The 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen is a

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race held on August 15, 2011 at

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. Contested over 90 laps, it was the 22nd race of the 2011 season. It was scheduled to be run on August 14, 2011 but was postponed to Monday because of rain. The race was won by

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, his first career victory in the Cup series and also the first-ever Cup win by an

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n driver.

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finished second and

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finished third.

Race report

Background

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. The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is long; the track was modified in 1992, adding ''the Inner Loop'', which lengthened the long course to and the short course to the current length of . Before the race,

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was leading the Drivers' Championship with 720 points, and

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stood in second with 711 points.

and

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followed in third and fourth with 709 and 706 points, six ahead of

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and 38 ahead

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in fifth and sixth. Ryan Newman with 658 was 16 points ahead of

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and 19 ahead of

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In the Manufacturers' Championship,

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was first with 140 points, 21 ahead of

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, and 26 ahead of

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was placed fourth with 89 points.

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is the race's defending winner from

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Practice and qualifying

Race

Kyle Busch began leading, but when they entered turn 1 of the last two laps, he turned too far and immediately in second place Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose in third place passed him. Keselowski lead until Marcos Ambrose quickly took the lead in the Inner Loop. Ambrose continued to lead when a major crash occurred at turn 2 in the final lap involving Boris Said, David Ragan, David Reutimann and few other cars that saw Reutimann go airborne and end up on his roof. This accident did not bring out the caution flag, but was brought out soon after when Tony Stewart spun out of control at the Inner Loop and Ambrose won the race.

Results

Qualifying

Race results

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

References

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