2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400

February 2025 NAS Wonderful Pistachios 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 Sprint Cup Series Schedule ESPN September 18, 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120120034554/http://espn.go.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 January 20, 2012 Weather information for the 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac 2011 9 10 2011 26 36 Richmond International Speedway.png Layout of Richmond International Raceway Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia 0.75 1.21 400 300 483 Temperatures reaching up to 86 F C; wind speeds up to 11.1 mph km/h 89.91 mi/h David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing 21.196 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing 202 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing ABC Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree The 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 10, 2011, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the 26th race of the 2011 season and the final race before the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jeff Gordon clinched third. For only the second time in modern-Sprint Cup history, an event was followed four days after another one. In this case, the AdvoCare 500 was held four days earlier than this event. Summary This race was dominated by accidents both involving single cars and multiple cars. Each green flag run averaged almost 20 laps while more than 21% of the race would be held under a caution flag. Kevin Harvick would dominate a good portion of the race while Jeff Gordon had a reasonable chance to win the race between laps 378 and 384. Scott Speed was the last-place finisher of the race due to a crash on lap 7. Despite Paul Menard's awful finish, he was the last driver to finish the race without any mechanical issues.http://racing-reference.info/race/2011_Wonderful_Pistachios_400/W 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 race results Racing Reference July 16, 2014 Juan Pablo Montoya's 15th-place finish and Marcos Ambrose's 21st-place finish were respectable finishes for the token foreigners in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. According to the gambling pundits, Kyle Busch was the mostly likely to win prior to the checkered flag while Ambrose, Regan Smith and Bobby Labonte were the three dark horses of the event.http://www.thespread.com/nascar-articles/090711-2011-nascar-odds-wonderful-pistachios-400-kyle-busch-favored#.U8nmo-NdVzc 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 pundits' information TheSpread.com July 18, 2014 Each finisher was given a different amount of money as his/her individual winnings. These winnings were given out in addition to the driver's weekly salary as a part of a multi-car team. While Kevin Harvick received $256,736 for his valiant effort ($ when considering inflation), last-place driver Scott Speed received a meager $66,860 ($ when considering inflation).Individual winnings information https://web.archive.org/web/20150425125525/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2011026 2015-04-25 at Driver Averages Top ten finishers Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Laps Number of laps completed Laps led Number of laps led 1 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 400 202 2 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford 400 113 3 17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 400 7 4 20 6 David Ragan Ford 400 0 5 11 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 400 0 6 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 400 0 7 22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 400 0 8 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 400 0 9 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 400 0 10 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 400 0 Timeline The Voice of Sarge in Toy Story R. Lee Ermey gives the command to start engines Start of race: Jamie McMurray led the Racing grid as the green flag was waved Lap 20: Jimmie Johnson took over the lead from Jamie McMurray Lap 58: Kevin Harvick took over the lead from Jimmie Johnson Lap 59: Matt Kenseth took over the lead from Kevin Harvick Lap 74: Kevin Harvick took over the lead from Matt Kenseth Lap 157: Greg Biffle took over the lead from Kevin Harvick Lap 163: Kevin Harvick took over the lead from Greg Biffle Lap 202: Carl Edwards took over the lead from Kevin Harvick Lap 315: Kevin Harvick took over the lead from Carl Edwards Lap 378: Jeff Gordon took over the lead from Kevin Harvick Lap 385: Kevin Harvick took over the lead from Jeff Gordon Finish: Kevin Harvick was officially declared the winner of the event Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 2012 2 Kevin Harvick 2012 3 Jeff Gordon 2009 4 Matt Kenseth 2006 5 Jimmie Johnson 2003 References 2011 Sprint Cup Series 2011 AdvoCare 500 2011 GEICO 400 collapsed Wonderful Pistachios 400 Wonderful Pistachios 400 Category:NASCAR races at Richmond Raceway Category:September 2011 sports events in the United States