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| Race details[1] | |
| Date | May 21, 2011 |
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Distance | 100 laps, 150 mi (240 km) |
| Avg Speed | 127.841 miles per hour (205.740 km/h) |
| Sprint Showdown | |
| Winner | David Ragan, Roush Fenway Racing |
| Sprint All-Star Race | |
| Pole position | Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Showdown transfers | David Ragan (Showdown winner) Brad Keselowski (Showdown runner-up) Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Fan vote) |
| Most laps led | Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing (46) |
| Winner | Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing |
| Television | |
| Network | Speed |
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Michael Waltrip |
The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race was the 27th running of NASCAR's special non-points race involving winners of the 2010 and 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races through the 2011 FedEx 400 as well as Sprint All-Star Race 2001–2010 winners, when the event was known as "The Winston" and the "Nextel All-Star Challenge", and past Sprint Cup champions from the decade covering 2001 to 2010, including the "Winston Cup" (2001–2003) and "Nextel Cup" (2004–2007) eras. The event was run at the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Concord on May 21, 2011. Speed provided television coverage in the United States while MRN (over-the-air/terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) had radio rights.
- ^ "2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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