2011 Aaron's 312

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2011 Aaron's 312
Race details [1]
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Date April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)
Official name 2011 Aaron's 312
Location Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama
Course Tri-oval
2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance 124 laps, 330 mi (531.084 km)
Scheduled Distance 117 laps, 311.2 mi (500.83 km)
Weather Sunny
Average speed 126.618 mph (203.772 km/h)
Attendance 65,700
Pole position
Driver Kevin Harvick Inc.
Time 53.331
Most laps led
Driver Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing
Laps 23
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN2
Announcers Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

The 2011 Aaron's 312 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama on April 16, 2011. The race was the 20th iteration of the event and the 7th race of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Elliott Sadler won the pole while Trevor Bayne led the most laps as the race saw the most lead changes in a Nationwide Series race at Talladega at 56 while also being the longest running Nationwide Series race at Talladega distance wise until 2022 which tied it. But it was Kyle Busch who would be the last lead change of the race and won the race after a big crash occurred on the final lap that saw a car flip over. It would be Busch's first win at Talladega in the Nationwide Series. [2]

Contents

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, the race track where the race was held. TalladegaSuperspeedway2.jpg
Talladega Superspeedway, the race track where the race was held.

The track, Talladega Superspeedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway. [3] The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long. [4] The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. [4] Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people. [5]

Entry List

  • (R) denotes rookie driver
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
#DriverTeamMake
01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet
1 Jamie McMurray (i) Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
2 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet
6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet
09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing Toyota
11 Brian Scott Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge
14 Eric McClure TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
15 Timmy Hill (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford
16 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway RacingFord
18 Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
19 Mike Bliss TriStar MotorsportsChevrolet
20 Joey Logano (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
21 Tim George Jr. Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
22 Brad Keselowski (i)Penske RacingDodge
23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Dodge
28 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
30 James Buescher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet
31 Justin Allgaier Turner MotorsportsChevrolet
32 Reed Sorenson Turner MotorsportsChevrolet
33 Clint Bowyer (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet
38 Jason Leffler Turner MotorsportsChevrolet
39 Josh Wise Go Green Racing Ford
40 Scott Wimmer Key Motorsports Chevrolet
41 Jennifer Jo Cobb (R)Rick Ware RacingFord
44 Jeff Green TriStar MotorsportsChevrolet
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet
52 Danny Efland Means Motorsports Chevrolet
60 Carl Edwards (i)Roush Fenway RacingFord
62 Michael Annett Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota
66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace RacingToyota
68 Carl Long Fleur-de-lis Motorsports Chevrolet
70 Dennis Setzer ML Motorsports Dodge
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
79 Tim Andrews 2nd Chance Motorsports Ford
81 Donnie Neuenberger MacDonald Motorsports Dodge
82 Blake Koch (R)MacDonald MotorsportsDodge
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
88 Aric Almirola JR MotorsportsChevrolet
89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet
99 Michael Waltrip (i) Pastrana-Waltrip Racing Toyota
Official Entry list

Qualifying

Elliott Sadler won the pole for the race with a time of 53.331 and a speed of 179.558. [6]

GridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
12Elliott SadlerKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet53.331179.558
233Clint Bowyer (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet53.386179.373
37Dale Earnhardt Jr. (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet53.463179.115
41Jamie McMurray (i)Phoenix RacingChevrolet53.629178.560
516Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord53.669178.427
660Carl Edwards (i)Roush Fenway RacingFord53.708178.297
720Joey Logano (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota53.771178.089
862Michael AnnettRusty Wallace RacingToyota53.780178.059
938Jason LefflerTurner MotorsportsChevrolet53.785178.042
1088Aric AlmirolaJR MotorsportsChevrolet53.786178.039
114Kevin Harvick (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet53.786178.039
1212Sam Hornish Jr.Penske RacingDodge53.792178.019
1332Reed SorensonTurner MotorsportsChevrolet53.793178.016
146Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord53.794178.012
1530James Buescher (i)Turner MotorsportsChevrolet53.833177.883
1622Brad Keselowski (i)Penske RacingDodge53.874177.748
1731Justin AllgaierTurner MotorsportsChevrolet53.875177.745
1866Steve WallaceRusty Wallace RacingToyota53.910177.629
1909Kenny WallaceRAB RacingToyota54.003177.323
2087Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota54.114176.960
2121Tim George Jr.Richard Childress RacingChevrolet54.154176.829
2218Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota54.155176.826
2311Brian ScottJoe Gibbs RacingToyota54.164176.796
2499Michael Waltrip (i)Pastrana-Waltrip RacingToyota54.322176.282
2514Eric McClureTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet54.334176.243
2623Robert Richardson Jr.R3 MotorsportsDodge54.697175.074
2701Mike WallaceJD MotorsportsChevrolet54.711175.029
2874Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet54.731174.965
2919Mike BlissTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet54.784174.796
3044Jeff GreenTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet54.933174.321
3181Donnie NeuenbergerMacDonald MotorsportsDodge55.032174.008
3282Blake Koch (R)MacDonald MotorsportsDodge55.094173.812
3341Jennifer Jo Cobb (R)Rick Ware RacingFord55.140173.667
3415Timmy Hill (R)Rick Ware RacingFord55.211173.444
3540Scott Wimmer*Key MotorsportsChevrolet55.211173.444
3652Danny EflandMeans MotorsportsChevrolet55.239173.356
3768Carl LongFleur-de-lis MotorsportsChevrolet55.260173.290
3828Derrike CopeJay Robinson RacingChevrolet55.313173.124
3939Josh WiseGo Green RacingFord55.318173.108
4089Morgan ShepherdFaith MotorsportsChevrolet55.324173.089
4151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet55.491172.569
4279Tim Andrews*2nd Chance MotorsportsFord55.654172.063
4370Dennis Setzer*ML MotorsportsDodge56.234170.288
Official Starting grid

* - Scott Wimmer, Tim Andrews, and Dennis Setzer all had to start at the rear of the field. Wimmer and Setzer had adjustments after impound while Andrews missed the drivers meeting.

Race

At the start of the race. Drivers started to form into tandems. Outside pole sitter Clint Bowyer took the lead from pole sitter Elliott Sadler with Dale Earnhardt Jr. pushing him and Bowyer led the first lap. On lap 2, Carl Edwards took the lead with Trevor Bayne but they were passed when Aric Almirola took the lead with Kevin Harvick and Almirola led lap 2. Edwards took the lead with Bayne from Almirola on lap 3. On lap 4, Clint Bowyer took the lead. On lap 5, Aric Almirola took the lead. On lap 6, Carl Edwards took the lead. On lap 7, Kevin Harvick took the lead with Bowyer pushing him. On lap 9, Carl Edwards took the lead with Bayne but both Bayne and Edwards switched and Bayne led lap 9 before they fell back and Harvick retook the lead. On lap 12, Kyle Busch took the lead. On lap 13, Jamie McMurray took the lead. On lap 15, Brad Keselowski took the lead after McMurray and his partner Elliott Sadler switched places. On lap 16, Sadler took the lead from Keselowski. On lap 19, Clint Bowyer took the lead after the leaders had to dodge lap traffic but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. passed Bowyer and his partner Kevin Harvick on the same lap and Stenhouse led lap 19 with Sam Hornish Jr. behind him. On lap 23, the first caution flew for debris. At the same time, Kevin Harvick's engine blew and he was out of the race. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road but he missed his pit box and had to come back to stop and Elliott Sadler was the new leader and he led the field to the restart on lap 28. On the restart, Sam Hornish Jr. took the lead with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. behind him but was passed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. on lap 29 and Junior took the lead with Aric Almirola. On that same lap, the second caution flew when Brian Scott spun in turn 3 after he got turned by Joey Logano. The race would restart on lap 33. On the restart, Jamie McMurray took the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Elliott Sadler. On lap 34, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. attempted to take the lead with Sam Hornish Jr. and led that lap but Stenhouse could not pass McMurray. On lap 36, Mike Bliss took the lead with Kyle Busch but was immeadietly passed by Reed Sorenson and Sorenson led lap 36 with Joey Logano. On lap 42, Brad Keselowski took the lead with Trevor Bayne. On lap 44, the third caution would fly when Sam Hornish Jr. spun through the tri-oval after he got turned by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Brad Keselowski won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 49. On the restart, Trevor Bayne took the lead with Carl Edwards behind him. On lap 53, Jamie McMurray took the lead with Elliott Sadler. On lap 55, the fourth caution would fly when Mike Bliss spun in turns 1 and 2 after getting turned by Joey Logano. The race would restart on lap 60. On lap 61, Trevor Bayne took the lead. On that lap, Justin Allgaier tried to take the lead but couldn't get in front of Bayne. On lap 63, Jamie McMurray took the lead but Bayne took it back on the next lap. On lap 65, Kenny Wallace took the lead with Reed Sorenson. On lap 67, Jamie McMurray took the lead.

Final laps

With 49 laps to go, McMurray and his partner Elliott Sadler decided to switch spots and Sadler was the new leader. On that same lap, the 5th caution flew when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. turned across the nose of Trevor Bayne and Stenhouse hit the outside wall on the backstretch. The race would be red flagged for a few minutes after Stenhouse's car leaked oil and caught on fire. Jamie McMurray won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart with 43 laps to go. With 42 to go, Carl Edwards took the lead with Trevor Bayne behind him. With 41 to go, Kyle Busch took the lead with Clint Bowyer. With 40 to go, Jamie McMurray led that lap but could not get in front of Busch. But on the next lap, Trevor Bayne took the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr., who passed Busch but did not lead the lap. With 37 to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead. Trevor Bayne took it back with 36 to go but Junior took it back with 35 to go. With 35 to go, the 6th caution would fly when Donnie Neuenberger got spun by Mike Bliss off of turn 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart with 30 laps to go. But on the restart, the 7th caution would fly for the big one that occurred down the backstretch. It started when Kyle Busch got bumped too hard from behind by Clint Bowyer and started a chain reaction where Busch came up into Michael Waltrip and Waltrip spun down collecting Jamie McMurray and sent a lot of other cars scrambling to avoid and end up running into each other and wrecking. The wreck collected a total of 20 cars. The cars involved were Jamie McMurray, Brian Scott, Eric McClure, Kyle Busch, Mike Bliss, Tim George Jr., Brad Keselowski, Robert Richardson Jr., Derrike Cope, Justin Allgaier, Clint Bowyer, Josh Wise, Scott Wimmer, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Jeremy Clements, Danny Efland, Michael Annett, Steve Wallace, Blake Koch, and Michael Waltrip. The race was red flagged for a short bit to clean up the mess. The race would restart with 25 laps to go. With 24 to go, Trevor Bayne took the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr. With 17 to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead with Aric Almirola but were passed by Brad Keselowski and Keselowski led with 17 to go with Sam Hornish Jr. With 15 to go, Junior took the lead but Keselowski took it back on the next lap. With 13 to go, Mike Wallace took the lead with Joe Nemechek behind him. With 12 to go, Keselowski took the lead back from Wallace. With 11 to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead but Keselowski immeadietly passed him. With 10 to go, Mike Wallace took the lead back. With 9 to go, Trevor Bayne took the lead. With 8 to go, Sam Hornish Jr. took the lead. With 7 to go, Trevor Bayne took the lead. On the same lap, the 8th caution flew when Sam Hornish Jr. spun down the backstretch after getting turned by Brad Keselowski. The race would restart with 3 laps to go. On the restart, Joe Nemechek took the lead. Nemechek was looking for his first Nationwide Series win since 2004. But on the same lap, the 9th caution would fly for a 4 car crash on the backstretch. It started when Michael Annett got hooked by Brian Scott and Annett hit the outside wall and came down and collected Scott, Joey Logano, and Reed Sorenson. The wreck would set up 3 attempts of a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart, Mike Wallace took the lead from Nemechek. Wallace was also looking for his first Busch Series win since 2004. But the 10th caution would fly on the backstretch when the Turner Motorsports cars in James Buescher, Reed Sorenson, and Jason Leffler crashed. This would mean a second attempt of a green-white-checkered. On the restart, Joe Nemechek took the lead with Brad Keselowski pushing him. Coming through the tri-oval, Trevor Bayne took the lead with Carl Edwards pushing him and took the white flag. Nemechek and Keselowski attempted to take the lead from Bayne and Edwards but they left the middle open and Kyle Busch snuck through the middle with Joey Logano and Busch took the lead. Down the backstretch, the 11th and final caution would fly for a 5 car crash. Elliott Sadler hooked Mike Wallace sending Wallace sideways up to the right where Wallace overcorrected to the left and spun where he got hit in the left front by Jason Leffler. The impact lifted Wallace's rear into the air and ended up flipping the car over while spinning nearly 270 degrees before it landed on all four wheels. The wreck also collected Reed Sorenson and Carl Edwards. Kyle Busch was in front when the Caution flew and Busch scored the victory. The win would be Busch's 4th of the 2011 season and his first at Talladega in the Nationwide Series. Joey Logano, Joe Nemechek, Brad Keselowski, and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top 5 while Trevor Bayne, Justin Allgaier, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Reed Sorenson, and Aric Almirola rounded out the top 10. The race featured 56 lead changes among 18 different drivers which is currently the most at Talladega in Nationwide Series history. [7]

Race results

PosCarDriverTeamManufacturerLaps RunLaps LedStatusPoints
118Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1244running0
220Joey Logano (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1240running0
387Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota1240running42
422Brad Keselowski (i)Penske RacingDodge12414running0
52Elliott SadlerKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet1248running40
616Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord12423running40
731Justin AllgaierTurner MotorsportsChevrolet1240running37
87Dale Earnhardt Jr. (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet12416running0
932Reed SorensonTurner MotorsportsChevrolet1246running36
1088Aric AlmirolaJR MotorsportsChevrolet1242running35
1111Brian ScottJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1240running33
1240Scott WimmerKey MotorsportsChevrolet1240running32
1312Sam Hornish Jr.Penske RacingDodge1242running32
1415Timmy Hill (R)Rick Ware RacingFord1240running30
1538Jason LefflerTurner MotorsportsChevrolet1240running29
1682Blake Koch (R)MacDonald MotorsportsDodge1240running28
1760Carl Edwards (i)Roush Fenway RacingFord1243running0
1801Mike WallaceJD MotorsportsChevrolet1246running27
1962Michael AnnettRusty Wallace RacingToyota1220running25
2081Donnie NeuenbergerMacDonald MotorsportsDodge1210running24
2152Danny EflandMeans MotorsportsChevrolet1210running23
2233Clint Bowyer (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet1202running0
2330James Buescher (i)Turner MotorsportsChevrolet1180crash0
2451Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1100running20
2509Kenny WallaceRAB RacingToyota1092electrical20
2614Eric McClureTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet1090running18
2728Derrike CopeJay Robinson RacingChevrolet1041running18
2823Robert Richardson Jr.R3 MotorsportsDodge1031running17
2970Dennis SetzerML MotorsportsDodge1000running15
3089Morgan ShepherdFaith MotorsportsChevrolet980rear axle14
3139Josh WiseGo Green RacingFord920crash13
3266Steve WallaceRusty Wallace RacingToyota880crash12
3399Michael Waltrip (i)Pastrana-Waltrip RacingToyota870crash0
341Jamie McMurray (i)Phoenix RacingChevrolet8720crash0
3519Mike BlissTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet870crash9
3621Tim George Jr.Richard Childress RacingChevrolet870crash8
3741Jennifer Jo Cobb (R)Rick Ware RacingFord870crash7
386Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord686crash7
394Kevin Harvick (i)Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet214engine0
4074Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet110ignition4
4179Tim Andrews2nd Chance MotorsportsFord40rear end3
4268Carl LongFleur-de-lis MotorsportsChevrolet20electrical2
4344Jeff GreenTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet10vibration1
Official Race results

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The 2010 Food City 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on August 20, 2010. The race was the 29th iteration of the event and the 24th race of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Elliott Sadler won the pole but it would be Kyle Busch who would dominate the race, leading the most laps and winning the race after he spun Brad Keselowski for the lead.

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