2011 Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City

Race 4 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:53:55
Average speed of winner: 91.941 mph
Margin of victory: 0.946 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 57 laps
Fastest lap: Carl Edwards 120.839
Lap leaders: Edwards 1-17, Menard 18-52, Ky. Busch 53, Gilliland 54-57, Newman 58-83, Ky. Busch 84-91, Truex 92-154, Harvick 155-191, Johnson 192-247, Ky. Busch 248, Johnson 249-269, Ky. Busch 270-341, Johnson 342-346, Ky. Busch 347, Johnson 348-429, Ky. Busch 430-473, Edwards 474, Ky. Busch 475-500

Race notes: Kurt Busch took the points lead from Tony Stewart.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	12	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	126.880	500	7	153	running	192416	47
2	1	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts	Ford	Roush	Osborne	128.014	500	2	18	running	184691	43
3	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	127.419	500	4	164	running	159861	43
4	11	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal Black	Ford	Roush	Fennig	126.896	500	0	0	running	142161	40
5	4	Paul Menard	27	CertainTeed/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	127.537	500	1	35	running	94925	40
6	15	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	126.653	500	1	37	running	147136	39
7	20	Kurt Busch	22	Shell/Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	126.395	500	0	0	running	140150	37
8	2	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	127.622	500	0	0	running	106375	36
9	10	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	126.947	500	0	0	running	117383	35
10	21	Ryan Newman	39	Tornados	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	126.395	500	1	26	running	129975	35
11	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	126.312	500	0	0	running	98600	33
12	9	Mark Martin	5	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	127.006	500	0	0	running	98125	32
13	16	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's Baked Beans	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	126.637	500	0	0	running	117845	31
14	7	Jeff Gordon	24	Pepsi MAX	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	127.275	500	0	0	running	126086	30
15	14	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWALT	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	126.813	500	0	0	running	120066	29
16	5	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	127.453	500	0	0	running	96775	28
17	8	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Tryson	127.039	500	1	63	running	101175	28
18	23	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	126.112	500	0	0	running	112408	26
19	13	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	126.829	500	0	0	running	129583	25
20	17	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	126.478	498	0	0	running	96675	24
21	24	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	126.104	498	0	0	running	122389	23
22	3	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	127.580	498	0	0	running	113645	22
23	18	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.478	497	0	0	running	95675	21
24	36	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	124.299	497	0	0	running	124283	20
25	37	Dave Blaney	36	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	124.098	497	0	0	running	100933	19
26	35	Travis Kvapil	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Derrick Finley	124.307	496	0	0	running	97683	0
27	29	David Gilliland	34	TMone/Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	125.757	495	1	4	running	96322	18
28	41	Tony Raines	37	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	122.874	494	0	0	running	90625	16
29	31	Bill Elliott	09	Thank a Teacher/Security Benefits	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	125.207	493	0	0	running	85025	15
30	26	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	126.005	493	0	0	running	110583	14
31	28	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Best Buy	Ford	RPM	Shiplett	125.765	493	0	0	running	118311	13
32	42	Andy Lally	71	Eco-Fuel Saver	Chevrolet	TRG	Guy	120.915	491	0	0	running	90800	12
33	25	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	126.079	488	0	0	running	131225	11
34	19	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	126.453	482	0	0	running	89200	0
35	27	Clint Bowyer	33	BB&T	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	125.963	456	0	0	engine	125308	9
36	30	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	125.609	441	0	0	running	108314	8
37	43	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	122.921	427	0	0	running	81050	7
38	40	Dennis Setzer	92	K-Automotive	Dodge	K-Automotive	Fuge	123.277	336	0	0	suspension	81000	0
39	33	Robby Gordon	7	SPEED Energy/Food City	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Lane	124.832	127	0	0	accident	80950	5
40	38	J.J. Yeley	46	Red Line	Chevrolet	Dusty Whitney	Furr	124.010	97	0	0	brakes	80875	4
41	34	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	124.484	72	0	0	brakes	80800	0
42	32	Landon Cassill	60	Big Red	Toyota	Germain	Sisco	125.117	36	0	0	brakes	80720	0
43	39	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	123.994	35	0	0	brakes	80289	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kurt Busch	150	4	0	0	1	4
2	Carl Edwards	149	4	2	1	3	3
3	Tony Stewart	138	4	0	0	1	2
4	Ryan Newman	138	4	0	0	2	3
5	Paul Menard	136	4	0	0	1	2
6	Kyle Busch	133	4	0	1	2	3
7	Jimmie Johnson	130	4	0	0	2	2
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	126	4	0	0	1	2
9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	124	4	1	0	0	2
10	Martin Truex, Jr.	123	4	0	0	0	1
11	Mark Martin	123	4	0	0	0	1
12	Kasey Kahne	122	4	0	0	0	2
13	Matt Kenseth	117	4	1	0	1	1
14	Bobby Labonte	115	4	0	0	1	1
15	Kevin Harvick	110	4	0	0	1	2
16	A.J. Allmendinger	107	4	0	0	0	1
17	Denny Hamlin	106	4	0	0	0	1
18	Marcos Ambrose	105	4	0	0	1	1
19	Jeff Gordon	104	4	0	1	1	1
20	David Ragan	89	4	0	0	0	0
21	Brad Keselowski	89	4	0	0	0	0
22	David Gilliland	88	4	0	0	1	1
23	Greg Biffle	86	4	0	0	0	1
24	Clint Bowyer	84	4	0	0	0	0
25	Bill Elliott	82	4	0	0	0	0