2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen

February 2025 NAS Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 Sprint Cup Series Schedule ESPN August 13, 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120120034554/http://espn.go.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2011 January 20, 2012 http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/38429/229/the-heluva-good-at-the-glen The Heluva Good! at The Glen Rotoworld.com August 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928113219/http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/38429/229/the-heluva-good-at-the-glen September 28, 2011 dead 2011 08 15 2011 22 36 Watkins Glen International Short Circuit 2024.svg Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 2.454 5.43 90 220.5 354.9 Sunny with a scattered T-storms around 75; wind out of the NNE at 7 mph. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 1:19.767 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 49 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports ESPN Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree The 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 15, 2011 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps, it was the 22nd race of the 2011 season. It was scheduled to be run on August 14, 2011 but was postponed to Monday because of rain. The race was won by Marcos Ambrose of Richard Petty Motorsports, his first career victory in the Cup series and also the first-ever Cup win by an Australian driver.http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/marcos-ambrose-claims-maiden-nascar-win-20110816-1iv4v.html Marcos Ambrose claims maiden NASCAR win Rob Forsaith Australian Associated Press The Sydney Morning Herald August 16, 2011 August 17, 2011 Brad Keselowski finished second and Kyle Busch finished third. Race report Background Watkins Glen International is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Infineon Raceway.White Rea Road course races challenge the specialists http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/road-course-races-measure-competitive-ability-061710 Fox Sports August 13, 2011 5 August 2010 The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is 2.45 mi km long;Watkins Glen http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/wgi/ www.nascar.com August 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202253/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/wgi/ 28 June 2011 live the track was modified in 1992, adding the Inner Loop, which lengthened the long course to 3.4 mi km and the short course to the current length of 2.45 mi km.Watkins Glen History http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/watkins.glen/index.html www.nascar.com August 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629050527/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/watkins.glen/index.html 29 June 2011 dead Before the race, Carl Edwards was leading the Drivers' Championship with 720 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 711 points. Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch followed in third and fourth with 709 and 706 points, six ahead of Kevin Harvick and 38 ahead Jeff Gordon in fifth and sixth. Ryan Newman with 658 was 16 points ahead of Tony Stewart and 19 ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/21/data/standings_official.html Pre-race Drivers' Championship Standings Nascar.Com August 13, 2011 In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was first with 140 points, 21 ahead of Ford, and 26 ahead of Toyota. Dodge was placed fourth with 89 points.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2011/manu2011.htm Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site – 2011 Manufacturers Championship Standings Jayski.com 2011-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713092519/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2011/manu2011.htm 2011-07-13 dead Juan Pablo Montoya is the race's defending winner from 2010.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2010_Heluva_Good_Sour_Cream_Dips_at_The_Glen/W 2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Racing-Reference.info August 8, 2010 August 13, 2011 Practice and qualifying Race Kyle Busch began leading, but when they entered turn 1 of the last two laps, he turned too far and immediately in second place Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose in third place passed him. Keselowski lead until Marcos Ambrose quickly took the lead in the Inner Loop. Ambrose continued to lead when a major crash occurred at turn 2 in the final lap involving Boris Said, David Ragan, David Reutimann and few other cars that saw Reutimann go airborne and end up on his roof. This accident did not bring out the caution flag, but was brought out soon after when Tony Stewart spun out of control at the Inner Loop and Ambrose won the race. Results Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Time in seconds Speed Speed in MPH1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:09.767 126.421 2 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 1:09.977 126.041 3 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 1:10.009 125.984 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:10.188 125.663 5 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:10.193 125.654 6 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 1:10.383 125.314 7 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 1:10.426 125.238 8 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:10.446 125.202 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 1:10.578 124.968 10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 1:10.594 124.940 11 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 1:10.608 124.915 12 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 1:10.612 124.908 13 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:10.614 124.904 14 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:10.678 124.791 15 51 Boris Said Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 1:10.729 124.701 16 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:10.815 124.550 17 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:10.871 124.451 18 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 1:11.130 123.998 19 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.213 123.854 20 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 1:11.312 123.682 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 1:11.323 123.663 22 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:11.339 123.635 23 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.407 123.517 24 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:11.413 123.507 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:11.431 123.476 26 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 1:11.443 123.455 27 22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 1:11.454 123.436 28 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:11.456 123.433 29 37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 1:11.487 123.379 30 55 J. J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:11.543 123.283 31 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 1:11.605 123.176 32 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.733 122.956 33 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 1:11.733 122.956 34 50 T. J. Bell (R) LTD Powersports, LLC. Chevrolet 1:11.749 122.929 35 32 Andrew Ranger (R) FAS Lane Racing Ford 1:12.075 122.373 36 71 Andy Lally (R) TRG Motorsports Ford 1:12.179 122.196 37 60 Mike Skinner Germain Racing Toyota 1:12.218 122.130 38 36 Ron Fellows Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1:12.299 121.993 39 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 1:12.497 121.660 40 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:12.641 121.419 41 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.293 120.339 42 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0:00.000 000.000 43 38 Terry Labonte Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.587 119.858 Failed to Qualify 35 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1:12.352 121.904 46 Brian Simo Whitney Motorsports Ford 1:13.937 119.291 77 P. J. Jones Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 0:00.000 000.000 Source: Race results Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run led Status Points 1 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 92 21 running 47 2 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 92 2 running 43 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 92 49 running 43 4 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 92 0 running 40 5 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 92 0 running 39 6 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 38 7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 92 4 running 38 8 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 92 8 running 37 9 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 35 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 1 running 35 11 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 1 running 34 12 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 92 0 running 32 13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 6 running 32 14 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 92 0 running 30 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 29 16 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 28 17 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 27 18 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Toyota 92 0 running 26 19 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 92 0 running 25 20 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 92 0 running 24 21 71 Andy Lally (R) TRG Motorsports Ford 92 0 running 23 22 51 Boris Said Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 22 23 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 21 24 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 92 0 running 20 25 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 19 26 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Toyota 92 0 running 18 27 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 17 28 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 91 0 crash 16 29 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 91 0 crash 15 30 36 Ron Fellows Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 91 0 crash 0 31 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 91 0 running 13 32 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 85 0 crash 12 33 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 79 0 brakes 11 34 38 Terry Labonte Front Row Motorsports Ford 78 0 transmission 10 35 32 Andrew Ranger (R) FAS Lane Racing Ford 75 0 transmission 0 36 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 8 37 50 T. J. Bell (R) LTD Powersports, LLC. Chevrolet 58 0 power steering 7 38 22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 48 0 crash 6 39 37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 45 0 suspension 0 40 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 12 0 brakes 0 41 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 7 0 engine 3 42 55 J. J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 0 brakes 2 43 60 Mike Skinner Germain Racing Toyota 4 0 brakes 0Source: Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 752 2 Carl Edwards 752 3 Jimmie Johnson 746 4 Kevin Harvick 738 5 Matt Kenseth 724 References Sprint Cup Series 2011 2011 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 2011 Pure Michigan 400 collapsed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen Category:NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International Category:August 2011 sports events in the United States