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2011 Showtime Southern 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 10 of 36 Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 3:53:51 Average speed: 129.678 mph Pole speed: 181.254 mph Cautions: 11 for 46 laps Margin of victory: .196 sec Attendance: 61000 Lead changes: 21 Green flag passes: 1,818 (5.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2011 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Regan Smith 23 19 1 1 31 18 12 74 62 19 25.7 7 140 37.8 11 3.0 370 90.3 Carl Edwards 4 2 2 1 19 4 4 31 27 29 93.5 38 367 99.2 57 15.4 370 124.8 Brad Keselowski 10 21 3 2 26 16 -16 55 71 22 40.0 0 206 55.7 0 0.0 370 88.5 Kasey Kahne 1 4 4 1 11 2 -1 24 25 20 83.3 62 370 100.0 124 33.5 370 135.2 Ryan Newman 2 16 5 1 23 10 9 59 50 32 54.2 8 297 80.3 28 7.6 370 102.1 Denny Hamlin 3 9 6 3 17 8 4 39 35 36 92.3 11 364 98.4 0 0.0 370 104.6 Tony Stewart 9 6 7 1 21 8 1 71 70 51 71.8 39 314 84.9 6 1.6 370 108.5 Greg Biffle 22 13 8 8 29 16 16 83 67 29 34.9 2 144 38.9 0 0.0 370 85.7 Jamie McMurray 12 8 9 1 25 11 -15 50 65 26 52.0 1 326 88.1 13 3.5 370 94.0 Martin Truex Jr 29 24 10 1 30 17 6 85 79 29 34.1 11 148 40.0 1 0.3 370 82.6 Kyle Busch 14 1 11 1 29 8 10 76 66 48 63.2 59 312 84.3 78 21.1 370 114.1 Jeff Gordon 5 7 12 1 14 6 -14 35 49 29 82.9 10 370 100.0 0 0.0 370 107.3 Marcos Ambrose 6 10 13 6 26 14 -4 57 61 27 47.4 1 238 64.3 0 0.0 370 87.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 30 12 14 5 30 13 5 60 55 24 40.0 3 251 67.8 0 0.0 370 90.3 Jimmie Johnson 19 14 15 6 29 16 44 102 58 29 28.4 8 167 45.1 0 0.0 370 87.8 David Reutimann 36 26 16 3 36 20 -16 47 63 4 8.5 0 106 28.6 0 0.0 370 72.1 Kevin Harvick 13 3 17 1 18 4 5 37 32 32 86.5 31 363 98.1 47 12.7 370 110.6 Bobby Labonte 15 15 18 1 25 16 2 69 67 28 40.6 1 141 38.1 2 0.5 370 75.9 Mark Martin 28 17 19 9 33 22 9 63 54 5 7.9 0 38 10.3 0 0.0 369 64.0 A.J. Allmendinger 7 23 20 7 28 22 -13 51 64 5 9.8 1 37 10.0 0 0.0 369 64.3 David Ragan 11 18 21 2 28 19 -11 64 75 17 26.6 1 37 10.0 0 0.0 369 63.4 Paul Menard 18 27 22 15 30 23 -9 63 72 2 3.2 0 11 3.0 0 0.0 369 63.8 Juan Pablo Montoya 16 22 23 4 26 22 -38 56 94 6 10.7 0 29 7.8 0 0.0 368 59.6 Dave Blaney 41 30 24 7 41 29 -1 47 48 9 19.1 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 367 46.7 Matt Kenseth 20 34 25 17 36 30 -7 21 28 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 366 56.7 Travis Kvapil 21 31 26 17 35 30 -5 22 27 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 365 47.5 Kurt Busch 25 28 27 17 42 29 10 61 51 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 53.0 Ken Schrader 40 33 28 1 40 33 3 20 17 0 0.0 0 4 1.1 2 0.5 364 40.6 Landon Cassill 27 35 29 27 35 32 -14 18 32 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 40.1 Casey Mears 32 29 30 1 38 28 -5 42 47 0 0.0 0 4 1.1 1 0.3 364 44.4 Clint Bowyer 26 5 31 4 31 11 7 62 55 36 58.1 2 307 83.0 0 0.0 363 83.4 David Gilliland 37 32 32 29 37 33 0 19 19 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 362 41.6 Jeff Burton 24 20 33 6 33 18 -5 61 66 10 16.4 0 131 35.4 0 0.0 358 64.0 Brian Vickers 8 25 34 4 35 24 -11 34 45 8 23.5 6 106 28.6 0 0.0 332 68.6 Joey Logano 17 11 35 5 35 21 -3 29 32 18 62.1 0 221 59.7 0 0.0 318 68.2 Tony Raines 35 36 36 35 42 36 5 7 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 172 34.2 Robby Gordon 42 37 37 33 42 37 0 6 6 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 87 37.8 T.J. Bell 33 38 38 32 40 38 -10 3 13 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 37.9 J.J. Yeley 31 39 39 31 40 39 -1 4 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 33.9 Mike Skinner 34 40 40 33 43 40 -7 5 12 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 33.5 David Stremme 38 41 41 35 42 41 -1 3 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 30.8 Joe Nemechek 43 42 42 39 43 42 -2 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 29.0 Michael McDowell 39 43 43 34 43 43 -1 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 29.4 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.