2011 NASCAR Cup Series (Simpsonverse)

The 2011 NASCAR Cup Series was the 63rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 40th modern-era Cup series season. The season included 37 races and two exhibition races, beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

During the 2010 season, NASCAR announced several calendar changes, including race additions at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, and the removal of one race each from Atlanta Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway. Once the 2010 season had concluded, NASCAR also announced that the fuel changed from 76 unleaded to an ethanol blend called '76 Green E15'.

Stewart Haas racing won the Owners' Championship, while Tony Stewart, co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing with Gene and Margaret, won the Drivers' Championship with a victory at the final race of the season in a tiebreak over Carl Edwards. Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship with 248 points.

The 2011 season is considered one of the greatest, most exciting seasons of all time. It had the closest points battle in history, with Tony Stewart winning five of the final ten races and a tiebreaker over Carl Edwards. There were nineteen different race winners, the most since 2001. There were also five first time winners. In addition, the spring race at Talladega Superspeedway tied for the closest finish in top-level history and six races were decided by a margin of 0.059 or fewer.

Schedule
On August 18, 2010, the final calendar was released containing 37 races, with the addition of two exhibition races. The schedule also includes two Gatorade Duels, which are the qualifying races for the Daytona 500.