2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen
Race details[1][2]
Race 22 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)
Location Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
Course Permanent racing facility
2.454 mi (5.43 km)
Distance 90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.9 km)
Weather Sunny with a scattered T-storms around 75; wind out of the NNE at 7 mph.
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 1:19.767
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 49
Winner
No. 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 15, 2011 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps, it was the 22nd race of the 2011 season. It was scheduled to be run on August 14, 2011 but was postponed to Monday because of rain. The race was won by Marcos Ambrose of Richard Petty Motorsports, his first career victory in the Cup series and also the first-ever Cup win by an Australian driver.[3] Brad Keselowski finished second and Kyle Busch finished third.

Race report

Background

Watkins Glen International is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Infineon Raceway.[4] The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is 2.45 miles (3.94 km) long;[5] the track was modified in 1992, adding the Inner Loop, which lengthened the long course to 3.4 miles (5.5 km) and the short course to the current length of 2.45 miles (3.94 km).[6]

Before the race, Carl Edwards was leading the Drivers' Championship with 720 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 711 points. Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch followed in third and fourth with 709 and 706 points, six ahead of Kevin Harvick and 38 ahead Jeff Gordon in fifth and sixth. Ryan Newman with 658 was 16 points ahead of Tony Stewart and 19 ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr.[7] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was first with 140 points, 21 ahead of Ford, and 26 ahead of Toyota. Dodge was placed fourth with 89 points.[8] Juan Pablo Montoya is the race's defending winner from 2010.[9]

Practice and qualifying

Race

Kyle Busch began leading, but when they entered turn 1 of the last two laps, he turned too far and immediately in second place Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose in third place passed him. Keselowski lead until Marcos Ambrose quickly took the lead in the Inner Loop. Ambrose continued to lead when a major crash occurred at turn 2 in the final lap involving Boris Said, David Ragan, David Reutimann and few other cars that saw Reutimann go airborne and end up on his roof. This accident did not bring out the caution flag, but was brought out soon after when Tony Stewart spun out of control at the Inner Loop and Ambrose won the race.

Results

Qualifying

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed Grid
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:09.767 126.421 1
43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 1:09.977 126.041 2
9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 1:10.009 125.984 3
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:10.188 125.663 4
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:10.193 125.654 5
39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 1:10.383 125.314 6
14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 1:10.426 125.238 7
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:10.446 125.202 8
56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 1:10.578 124.968 9
78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 1:10.594 124.940 10
47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 1:10.608 124.915 11
2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 1:10.612 124.908 12
20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:10.614 124.904 13
1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:10.678 124.791 14
51 Boris Said Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 1:10.729 124.701 15
6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:10.815 124.550 16
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:10.871 124.451 17
4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 1:11.130 123.998 18
33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.213 123.854 19
83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 1:11.312 123.682 20
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 1:11.323 123.663 21
5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:11.339 123.635 22
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.407 123.517 23
17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:11.413 123.507 24
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:11.431 123.476 25
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 1:11.443 123.455 26
22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 1:11.454 123.436 27
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1:11.456 123.433 28
37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 1:11.487 123.379 29
55 J. J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:11.543 123.283 30
7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 1:11.605 123.176 31
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:11.733 122.956 32
66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 1:11.733 122.956 33
50 T. J. Bell (R) LTD Powersports, LLC. Chevrolet 1:11.749 122.929 34
32 Andrew Ranger (R) FAS Lane Racing Ford 1:12.075 122.373 35
71 Andy Lally (R) TRG Motorsports Ford 1:12.179 122.196 36
60 Mike Skinner Germain Racing Toyota 1:12.218 122.130 37
36 Ron Fellows Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1:12.299 121.993 38
00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 1:12.497 121.660 39
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:12.641 121.419 40
34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.293 120.339 41
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0:00.000 000.000 42
38 Terry Labonte Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:13.587 119.858 43
Failed to Qualify
35 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1:12.352 121.904
46 Brian Simo Whitney Motorsports Ford 1:13.937 119.291
77 P. J. Jones Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 0:00.000 000.000
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Race results

Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run led Status Points
1 3 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 92 21 running 47
2 12 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 92 2 running 43
3 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 92 49 running 43
4 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 92 0 running 40
5 13 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 92 0 running 39
6 23 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 38
7 5 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 92 4 running 38
8 2 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 92 8 running 37
9 40 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 35
10 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 1 running 35
11 19 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 92 1 running 34
12 8 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 92 0 running 32
13 17 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 6 running 32
14 24 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 92 0 running 30
15 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 29
16 6 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 28
17 14 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 27
18 20 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Toyota 92 0 running 26
19 11 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 92 0 running 25
20 26 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 92 0 running 24
21 36 71 Andy Lally (R) TRG Motorsports Ford 92 0 running 23
22 15 51 Boris Said Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 22
23 10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 21
24 31 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 92 0 running 20
25 22 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 running 19
26 18 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Toyota 92 0 running 18
27 7 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 92 0 running 17
28 16 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 91 0 crash 16
29 39 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 91 0 crash 15
30 38 36 Ron Fellows Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 91 0 crash 0
31 28 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 91 0 running 13
32 32 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 85 0 crash 12
33 41 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 79 0 brakes 11
34 43 38 Terry Labonte Front Row Motorsports Ford 78 0 transmission 10
35 35 32 Andrew Ranger (R) FAS Lane Racing Ford 75 0 transmission 0
36 42 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 8
37 34 50 T. J. Bell (R) LTD Powersports, LLC. Chevrolet 58 0 power steering 7
38 27 22 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 48 0 crash 6
39 29 37 Scott Speed Max Q Motorsports Ford 45 0 suspension 0
40 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 12 0 brakes 0
41 33 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota 7 0 engine 3
42 30 55 J. J. Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 0 brakes 2
43 37 60 Mike Skinner Germain Racing Toyota 4 0 brakes 0
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Standings after the race

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