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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 7 SAMSUNG/RADIOSHACK
500 1.5-Mile High-Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 334 L
– Purse: $6,886,746 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Post-it Ford 334 190 * 10 $540,250 Running 2 31 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 334 170 316,350 Running 3 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 334 165 236,600 Running 4 32 41 Casey Mears FujiFilm/Target Dodge 334 165 * 5 215,908 Running 5 13 40 6 21 15 Michael Waltrip 7 19 97 Kurt Busch IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 334 151 * 5 154,575 Running 8 4 21 Ricky Rudd Rent-A-Center/Motorcraft
Ford 334 142 132,675 Running 9 11 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 334 138 137,375 Running 10 6 2 Rusty
Wallace Kodak/Miller Lite Dodge 334 134 127,200 Running 11 2 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 334 135 * 5 131,850 Running 12 41 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 334 127 123,850 Running 13 17 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 334 124 138,100 Running 14 27 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 334 121 119,425 Running 15 7 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 334 123 * 5 127,425 Running 16 1 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 334 120 * 5 136,725 Running 17 9 01 Joe
Nemechek 18 39 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 334 114 * 5 120,625 Running 19 20 99 Carl
Edwards Scotts Ford 334 106 118,125 Running 20 16 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 334 103 118,675 Running 21 35 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg’s/Delphi
Chevrolet 334 100 110,225 Running 22 42 0 Mike
Bliss 23 30 49 Ken
Schrader Schwan’s
Home Service Dodge 333 99 * 5 97,525 Running 24 28 45 Kyle
Petty Brawny/Georgia-Pacific
Dodge 333 96 * 5 110,083 Running 25 26 4 Mike
Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 333 93 * 5 95,675 Running 26 12 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 332 85 100,725 Running 27 40 36 Boris
Said CENTRIX Financial
Chevrolet 327 82 88,125 Running 28 8 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 324 84 * 5 104,625 Engine 29 37 66 Hermie Sadler Peak
Fitness Ford 319 76 88,525 Running 30 25 77 # Travis Kvapil Jasper Engines &
Transmissions Dodge 297 73 95,375 Running 31 10 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 296 75 * 5 102,375 Engine 32 14 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 288 67 103,533 Running 33 15 91 Bill
Elliott 34 24 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC/Garnier Fructis Chevrolet 278 61 87,175 Running 35 3 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 269 58 86,075 Engine 36 29 11 Jason
Leffler FedEx
Express Chevrolet 250 55 76,950 Running 37 33 7 Robby
Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 238 52 75,825 Accident 38 22 18 Bobby
Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 232 49 82,700 Running 39 38 32 Bobby
Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 219 46 84,122 Running 40 43 44 Terry
Labonte GMAC
Chevrolet 202 43 74,450 Engine 41 34 09 Johnny
Sauter Miccosukee Resorts Dodge 98 40 74,335 Handling 42 36 22 Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 39 37 82,225 Accident 43 23 43 Jeff
Green Pilsbury Bake Off Dodge 31 34 74,439 Accident # Raybestos Rookie
of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) Kevin Lepage, #37; Stanton Barrett #, #92; Randy LaJoie, #34. Race comments: Before an estimated crowd of 211,000, Greg Biffle won the Samsung/RadioShack
500, posting his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green
flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field
for the reasons indicated: #16 Greg Biffle (backup
car); #25 Brian Vickers (engine change); #17 Matt Kenseth
(transmission change). TIME OF RACE:
3 hours, 51 minutes, 8 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 130.055 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 3.244 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (96.671 mph, 19.588
secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD: Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
National Guard/Post-it Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Greg Biffle,
National Guard/Post-it Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle,
National Guard/Post-it Ford (Also, received $35,000 MBNA Bonus for winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Michael Waltrip
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over
to $50,000 at Phoenix International Raceway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s/Delphi Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National
Guard/Post-it Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Texaco/Havoline Dodge WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, National
Guard/Post-it Ford (219 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 56 laps. 4-6 (Car #43 & 07-Spin, Turn
4); 9-11 (Car #10-Accident, Turn 4); 24-27 (Car #11-Accident, Backstretch);
33-39 (Car #18, 22, 25, 43, 6, 32 & 77-Accident, Backstretch); 80-84
(Debris on Track); 124-127 (Debris on Track); 212-218 (Debris on Track);
242-245 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 2); 272-280 (Car #9-Accident, Turn 4); 298-303
(Oil on Track); 305-308 (Car #07-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 25 lead changes among 14 drivers. Ryan Newman 1, Jeremy
Mayfield 2-24, Kyle Petty 25, Sterling Marlin 26-28, Mayfield 29-39, Tony
Stewart 40-79, Kurt Busch 80, Mike Wallace 81, Stewart 82-86, Greg Biffle 87-123, Michael Waltrip
124-127, Biffle 128-184, Waltrip
185-187, Matt Kenseth 188, Ken Schrader 189-191, Biffle 192-211, Kurt Busch 212, Biffle
213-241, Casey Mears 242, Elliott Sadler 243, Biffle
244-276, Mears 277, Jeff Gordon 278, Biffle 279-297,
Mears 298-310, Biffle 311-334. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1142 (1) 2 –Greg Biffle 1007 (1) 3 –Rusty Wallace 905 (0) 4 –Kurt Busch 897 (0) 5 –Jeff Gordon 895 (2) 6 –Tony Stewart 883 (0) 7 –Mark Martin 882 (0) 8 –Elliott Sadler 879 (0) 9 –Ryan Newman 873 (0) 10–Dale Jarrett 853 (0) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 57 4 Ford 44 3 Dodge 32 0 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 BUD POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan Newman 3 Kyle Busch 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Scott Riggs 1 Elliott Sadler 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 83 Travis Kvapil 77 Eric McClure 11 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Michael Waltrip (#15) 2 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 USG IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Jamie McMurray (#42) 1 MBNA MID-RACE LEADER
AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE
BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 58 Roush Yates (#97) 40 Danny Lawrence (#29) 36 GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 3 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 1 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 NEXT EVENT: April 23 – Subway
Fresh 500, NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (4/18/05) ©2005 NASCAR UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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