2011 Hollywood Casino 400
# 2011 Hollywood Casino 400

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.

## Background

Kansas Speedway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races. The standard track at Kansas Speedway is a four-turn D-shaped oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at fifteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is 10.4 degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only five degrees. The racetrack has seats for 82,000 spectators.

## 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 | Chevrolet | 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

| | 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) |
