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2011 Good Sam Club 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 32 of 36 Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:29:14 Average speed: 143.404 mph Pole speed: 181.367 mph Cautions: 9 for 37 laps Margin of victory: .018 sec Attendance: 105000 Lead changes: 72 Green flag passes: 12,852 (85.1 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2011 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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 Clint Bowyer 3 8 1 1 25 7 -14 307 321 259 84.4 5 173 92.0 25 13.3 188 125.0 Jeff Burton 25 7 2 1 26 7 15 328 313 265 80.8 1 174 92.6 26 13.8 188 122.3 Dave Blaney 41 32 3 1 41 19 42 383 341 120 31.3 6 60 31.9 1 0.5 188 82.6 Brad Keselowski 16 33 4 1 39 21 8 365 357 108 29.6 3 49 26.1 1 0.5 188 79.3 Brian Vickers 30 19 5 1 39 14 76 394 318 228 57.9 4 122 64.9 3 1.6 188 107.9 Kasey Kahne 26 17 6 1 38 14 66 393 327 219 55.7 4 124 66.0 4 2.1 188 103.9 Tony Stewart 12 21 7 1 38 11 26 376 350 248 66.0 2 136 72.3 30 16.0 188 107.4 Denny Hamlin 31 14 8 2 39 23 22 353 331 158 44.8 4 54 28.7 0 0.0 188 65.2 Michael Waltrip 23 10 9 1 39 26 -22 261 283 55 21.1 3 23 12.2 1 0.5 188 61.6 Martin Truex Jr 37 29 10 3 38 23 -50 313 363 86 27.5 4 55 29.3 0 0.0 188 63.8 Carl Edwards 9 35 11 1 39 28 -14 216 230 13 6.0 5 9 4.8 1 0.5 188 57.2 Paul Menard 7 6 12 2 38 14 -48 391 439 221 56.5 0 121 64.4 0 0.0 188 81.1 David Reutimann 36 30 13 4 39 24 -50 329 379 83 25.2 5 52 27.7 0 0.0 188 60.8 Greg Biffle 18 34 14 1 38 29 5 234 229 9 3.8 4 9 4.8 1 0.5 188 54.5 Trevor Bayne 4 27 15 2 39 21 5 378 373 161 42.6 4 73 38.8 0 0.0 188 70.1 Landon Cassill 38 12 16 4 38 16 24 428 404 193 45.1 1 85 45.2 0 0.0 188 86.1 Casey Mears 42 11 17 3 42 14 22 434 412 244 56.2 2 110 58.5 0 0.0 188 90.6 Matt Kenseth 11 3 18 1 32 10 -16 323 339 233 72.1 3 148 78.7 21 11.2 188 99.6 Marcos Ambrose 19 23 19 1 34 17 -27 429 456 150 35.0 4 71 37.8 3 1.6 188 74.4 Mark Martin 1 28 20 1 38 24 7 339 332 35 10.3 6 16 8.5 2 1.1 188 64.6 Travis Kvapil 17 36 21 1 40 18 -22 404 426 169 41.8 6 69 36.7 1 0.5 188 75.1 David Gilliland 40 37 22 1 41 19 -17 425 442 152 35.8 1 58 30.9 0 0.0 188 73.3 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 2 23 1 36 15 89 412 323 213 51.7 5 101 53.7 16 8.5 188 83.0 Joey Logano 35 38 24 2 41 22 17 312 295 160 51.3 7 74 39.4 0 0.0 188 80.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 6 18 25 1 38 23 -95 235 330 77 32.8 2 38 20.2 2 1.1 188 57.6 Jimmie Johnson 2 20 26 1 37 23 -86 240 326 58 24.2 2 33 17.6 1 0.5 188 57.7 Jeff Gordon 5 31 27 1 39 24 -14 352 366 45 12.8 2 25 13.3 1 0.5 188 59.3 David Ragan 8 4 28 1 33 11 -17 328 345 237 72.3 5 144 76.6 1 0.5 188 87.8 Jamie McMurray 39 1 29 1 39 21 43 257 214 159 61.9 3 80 42.6 12 6.4 184 80.3 Regan Smith 22 16 30 2 34 16 30 426 396 247 58.0 7 100 53.2 0 0.0 180 79.1 A.J. Allmendinger 24 22 31 2 37 25 -7 287 294 83 28.9 5 33 17.6 0 0.0 179 53.3 Kevin Harvick 13 5 32 1 38 23 -7 248 255 144 58.1 2 70 37.2 13 6.9 179 66.9 Kyle Busch 34 13 33 1 40 26 19 296 277 182 61.5 3 65 34.6 5 2.7 175 56.0 Terry Labonte 32 24 34 2 42 32 -13 220 233 0 0.0 2 10 5.3 0 0.0 175 38.0 Bobby Labonte 21 9 35 3 38 26 -56 248 304 50 20.2 3 26 13.8 0 0.0 173 48.7 Kurt Busch 14 15 36 1 36 16 -14 387 401 233 60.2 3 95 50.5 1 0.5 173 76.4 Robby Gordon 43 26 37 1 43 23 49 353 304 145 41.1 7 62 33.0 10 5.3 173 50.9 Ryan Newman 10 39 38 1 39 26 -33 190 223 155 81.6 4 68 36.2 5 2.7 172 73.1 Andy Lally 33 25 39 1 42 32 -15 199 214 1 0.5 2 5 2.7 1 0.5 162 36.1 Michael McDowell 29 40 40 27 42 40 12 30 18 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 30.1 Joe Nemechek 27 41 41 27 43 41 3 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 28.9 J.J. Yeley 28 42 42 21 42 42 4 25 21 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 27.9 Kevin Conway 20 43 43 20 43 43 -2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 26.8 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.