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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.

Click on a driver's name to see all his penalties for this year in this series.

Pit road penalty data for this race:
NbrDriverLapFlagInfractionPenalty
18 Kyle Busch67Safety violationTail end (Failure to reduce speed on pit road)
21 Trevor Bayne84Going above the blend line exiting the pitsTail end
43 A.J. Allmendinger105Going above the blend line exiting the pitsTail end
29 Kevin Harvick125Safety violationMust pit (Light smoke)
7 Robby Gordon172Safety violationMust pit (gear oil)

Note: pre-race penalties and penalties for pitting too soon are not included; pre-race penalties are shown on the race results pages and pitting too soon is normally done by choice with the knowledge that a will be incurred.