2011 5-hour Energy 200

5-hour Energy 200 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2011_5-Hour_Energy_200/B/ 2011 5-hour Energy 200 May 14, 2011 2011 5 14 2011 11 34 Dover International Speedway.svg Dover International Speedway 2011 5-hour Energy 200 Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware 1 1.6 209 209 336.4 200 200 321.9 Cloudy 95.18 mph km/h on 28,000 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing N/A (No time trials) Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing 87 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing ESPN Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree The 2011 5-hour Energy 200 was the 11th stock car race of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday May 14, 2011 in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. Carl Edwards won the race after a spectacular crash on the final lap of the race after two Green-White-Checkered attempts.https://motorsportstribune.com/throwback-thursday-theater-the-monster-mile-lives-up-to-its-nickname/ Throwback Thursday Theater: The Monster Mile Lives Up to Its Nickname May 13, 2021 Background Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. Entry List (R) denotes rookie driver (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points #DriverTeamMake 0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 04 Charles Lewandoski (R) Go Green Racing Ford 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing Toyota 11 Brian Scott Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13 Jennifer Jo Cobb (R) JJC Racing Ford 14 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 15 Timmy Hill (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Kevin Swindell Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Eric McClure TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 20 Joey Logano (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Penske Racing Dodge 23 Alex Kennedy R3 Motorsports Dodge 28 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 30 James Buescher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Justin Allgaier Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Reed Sorenson Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Clint Bowyer (i) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 38 Jason Leffler Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 39 Danny Efland Go Green Racing Ford 40 Scott Wimmer Key Motorsports Chevrolet 41 Carl Long Rick Ware Racing Ford 44 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 Kevin Lepage Means Motorsports Chevrolet 55 Brett Rowe Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 60 Carl Edwards (i) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 62 Michael Annett Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 64 David Reutimann (i) Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 67 J. R. Fitzpatrick Go Canada Racing Ford 68 Matt Carter Fleur-de-lis Motorsports Chevrolet 70 Dennis Setzer Jay Robinson Racing Dodge 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 75 Johnny Chapman Rick Ware Racing Ford 79 Tim Andrews 2nd Chance Motorsports Ford 81 Donnie Neuenberger MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 82 Blake Koch (R) MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 88 Aric Almirola JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Ryan Truex (R) Pastrana-Waltrip Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list Qualifying Carl Edwards won the pole after qualifying was rained out. Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 60 Carl Edwards (i) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 2 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3 33 Clint Bowyer (i) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 4 31 Justin Allgaier Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 5 16 Kevin Swindell Roush Fenway Racing Ford 6 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 7 11 Brian Scott Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8 2 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 9 38 Jason Leffler Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 10 32 Reed Sorenson Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 11 20 Joey Logano (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 30 James Buescher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 13 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14 09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing Toyota 15 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 16 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 99 Ryan Truex (R) Pastrana-Waltrip Racing Toyota 18 88 Aric Almirola JR Motorsports Chevrolet 19 62 Michael Annett Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 20 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 21 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 22 40 Scott Wimmer Key Motorsports Chevrolet 23 19 Eric McClure TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 24 23 Alex Kennedy R3 Motorsports Dodge 25 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 26 39 Danny Efland Go Green Racing Ford 27 81 Donnie Neuenberger MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 28 28 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 29 70 Dennis Setzer Jay Robinson Racing Dodge 30 15 Timmy Hill (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31 14 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 32 64 David Reutimann (i)* Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 33 82 Blake Koch (R) MacDonald Racing Dodge 34 79 Tim Andrews 2nd Chance Motorsports Ford 35 67 J. R. Fitzpatrick Go Canada Racing Ford 36 52 Kevin Lepage Means Motorsports Chevrolet 37 44 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 38 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 39 55 Brett Rowe Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 40 41 Carl Long Rick Ware Racing Ford 41 0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet 42 04 Charles Lewandoski (R) Go Green Racing Ford 43 13 Jennifer Jo Cobb (R) JJC Racing FordFailed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew WD 68 Matt Carter Fleur-de-lis Motorsports Chevrolet WD 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet WD 75 Johnny Chapman Rick Ware Racing FordOfficial starting lineup * - David Reutimann had to start at the rear of the field due to missing the drivers meeting Race During the first lap, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead from pole sitter Carl Edwards. In turn 3, MacDonald Motorsports teammates Donnie Neuenberger and Blake Koch crashed in turn 3 after Neuenberger got spun by Mike Bliss bringing out the first caution of the race. Stenhouse led the first lap. The race got back underway on lap 8 of the race with Stenhouse leading. On lap 20, the second caution came out when Kevin Lepage blew a right front tire and hit the wall in turn 3. On the restart on lap 25, Clint Bowyer took the lead from Stenhouse. Stenhouse took the lead back on lap 30. Bowyer took the lead back on lap 39. 2 laps later, the third caution flew for it being the competition caution. Carl Edwards won the race off of pit road and was the new race leader. Bowyer took the lead from Edwards on the restart. On the next lap, the fourth caution flew when Brian Scott spun out of turn 4 and hit the inside wall. The race restarted on lap 51 with Bowyer leading the race. On lap 75, Edwards took the lead from Bowyer. On lap 87, one of the strangest crashes in NASCAR history occurred. Alex Kennedy got loose coming out of turn 2 and his car spun and hit the inside wall on the backstretch. His car stopped with the tail of car on the inside wall and the nose of the car pointing towards the outside wall. Kennedy sat there waiting for traffic to clear by so he can get to pit road. Kennedy got his car to start rolling across the track and began to turn the wheel to the left. The car could not turn and Kennedy pulled up right in front of Kevin Swindell and the two crashed into each other head on with Aric Almirola dodging both cars in the crash. The impact broke the front axle of Kennedy's car as it was hanging out of the front of the car. Both drivers walked away but this made Swindell mad since this was a one-off deal with Roush Racing and he was running well after he was filling in for Trevor Bayne due to Bayne feeling ill and his day ended during a caution flag when someone drove across the racetrack right in front of him.https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/swindells-day-at-dover-ends-with-wreck Swindell's day at Dover ends in a wreck May 14, 2011http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Spider_sense_Trevor_Bayne_has_healthy_elbow_and_confidence_going_to_Talladega.html Spider sense? Trevor Bayne has healthy elbow and confidence going to Talladega | NASCAR News Now SceneDaily.com 2011-04-13 2011-10-22 2011-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110617023244/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Spider_sense_Trevor_Bayne_has_healthy_elbow_and_confidence_going_to_Talladega.html dead The race restarted on lap 101 with Carl Edwards taking the lead from Brad Keselowski. On lap 140, the 6th caution flew when Justin Allgaier blew a right-front tire and hit the wall in turn 3. On lap 145, the red flag was issued due to rain in the area. After a 24-minute red flag, the cars got back on the race track. The race restarted on lap 149 with Carl Edwards leading the field. On the next lap, Logano took the lead from Edwards. Final Laps With 14 laps to go, Edwards took the lead from Logano and built a manageable lead. It looked like Edwards was gonna win the race by a good margin. But with 4 laps to go, Michael Annett crashed on the frontstretch bringing out the 7th caution of the race and setting up a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart, Edwards took the lead from Logano. But as soon as they got the green flag, Eric McClure's car stalled bringing out the 8th caution and setting up a second attempt of a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart, Edwards and Logano began to fight for the lead as they began to race side by side. Logano got a slight advantage down the backstretch trying to take the lead. Edwards got a bit loose in turn 4 and his car came up towards Joey. Logano got loose out of turn 4 and hit the outside wall. Logano came down the racetrack right in front of Clint Bowyer. Bowyer's car ramped over Logano's car, flew in the air and landed on the driver's side of the car then came back on all 4 wheels. During the wreck, a spring flew out of Bowyer's car and struck one of his pit crew members in the leg. While Logano and Bowyer were crashing, other cars behind them checked up and ran into each other causing an 8 car accident on the front stretch. Bowyer's car also took another shot by Steve Wallace after Wallace spun trying to check up and avoid the crash. The white flag had already flown before the 9th and final caution came out for the massive accident on the front stretch. The cars involved were Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, Steve Wallace, Kenny Wallace, Mike Bliss, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, and Aric Almirola. The race finished under caution and Carl Edwards won the race. After Edwards took the checkered flag, he went over to Logano after Logano climbed out of his car to see if he was ok and also talk about what happened when Joey spun out off of turn 4 that triggered the massive crash. The two calmly talked for about 11 seconds and Edwards drove his car to victory lane. Replays showed that Logano's car spun in 4 but Edwards appeared to never make any contact with Logano's car. Bowyer's crew member that was struck by debris was taken to the infield care center where he would be ok. Everyone else that was involved in the wreck would be ok.https://motorsportstribune.com/throwback-thursday-theater-the-monster-mile-lives-up-to-its-nickname/ Throwback Thursday Theater: The Monster Mile Lives Up to Its Nickname May 13, 2021http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2011/05/14/cedwards-nationwide-dover-win.html Edwards escapes late wreck for Dover victory May 14, 2011 NASCAR.com Turner Sports 2013-09-01https://www.sbnation.com/2011/5/14/2171337/nascar-nationwide-series-5-hour-energy-200-late-race-wreck Points to ponder from the NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-hour ENERGY 200 late race wreck May 14, 2011 Despite a pretty damaged front end of his racecar after being caught up in the wreck, Kyle Busch finished runner up. Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and David Reutimann rounded out the top 5 while Elliott Sadler, Kenny Wallace, James Buescher, Aric Almirola, and Mike Wallace rounded out the top 10. Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 60 Carl Edwards (i) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 209 87 running 0 2 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 209 0 running 0 3 32 Reed Sorenson Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 209 0 running 41 4 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 209 33 running 41 5 64 David Reutimann (i) Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 209 0 running 0 6 2 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 209 0 running 38 7 09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing Toyota 209 0 running 37 8 30 James Buscher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 209 0 running 0 9 88 Aric Almirola JR Motorsports Chevrolet 209 0 running 35 10 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 209 0 running 34 11 38 Jason Leffler Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 209 0 running 33 12 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Penske Racing Dodge 208 8 crash 0 13 20 Joey Logano (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 208 37 crash 0 14 33 Clint Bowyer (i) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 208 37 crash 0 15 14 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 208 0 crash 29 16 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 208 0 crash 28 17 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 208 5 running 28 18 99 Ryan Truex (R) Pastrana-Waltrip Racing Toyota 207 0 running 26 19 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 207 0 running 25 20 62 Michael Annett Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 205 0 running 24 21 67 J. R. Fitzpatrick Go Canada Racing Ford 204 0 running 23 22 15 Timmy Hill (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 204 0 running 22 23 39 Danny Efland Go Green Racing Ford 203 0 running 21 24 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 202 0 running 20 25 19 Eric McClure TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 201 0 running 19 26 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 184 0 running 18 27 28 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 166 0 engine 17 28 70 Dennis Setzer Jay Robinson Racing Dodge 140 0 electrical 16 29 31 Justin Allgaier Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 138 0 crash 15 30 11 Brian Scott Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 87 0 crash 14 31 16 Kevin Swindell Roush Fenway Racing Ford 86 0 crash 13 32 23 Alex Kennedy R3 Motorsports Dodge 84 0 crash 12 33 81 Donnie Neuenberger MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 70 0 too slow 11 34 41 Carl Long Rick Ware Racing Ford 52 0 rear gear 10 35 40 Scott Wimmer Key Motorsports Chevrolet 44 2 transmission 10 36 79 Tim Andrews 2nd Chance Motorsports Chevrolet 44 0 transmission 8 37 13 Jennifer Jo Cobb (R) JJC Racing Ford 43 0 axle 7 38 52 Kevin Lepage Means Motorsports Chevrolet 19 0 crash 6 39 0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet 10 0 engine 5 40 55 Brett Rowe Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 7 0 handling 4 41 44 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 6 0 vibration 3 42 04 Charles Lewandoski (R) Go Green Racing Ford 4 0 ignition 2 43 82 Blake Koch (R) MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 1 0 crash 1Official Race Results References 2011 Royal Purple 200 2011 Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2011 Category:2011 in sports in Delaware Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway Category:May 2011 sports events in the United States