The Firestone Twin 275s were the sixth and seventh races of the
2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The races took place on June 11, on the
Texas Motor Speedway
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in
Fort Worth
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,
Texas
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, and was telecasted by
Versus in the
United States
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.
The race was unique in its format of two 114-lap races, with each race was for half points. The second race grid positions were determined by a random draw.
These would ultimately be the last two races of
Davey Hamilton
David Jay "Davey" Hamilton (born June 13, 1962 in Nampa, Idaho) is a race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and Stadium Super Trucks. He has made 56 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second thr ...
's career. Hamilton would be entered into the
2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas, however the race would be red flagged due to a huge crash that claimed the life of two time champion
Dan Wheldon
Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series season, 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indiana ...
. The race would not be restarted and as the race had not gone enough distance to be called official, no results were recorded, making these the final two races of Davey Hamilton's career.
As of the
2022 IndyCar Series, this was the last time that two races took place on the same day, as none have happened since.
Race two would mark the last time for 66 races that every car finished a race. The next time this would happen would be the
2015 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Classification
Qualifying
Race One
Race Two
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
*
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
External links
{{IndyCar Series race report,
Name_of_race =
Firestone Twin 275s ,
Year_of_race = 2011 ,
Previous_race_in_season =
2011 Indianapolis 500 ,
Next_race_in_season =
2011 Milwaukee 225 ,
Previous_year's_race =
2010 Firestone 550
The 2010 Firestone 550 was the twenty-first running of the Firestone 550 and the seventh round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 5, 2010. The race was contested over 228 laps at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort W ...
,
Next_year's_race =
2012 Firestone 550
Firestone Twin 275s
Firestone Twin 275s
Firestone Twin 275s
Firestone 600