2011 Good Sam Club 500

2011 Good Sam Club 500

Race details
Race 32 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Date	October 23, 2011 (2011-October-23)
Location	Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance	188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Weather	Temperatures up to 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds up to 5.1 miles per hour (8.2 km/h)
Average speed	143.404 miles per hour (230.786 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	52.799
Most laps led
Driver	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	30
Winner
No. 33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2011 Good Sam Club 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on October 23, 2011 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Clint Bowyer defended his win in the previous year's race by slingshotting past his Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton on the final lap. It was the 100th career win for Richard Childress Racing.

Race results

Pos	Grid	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps Run	Points
1	3	33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	47
2	25	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	43
3	41	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	188	42
4	16	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	188	41
5	30	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing	Toyota	188	40
6	26	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Racing	Toyota	188	39
7	12	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	188	39
8	31	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	188	36
9	23	15	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	188	36
10	37	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	188	34
11	9	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	188	34
12	7	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	32
13	36	00	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	188	31
14	18	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	188	31
15	4	21	Trevor Bayne	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	188	0
16	38	51	Landon Cassill	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	188	0
17	42	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	188	27
18	11	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	188	27
19	19	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	188	26
20	1	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	25
21	17	38	Travis Kvapil	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	188	0
22	40	34	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	188	22
23	15	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	188	22
24	35	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	188	20
25	6	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	20
26	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	19
27	5	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	18
28	8	6	David Ragan	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	188	17
29	39	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	184	16
30	22	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	180	14
31	24	43	A. J. Allmendinger	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	179	13
32	13	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	179	13
33	34	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	175	12
34	32	32	Terry Labonte	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	175	10
35	21	47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	173	9
36	14	22	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	173	9
37	43	7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Dodge	173	8
38	10	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	172	7
39	33	71	Andy Lally	TRG Motorsports	Ford	162	6
40	29	66	Michael McDowell	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	6	4
41	27	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	4	0
42	28	55	J. J. Yeley	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	3	2
43	20	97	Kevin Conway	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	2	0
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References

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