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The 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series was the 30th season of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the second-tier professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season included thirty-four races, beginning with the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway .
Zippo was the title sponsor of the race from 2005 to 2020. The race was originally held from 1991 to 2001 but was dropped for the 2002 season and was replaced by a second race at Daytona on the same weekend as the Cup Series' 4th of July weekend race there.
2018, 2024 Alabama 200 Winner 2020 All American 400 Winner 2022 Snowflake 100 Winner 2023 Red Eye 100 Winner: Awards: 2018 Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Driver of the Year: NASCAR Xfinity Series career; 12 races run over 3 years: 2018 position: 61st: Best finish: 37th : First race: 2011 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) Last race: 2018 U.S ...
With 11 laps to go, Busch overtook Johnson and held on to secure his first win since 2011 and his first victory at Martinsville since 2002. [29] At Darlington, with just three laps to go and running in the top five, Busch was tapped from behind by Clint Bowyer, causing him to spin and crash head-on into a barrier. Thanks to energy-absorbing ...
In 1998, the race went against the Cup race in Sonoma, California, eliminating the idea, and stayed that way until 2000. In 2001, the race was run the day after the first Saturday in July. However, the race was eliminated from the schedule after the 2001 season, only to return in 2005 as an undercard to the Nextel Cup race.
In 2009, Gordon cut his Busch season to just one single race, at Watkins Glen. There, he drove his No. 55 Hard-Rock Hotel car at the 2009 Zippo 200. Starting 3rd, he was briefly in contention for the win, until he tangled with Joey Logano with 7 laps to go. He finished 14th.
On lap 17 of the Zippo 200 at the Glen, Drissi was injured during a 5-car pileup in the esses. It forced him to withdraw from the rest of the race as well as the following week's race at Mid-Ohio. Drissi recovered from the injury and returned to the #14 team weeks later at Road America where he finished 26th.
In September 2010, Jones finished 5th in the Labor Day Classic 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, [5] the first race at the track since Jeff Gordon won there in 1996. During that same weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2010, Jones was the first to break the track record during practice that had stood since 1994.