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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 .
This list of 2011 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races where the season was completed during the 2011 calendar year.
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
"NASCAR Cup Series Driver's and Manufacturer Champions". Racing-reference.info "Manufacturer Championships 1949 – 2009". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014 "List of All-Time NASCAR Cup Series Winners". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012
The 2011 Food City 250 was the 25th of 34 scheduled stock car races of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series. It was held on August 26, 2011, in Bristol, Tennessee, at Bristol Motor Speedway, [1] a short track that holds NASCAR races. [4] The standard track is a four-turn 0.533 mi (0.858 km) short oval. [5]
Joey Logano is the youngest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 19 years old, 1 month, and 4 days old when he won the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301. [13] Harry Gant is the oldest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 52 years, 7 months, and 6 days old when he won the 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400. [14] [15]
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 .
Jamie McMurray was the defending race winner. [11] For the race, NASCAR held several test sessions on January 20–22, 2011 for teams to test the newer pavement at Daytona. Also in the sessions, the opening of the restrictor plate was reduced from the 30 ⁄ 32-inch (24 mm) plate used in tire testing to 29 ⁄ 32-inch (23 mm).