page_title: 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series
section_title: Team changes
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series / Teams and drivers / Team changes
caption_attribution_description: NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. racing his stock car at Road America at the 2011 Bucyros 200 Nationwide Series race. This file was uploaded with Commonist.
context_page_description: The 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season was the thirtieth season of semi-professional stock car racing in the United States. The season included thirty-four races, beginning with the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. During the 2010 season, NASCAR announced a few notable calendar changes, including race additions at Iowa Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway, and the removal of Gateway International Raceway from the schedule. Jack Roush won the Owners' Championship, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of Roush Fenway Racing won the Drivers' Championship with a second-place finish at the final race of the season. Ford won the Manufacturers' Championship with 212 points.
context_section_description: Turner Motorsports ran four full-time teams during the season and switched to Chevrolets. They also used Hendrick Motorsports engines as well as getting technical support from Kevin Harvick, Inc.
  Discontinued/suspended operations
  Germain Racing discontinued their Nationwide Series team this season because Michael Annett and sponsor Pilot Travel Centers moved to Rusty Wallace Racing. They, however, ran the No. 15 Toyota at Daytona with Todd Bodine sponsored by Tire Kingdom. Germain transferred the owners points of the No. 15 over to Rick Ware Racing who ran the No. 15 Ford for rookie Timmy Hill starting at Phoenix. Hill could not run Daytona because he was under 18.
  Richard Childress Racing has merged its Nationwide program with Kevin Harvick, Inc..
  Roush Fenway Racing discontinued the No. 98 car due to Paul Menard leaving for KHI.  The owner points was sold to Go Green Racing.
  Due to a lack of sponsorship, Baker Curb Racing suspended all operations indefinitely for the season, though there are reports of the team putting together a car for Canadian J. R. Fitzpatrick for Daytona
  Due to the new rules package for the Nationwide Series, K-Automotive Motorsports decided to shut down its Nationwide program and focus on running Brian Keselowski in the Sprint Cup Series for Rookie of the Year.
  Stratus Racing Group failed to run a car during the season because owner/driver Derrike Cope moved back to Jay Robinson racing after a 4-year hiatus from the team.
caption: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s 2011 Nationwide championship car at Road America.
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