2011 Coke Zero 400
| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
| Date | July 2, 2011 | ||
| Official name | Coke Zero 400 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km) | ||
| Distance | 170 laps, 425 mi (683.971 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures between 69.8 °F (21.0 °C) and 78.2 °F (25.7 °C) were observed locally during race; only 1.28 inches (3.3 cm) of precipitation recorded within 24 hours of event[3] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 49.433 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 25 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Turner Network Television | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
The 2011 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on July 2, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the 17th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by David Ragan of Roush Fenway Racing, his first in the series. Ragan's teammate Matt Kenseth finished second and Joey Logano finished third.
Entry List
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[edit]Background
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Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.[4] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.[5] The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.[5] Kevin Harvick was the defending race winner.[6]
Prior to the race, Carl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 573 points, and Harvick stood in second with 548 points. Jimmie Johnson was third in the Drivers' Championship with 540 points in a Chevrolet, Kurt Busch was fourth with 539 points, and Kyle Busch was in fifth with 536 points.[7] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 108 points, 15 points ahead of Ford. Toyota, with 84 points, was 17 ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.[8]
Practice and qualifying
[edit]Two practice sessions were scheduled before the race on Thursday. The sessions were scheduled to be 80 and 85 minutes long.[9] However, because of wet weather the first practice session was cancelled, and the following session was shortened to 45 minutes long.[10] In the only practice session for the race, Marcos Ambrose was the quickest with a time of 45.133 seconds.[11] A. J. Allmendinger followed in the second position, two hundredths of a second slower than Ambrose.[11] Kurt Busch was scored third ahead of Brad Keselowski, and Mark Martin in fourth and fifth.[11]
During qualifying, forty-five cars were entered, but only forty-three were able to race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[12] Martin clinched his 50th career pole position, with a time of 49.433.[13] He was joined on the front row of the grid by 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne.[13] Clint Bowyer qualified third, Jeff Gordon took fourth, and David Ragan started fifth.[13] The two drivers that failed to qualify were Tony Raines and J. J. Yeley.[13]
Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.433 | 182.065 | 1 | |
| 21 | Trevor Bayne (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 49.450 | 182.002 | 2 | |
| 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.553 | 181.624 | 3 | |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.564 | 181.583 | 4 | |
| 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 49.636 | 181.320 | 5 | |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.658 | 181.240 | 6 | |
| 71 | Andy Lally (R) | TRG Motorsports | Ford | 49.713 | 181.039 | 7 | |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.725 | 180.995 | 8 | |
| 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 49.738 | 180.948 | 9 | |
| 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.742 | 180.934 | 10 | |
| 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 49.753 | 180.894 | 11 | |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.784 | 180.781 | 12 | |
| 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing | Toyota | 49.792 | 180.752 | 13 | |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 49.793 | 180.748 | 14 | |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 49.794 | 180.745 | 15 | |
| 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 49.817 | 180.661 | 16 | |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 49.839 | 180.581 | 17 | |
| 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 49.842 | 180.571 | 18 | |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 49.848 | 180.549 | 19 | |
| 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing | Toyota | 49.870 | 180.469 | 20 | |
| 51 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 49.905 | 180.343 | 21 | |
| 97 | Kevin Conway | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 49.914 | 180.310 | 22 | |
| 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 49.918 | 180.296 | 23 | |
| 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 49.933 | 180.242 | 24 | |
| 22 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | Dodge | 49.952 | 180.173 | 25 | |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 49.989 | 180.040 | 26 | |
| 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 50.040 | 179.856 | 27 | |
| 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 50.041 | 179.853 | 28 | |
| 60 | Mike Skinner | Germain Racing | Toyota | 50.060 | 179.784 | 29 | |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 50.074 | 179.734 | 30 | |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 50.097 | 179.651 | 31 | |
| 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 50.107 | 179.616 | 32 | |
| 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing | Toyota | 50.110 | 179.605 | 33 | |
| 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 50.158 | 179.433 | 34 | |
| 35 | Geoff Bodine | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 50.206 | 179.261 | 35 | |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50.215 | 179.229 | 36 | |
| 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50.256 | 179.083 | 37 | |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50.320 | 178.855 | 38 | |
| 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 50.379 | 178.646 | 39 | |
| 36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 50.387 | 178.618 | 40 | |
| 32 | Terry Labonte | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 50.396 | 178.586 | 41 | |
| 7 | Mike Bliss | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Dodge | 50.589 | 177.904 | 42 | |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 50.255 | 179.087 | 43 | |
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| 37 | Tony Raines | Max Q Motorsports | Ford | 50.459 | 178.363 | ||
| 46 | J. J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 51.209 | 175.750 | ||
| 81 | Scott Riggs | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 00.000 | 000.000 | Withdrew | |
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Race results
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| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps Run | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 170 | 15 | running | 47 |
| 2 | 16 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 170 | 14 | running | 43 |
| 3 | 37 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 170 | 0 | running | 41 |
| 4 | 13 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing | Toyota | 170 | 19 | running | 41 |
| 5 | 38 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 170 | 11 | running | 40 |
| 6 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 170 | 1 | running | 39 |
| 7 | 31 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 16 | running | 38 |
| 8 | 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 5 | running | 37 |
| 9 | 30 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 2 | running | 36 |
| 10 | 9 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 170 | 0 | running | 34 |
| 11 | 19 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 1 | running | 34 |
| 12 | 20 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing | Toyota | 170 | 0 | running | 32 |
| 13 | 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 170 | 4 | running | 32 |
| 14 | 25 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | Dodge | 170 | 6 | running | 31 |
| 15 | 26 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Pesnke Racing | Dodge | 170 | 1 | running | 30 |
| 16 | 39 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 170 | 0 | running | 28 |
| 17 | 15 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 170 | 0 | running | 27 |
| 18 | 17 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 170 | 1 | running | 27 |
| 19 | 6 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 170 | 1 | running | 26 |
| 20 | 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 170 | 0 | running | 24 |
| 21 | 12 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 3 | running | 24 |
| 22 | 18 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 1 | running | 23 |
| 23 | 11 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 25 | running | 23 |
| 24 | 28 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 170 | 4 | running | 21 |
| 25 | 23 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 170 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 26 | 21 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 27 | 7 | 71 | Andy Lally (R) | TRG Motorsports | Ford | 169 | 0 | running | 17 |
| 28 | 41 | 32 | Terry Labonte | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 169 | 0 | running | 16 |
| 29 | 27 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 169 | 1 | running | 0 |
| 30 | 43 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 169 | 1 | running | 0 |
| 31 | 24 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 168 | 0 | running | 13 |
| 32 | 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 164 | 3 | running | 13 |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 164 | 15 | running | 12 |
| 34 | 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Dodge | 163 | 0 | running | 10 |
| 35 | 34 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 162 | 16 | crash | 10 |
| 36 | 3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 3 | crash | 9 |
| 37 | 14 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 144 | 1 | running | 8 |
| 38 | 35 | 35 | Geoff Bodine | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | wheel bearing | 6 |
| 39 | 40 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | crash | 5 |
| 40 | 29 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Germain Racing | Toyota | 5 | 0 | wheel bearing | 0 |
| 41 | 2 | 21 | Trevor Bayne (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 4 | 0 | crash | 0 |
| 42 | 33 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing | Toyota | 2 | 0 | electrical | 2 |
| 43 | 22 | 97 | Kevin Conway | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 1 | 0 | rear gear | 0 |
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Standings after the race
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 586 |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | 581 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 576 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 570 |
| 5 | Matt Kenseth | 564 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 564 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 534 |
| 8 | Jeff Gordon | 519 |
| 9 | Clint Bowyer | 505 |
| 10 | Ryan Newman | 498 |
References
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- ^ "Martin Wins 50th Career Pole". 1 July 2011. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ Weather information for the 2011 Coke Zero 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ a b "NASCAR Tracks — The Daytona International Speedway". www.speedway-guide.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "2010 Coke Zero 400". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Driver's Championship Classification". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Manufactures' Championship Classification". Jaski.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Jayski'sŽ NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Hembree, Mike. "CUP: RPM Teammates Lead Daytona Practice". 30 June 2011. Speedtv.com. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "Practice Speeds Coke Zero 400 | Daytona International Speedway". 30 June 2011. NASCAR. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Qualifying Order". NASCAR. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Qualifying Results (Race Lineup)". NASCAR. Retrieved 1 July 2011.