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Kentucky Speedway
Quaker State 400
July 9, 2011
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 18
INAUGURAL QUAKER STATE "400"
KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
Sparta, KY - July 9, 2011
1.5-Mile Oval
267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $4,925,697
| Finish Pos |
Start Pos |
Car# | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | Bonus Points |
Driver Rating |
Winnings | Status | Times Led |
Laps Led |
| 1 | 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 267 | 48 | 5 | 145.6 | 213316 | Running | 6 | 125 |
| 2 | 17 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 267 | 43 | 1 | 105.8 | 147883 | Running | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 267 | 41 | 0 | 119.8 | 152711 | Running | ||
| 4 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Tornados Chevy | 267 | 40 | 0 | 85.5 | 135860 | Running | ||
| 5 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 267 | 39 | 0 | 108.2 | 134491 | Running | ||
| 6 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 267 | 38 | 0 | 103.1 | 121886 | Running | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 267 | 38 | 1 | 118.6 | 114108 | Running | 3 | 79 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 267 | 37 | 1 | 94.1 | 89850 | Running | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 267 | 36 | 1 | 118.5 | 120675 | Running | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | 14 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 267 | 34 | 0 | 75.2 | 117436 | Running | ||
| 11 | 26 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 267 | 34 | 1 | 85.4 | 128950 | Running | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy | 267 | 33 | 1 | 97.2 | 119883 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 267 | 32 | 1 | 94.6 | 102233 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 15 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 267 | 30 | 0 | 80.8 | 86600 | Running | ||
| 15 | 2 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 267 | 29 | 0 | 100.7 | 115208 | Running | ||
| 16 | 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 267 | 28 | 0 | 85.8 | 125311 | Running | ||
| 17 | 12 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevy | 267 | 27 | 0 | 79.4 | 102720 | Running | ||
| 18 | 16 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr | NAPA Good To Go Toyota | 267 | 27 | 1 | 72.7 | 83950 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 267 | 25 | 0 | 70.9 | 84650 | Running | ||
| 20 | 11 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Porter-Cable Ford | 267 | 24 | 0 | 69.4 | 106566 | Running | ||
| 21 | 21 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 267 | 23 | 0 | 85.1 | 90000 | Running | ||
| 22 | 28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Quaker State/GoDaddy.com Chevy | 267 | 22 | 0 | 65.6 | 83000 | Running | ||
| 23 | 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Today Chev | 267 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 90233 | Running | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Sylvania/Menards Chevy | 266 | 20 | 0 | 77.9 | 82525 | Running | ||
| 25 | 25 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 266 | 19 | 0 | 52.5 | 74800 | Running | ||
| 26 | 24 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Cottonelle Clean Care Toyota | 266 | 18 | 0 | 58.2 | 100395 | Running | ||
| 27 | 27 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 265 | 17 | 0 | 56.5 | 101014 | Running | ||
| 28 | 23 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Valvoline Ford | 265 | 16 | 0 | 56.4 | 110611 | Running | ||
| 29 | 37 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 265 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 85733 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 29 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevy | 265 | 14 | 0 | 64.1 | 79000 | Running | ||
| 31 | 35 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 264 | 13 | 0 | 44.9 | 80982 | Running | ||
| 32 | 39 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Cool Works Cup Ford | 264 | 12 | 0 | 34.7 | 79825 | Running | ||
| 33 | 32 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Big Red Chevy | 264 | 11 | 0 | 45 | 71225 | Running | ||
| 34 | 42 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Big Red Ford | 264 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 70225 | Running | ||
| 35 | 20 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy | 259 | 9 | 0 | 49.1 | 114333 | Accident | ||
| 36 | 34 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevy | 198 | 8 | 0 | 53.6 | 108739 | Engine | ||
| 37 | 43 | 7 | Scott Wimmer | SPEED Energy Dodge | 90 | 0 | 0 | 32.6 | 70075 | Electrical | ||
| 38 | 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 38 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 70000 | Vibration | ||
| 39 | 31 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 37 | 0 | 0 | 29.5 | 69950 | Brakes | ||
| 40 | 36 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Red Line Chevy | 35 | 5 | 1 | 37.6 | 69850 | Transmission | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | 38 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Standard Publishing/Relentless Hope Toyota | 32 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 69800 | Electrical | ||
| 42 | 40 | 81 | Scott Riggs | Whitney'sCollision.com Chevy | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 69745 | Brakes | ||
| 43 | 33 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Big Red Toyota | 17 | 0 | 0 | 28.4 | 69317 | Electrical | ||
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series
Failed to qualify: (5) #30 David Stremme; #15 Michael Waltrip; #50 T.J. Bell; #95 David Starr; #77 Robby Gordon
Race Comments: Before an announced sellout of 107,000+, Kyle Busch won the Quaker State 400, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #11 (engine change), #36 (transmission change).
TIME OF RACE:2 hours, 55 minutes, 0 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED:137.314 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY:0.179 second(s)
Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 32 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 32-35 (Competition [66]); 141-146 (Debris Backstretch [5]); 153-157 (Oil On The Track [47]); 201-209 (Car #1 Stopped On The Track [00]); 255-259 (Debris Backstretch. [42]); 263-265 (Car #33 Accident Turn 2 [51]).
Lap Leaders: 20 lead changes among 12 drivers. Ky. Busch-pole, Ku. Busch 1-31, Ky. Busch 32, Kvapil 33, Yeley 34, Kahne 35, Ky. Busch 36-81, Cassill 82-83, Ky. Busch 84-141, Keselowski 142-157, Ky. Busch 158, Stewart 159, Keselowski 160-185, Ky. Busch 186-193, Hamlin 194-198, Ragan 199-201, Truex Jr 202, Keselowski 203-239, Ku. Busch 240-249, Reutimann 250-256, Ky. Busch 257-267.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: None - due to inclement weather
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kyle Busch
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch (crew chief Dave Rogers)
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Kyle Busch (175.718 mph, Lap 261)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Mark Cronquist (#18)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: David Reutimann
MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Brad Keselowski (crew chief Paul Wolfe, 0.482 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Kyle Busch ($180,000 ++)
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Denny Hamlin (15 places)
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.
Driver Rating: Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race. Must have raced in 75% of scheduled point-paying races.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race
from NASCAR Statistics
OFFICIAL RESULTS WILL be posted ABOVE sometime Monday
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 18
Unofficial Race Results for the Inaugural Quaker State 400 - Saturday, July 9, 2011
Kentucky Speedway - Sparta, KY - 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 267 Laps - 400.5 Miles - Purse: $4,925,697
| Fin | Str | Car# | Driver | Sponsor Manu |
Laps Run |
Points | Bonus Pts |
Driver Rating |
Total Award |
Status | Times Led |
Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 267 | 48 | 5 | 145.6 | $213,316 | Running | 6 | 125 |
| 2 | 17 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 267 | 43 | 1 | 105.8 | $147,883 | Running | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 267 | 41 | 119.8 | $152,711 | Running | |||
| 4 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Tornados Chevy | 267 | 40 | 85.5 | $135,860 | Running | |||
| 5 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 267 | 39 | 108.2 | $134,491 | Running | |||
| 6 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 267 | 38 | 103.1 | $121,886 | Running | |||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 267 | 38 | 1 | 118.6 | $114,108 | Running | 3 | 79 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 267 | 37 | 1 | 94.1 | $89,850 | Running | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 267 | 36 | 1 | 118.5 | $120,675 | Running | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | 14 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 267 | 34 | 75.2 | $117,436 | Running | |||
| 11 | 26 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 267 | 34 | 1 | 85.4 | $128,950 | Running | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy | 267 | 33 | 1 | 97.2 | $119,883 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 267 | 32 | 1 | 94.6 | $102,233 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 15 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 267 | 30 | 80.8 | $86,600 | Running | |||
| 15 | 2 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 267 | 29 | 100.7 | $115,208 | Running | |||
| 16 | 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 267 | 28 | 85.8 | $125,311 | Running | |||
| 17 | 12 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevy | 267 | 27 | 79.4 | $102,720 | Running | |||
| 18 | 16 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Good To Go Toyota | 267 | 27 | 1 | 72.7 | $83,950 | Running | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 267 | 25 | 70.9 | $84,650 | Running | |||
| 20 | 11 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Porter-Cable Ford | 267 | 24 | 69.4 | $106,566 | Running | |||
| 21 | 21 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 267 | 23 | 85.1 | $90,000 | Running | |||
| 22 | 28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Quaker State/GoDaddy.com Chevy | 267 | 22 | 65.6 | $83,000 | Running | |||
| 23 | 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill(i) | Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Today Chevy | 267 | 0 | 52.3 | $90,233 | Running | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Sylvania/Menards Chevy | 266 | 20 | 77.9 | $82,525 | Running | |||
| 25 | 25 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 266 | 19 | 52.5 | $74,800 | Running | |||
| 26 | 24 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Cottonelle Clean Care Toyota | 266 | 18 | 58.2 | $100,395 | Running | |||
| 27 | 27 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 265 | 17 | 56.5 | $101,014 | Running | |||
| 28 | 23 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Valvoline Ford | 265 | 16 | 56.4 | $110,611 | Running | |||
| 29 | 37 | 38 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Long John Silver's Ford | 265 | 0 | 41.3 | $85,733 | Running | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 29 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevy | 265 | 14 | 64.1 | $79,000 | Running | |||
| 31 | 35 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 264 | 13 | 44.9 | $80,982 | Running | |||
| 32 | 39 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Cool Works Cup Ford | 264 | 12 | 34.7 | $79,825 | Running | |||
| 33 | 32 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Big Red Chevy | 264 | 11 | 45.0 | $71,225 | Running | |||
| 34 | 42 | 32 | Mike Bliss(i) | Big Red Ford | 264 | 0 | 37.2 | $70,225 | Running | |||
| 35 | 20 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy | 259 | 9 | 49.1 | $114,333 | Accident | |||
| 36 | 34 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevy | 198 | 8 | 53.6 | $108,739 | Engine | |||
| 37 | 43 | 7 | Scott Wimmer(i) | SPEED Energy Dodge | 90 | 0 | 32.6 | $70,075 | Electrical | |||
| 38 | 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 38 | 6 | 32.0 | $70,000 | Vibration | |||
| 39 | 31 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 37 | 0 | 29.5 | $69,950 | Brakes | |||
| 40 | 36 | 46 | J J Yeley | Red Line Chevy | 35 | 5 | 1 | 37.6 | $69,850 | Transmission | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | 38 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Standard Publishing/Relentless Hope Toyota | 32 | 3 | 32.0 | $69,800 | Electrical | |||
| 42 | 40 | 81 | Scott Riggs(i) | Whitney'sCollision.com Chevy | 28 | 0 | 27.3 | $69,745 | Brakes | |||
| 43 | 33 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Toyota | 17 | 0 | 28.4 | $69,317 | Electrical |
Race Comments: Before an announced sellout of 107,000+, Kyle Busch won the Quaker State 400, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #11 (engine change), #36 (transmission change).
Failed to Qualify: (5) 30, 15, 50, 95, 77.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 55 Mins, 00 Secs. Average Speed: 137.314 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.179 Seconds
Caution Flags: 6 for 32 laps: Laps: 32-35 (Competition [66]); 141-146 (Debris Backstretch [5]); 153-157 (Oil On The Track [47]); 201-209 (#1 Stopped On The Track [00]); 255-259 (Debris Backstretch. [42]); 263-265 (#33 Accident Turn 2 [51]).
Lead Changes: 20 among 12 drivers: Kyle Busch 0; Kurt Busch 1-31; Kyle Busch 32; T. Kvapil(i) 33; J. Yeley 34; K. Kahne 35; Kyle Busch 36-81; L. Cassill(i) 82-83; Kyle Busch 84-141; B. Keselowski 142-157; Kyle Busch 158; T. Stewart 159; B. Keselowski 160-185; Kyle Busch 186-193; D. Hamlin 194-198; D. Ragan 199-201; M. Truex Jr. 202; B. Keselowski 203-239; Kurt Busch 240-249; D. Reutimann 250-256; Kyle Busch 257-267.
American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award : Kyle Busch, #18
DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Kyle Busch, #18 crew chief Dave Rogers
Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Kyle Busch, #18 175.718 mph, Lap 261
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Mark Cronquist, #18
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race : David Reutimann, #00
Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Brad Keselowski, #2 P. Wolfe, 0.482 sec
O'Reilly Auto Parts Position Improvement Award : Denny Hamlin, #11 15 places
Sunoco Rookie of the Race : Andy Lally, #71
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Driver Rating: Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race. Must have raced in 75% of scheduled point-paying races.
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