2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
| Race details | |||
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| Race 19 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | July 17, 2011 | ||
| Official name | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | ||
| Location | New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.058 mi (1.703 km) |
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| Distance | 301 laps, 318.5 mi (512.6 km) | ||
| Weather | Mostly sunny with high around 86; wind out of the WSW at 3 mph. | ||
| Average speed | 104.1 miles per hour (167.5 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 28.165 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 119 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Turner Network Television | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
The 2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race held on July 17, 2011 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) asphalt oval, it was the 19th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Ryan Newman of Stewart Haas Racing, his first win of 2011. Newman's teammate and owner, Tony Stewart finished second and Denny Hamlin clinched third.
There were 10 cautions and 21 lead changes among 14 different drivers throughout the race. Following the race, Carl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 652 points, seven ahead of Jimmie Johnson and eleven points ahead of Kurt Busch. Chevrolet led the Manufacturer Championship with 127 points, 17 ahead of Ford and 22 ahead of Toyota. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 4.6 million watched it on television.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, and Darlington Raceway as well as Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn oval track, 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. The track's turns are banked at two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree.
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