52nd running event motor race held concord north_carolina contested laps mile asphalt oval twelfth race season race won richard racing team finished second clinched lead changes different drivers course race result moved second position drivers championship remained points place driver ahead manufacturers championship chevrolet points ahead ford toyota points points ahead dodge race extended laps miles making longest race nascar history people attended race million watched television report background intermediate hold nascar races standard track turn oval track miles long track turns banked degrees stretch location finish line degrees stretch opposite degree banking seats spectators race ford driver led drivers championship points chevrolet driver second points points edwards followed points ahead ahead fourth fifth points ahead seventh rounded positions manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points points ahead ford toyota points points ahead dodge battle race defending champion conceived race car driver curtis turner built charlotte motor held attempt nascar stage memorial day weekend race compete open wheel indianapolis races held day starting race longest terms distance nascar calendar considered drivers sport important races alongside southern long distance makes physically demanding event nascar teams adapt changing track conditions race occurs late afternoon evening known world purchased naming rights race renamed called year changed practice qualifying practice sessions held race thursday lasted minutes second saturday saturday practice lasted minutes second lasted quickest time seconds session seconds faster edwards johnson edwards pace followed seventh second burton time cars entered qualifying qualify race nascar qualifying procedure clinched second pole position career time seconds joined row grid edwards qualified took fourth burton started fifth johnson rounded drivers failed qualify race bell qualifying session completed commented important weekend racing important weekend country big race nascar lot tradition add list pole winners pretty special like add won step second practice session fastest time seconds second quicker second placed took place ahead final practice quickest time seconds followed second ahead burton fifth quickest time seconds rounded positions race race twelfth season began televised live united_states fox conditions grid dry race air temperature president began pre race ceremonies giving invocation recording artist performed national anthem president master gave command drivers start engines retained pole position lead lap end following lap edwards moved second moved eighth position lap collided wall sustained minor damage laps later collided wall eighth lap edwards passed leader race lap later burton moved fourth reported damage car resulting collision lap moved positions eighth skinner retired race laps later moved sixth passing johnson 19th lap moved twelfth 24th lap passed second position laps later reported cool box air conditioning box replaced pit stop 37th lap edwards second lead 42nd lap pitted burton moved position following lap pitted lap laps later johnson gordon pitted edwards took lead pit stop session completed edwards leader ahead following lap passed position johnson passed fifth position 57th lap lap passed gordon tenth 63rd lap edwards expanded lead seconds laps later moved eighth position edwards continued expand seconds lap caution given debris track caution race leaders pitted lap restart burton leader ahead edwards johnson following lap passed edwards second position lap pass burton leader lap johnson moved passing edwards laps later johnson passed burton second position drove garage lap moved position burton restarted position fell ninth position lap laps later moved sixth position passed tenth laps later second caution period began spun sideways race leaders decided pit caution lap restart leader ahead second lap later passed second position lap restarted fifth overtook position lap passed position laps later edwards passed claim fourth position passed ninth lap second lead thirteen laps later edwards passed second position moved ninth lap pitted marking beginning pit stop session session lasted laps remained leader ahead edwards lap moved fourth position passing reported loose wheel immediately pitted laps later moved eighth position lap caution period began debris track caution race leaders pitted lap restart leader ahead laps moved took second position lap reclaimed position lap engine failed cause fourth caution restart fifth caution given collided lap restart remained leader ahead following lap took lead fall second retook position lap lap second lead johnson moved 11th laps later pitted laps edwards lap sixth caution given stalled car race leaders pitted caution lap restart leader collided wall cause seventh caution laps later restarted position lap passed johnson fifth position seven laps later moved seventh position continued passing lap laps later pit stop session began pitted pit stops continued caution given debris lap lap restart leader ahead laps later ninth caution given collided wall laps restart tenth caution given ran grass caution pitted replace lap restart continued lead martin newman collided causing 11th caution race leaders pitted caution leader lap moved seventh position collided wall sustained minor damage laps later 12th caution given spun sideways race leaders decided pit caution didn pit race leaders restart lap reclaimed position laps later passed lost position lap lap johnson moved ninth position moved fifth seven laps later pit stop laps later 13th caution given spun second time pit stops gordon leader restart drove garage lap leader passing gordon laps later gordon lost position passed gordon continued lose positions passed lap laps later claimed fifth position passing thirteen laps later moved position moved fourth passing seven laps remaining gordon pitted fuel lap johnson engine failed causing 14th caution pitted caution tried race lap restart leader passed lap later final lap able drive fourth turn running fuel passed drop seventh win race season ahead post race appeared victory lane victory lap start celebrating win season crowd people race longest nascar history extended laps today lucky didn spectacular night victory lane says lot team day terrible car said triumph leading race final lap passed ran fuel final corner finished seventh said weren supposed run gas kind knew played hand tried save ton gas know didn save continued disappointed didn win know fans disappointed come close won race gift press conference race gave speech bad felt car owner commented want win expense saw come lap said going win race heard start screaming junior running fuel said going win great race result second position driver championship points points edwards ahead johnson position followed fourth fifth points points ahead brother kurt sixth chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship points ford toyota placed second points dodge fourth million people watched race television race took hours thirty minutes fourteen seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race results standings race
2011 Coca-Cola 600