| 2011 GEICO 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 27 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $5,205,909 | Race Date: | Sep 18, 2011 | Chicagoland Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .941 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 47m 41s | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Lead Changes: | 22 Among / 10 Drivers | Average Speed: | 143.306 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 25 Laps | chicagolandspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tony Stewart T. Stewart | Driver: | Matt Kenseth M. Kenseth | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #14 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #17 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Stewart Haas Racing | Team: | Roush Fenway Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Darian Grubb | Crew Chief: | Jimmy Fennig | Toyota: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 35 of 267 | Pole Speed: | 183.243 MPH | |||||
| Official 2011 GEICO 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 26 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Running |  | 47 | 267 | 35 |
| 2 | 30 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser | Running | | 42 | 267 | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard | Running | | 41 | 267 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac | Running |  | 41 | 267 | 39 |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite | Running |  | 40 | 267 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell / Pennzoil | Running | | 40 | 267 | 64 |
| 7 | 21 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | Running | | 37 | 267 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. Army Medicine | Running | | 37 | 267 | 18 |
| 9 | 25 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com | Running | | 35 | 267 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Running | | 35 | 267 | 39 |
| 11 | 15 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS - We Love Logistics | Running | | 33 | 267 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull | Running |  | 32 | 267 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull | Running | | 31 | 267 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target | Running | | 30 | 267 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 29 | 267 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot | Running | | 28 | 267 | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row / Denver Mattres | Running | | 27 | 267 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 27 | 267 | 14 |
| 19 | 17 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley / DeWalt Tools | Running | | 25 | 267 | 0 |
| 20 | 2 | 27 | Paul Menard | Zecol / Menards | Running | | 24 | 267 | 0 |
| 21 | 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal | Running | | 24 | 266 | 46 |
| 22 | 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Wrigley's Doublemint | Running | | 23 | 266 | 7 |
| 23 | 28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne (I) | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & | Running | | 0 | 266 | 0 |
| 24 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running | | 20 | 265 | 0 |
| 25 | 42 | 32 | Mike Bliss (I) | Street King | Running | | 0 | 265 | 0 |
| 26 | 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Filtrete | Running | | 18 | 265 | 0 |
| 27 | 18 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Best Buy | Running | | 17 | 265 | 0 |
| 28 | 40 | 71 | Andy Lally (R) | Interstate Moving Services / R | Running | | 16 | 265 | 0 |
| 29 | 41 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO | Running | | 15 | 265 | 0 |
| 30 | 31 | 51 | Landon Cassill (I) | Security Benefit / Thank A Tea | Running | | 0 | 264 | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground | Running | | 13 | 264 | 0 |
| 32 | 29 | 0 | David Reutimann | Tums | Running | | 12 | 263 | 0 |
| 33 | 39 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Big Red | Running | | 11 | 263 | 0 |
| 34 | 32 | 38 | J.J. Yeley | Long John Silver's | Running | | 11 | 263 | 1 |
| 35 | 35 | 46 | Scott Speed (I) | Red Line Oil / International T | Running | | 0 | 260 | 0 |
| 36 | 38 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell | Running | | 8 | 259 | 0 |
| 37 | 11 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox | Running | | 7 | 236 | 0 |
| 38 | 14 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's | Engine | | 6 | 163 | 0 |
| 39 | 37 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Speed Energy / MAPEI | Vibration | | 5 | 77 | 0 |
| 40 | 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Electrical | | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 41 | 34 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports | Vibration | | 3 | 44 | 0 |
| 42 | 43 | 37 | Josh Wise | Bradley University | Brakes | | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 43 | 33 | 66 | Michael McDowell | James Fund | Brakes | | 1 | 25 | 0 |
