The 2011 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 15, 2011, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the 31st race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.

[6] Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Gordon rounded out the first ten positions in the Drivers' Championship.

[10] Greg Biffle was just off Busch's pace, followed by Mark Martin, Regan Smith, and Marcos Ambrose.

[12] Ryan Newman, Menard, Kahne, Johnson and Trevor Bayne rounded out the first ten positions.

The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Geoffrey Bodine, Scott Speed, and Josh Wise.

[12] Once the qualifying session completed, Stewart commented, "I was watching guys' lap times, and looking at the sheet to seeing what they practiced, and it wasn't as much [of an increase] as what we've seen.

Newman, Ambrose, Gordon, Allmendinger, and Kurt Busch rounded out the first ten positions.