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2011 5-hour Energy 500
Race details
Race 14 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pocono Raceway, where the race was held.
Date	June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)
Location	Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.67 km)
Weather	Scattered thunder-storms with a high around 72; wind out of the ESE at 7 mph.
Average speed	145.384 miles per hour (233.973 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing
Time	52.452
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	76
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Turner Network Television
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty

Motor car race

The 2011 5-hour Energy 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 12, 2011, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the 14th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Jeff Gordon for the Hendrick Motorsports team. Kurt Busch finished second, and Kyle Busch clinched third.

References

"Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
"The 5-hour Energy 500". Rotoworld.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
"Kurt Busch continues pole run". inRacingNews.com. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
"Race Information". Fox Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

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Points races	Daytona 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Kobalt Tools 400 Jeff Byrd 500 Auto Club 400 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Samsung Mobile 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 Showtime Southern 500 FedEx 400 Coca-Cola 600 STP 400 5-hour Energy 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Coke Zero 400 Quaker State 400 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Brickyard 400 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Pure Michigan 400 Irwin Tools Night Race AdvoCare 500 Wonderful Pistachios 400
Chase for the Sprint Cup	GEICO 400 Sylvania 300 AAA 400 Hollywood Casino 400 Bank of America 500 Good Sam Club 500 Tums Fast Relief 500 AAA Texas 500 Kobalt Tools 500 Ford 400
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