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The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 63rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 40th modern-era Cup series season. The season included 36 races and two exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway .
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The following NASCAR national series were held in 2011: 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – The top racing series in NASCAR; 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series – The second-highest racing series in NASCAR; 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – The third-highest racing series in NASCAR; 2011 NASCAR Corona Series – Primary series of NASCAR Mexico
The 2011 5-hour Energy 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 12, 2011, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the 14th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Jeff Gordon for the Hendrick Motorsports team.
The 2011 Coca-Cola 600, the 52nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race held on May 29, 2011, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the twelfth race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season .
The 2011 Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com, the 18th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 31, 2011, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt rectangular oval, it was the 20th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season.
Michigan International Speedway's date moved to the weekend of the June Sprint Cup race. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's date moved to the weekend of the August Sprint Cup race at Michigan. Auto Club Speedway's fall date was removed from the schedule and not replaced by another track, condensing the schedule from 35 races in 2010 to 34 races in 2011.
The 2011 Daytona 500, the 53rd running of the event, was held on February 20, 2011, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Trevor Bayne , driving for Wood Brothers Racing , won the race becoming the youngest Daytona 500 winner.