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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 5 .533-Mile High-Banked Concrete Oval 500 L – 266.5 M – Purse: $5,336,617 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 13 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 500 185 * 5 $189,001 Running 2 1 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 500 175 * 5 174,261 Running 3 11 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 500 165 151,986 Running 4 19 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 160 144,033 Running 5 21 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 500 155 128,828 Running 6 14 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 500 155 * 5 132,986 Running 7 5 77 # Travis Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.
Dodge 500 146 96,595 Running 8 37 45 Kyle
Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny
Dodge 500 142 102,903 Running 9 10 16 Greg
Biffle Charter
Communications Ford 500 143 * 5 110,640 Running 10 28 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 500 134 117,448 Running 11 15 40 12 12 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 498 127 93,340 Running 13 3 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 498 134 * 10 126,298 Running 14 9 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 498 121 117,615 Running 15 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 498 123 * 5 130,576 Running 16 25 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 497 120 * 5 128,401 Running 17 8 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 497 112 110,260 Running 18 16 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 496 114 * 5 79,765 Running 19 27 15 Michael Waltrip 20 2 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 495 103 93,750 Running 21 29 50 Jimmy Spencer 22 38 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 468 97 117,315 Running 23 30 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 467 94 79,920 Running 24 17 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco-Havoline/Autism
Society Dodge 456 91 90,290 Running 25 20 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Quality Parts
Ford 452 88 109,634 Running 26 42 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 447 85 96,490 Running 27 32 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 437 82 103,813 Running 28 39 5 # Kyle
Busch Carquest
Chevrolet 428 79 89,400 Running 29 6 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 427 76 107,021 Running 30 7 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 418 73 122,726 Running 31 34 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 406 70 95,440 Running 32 35 66 Hermie
Sadler 33 40 01 Joe Nemechek 34 22 4 Mike Wallace Food City/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 379 61 76,785 Accident 35 26 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie Ford 360 58 129,165 Accident 36 24 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 358 55 106,020 Accident 37 41 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 351 52 79,635 Running 38 36 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Express Chevrolet 342 49 76,585 Running 39 18 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 330 46 86,077 Accident 40 33 08 Shane Hmiel WINFuel
Chevrolet 305 43 76,465 Overheating 41 23 92 # 42 43 00 Carl Long Buyer’s Choice Auto Warranty Chevrolet 37 PE 76,365 Overheating 43 31 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 20 34 86,293 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Johnny Sauter
#09; Kevin Lepage #37; Robby Gordon #7; Brad Teague
#27; Randy LaJoie #34; Jason Jarrett #89. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Kevin Harvick won the Food City
500, posting his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. On Lap 333 the race
was red-flagged (13 minutes, 48 seconds) for track clean-up. Prior to the green
flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field
for the reasons indicated: #29-Kevin Harvick
(unapproved impound work); #99-Carl Edwards (backup car). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 26 minutes,
20 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 77.496 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 4.652 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Elliott Sadler,
M&M’s Ford (127.733 mph, 15.022 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Greg Biffle, Charter Communications Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller
Lite Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to
$30,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick,
GM Goodwrench Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $30,000 at Martinsville Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper Engines & Trans. Dodge SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Scott Riggs, Valvoline
Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, Charter Communications Ford (91 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 14 cautions for 115
laps. 3-9 (Car #01, 11, 66, 50 & 99-Accident Turn 2); 22-35 (Car #01, 5
& 41-Accident, Frontstetch); 50-53 (Car
#92-Accident, Turn 2); 69-74 (Car #0 & 5-Accident, Turn 1); 136-142
(Debris, Turn 2); 151-159 (Car #12-Accident, Turn 4); 186-192 (Debris); 300-313
(Car #43-Accident, Turn 1); 324-329 (Car #17 & 21-Accident, Turn 2);
333-342 (Car #07, 2, 4, 6, 9, 15, 18, 21, 24, 32, 40, 42, 49 & 97-Accident,
Turn 3); 362-375 (Car #31 & 97-Accident, Turn 3); 381-385 (Car #20-Spin,
Turn 3); 414-419 (Car #4-Spin, Turn 3); 426-431 (Debris). LAP
LEADERS: 14 lead changes among 9 drivers. Elliott
Sadler 1-35, Rusty Wallace 36-71, Michael Waltrip
72-90, Kevin Harvick 91-100, R. Wallace 101-144, Harvick 145-176, R. Wallace 177-187, Terry Labonte 188-197, R. Wallace 198-263, Matt Kenseth 264-313, Greg Biffle
314-367, Jimmie Johnson 368, Jeff Gordon 369-396, Biffle
397-433, Harvick 434-500. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 835 (1) 2 –Greg Biffle 741 (1) 3 –Tony Stewart 679 (0) 4 –Carl Edwards 678 (1) 5 –Elliott Sadler 657 (0) 6 –Kevin Harvick 654 (1) 7 –Kurt Busch 635 (0) 8 –Dale Jarrett 611 (0) 9 –Rusty Wallace 611 (0) 10–Mark Martin 609 (0) MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 39 3 Ford 36 2 Dodge 20 0 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 1 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 2 Kyle Busch 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Elliott Sadler 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 62 Travis Kvapil 59 Eric McClure 11 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
2 Scott Riggs (#10) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 58 Roush Yates (#97) 40 Gary Wagner (#29) 36 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Joe Nemechek (#01) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 NEXT EVENT: April 10 – Advance
Auto Parts 500, NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (4/5/05) ©2005 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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