53rd Daytona 500 Race Report

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 1
53RD ANNUAL DAYTONA “500”
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Daytona Beach, FL – February 20, 2011
2.5-Mile Oval
200 Laps – 500 Miles Purse: $18,693,533


Fin

Str

Car

Series

Bonus

Driver

Leader

Pos

Pos

No

Driver

Team

Laps

Points

Points

Rating

Winnings

Status

tms

Laps

1

32

21

Trevor Bayne

Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford

208

0

0

108.2

$1,463,813

Running

1

6

2

22

99

Carl Edwards

Aflac Ford

208

42

0

91.9

1,108,404

Running

3

39

34

David Gilliland

Taco Bell Ford

208

41

0

74.5

818,171

Running

4

31

47

Bobby Labonte

Kroger/USO Toyota

208

41

1

86.4

654,233

Running

1

2

5

3

22

Kurt Busch

Shell/Pennzoil Dodge

208

40

1

116.3

573,576

Running

10

19

6

13

42

Juan Pablo Montoya

Target Chevrolet

208

39

1

88.8

443,271

Running

2

5

7

5

78

Regan Smith

Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet

208

38

1

116.5

400,933

Running

2

7

8

10

18

Kyle Busch

M&M’s Toyota

208

37

1

89.3

388,729

Running

3

3

9

19

27

Paul Menard

Menards/Peak Chevrolet

208

36

1

98.2

332,913

Running

4

11

10

17

5

Mark Martin

GoDaddy.com Chevrolet

208

34

0

83.7

318,038

Running

11

15

43

AJ Allmendinger

Best Buy Ford

208

34

1

79.3

338,399

Running

3

4

12

29

09

Bill Elliott

Phoenix Construction Chevrolet

208

32

0

64.4

312,171

Running

13

25

14

Tony Stewart

Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet

208

31

0

99.7

333,271

Running

14

34

6

David Ragan

UPS Ford

208

31

1

83.9

350,188

Running

2

7

15

43

32

Terry Labonte

U.S. Chrome Ford

208

30

1

67.6

334,263

Running

1

2

16

30

7

Robby Gordon

SPEED Energy Dodge

208

29

1

79.8

299,446

Running

2

7

17

6

33

Clint Bowyer

Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet

208

28

1

113.2

342,121

Running

11

31

18

14

1

Jamie McMurray

Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet

208

27

1

78.8

321,502

Running

3

11

19

20

56

Martin Truex Jr

NAPA Toyota

208

26

1

84.5

341,963

Running

8

17

20

36

77

Steve Wallace

5-hour Energy Toyota

208

0

0

58.8

291,638

Running

21

18

11

Denny Hamlin

FedEx Express Toyota

207

24

1

73.4

328,363

Running

1

7

22

21

39

Ryan Newman

U.S. Army Chevrolet

206

24

2

100.9

321,088

Running

9

37

23

38

20

Joey Logano

Home Depot Toyota

206

21

0

82.2

290,363

Running

24

1

88

Dale Earnhardt Jr

AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet

202

21

1

95.2

350,813

Accident

3

9

25

11

4

Kasey Kahne

Red Bull Toyota

199

19

0

78.2

296,496

Running

26

42

36

Dave Blaney

Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet

198

19

1

65.2

289,485

Accident

1

3

27

23

48

Jimmie Johnson

Lowe’s/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet

189

17

0

42.6

329,649

Running

28

2

24

Jeff Gordon

Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet

173

17

1

51.5

316,524

Running

1

1

29

16

2

Brad Keselowski

Miller Lite Dodge

166

16

1

77.7

286,638

Accident

2

9

30

24

00

David Reutimann

Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota

164

14

0

51.2

304,996

Running

31

27

83

Brian Vickers

Red Bull Toyota

160

13

0

38.1

300,777

Running

32

40

38

Travis Kvapil

Long John Silver’s Ford

153

0

0

45.4

275,138

Accident

33

37

71

Andy Lally #

Super Eco-Fuel Saver Chevrolet

149

11

0

35.5

282,863

Running

34

9

17

Matt Kenseth

Crown Royal Black Ford

133

10

0

44

315,774

Accident

35

26

16

Greg Biffle

3M Ford

126

9

0

48

289,713

Accident

36

4

31

Jeff Burton

Caterpillar Chevrolet

92

9

1

82.6

311,076

Engine

2

5

37

35

9

Marcos Ambrose

Stanley Ford

82

7

0

33.6

300,579

Running

38

28

37

Robert Richardson

North Texas Pipe Ford

45

0

0

32

270,313

Accident

39

41

87

Joe Nemechek

AM FM Energy Toyota

29

0

0

31.1

269,763

Accident

40

8

15

Michael Waltrip

NAPA Auto Parts Toyota

28

4

0

41

281,113

Accident

41

12

92

Brian Keselowski #

K-Automotive Dodge

28

3

0

28.5

273,663

Accident

42

7

29

Kevin Harvick

Budweiser Chevrolet

22

3

1

38.9

328,949

Engine

2

5

43

33

46

J.J. Yeley

Red Line Oil Chevrolet

10

1

0

25.9

268,550

Engine