2011 Hollywood Casino 400

2011 Hollywood Casino 400
Race details
Race 30 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Kansas Speedway
Date	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)
Location	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	272 laps, 408 mi (656.612 km)
Scheduled Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Average speed	137.181 miles per hour (220.771 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing
Time	30.877
Most laps led
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	197
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree

The 2011 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 9, 2011 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps (but extended due to a Green-white-checker finish) on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirtieth race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his second of the season. Kasey Kahne finished second and Brad Keselowski was third.

Race results

Pos	Grid	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	19	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	272	48
2	5	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Racing Team	Toyota	272	42
3	12	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	272	42
4	4	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	272	41
5	2	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	272	39
6	14	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	272	38
7	24	33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	272	37
8	1	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	272	37
9	21	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	272	35
10	9	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	272	34
11	3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	272	34
12	6	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	272	32
13	17	22	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	272	32
14	18	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	272	30
15	23	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	272	29
16	7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	272	28
17	41	51	Landon Cassill	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	272	0
18	11	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	272	26
19	15	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team	Toyota	271	25
20	13	6	David Ragan	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	271	24
21	31	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	271	23
22	29	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	271	22
23	34	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	271	21
24	16	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	271	20
25	22	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	270	19
26	26	98	Austin Dillon	Curb Agajanian Performance Group	Toyota	270	0
27	36	38	Travis Kvapil	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	270	0
28	42	32	Mike Bliss	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	270	0
29	20	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	270	15
30	33	47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	269	14
31	38	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	269	13
32	30	34	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	268	12
33	25	46	Scott Speed	Whitney Motorsports	Ford	266	0
34	10	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	264	11
35	27	00	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	264	9
36	8	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	241	8
37	35	71	Andy Lally	TRG Motorsports	Ford	72	7
38	39	7	Reed Sorenson	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Dodge	37	0
39	40	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing	Toyota	30	5
40	32	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports	Chevrolet	27	4
41	43	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	18	0
42	37	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Toyota	16	2
43	28	55	J.J. Yeley	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	12	1

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Carl Edwards	2161
1	2	Kevin Harvick	2160 (–1)
2	3	Jimmie Johnson	2157 (–4)
3	4	Brad Keselowski	2150 (–11)
1	5	Matt Kenseth	2149 (–12)
3	6	Kurt Busch	2145 (–16)
3	7	Tony Stewart	2142 (–19)
	8	Kyle Busch	2141 (–20)
1	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2118 (–43)
1	10	Jeff Gordon	2114 (–47)
	11	Ryan Newman	2107 (–54)
	12	Denny Hamlin	2082 (–79)

Previous race: 2011 AAA 400	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2011 season	Next race: 2011 Bank of America 500

2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Points races	Daytona 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Kobalt Tools 400 Jeff Byrd 500 Auto Club 400 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Samsung Mobile 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 Showtime Southern 500 FedEx 400 Coca-Cola 600 STP 400 5-hour Energy 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Coke Zero 400 Quaker State 400 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Brickyard 400 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Pure Michigan 400 Irwin Tools Night Race AdvoCare 500 Wonderful Pistachios 400

Chase for the Sprint Cup	GEICO 400 Sylvania 300 AAA 400 Hollywood Casino 400 Bank of America 500 Good Sam Club 500 Tums Fast Relief 500 AAA Texas 500 Kobalt Tools 500 Ford 400

Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duels All-Star Race

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