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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 24 SHARPIE 500 .533 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval 500 L – 266.5 M – Purse: $5,928,193 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 500 190 * 10 $360,536 Running 2 24 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet 500 170 219,895 Running 3 4 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 500 170 * 5 168,225 Running 4 5 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 500 160 156,514 Running 5 20 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 500 160 * 5 154,733 Running 6 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 155 * 5 155,886 Running 7 27 0 Mike
Bliss CertainTeed
Chevrolet 500 151 * 5 106,650 Running 8 17 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 500 142 146,086 Running 9 41 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 138 144,333 Running 10 13 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie Minis Ford 500 134 148,625 Running 11 7 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 500 130 96,000 Running 12 35 01 Joe Nemechek 13 9 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 500 129 * 5 131,291 Running 14 32 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 500 121 119,133 Running 15 22 15 Michael Waltrip 16 25 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 500 115 107,025 Running 17 15 4 Mike Wallace Food City/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 500 112 91,675 Running 18 16 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 114 * 5 117,345 Running 19 31 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 500 106 99,875 Running 20 23 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 500 103 99,775 Running 21 42 18 Bobby Labonte PowerADE
Flava23 Chevrolet 500 105 * 5 123,550 Running 22 28 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Dodge 500 97 117,261 Running 23 3 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 500 94 96,900 Running 24 37 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 499 91 101,875 Running 25 26 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Northern Quilted Dodge 499 88 101,008 Running 26 18 42 Jamie McMurray Havoline/Texaco
Dodge 498 85 93,415 Running 27 39 11 Terry Labonte FedEx Express Chevrolet 497 82 84,905 Running 28 34 50 Jimmy Spencer Allied Buildings Dodge 493 79 81,395 Running 29 40 40 30 38 92 Hermie
Sadler 31 30 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 478 70 115,223 Running 32 43 80 Carl Long Royal Admin Svc./carloan.com Chevrolet 472 67 80,955 Running 33 11 5 # Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 448 64 89,795 Running 34 14 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 427 61 100,393 Running 35 8 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 411 58 90,172 Running 36 29 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 410 55 128,956 Engine 37 19 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench/Reese’s
Big Cup Chevrolet 352 57 * 5 127,316 Accident 38 33 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 332 49 80,270 Oil Leak 39 6 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 317 46 125,151 Accident 40 12 10 Scott Riggs Checkers/Rally’s Chevrolet 309 43 88,050 Engine 41 36 95 # 42 10 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 212 37 111,840 Accident 43 21 00 Johnny Benson # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Wayne Anderson
#75, Mike Garvey #66, Johnny Sauter #09, Morgan
Shepherd #89, P.J. Jones #34, Tony Raines #37. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Matt Kenseth won the Sharpie 500,
posting his 10th 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: #42 Jamie McMurray (transmission change); #8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (unapproved impound adjustment). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 50 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
84.678 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .511 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford (127.300 mph, 15.073 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Matt Kenseth,
DeWalt Power Tools Ford CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford (Also won $10,000 MBNA Bonus for winning
race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton, Cingular
Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $30,000 at California Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Joe WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt
Power Tools Ford (415 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 16 cautions for 87
laps. 69-74 (Car #40-Accident, Turn 1); 77-82 (Car #92 & 41-Accident, Turn
4); 94-97 (Car #9-Accident, Turn 3); 130-134 (Car #22-Accident, Backstretch);
174-177 (Car #80-Spin, Turn 2); 184-188 (Car #5-Accident, Backstretch); 211-215
(Car #88-Accident, Turn 2); 221-225 (Car #95-Spin, Turn 2); 239-242 (Car
#77-Spin, Frontstretch); 257-262 (Car #95-Spin, Turn
4); 302-306 (Car #88-Spin, Turn 2); 318-329 (Car #0 ,8, 12, 29 &
88-Accident, Turn 2); 374-378 (Car #7 Accident, Turn 4); 419-424 (Car #43 &
99-Accident, Turn 2); 468-472 (Car #92-Accident, Turn 3); 495-498 (Car
#45-Accident, Turn 2). LAP
LEADERS: 17 lead changes among 9 drivers. Matt Kenseth 1-70, Jeff Gordon 71-97, Kenseth
98-174, Kevin Harvick 175-177, Kenseth
178-212, Jeremy Mayfield 213-230, Kenseth 231-257, Bobby
Labonte 258-278, Kenseth
279, Greg Biffle 280, Kenseth
281-303, Rusty Wallace 304-306, Kenseth 307-375, Mike
Bliss 376-379, Kenseth 380-419, R. Wallace 420-425, Elliott
Sadler 426-427, Kenseth 428-500. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 3410 (5) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 3197 (2) 3 –Greg Biffle 3186 (5) 4 –Rusty Wallace 3139 (0) 5 –Mark Martin 3014 (0) 6 –Jeremy Mayfield 2983 (1) 7 –Kurt Busch 2982 (2) 8 –Carl Edwards 2849 (2) 9 –Ryan Newman 2819 (0) 10–Jeff Gordon 2799 (3) Pts Wins Chevrolet 176 12 Ford 160 10 Dodge 120 2 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 266 Travis Kvapil 216 Mike Garvey 33 Eric McClure 26 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 5 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Elliott Sadler 2 Kyle Busch 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Matt Kenseth 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Scott Riggs 1 Tony Stewart 1 Brian Vickers 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 8 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 6 Michael Waltrip (#15) 6 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 2 Bobby Labonte (#18) 2 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 18 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 Kurt Busch (#97) 8 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#20) 157 Hendrick (#48) 128 Hendrick (#24) 112 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 6 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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