2011 AAA 400

2011 AAA 400

Race details[1]
Race 29 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
Location	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.0 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (643.7 km)
Weather	Temperatures up to 55 °F (13 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[2]
Average speed	119.413 miles per hour (192.177 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Martin Truex, Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing
Time	22.641
Most laps led
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	158
Winner
No. 22	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2011 AAA 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 2, 2011 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

Contested 400 laps on the 1.000-mile (1.609 km) concrete oval, it was the 29th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the third race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Kurt Busch for the Penske Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Carl Edwards clinched third.^[3]

A series of racing accidents in addition to a brief bout of rain contributed to the vast amount of cautions that this race endured. While the average green flag run was approximately 32 laps, 11% of the race was run under a caution flag.^[3] Most racing pundits felt that Ryan Newman had a chance to secure a position in the Chase instead of Denny Hamlin prior to the race.^[4]

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