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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 18 USG SHEETROCK 400 CHICAGOLAND 1.5 Mile Paved Oval 400 M - 267 L – Purse: $5,845,750 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 25 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 267 185 * 5 $325,033 Running 2 4 17 Matt
Kenseth USG
Sheetrock/DeWalt Ford 267 180 * 10 265,201 Running 3 1 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 267 170 * 5 217,266 Running 4 5 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC/ditech.com
Chevrolet 267 160 146,300 Running 5 13 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 267 155 169,561 Running 6 22 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 150 135,220 Running 7 28 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 267 146 130,564 Running 8 19 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 267 142 148,775 Running 9 3 41 Casey
Mears Target/Kraft Dodge 267 138 125,608 Running 10 20 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 267 134 112,375 Running 11 6 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Post-It Ford 267 135 * 5 107,625 Running 12 33 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Genuine Draft Dodge 267 127 123,458 Running 13 26 18 Bobby Labonte Boniva
Chevrolet 267 124 126,350 Running 14 24 5 # Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 267 121 99,600 Running 15 15 01 Joe Nemechek 16 31 39 David Stremme 17 30 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 267 117 * 5 110,158 Running 18 8 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 267 109 121,458 Running 19 9 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 267 106 129,936 Running 20 43 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Express Chevrolet 267 103 93,050 Running 21 17 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 267 105 * 5 96,958 Running 22 36 42 Jamie McMurray Home123/Havoline Dodge 267 97 92,600 Running 23 7 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 267 94 102,397 Running 24 40 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 267 91 112,136 Running 25 42 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 267 93 * 5 82,890 Running 26 41 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 267 90 * 5 81,775 Running 27 29 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 267 87 * 5 81,175 Running 28 39 37 Kevin Lepage Patron Tequila Dodge 267 84 * 5 80,075 Running 29 2 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1/Alltel Dodge 262 81 * 5 122,366 Running 30 35 31 Jeff Burton Bass Pro Shops/Cingular
Chevrolet 260 73 103,970 Running 31 32 51 Stuart Kirby 32 38 40 33 14 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 249 64 126,211 Accident 34 11 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 249 61 76,325 Accident 35 12 7 Robby Gordon Menard’s Chevrolet 222 58 76,125 Running 36 27 15 Michael Waltrip 37 23 38 Elliott Sadler Combos/M&M’s Ford 210 52 115,691 Running 38 10 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 200 49 83,500 Accident 39 21 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 170 46 93,290 Running 40 37 00 Carl Long Sunquest Vacations
Dodge 148 43 75,080 Handling 41 18 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 138 40 106,955 Engine 42 34 44 Terry Labonte Pizza Hut Chevrolet 124 37 74,695 Handling 43 16 77 # Travis
Kvapil Jasper
Engines/Kodak Dodge 13 34 82,486 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Kenny Wallace
#92; Mike Garvey #66; P.J. Jones #34; Wayne Anderson #75. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 80,000, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the USG SHEETROCK 400, posting his 16th
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 (driver change); #4 Mike Wallace (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 16
seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 127.638 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .291 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet (188.147 mph, 28.701 secs.) Track Record COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Budweiser Chevrolet GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth, USG SHEETROCK/DeWalt Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, USG SHEETROCK/DeWalt Ford (No winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to
$10,000 at N.H.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser
Chevrolet NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $70,000 at New Hampshire Int’l Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s
Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Jason Leffler, FedEx Express
Chevrolet (23
positions) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, USG SHEETROCK/DeWalt Ford (176 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 47 laps. 27-29 (Competition);
80-85 (Car #99-Accident, Turn 3); 90-94 (Debris); 119-124 (Car #07-Accident, Turn
2); 127-129 (Car #9-Accident, Frontstretch); 165-171
(Car #38-Accident, Turn 1); 184-187 (Oil on track); 216-220 (Car #15-Accident, Turn
1); 245-248 (Debris); 251-254 (Car #0 & 24-Accident, Turn 2). LAP
LEADERS: 17 lead changes among 12 drivers. Jimmie
Johnson 1, Ryan Newman 2-10, Johnson 11-30, Greg Biffle
31, Matt Kenseth 32, Biffle
33-65, Kenseth 66-81, Bobby Hamilton Jr. 82, Ken
Schrader 83, Kenseth 84-119, Kevin Lepage 120, Mike Wallace 121, Kenseth
122-165, Kyle Petty 166, Kenseth 167-245, Sterling
Marlin 246, Scott Wimmer 247-256, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
257-267. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2548 (2) 2 –Greg Biffle 2440 (5) 3 –Tony Stewart 2397 (2) 4 –Rusty Wallace 2300 (0) 5 –Elliott Sadler 2230 (0) 6 –Mark Martin 2202 (0) 7 –Ryan Newman 2196 (0) 8 –Jamie McMurray 2190 (0) 9 –Jeremy Mayfield 2179 (0) 10–Kurt Busch 2172 (1) Pts Wins Chevrolet 133 9 Ford 124 8 Dodge 85 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Elliott Sadler (#38) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 239 Travis Kvapil 197 Eric McClure 19 Mike Garvey 4 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 5 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Kyle Busch 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Scott Riggs 1 Elliott Sadler 1 Tony Stewart 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 6 Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 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) 12 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 114 Mark Cronquist (#20) 104 Roush Yates (#97) 100 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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