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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 1 DAYTONA 500 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL 2.5-Mile Paved Oval 500 M – 200 L – Purse: $17,590,647 Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 15 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 203 185 * 5 $1,497,154 Running 2 13 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie/IRWIN
Industrial Tools Ford 203 170 1,106,138 Running 3 5 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 203 170 * 5 828,796 Running 4 12 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 203 160 643,896 Running 5 2 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 203 160 * 5 533,579 Running 6 32 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 203 150 395,313 Running 7 4 20 Tony
Stewart The Home Depot
Chevrolet 203 156 * 10 442,610 Running 8 18 40 9 8 37 Kevin
Lepage Patron Tequila Dodge 203 138 307,138 Running 10 36 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 203 134 317,646 Running 11 39 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 203 130 318,604 Running 12 27 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 203 127 278,963 Running 13 34 01 Joe Nemechek 14 38 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 203 121 270,363 Running 15 1 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 203 118 307,596 Running 16 26 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 203 115 289,499 Running 17 33 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 203 117 * 5 273,321 Running 18 35 0 Mike Bliss NetZero/Best Buy Chevrolet 203 109 258,538 Running 19 25 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Eng.
& Trans. Dodge 203 106 267,588 Running 20 9 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 203 108 * 5 306,479 Running 21 28 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 203 100 266,738 Running 22 37 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 203 97 288,388 Running 23 24 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 203 99 * 5 283,158 Running 24 11 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Quality Parts Ford 202 91 287,002 Running 25 23 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 201 88 269,613 Running 26 29 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 199 85 273,321 Running 27 41 36 Boris Said Centrix Financial Chevrolet 198 82 249,838 Running 28 30 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 198 84 * 5 288,799 Running 29 6 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 194 81 * 5 294,608 Running 30 7 23 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Dodge 187 73 260,113 Accident 31 42 14 John Andretti VB/APlus at Sunoco Ford 187 70 247,538 Accident 32 17 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 184 67 257,613 Accident 33 16 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 182 69 * 5 265,110 Accident 34 10 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 178 61 252,593 Engine 35 22 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Coldwater Chevrolet 173 58 245,468 Running 36 40 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Express Chevrolet 168 55 244,988 Accident 37 3 15 Michael Waltrip 38 19 5 # Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 148 49 252,063 Running 39 31 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 120 46 243,288 Engine 40 21 00 Kenny Wallace Aaron’s Chevrolet 39 43 243,038 Engine 41 43 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 35 40 242,388 Overheating 42 14 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 34 37 292,124 Engine 43 20 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 14 34 276,444 Engine *Prize money includes
race winnings from the Gatorade Duel at Daytona. # Raybestos Rookie of
the Year Contender. * Includes race
leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (14) Robby Gordon
#7; Kerry Earnhardt #33; Derrike Cope #55; Eric McClure #73; Stanton Barrett
#92; Larry Gunselman #52; Johnny Sauter #09; Hermie Sadler #66; Andy Belmont
#80; Randy LaJoie #34; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Morgan Shepherd #89; Greg Sacks
#13; Geoffrey Bodine #93. Race Comments: Jeff Gordon won the
season-opening Daytona 500 in front of an estimated crowd of 200,000, posting
his 70th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the
following drivers, under penalty, dropped from their original starting position
to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #01 Joe Nemechek (backup
car); #07 Dave Blaney (backup car); #2 Rusty Wallace (backup car); #9 Kasey Kahne
(backup car); #29 Kevin Harvick (backup car); #32 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
(transmission change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 45 minutes, 16 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 135.173 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .158 second BUD POLE AWARD:
Dale Jarrett, UPS Ford (188.312 mph, 47.793 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: Jimmie
Johnson, Lowe’s
Chevrolet CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $10,000 at
California Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jeff
Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet U.S.G. DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart,
The Home Depot
Chevrolet CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 45
laps. 15-18 (Oil on Track); 27-30 (Car #4, 5, 21, 36 & 38-Accident, Turn
4); 86-89 (Debris); 105-108 (Debris); 144-147 (Debris); 155-158 (Debris);
162-165 (Oil on Track); 169-172 (Car #11, 14 & 17-Accident, Turn 4);
184-187 (Car #2, 9, 10, 16, 19, 22, 25, 29, 41 & 42-Accident, Turn 4);
189-194 (Car #0, 9, 12, 14, 23, 77, 88 & 99-Accident, Frontstretch);
199-201 (Debris). LAP
LEADERS: 22 lead changes among 12 drivers. Dale
Jarrett-pole, Jimmie Johnson 1-3, Tony Stewart 4-15, Kyle Petty 16, Scott
Wimmer 17-19, Michael Waltrip 20-61, Wimmer 62-63, Jeff Gordon 64-86, Jeremy
Mayfield 87, Stewart 88-105, Wimmer 106-108, Stewart 109-135, Ryan Newman 136,
Joe Nemechek 137-138, Stewart 139-155, Jeff Burton 156-161, Stewart 162, Kevin
Harvick 163, Stewart 164-194, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 195, Stewart 196, Earnhardt
Jr. 197, Gordon 198-203. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 185 (1) 2 –Kurt Busch 170 (0) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 170 (0) 4 –Scott Riggs 160 (0) 5 –Jimmie Johnson 160 (0) 6 –Tony Stewart 156 (0) 7 –Mark Martin 150 (0) 8 – 9 –Kevin Lepage 138 (0) 10–Rusty Wallace 134 (0) MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 9 1 Ford 6 0 Dodge 4 0 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car #
Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
1 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Dale Jarrett 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Travis Kvapil 11 Kyle Busch 10 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Hendrick (#24) 15 Hendrick (#48) 14 Mark Cronquist (#20) 14 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car
# Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 NEXT EVENT: Feb. 27 – Auto Club 500,
NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (2/23/05) ©2005 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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