Cup Series
2011 SHOWTIME Southern 500 - Qualifying
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Results
Race Specs
| Date | 5/7/11 | Time | 7:30 PM ET |
| Track | Darlington Raceway | Race No. | 10 |
| Type | Super Speedway | Laps | 370 |
| Location | Darlington, South Carolina | Grandstand Capacity | 90,000 |
Race Lineup
| Pos | Car | Driver | Make | Speed | Time | Behind |
| 1 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 181.254 | 27.131 | Leader |
| 2 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chev | 180.429 | 27.255 | -0.124 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 180.132 | 27.300 | -0.169 |
| 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 179.980 | 27.323 | -0.192 |
| 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chev | 179.829 | 27.346 | -0.215 |
| 6 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 179.671 | 27.370 | -0.239 |
| 7 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Ford | 179.448 | 27.404 | -0.273 |
| 8 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 179.259 | 27.433 | -0.302 |
| 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chev | 179.108 | 27.456 | -0.325 |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 179.082 | 27.460 | -0.329 |
| 11 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 179.076 | 27.461 | -0.330 |
| 12 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chev | 178.880 | 27.491 | -0.360 |
| 13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chev | 178.588 | 27.536 | -0.405 |
| 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 178.445 | 27.558 | -0.427 |
| 15 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 178.381 | 27.568 | -0.437 |
| 16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chev | 178.264 | 27.586 | -0.455 |
| 17 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 178.161 | 27.602 | -0.471 |
| 18 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chev | 178.103 | 27.611 | -0.480 |
| 19 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chev | 178.038 | 27.621 | -0.490 |
| 20 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 177.993 | 27.628 | -0.497 |
| 21 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 177.987 | 27.629 | -0.498 |
| 22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 177.955 | 27.634 | -0.503 |
| 23 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chev | 177.871 | 27.647 | -0.516 |
| 24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chev | 177.826 | 27.654 | -0.523 |
| 25 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 177.755 | 27.665 | -0.534 |
| 26 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chev | 177.723 | 27.670 | -0.539 |
| 27 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chev | 177.672 | 27.678 | -0.547 |
| 28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chev | 177.614 | 27.687 | -0.556 |
| 29 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 177.083 | 27.770 | -0.639 |
| 30 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chev | 176.721 | 27.827 | -0.696 |
| 31 | 55 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 176.682 | 27.833 | -0.702 |
| 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 176.391 | 27.879 | -0.748 |
| 33 | 32 | TJ Bell | Ford | 176.239 | 27.903 | -0.772 |
| 34 | 37 | Mike Skinner | Ford | 176.201 | 27.909 | -0.778 |
| 35 | 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | 176.189 | 27.911 | -0.780 |
| 36 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 176.126 | 27.921 | -0.790 |
| 37 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 175.472 | 28.025 | -0.894 |
| 38 | 30 | David Stremme | Chev | 175.409 | 28.035 | -0.904 |
| 39 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 175.353 | 28.044 | -0.913 |
| 40 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 175.290 | 28.054 | -0.923 |
| 41 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 174.600 | 28.165 | -1.034 |
| 42 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chev | 174.229 | 28.225 | -1.094 |
| 43 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | 174.167 | 28.235 | -1.104 |