2011 Samsung Mobile 500

Race 7 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:21:26
Average speed of winner: 149.231 mph
Margin of victory: 8.315 sec.
Lead changes: 31 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 24 laps
Fastest lap: David Ragan 184.540
Lap leaders: Ragan 1-10, Ku. Busch 11-14, Keselowski 15-46, Ku. Busch 47, R. Gordon 48, Blaney 49, Kenseth 50-51, Biffle 52-58, Kenseth 59-94, Bowyer 95, Edwards 96, Earnhardt, Jr. 97-98, Kenseth 99-114, Ragan 115, Ku. Busch 116-123, Kenseth 124-162, Edwards 163-164, J. Gordon 165, Kenseth 166-199, Bowyer 200-204, Kenseth 205-213, Bowyer 214-248, Kenseth 249, Bowyer 250, Ambrose 251, Stewart 252-256, Ku. Busch 257-269, Stewart 270-276, Kenseth 277-294, Bowyer 295-296, Ku. Busch 297-320, Kenseth 321-334

Race notes: First pole for David Ragan. Debut for David Starr. Carl Edwards took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 (Finish), Part 17 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal Black	Ford	Roush	Fennig	188.199	334	9	169	running	525886	48
2	3	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	188.232	334	5	44	running	353883	43
3	2	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts	Ford	Roush	Osborne	188.521	334	2	3	running	269791	42
4	9	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	187.552	334	1	7	running	206975	41
5	19	Paul Menard	27	Quaker State/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	186.896	334	0	0	running	162625	39
6	7	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	187.656	334	1	1	running	176341	39
7	1	David Ragan	6	UPS Freight	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	189.820	334	2	11	running	166375	38
8	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	187.761	334	0	0	running	179761	36
9	28	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.938	334	1	2	running	140525	36
10	10	Kurt Busch	22	Shell/Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	187.402	334	5	50	running	167125	35
11	12	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.350	334	0	0	running	132325	33
12	26	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	186.361	334	2	12	running	168308	33
13	14	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	187.175	333	0	0	running	156583	31
14	16	Ryan Newman	39	U.S. Army Reserve	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	187.045	333	0	0	running	155125	30
15	23	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office/March of Dimes	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	186.535	333	0	0	running	160850	29
16	11	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	187.370	333	0	0	running	157791	28
17	18	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	187.019	333	0	0	running	120550	0
18	27	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	185.944	333	1	32	running	137458	27
19	15	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Valvoline	Ford	RPM	Shiplett	187.175	332	0	0	running	146186	25
20	29	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	185.918	332	0	0	running	153861	24
21	13	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	187.233	332	0	0	running	130308	23
22	17	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	187.045	332	0	0	running	139564	22
23	32	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	185.580	332	1	1	running	140936	22
24	8	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.585	331	0	0	running	109450	20
25	34	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	185.516	331	0	0	running	126720	19
26	22	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	186.638	331	0	0	running	98250	18
27	30	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	185.874	330	0	0	running	123839	17
28	24	Landon Cassill	09	Security Benefits/Thank a Teacher Today	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	186.490	330	0	0	running	110183	0
29	25	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	186.406	329	0	0	running	121733	15
30	38	Dave Blaney	36	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	184.143	329	1	1	running	105833	15
31	39	Robby Gordon	7	Fast Five/SPEED Energy	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Lane	183.617	328	1	1	running	99797	14
32	43	Andy Lally	71	Interstate Moving Services	Ford	TRG	Clapprood	183.780	324	0	0	running	96150	12
33	41	Ken Schrader	32	Big Red	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	181.378	319	0	0	running	86500	11
34	42	Tony Raines	37	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	179.122	319	0	0	running	84450	10
35	31	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Tryson	185.771	213	0	0	accident	91325	9
36	21	Mark Martin	5	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	186.819	213	0	0	accident	90175	8
37	5	Regan Smith	78	farmamerican.org	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	187.950	212	0	0	accident	107420	7
38	33	David Starr	95	WRL General Contractors	Ford	Leavine		185.580	122	0	0	accident	79925	0
39	37	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	184.944	60	0	0	clutch	79800	0
40	20	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	186.838	56	0	0	electrical	79650	4
41	35	J.J. Yeley	46	Red Line	Chevrolet	Dusty Whitney	Furr	185.293	52	0	0	electrical	79490	3
42	40	David Gilliland	34	Gander Mountain	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	183.287	44	0	0	accident	79395	2
43	36	Mike Skinner	60	Big Red	Toyota	Germain	Sisco	185.122	36	0	0	rear gear	79724	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	256	7	2	1	4	5
2	Kyle Busch	247	7	0	1	4	5
3	Matt Kenseth	243	7	1	1	3	4
4	Jimmie Johnson	243	7	0	0	3	4
5	Kurt Busch	240	7	0	0	1	5
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	235	7	1	0	1	4
7	Ryan Newman	233	7	0	0	3	4
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	232	7	1	0	2	4
9	Kevin Harvick	228	7	0	2	3	4
10	Tony Stewart	213	7	0	0	1	2
11	Paul Menard	209	7	0	0	2	3
12	Clint Bowyer	201	7	0	0	1	3
13	A.J. Allmendinger	193	7	0	0	0	1
14	Jeff Gordon	192	7	0	1	2	2
15	Mark Martin	189	7	0	0	0	2
16	Kasey Kahne	186	7	0	0	0	3
17	David Ragan	185	7	1	0	0	2
18	Greg Biffle	183	7	0	0	1	2
19	Marcos Ambrose	175	7	0	0	1	2
20	Denny Hamlin	174	7	0	0	0	1
21	Martin Truex, Jr.	160	7	0	0	0	1
22	Brad Keselowski	159	7	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Labonte	157	7	0	0	1	1
24	Jamie McMurray	157	7	1	0	0	1
25	Jeff Burton	156	7	0	0	0	0