimmie Johnson 76-82, Ryan Newman 83, Jimmie Johnson 84-88, Ryan Newman 89-92, Carl Edwards 93, Mark Martin 94, Paul Menard 95-96, Clint Bowyer 97, Kurt Busch 98-99, Dave Blaney 100, Carl Edwards 101-103, Kurt Busch 104-108, Clint Bowyer 109-110, Kurt Busch 111-114, Regan Smith 115, Clint Bowyer 116, Regan Smith 117, Clint Bowyer 118, Dave Blaney 119-121, Kevin Harvick 122, Kurt Busch 123-128, Carl Edwards 129, Casey Mears 130, Paul Menard 131-132, Regan Smith 133, Jeff Burton (VA) 134, Dave Blaney 135-140, Bobby Labonte 141, Martin Truex, Jr. 142, Kevin Harvick 143-146, Martin Truex, Jr. 147, Kurt Busch 148, Kevin Harvick 149, Martin Truex, Jr. 150, Kevin Harvick 151, Jeff Burton (VA) 152-153, Jamie McMurray 154, Dave Blaney 155-157, Clint Bowyer 158-168, Regan Smith 169, Clint Bowyer 170, Martin Truex, Jr. 171-173, Dave Blaney 174-177, Kevin Harvick 178-179, Dave Blaney 180-183, Carl Edwards 184, Clint Bowyer 185, Carl Edwards 186, Jeff Gordon 187, Jimmie Johnson 188
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered