2011 Auto Club 400

Fifth race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series February 2025 NAS Auto Club 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 Sprint Cup Series Schedule ESPN 2011-03-25 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120120034554/http://espn.go.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 2012-01-20 http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/37603/229/the-auto-club-400 The Auto Club 400 Rotoworld.com 2011-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20110324190116/http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/37603/229/the-auto-club-400 2011-03-24 dead 2011 03 27 2011 5 36 Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg 200px Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California 2 3.2 200 400 643.7 Sunny with a daytime high around 63; wind out of the WSW at 9 mph 150.848 mi/h Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing 38.992 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 151 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Fox Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2011 Auto Club 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on March 27, 2011 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 200 laps, it was the fifth race of the 2011 season. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kyle Busch clinched third. There were four cautions and 18 lead changes among ten different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Harvick's first win in the 2011 season, and the 15th of his Sprint Cup Series career. The result moved Harvick up to the ninth position in the Drivers' Championship, 30 points behind Carl Edwards in first. Toyota became the leader in the Manufacturers' Championship, tied with Chevrolet, and Ford, with 31 races remaining in the season. Report Background thumb|left|Auto Club Speedway, the track where the race was held Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a superspeedway located in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 2011-03-25 Nascar.Com https://web.archive.org/web/20110402110221/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 2 April 2011 dead The standard track at Auto Club Speedway featured four turns and was 2 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks—The Auto Club Speedway http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx Auto Club Speedway 2011-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100924055442/http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx 2010-09-24 dead The track's turns were banked at fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. The back stretch had 3 degrees of banking. The racetrack had seats for 92,100 spectators. Before the race, Kurt Busch was leading the Drivers' Championship with 150 points, one point ahead of Carl Edwards in second. Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman followed in third and fourth with 138 points, two ahead of Paul Menard and five ahead of Kyle Busch in fifth and sixth. Jimmie Johnson, with 130, was in the seventh position ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the first ten positions with 123 points.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/4/data/standings_official.html Pre-race Drivers' Championship Standings Nascar.Com 2011-03-25 In the Manufacturers' Championship, Ford was first with 27 points, two ahead of Toyota and five ahead of Chevrolet. Dodge was in the fourth positions with 14 points.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2011/manu2011.htm Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site – 2011 Manufacturers Championship Standings Jayski.com 2011-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20110517161436/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2011/manu2011.htm 2011-05-17 dead Jimmie Johnson was the race's defending winner from 2010.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2010_Auto_Club_500/W 2010 Auto Club 500 Racing-Reference.info 2010-02-28 2011-03-25 Practice and qualifying thumb|Juan Pablo Montoya scored the pole position. Three practice sessions were held before the race; the first on Friday, which lasted only 45 minutes after a rain delay.http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-rain-delay-at-acs-auto-club-speedway-nascar-sprint/ NASCAR - CUP: Rain Delay at ACS 2011-03-25 2011-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055909/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-rain-delay-at-acs-auto-club-speedway-nascar-sprint/ dead The second and third were both on Saturday afternoon, and lasted 45 and 60 minutes long.http://jayski.com/news/races/2011/story?id=6142700#prac Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page Jayski's Silly Season Site ESPN Internet Ventures March 25, 2014 David Reutimann was quickest with a time of 38.680 seconds in the first session, 0.263 seconds faster than Denny Hamlin.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/practice1_speeds.html Practice One Speeds NASCAR NASCAR Media Group March 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110327090748/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/practice1_speeds.html March 27, 2011 Greg Biffle was just off Hamlin's pace, followed by Brad Keselowski, Jamie McMurray, and Kasey Kahne. Montoya was seventh, still within a second of Reutimann's time. Forty-three cars were entered for qualifying.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/qual_order.html Qualifying Entry List Nascar.Com 2011-03-25 Montoya clinched the sixth pole position of his career, with a time of 38.992 seconds.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/lineup.html Race Official Lineup Nascar.Com 2011-03-25 2011-03-25 He was joined on the front row of the grid by Hamlin. Joey Logano qualified third, Regan Smith took fourth, and Stewart started fifth. David Ragan, Jeff Burton, Kyle Busch, Newman and Mark Martin rounded out the top ten. Once the qualifying session concluded, Montoya stated, "It seems like we have a lot of potential this year and it’s pretty exciting. Pit crew is doing an amazing job week in and week out. They are getting so much faster than they were doing before. Just everybody on the team is really excited and pumped up — it’s nice to see."http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-montoya-on-pole-at-auto-club-speedway-nascar-sprint NASCAR - CUP: Montoya on Pole at Auto Club Speedway 2011-03-26 2011-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110326200223/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-montoya-on-pole-at-auto-club-speedway-nascar-sprint dead In the second practice session, Kevin Harvick was fastest with a time of 39.747 seconds, more than six hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Hamlin. Edwards took third place, ahead of Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon and Stewart.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/practice2_speeds.html Practice Two Timing and Scoring Nascar.Com 2011-03-27 In the third and final practice, Ragan was quickest with a time of 39.785 seconds. Stewart followed in second, ahead of Edwards and Martin. Gordon remained fifth quickest from the second session, with a time of 39.929 seconds. Kyle Busch, Bowyer, Menard, Trevor Bayne, and Burton rounded out the first ten positions.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/practice3_speeds.html Practice Three Timing and Scoring Nascar.Com 2011-03-27 Race thumb|Kevin Harvick won the race. The race, the fifth in the season, began a 3:00 p.m. EST and was televised live in the United States on Fox. The conditions on the grid were dry before the race with the air temperature at 56 °F °C.Race Summary http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110327/lblfontana/index.html Nascar.Com 2010-03-27 Motor Racing Outreach's Jeff Hamilton began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation. Next, Zanzibar Records recording artist Richard Marx performed the national anthem, and Actor Christian Slater gave the command for drivers to start their engines. Results Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Time in seconds Speed Speed in MPH1 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38.992 184.653 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39.073 184.270 3 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39.102 184.134 4 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 39.124 184.030 5 14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 39.133 183.988 6 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39.196 183.692 7 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.211 183.622 8 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39.241 183.482 9 39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 39.245 183.463 10 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.248 183.449 11 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39.257 183.407 12 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 39.292 183.243 13 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 39.317 183.127 14 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 39.320 183.113 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.355 182.950 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.359 182.932 17 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.366 182.899 18 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39.388 182.797 19 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 39.418 182.658 20 43 A. 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Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 39.448 182.519 21 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 39.450 182.510 22 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Chevrolet 39.481 182.366 23 22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 39.552 182.039 24 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.580 181.910 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 39.592 181.855 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 39.602 181.809 27 21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39.603 181.804 28 09 Landon Cassill Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 39.627 181.694 29 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.632 181.671 30 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.662 181.534 31 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 39.793 180.936 32 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39.826 180.786 33 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 39.866 180.605 34 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 39.925 180.338 35 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 39.938 180.279 36 38 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 39.997 180.014 37 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 40.067 179.699 38 71 Andy Lally TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 40.233 178.958 39 32 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford 40.463 177.940 40 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 40.527 177.659 41 60 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 40.780 176.557 42 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 40.990 175.653 43 46 J. J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports Chevrolet - - Source: Race results Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Points 124 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 47 216 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 43 38 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 43 411 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 40 59 39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 200 40 618 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 38 717 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 38 819 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 200 36 922 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 200 35 101 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 35 1132 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 33 1230 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 32 135 14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 200 32 1420 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 200 30 157 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 29 1615 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 28 1723 22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 200 27 1829 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 26 1914 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 200 25 2010 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 24 2126 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 200 24 226 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 22 2312 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 21 2428 09 Landon Cassill Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 200 0 253 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 19 2621 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 199 18 274 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 199 17 2813 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 198 16 2925 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 198 15 3027 21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing Ford 198 0 3137 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 198 13 3238 71 Andy Lally TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 198 12 3339 32 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford 197 11 3435 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 197 10 3536 38 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 196 0 3642 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 190 8 3731 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 188 7 3834 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 182 6 392 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 105 6 4041 60 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 50 0 4143 46 J. 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Yeley Whitney Motorsports Chevrolet 47 4 4240 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 39 0 4333 66 Michael McDowellHP Racing Toyota 32 1Source:http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/5/data/results_official.html 2011 Official Race Results : Auto Club 400 Nascar.Com 2011-03-27 2011-03-31http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=1&RaceID=5230&StatType=Race+Results https://web.archive.org/web/20110918210310/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=5230&YearID=1&StatType=Race+Results dead 2011-09-18 Auto Club 400 Race Results Motor Racing Network International Speedway Corporation 2011-03-27 2011-03-31 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Carl Edwards 187 2 Ryan Newman 178 3 Kurt Busch 177 4 Kyle Busch 176 5 Jimmie Johnson 173 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 31 2 Chevrolet 31 3 Ford 31 4 Dodge 17 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. 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