2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 program cover, featuring Carl Edwards, who was sponsored by Subway.
Date
February 27, 2011 (2011-02-27)
Location
Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance
312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Weather
Showers with a high around 50; wind out of the WSW at 13 mph.[5]
Average speed
102.961 miles per hour (165.700 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Carl Edwards
Roush Fenway Racing
Time
26.224
Most laps led
Driver
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps
138
Winner
No. 24
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
Fox
Announcers
Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
Motor car race
The 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the second race of the 2011 season and was won by Jeff Gordon for Hendrick Motorsports. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing finished in second, while Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson, finished third.
Carl Edwards led the first lap from pole position ahead of Kurt Busch who started second on the grid. The race was caution free until lap 29 (debris), and then 48 laps later a multiple crash occurred involving 13 drivers. Later there were several lead changes, and another four cautions. With nine laps remaining, Gordon took the lead from Kyle Busch to win his first race of the season, his first in more than 60 races.
There were eight cautions and 29 lead changes among 12 different drivers during the race. Gordon's win moved him to sixth position in the drivers' championship, 15 points behind leader Kyle Busch and one ahead of Bobby Labonte in seventh. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet had 12 points, four ahead of Dodge. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, and 10.36 million watched it on television.
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