Race Lineup

The official 2011 Showtime Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Showtime Southern 500

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 11 Ford
  • 13 Toyota
  • 5 Dodge
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (7 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Laps Actual: 370 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 129.678
  • Cautions: 11 for 46 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,818 (5.6 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 181.254 27.131 0.000 Red Bull Team Red Bull
2 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 180.429 27.255 0.124 Tornados Stewart-haas Racing
3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 180.132 27.300 0.169 Sport Clips Joe Gibbs Racing
4 99 Carl Edwards Ford 179.980 27.323 0.192 Aflac Jack Roush
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 179.829 27.346 0.215 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
6 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 179.671 27.370 0.239 Stanley Richard Petty Motorsports
7 43 AJ Allmendinger Ford 179.448 27.404 0.273 Best Buy Richard Petty Motorsports
8 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 179.259 27.433 0.302 Red Bull Team Red Bull
9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 179.108 27.456 0.325 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing
10 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 179.082 27.460 0.329 Miller Lite Team Penske
11 6 David Ragan Ford 179.076 27.461 0.330 UPS "We Love Logistics&… John Henry
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 178.880 27.491 0.360 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Dale Earnhardt Inc
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 178.588 27.536 0.405 Budweiser Richard Childress Racing
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 178.445 27.558 0.427 Wrigley's Doublemint Joe Gibbs Racing
15 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 178.381 27.568 0.437 Lance Snacks / Tom's Snack… Tad Geschickter
16 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 178.264 27.586 0.455 Target Chip Ganassi Racing
17 20 Joey Logano Toyota 178.161 27.602 0.471 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
18 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 178.103 27.611 0.480 Turtle Wax / Menards Tom Pumpelly
19 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 178.038 27.621 0.490 Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon
20 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 177.993 27.628 0.497 Wiley X Eyewear John Henry
21 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 177.987 27.629 0.498 Long John Silver's Front Row Motorsports
22 16 Greg Biffle Ford 177.955 27.634 0.503 Valvoline Jack Roush
23 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 177.871 27.647 0.516 Furniture Row Companies Barney Visser
24 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 177.826 27.654 0.523 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
25 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 177.755 27.665 0.534 Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
26 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 177.723 27.670 0.539 BB&T Richard Childress Racing
27 09 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 177.672 27.678 0.547 Thank A Teacher Today / Security Be… Phoenix Racing
28 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 177.614 27.687 0.556 Carquest / GoDaddy.com Hendrick Motorsports
29 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 177.083 27.770 0.639 NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip Racing
30 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 176.721 27.827 0.696 Amp Energy Sugar Free / National Gu… Hendrick Motorsports
31 46 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 176.682 27.833 0.702 Red Line Oil Tommy Mcmillan
32 13 Casey Mears Toyota 176.391 27.879 0.748 GEICO Germain Racing
33 150 TJ Bell Toyota 176.239 27.903 0.772 LJ Racing Joe Falk
34 60 Mike Skinner Toyota 176.201 27.909 0.778 Big Red Michael Hillman
35 37 Tony Raines Ford 176.189 27.911 0.780 Front Row Motorsports Front Row Motorsports
36 00 David Reutimann Toyota 176.126 27.921 0.790 Aaron's Outdoors Mossy Oak Michael Waltrip Racing
37 34 David Gilliland Ford 175.472 28.025 0.894 Taco Bell Front Row Motorsports
38 30 David Stremme Chevrolet 175.409 28.035 0.904 Inception Motorsports Timothy Mcsweeney
39 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 175.353 28.044 0.913 RaceHP.com Phil Parsons
40 32 Ken Schrader Ford 175.290 28.054 0.923 FAS Lane Racing Frank Stoddard Jr
41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 174.600 28.165 1.034 NEMCO Motorsports Andrea Nemechek
42 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 174.229 28.225 1.094 Golden Corral Tommy Baldwin Racing
43 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 174.167 28.235 1.104 Fast Five / Speed Energy Robby Gordon