user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How many years did he have an average finish of 11.7?
Columns: ['Year', 'Starts', 'Wins', 'Top 5', 'Top 10', 'Poles', 'Avg. Start', 'Avg. Finish', 'Winnings', 'Position', 'Team(s)']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1985.0, 13.0, 3.0, 7.0, 10.0, 3.0, '3.7', '8.2', '$51,465', '23rd', '#15/#5 Hendrick Motorsports']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Avg. Start") FROM "Table" WHERE "Avg. Finish" = '11.7';