Lap 267 — CHECKERED FLAG: Tony Stewart holds off Carl Edwards in the season finale and becomes the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup champion!
Lap 266 — WHITE FLAG: Tony Stewart leads Carl Edwards by 1.131 seconds with one final lap to decide the championship.
Lap 264 — Carl Edwards is doing everything he can to catch Tony Stewart, who now leads by 1.247 seconds.
Lap 263 — Carl Edwards has to get by Mike Bliss in lapped traffic and still manages to trim Tony Stewart’s lead to less than a second.
Lap 260 — Travis Kvapil forces Tony Stewart to the low side as Carl Edwards follows in lapped traffic.
Lap 259 — Carl Edwards trims the lead to less than a second. He’ll have to catch the No. 14, then find away around Tony Stewart.
Lap 257 — With 10 laps to go, lapped traffic is approaching. Tony Stewart continues to lead.
classy statement by Flipper “this is about Tony Stewart” and his victory. He raced hard, but came up short.