2011 Showtime Southern 500
Race details[1] | |||||
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Race 10 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
Date | May 7, 2011 | ||||
Location | Darlington Raceway near Darlington, South Carolina | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) | ||||
Distance | 370 laps, 505.42 mi (813.394 km) | ||||
Weather | Partly cloudy and chilly in the evening; with temperatures hovering around 64.3 °F (17.9 °C) and wind speeds climbing up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing Team | ||||
Time | 27.131 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | |||
Laps | 124 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 78 | Regan Smith |
Network | Fox | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds |
The 2011 Showtime Southern 500, the 55th running of the
The race was the first ever start for T. J. Bell.
Report
Background
Prior to the race, Carl Edwards held the Drivers' Championship lead with 326 points. Defending champion Jimmie Johnson was in second place, 9 points back, followed by Richmond Kyle Busch in third, 21 points behind Johnson. Four points behind Busch was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth with Kevin Harvick one point behind in fifth. Kurt Busch, with 289 points, was in sixth followed by Clint Bowyer who was 5 points behind Busch. Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top 10 in points, all 3 separated by 3 points. Defending race winner Denny Hamlin was 17th in points. A. J. Allmendinger and Jeff Gordon remained in the wild card positions.
In the owner points battle,
*Withdrew.
Practice
Qualifying
Kasey Kahne would win the pole with a 27.131. Meanwhile, Scott Riggs would blow an engine coming into his second lap of his qualifying run. While he had set a time, it was not enough to get Riggs into the race, as Joe Nemechek would beat his time.
Pos.[3] | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 27.131 | 181.254 |
2 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing
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Chevrolet | 27.255 | 180.429 |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.300 | 180.132 |
4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 27.323 | 179.980 |
5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.346 | 179.829 |
6 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 27.370 | 179.671 |
7 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 27.404 | 179.448 |
8 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 27.433 | 179.259 |
9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing
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Chevrolet | 27.456 | 179.108 |
10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing
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Dodge | 27.460 | 179.082 |
11 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 27.461 | 179.076 |
12 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Chevrolet | 27.491 | 178.880 |
13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.536 | 178.588 |
14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.558 | 178.445 |
15 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 27.568 | 178.381 |
16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Chevrolet | 27.586 | 178.264 |
17 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.602 | 178.161 |
18 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.611 | 178.103 |
19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.621 | 178.038 |
20 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 27.628 | 177.993 |
21 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 27.629 | 177.987 |
22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 27.634 | 177.955 |
23 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 27.647 | 177.871 |
24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.654 | 177.826 |
25 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing
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Dodge | 27.665 | 177.755 |
26 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.670 | 177.723 |
27 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 27.678 | 177.672 |
28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.687 | 177.614 |
29 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 27.770 | 177.083 |
30 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.827 | 176.720 |
31 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.833 | 176.682 |
32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 27.879 | 176.391 |
33 | 50 | T.J. Bell | LTD Powersports, LLC
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Toyota | 27.903 | 176.239 |
34 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Germain Racing | Toyota | 27.909 | 176.201 |
35 | 37 | Tony Raines | Max Q Motorsports | Ford | 27.911 | 176.189 |
36 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 27.921 | 176.125 |
37 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.025 | 175.472 |
38 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports
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Chevrolet | 28.035 | 175.409 |
39 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing
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Toyota | 28.044 | 175.353 |
40 | 32 | Ken Schrader | FAS Lane Racing
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Ford | 28.054 | 175.291 |
41 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 28.225 | 174.229 |
42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Dodge | 28.235 | 174.167 |
Last to make it on time (car that is not locked in by owner's points) | ||||||
43 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 28.165 | 174.600 |
Failed to qualify or withdrew | ||||||
44 | 81 | Scott Riggs | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.247 | 174.093 |
45 | 71 | Andy Lally | TRG Motorsports
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Ford | 28.613 | 171.866 |
46 | 92 | Brian Keselowski | K-Automotive Motorsports
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Dodge | 28.776 | 170.892 |
WD | 75 | Derrike Cope | Stratus Racing Group
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Dodge | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Did not qualify: #81-Scott Riggs, #71-Andy Lally, #92-Brian Keselowski Withdrew: #75 Derrike Cope
Race
Regan Smith pulled off an upset and won the Showtime Southern 500 after holding off Carl Edwards on a late restart. There were 11 caution flags, the wildest one happening with 4 laps to go. During a 3 wide situation, Harvick got into Kyle Busch, who in turn got into Bowyer, who slammed the inside wall. He was not injured. Kyle Busch then turned around Harvick in Turn 1. After the race finished Harvick wanted to get Kyle Busch out of the car. After that didn't happen, Harvick went to Busch's car and threw a punch inside Busch's driver window, but Busch then drove off and Busch's car pushed Harvick's #29 car into the pit road wall instead. Tempers flared, and the incident further inflamed the tensions between the two men. After the race Busch and Harvick were both fined $25,000 and placed on probation for 4 races including the
Race results
Fin[4][2][5] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 23 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 370 | 11 | running | 47 | $272,745 |
2 | 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 370 | 57 | running | 43 | $248,966 |
3 | 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing
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Dodge | 370 | 0 | running | 41 | $178,358 |
4 | 1 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 370 | 124 | running | 42 | $164,648 |
5 | 2 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing
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Chevrolet | 370 | 28 | running | 40 | $165,025 |
6 | 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 370 | 0 | running | 38 | $152,000 |
7 | 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing
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Chevrolet | 370 | 6 | running | 38 | $141,758 |
8 | 22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 370 | 0 | running | 36 | $117,350 |
9 | 12 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Chevrolet | 370 | 13 | running | 36 | $128,614 |
10 | 29 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 370 | 1 | running | 35 | $100,550 |
11 | 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 370 | 78 | running | 34 | $134,991 |
12 | 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 32 | $126,836 |
13 | 6 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 370 | 0 | running | 31 | $120,066 |
14 | 30 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 30 | $96,100 |
15 | 19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 29 | $137,761 |
16 | 36 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 370 | 0 | running | 28 | $114,408 |
17 | 13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 370 | 47 | running | 28 | $141,111 |
18 | 15 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 370 | 2 | running | 27 | $112,270 |
19 | 28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 25 | $92,150 |
20 | 7 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 369 | 0 | running | 24 | $121,486 |
21 | 11 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 369 | 0 | running | 23 | $91,125 |
22 | 18 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 22 | $89,850 |
23 | 16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Chevrolet | 368 | 0 | running | 21 | $119,758 |
24 | 41 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 367 | 0 | running | 20 | $99,258 |
25 | 20 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing
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Ford | 366 | 0 | running | 19 | $117,486 |
26 | 21 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 365 | 0 | running | 0 | $90,633 |
27 | 25 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing
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Dodge | 364 | 0 | running | 17 | $119,775 |
28 | 40 | 32 | Ken Schrader | FAS Lane Racing
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Ford | 364 | 2 | running | 17 | $87,822 |
29 | 27 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 364 | 0 | running | 0 | $77,075 |
30 | 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 364 | 1 | running | 15 | $77,900 |
31 | 26 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 363 | 0 | crash | 13 | $118,083 |
32 | 37 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 362 | 0 | running | 12 | $73,075 |
33 | 24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 358 | 0 | engine | 11 | $82,525 |
34 | 8 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 332 | 0 | running | 10 | $100,664 |
35 | 17 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 318 | 0 | running | 9 | $81,200 |
36 | 35 | 37 | Tony Raines | Max Q Motorsports | Ford | 172 | 0 | brakes | 8 | $72,775 |
37 | 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Dodge | 87 | 0 | brakes | 7 | $72,585 |
38 | 33 | 50 | T.J. Bell | LTD Powersports, LLC
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Toyota | 67 | 0 | transmission | 0 | $72,350 |
39 | 31 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 34 | 0 | engine | 5 | $72,250 |
40 | 34 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Germain Racing | Toyota | 29 | 0 | brakes | 0 | $72,050 |
41 | 38 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports
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Chevrolet | 27 | 0 | electrical | 3 | $71,875 |
42 | 43 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 22 | 0 | electrical | 0 | $71,780 |
43 | 39 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing
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Toyota | 7 | 0 | vibration | 1 | $72,139 |
Failed to qualify or withdrew | ||||||||||
44 | 81 | Scott Riggs | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | ||||||
45 | 71 | Andy Lally | TRG Motorsports
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Ford | ||||||
46 | 92 | Brian Keselowski | K-Automotive Motorsports
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Dodge | ||||||
WD | 75 | Derrike Cope | Stratus Racing Group
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Dodge |
References
- ^ Complete weather information for the 2011 Showtime Southern 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ a b "2011 Showtime Southern 500 race results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28.
- ^ "2011 Showtime Southern 500 qualifying results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28.
- ^ "2011 Showtime Southern 500 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "Showtime Southern 500". www.ultimateracinghistory.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.