2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 25 in the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season | |||
Map of the speedway
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| Date | February 18, 2011 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) |
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| Distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 81 °F (27 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 130.025 miles per hour (209.255 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | James Buescher | Turner Motorsports | |
| Laps | 55 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 15 | Michael Waltrip | Vision Aviation Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Speed | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Darrell Waltrip | ||
The 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 18, 2011. The race was the first of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing won the pole position, while Michael Waltrip of Vision Aviation Racing won.
46 trucks entered the race. Todd Bodine led the first practice session with a top speed of 193.175 miles per hour (310.885 km/h), while Cole Whitt led the second and final with a speed of 191.026 mph (307.427 km/h). Qualifying was held on February 17. Austin Dillon clinched the pole position with a lap speed of 179.047 mph (288.148 km/h), his eighth-career Truck Series pole. Following Dillon was James Buescher, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Ricky Carmichael and rookie Johanna Long, while the top ten closed with Elliott Sadler, Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter, Johnny Sauter and Brad Sweet. Nelson Piquet, Jr. initially qualified fourth, but, along with Aric Almirola, were disqualified after post-qualifying inspection when it was revealed that their trucks were too low, and were forced to start from the rear.Rick Crawford, Cole Whitt, Tayler Malsam, Chris Eggleston, Alli Owens, Mike Skinner, Jamie Dick, Brent Raymer, Grant Enfinger and Clay Greenfield failed to qualify. Although Skinner was eligible for the past champion's provisional, due to being the 1995 series champion, his team, Eddie Sharp Racing, failed to enter the race in time.
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