| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 26 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Layout of Richmond International Raceway | |||
| Date | September 10, 2011 | ||
| Location | Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.21 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (483 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 86 °F (30 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 89.91 miles per hour (144.70 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Michael Waltrip Racing | ||
| Time | 21.196 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 202 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 10, 2011, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia.
Contested over 400 laps, it was the 26th race of the 2011 season and the final race before the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jeff Gordon clinched third. For only the second time in modern-Sprint Cup history, an event was followed four days after another one. In this case, the AdvoCare 500 was held four days earlier than this event.
- ^ "Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ Weather information for the 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac