2011 Good Sam Club 500
 | This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines. (October 2015) |
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 32 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 The 2011 Good Sam 500 program cover. | |||
| Date | October 23, 2011 | ||
| Location | Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.66 miles (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)[2] | ||
| Average speed | 143.404 miles per hour (230.786 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | 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 race 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.[3] For Richard Childress Racing, it would be the last time their cars finished 1-2 until the 2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500.
Qualifying
[edit]Mark Martin won the pole position with a time of 52.799, beating Jimmie Johnson who had a time of 52.801.
Race
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2025) |
The race saw 9 caution flags for 37 laps under caution. The race took about 3 and half hours.[5]
Race results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2011 Good Sam Club 500". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ^ "Weather information for Talladega, Alabama". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Aumann, Mark (October 24, 2011). "Richard Childress Racing Reaches 100th Career Win". NASCAR. Archived from the original on May 7, 2013.
- ^ "2011 Good Sam Club 500 qualifying results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021.
- ^ "10/23/2011 race: Good Sam Club 500 (Cup) - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ "2011 Good Sam Club 500 - The Third Turn". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "2011 Good Sam Club 500 race results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021.