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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 2 AUTO CLUB 500 2-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 250 L – Purse: $5,819,876 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Post-It Ford 250 185 * 5 $288,650 Running 2 8 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 250 175 * 5 235,041 Running 3 20 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 250 170 * 5 208,075 Running 4 15 42 Jamie
McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 250 160 143,225 Running 5 19 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 250 160 * 5 125,600 Running 6 31 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 250 155 * 5 148,811 Running 7 18 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 250 151 * 5 116,825 Running 8 41 38 Elliott
Sadler Pedigree/M&M’s Ford 250 142 141,316 Running 9 9 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 250 138 138,616 Running 10 23 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 250 134 127,383 Running 11 7 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 250 130 130,458 Running 12 10 0 Mike Bliss NetZero Best Buy Chevrolet 250 127 94,500 Running 13 14 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 250 124 127,225 Running 14 38 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 250 121 90,575 Running 15 13 40 16 27 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 250 115 115,233 Running 17 29 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 250 112 133,111 Running 18 36 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 250 114 * 5 103,933 Running 19 32 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 250 106 113,420 Running 20 26 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide/Give Kids the World Chevrolet 250 103 102,583 Running 21 2 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 250 105 * 5 93,675 Running 22 16 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 249 97 104,633 Running 23 1 5 # Kyle
Busch CARQUEST/Kellogg’s
Chevrolet 249 99 * 5 110,225 Running 24 35 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 249 91 91,550 Running 25 33 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 249 88 83,350 Running 26 6 17 Matt Kenseth USG Sheetrock/DeWalt
Ford 249 90 * 5 132,386 Running 27 37 43 Jeff Green General Mills Whole Grain Dodge 249 87 * 5 110,186 Running 28 3 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 248 84 * 5 104,495 Running 29 24 14 John Andretti VB/APlus
at Sunoco Ford 248 76 77,950 Running 30 28 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 246 73 126,936 Engine 31 43 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge 241 70 77,525 Running 32 40 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 237 67 124,728 Running 33 12 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 229 64 95,597 Engine 34 42 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 224 61 84,900 Running 35 25 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 222 58 76,700 Engine 36 11 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 216 55 76,550 Rear Gear 37 39 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Express Chevrolet 215 52 76,325 Engine 38 30 15 Michael Waltrip 39 4 01 Joe Nemechek 40 17 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 167 43 107,880 Accident 41 21 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Genuine Parts
Ford 145 40 102,894 Engine 42 34 34 Randy LaJoie Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 47 42 * 5 75,575 Transmission 43 22 91 Bill Elliott *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: (5) Stanton Barrett
#92; Hermie Sadler #66; Stan Boyd #79; Eric McClure
#73; Kirk Shelmerdine #27. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 90,000, Greg Biffle won the Auto Club 500,
posting his fourth 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: #20 Tony Stewart (transmission); #07 Dave Blaney (backup car); #14 John Andretti,
#34 Randy LaJoie, #37 Kevin Lepage,
#38 Elliott Sadler & #43 Jeff Green (impound violation). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 34 minutes, 45 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.697 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .231 second ANHEUSER-BUSCH
POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch, CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Chevrolet (188.425
mph, 38.248 secs.) TRACK RECORD COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT
TO WIN AWARD: Kyle Busch, CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Chevrolet CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF
THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National
Guard/Post-It Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Joe MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD: Joe Nemechek, U.S. Army Chevrolet (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $15,000 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
Las Vegas Motor Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Kyle Busch, CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National
Guard/Post-It Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, USG Sheetrock/DeWalt Ford
(57laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 40
laps. 26-30 (Car #91-Accident, Turn 1); 60-66 (Debris on Backstretch);
108-114 (Debris in Turn 2); 144-150 (Car #07-Accident, Turn 4); 161-164 (Car #9-Accident,
Turn 2); 204-209 (Oil on Track); 218-221 (Oil on Track). LAP
LEADERS: 26 lead changes among 14 drivers. Kyle
Busch 1, Brian Vickers 2, Kyle Busch 3, Greg Biffle
4-26, Kyle Petty 27-28, Randy LaJoie 29-30, Matt Kenseth 31-45, Carl Edwards 46-60, Kurt Busch 61, Jeremy
Mayfield 62, Jeff Green 63, Kenseth 64-66, Edwards
67-68, Kenseth 69-107, Mark Martin 108, Joe Nemechek 109-143, Martin 144, Nemechek
145-160, Martin 161, Jimmie Johnson 162-165, Nemechek
166-177, Edwards 178-193, Kevin Harvick 194-203,
Martin 204, Harvick 205-217, Kurt Busch 218-227, Biffle 228-250. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Kurt Busch 340 (0) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 335 (0) 3 –Mark Martin 301 (0) 4 –Carl Edwards 287 (0) 5 –Greg Biffle 273 (1) 6 –Elliott Sadler 272 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 268 (0) 8 –Rusty Wallace 268 (0) 9 – 10–Jeff Gordon 258 (1) MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 15 1 Ford 15 1 Dodge 8 0 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
2 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Kyle Busch 1 Dale Jarrett 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 21 Travis Kvapil 21 Eric McClure 2 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 1 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Joe Nemechek (#01) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 28 Roush Yates (#97) 27 Roush Yates (# 6) 19 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Joe Nemechek (#01) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT
TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 NEXT EVENT: Mar. 13 – UAW-DaimlerChrysler
400, NOTE: The above figures
are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards
by participating manufacturers. (2/28/05) ©2005 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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