| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 36 in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 The 2011 Showtime Southern 500 program cover. | |||
| Date | May 7, 2011 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway near Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) | ||
| Distance | 370 laps, 505.42 mi (813.394 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy and chilly in the evening; with temperatures hovering around 64.3 °F (17.9 °C) and wind speeds climbing up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing Team | ||
| Time | 27.131 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | |
| Laps | 124 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2011 Showtime Southern 500, the 62nd running of the event , was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 7, 2011 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 370 laps, 3 laps over the advertised distance, it was the tenth race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season out of thirty-six. The pole position was won by Kasey Kahne of Red Bull Racing Team. The race was won by Regan Smith of Furniture Row Racing, the first win for both Smith and the team, with Carl Edwards in second and Brad Keselowski in third.
The race was the first ever start for T. J. Bell.
- ^ Complete weather information for the 2011 Showtime Southern 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac