Contested over 267 laps (but extended due to a Green-white-checker finish) on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirtieth race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.

Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his second of the season.

Kasey Kahne finished second and Brad Keselowski was third.

Kansas Speedway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races.

The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only five degrees.