2011 Kentucky Indy 300
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 17th round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season | |
 | |
| Date | October 2, 2011 |
| Official name | Kentucky Indy 300 |
| Location | Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.480 mi / 2.382 km |
| Distance | 200 laps 296 mi / 476.366 km |
| Weather | 76°F, overcast |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Verizon Team Penske) |
| Time | 24.2910 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Ed Carpenter (Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing) |
| Time | 24.3847 (on lap 73 of 200) |
| Podium | |
| First | Ed Carpenter (Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing) |
| Second | Dario Franchitti (Downy/Chip Ganassi) |
| Third | Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2011 Kentucky Indy 300 was the twelfth running of the Kentucky Indy 300 and the seventeenth round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, October 2, 2011. The race contested over 200 laps at the 1.480-mile (2.382 km) Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.
Grid
| Row | Inside | Outside | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |  Will Power
|
38 |  Graham Rahal
|
| 2 | 06 |  James Hinchcliffe (R)
|
67 | Ed Carpenter
|
| 3 | 4 | J.R. Hildebrand (R)
|
26 | Marco Andretti
|
| 4 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
| 5 | 2 |  Oriol Servià
|
83 | Charlie Kimball (R)
|
| 6 | 10 |  Dario Franchitti
|
27 |  Mike Conway
|
| 7 | 78 |  Simona de Silvestro
|
7 | Danica Patrick
|
| 8 | 17 | Wade Cunningham (R)
|
3 |  Hélio Castroneves
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| 9 | 44 | Buddy Rice
|
6 | Ryan Briscoe
|
| 10 | 82 | Tony Kanaan
|
24 | Ana Beatriz (R)
|
| 11 | 14 | Vitor Meira
|
5 |  Takuma Sato
|
| 12 | 59 |  E.J. Viso
|
19 |  Alex Lloyd
|
| 13 | 34 | Dillon Battistini (R)
|
22 | Townsend Bell
|
| 14 | 18 | James Jakes (R)
|
77 | Dan Wheldon
|
| 15 | 30 | Pippa Mann
| ||