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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 16 DODGE/SAVE MART 350 INFINEON RACEWAY 1.99 Mile Paved Road Course 350 K – 219 M - 110 L – Purse: $5,322,397 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 7 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 110 190 * 10 $348,761 Running 2 20 21 Ricky
Rudd 3 6 97 Kurt
Busch Crown Royal Ford 110 165 191,750 Running 4 14 2 Rusty
Wallace Snap-On/Miller Lite Dodge 110 165 * 5 151,248 Running 5 30 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS/”Herbie Fully Loaded” Ford 110 155 142,173 Running 6 42 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 110 150 137,281 Running 7 32 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 110 146 120,860 Running 8 43 32 Ron
Fellows Tide Chevrolet 110 142 107,673 Running 9 11 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 110 138 137,456 Running 10 22 33 Brian Simo Korbel
Chevrolet 110 134 83,085 Running 11 24 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 110 130 126,561 Running 12 8 11 Terry Labonte FedEx Freight Chevrolet 110 127 81,935 Running 13 17 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 110 124 91,375 Running 14 41 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Post-It Ford 110 126 * 5 93,800 Running 15 3 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 110 118 94,900 Running 16 5 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 110 115 78,400 Running 17 4 36 Boris Said CENTRIX Financial Chevrolet 110 112 73,925 Running 18 33 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 110 109 111,450 Running 19 29 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 110 106 84,250 Running 20 36 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 110 103 103,033 Running 21 39 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 110 100 84,475 Running 22 34 15 Michael Waltrip 23 12 01 Joe Nemechek 24 16 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 110 91 92,688 Running 25 27 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 110 88 90,367 Running 26 37 40 27 25 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 110 87 * 5 71,275 Running 28 28 87 Chris Cook Nemco/Christine Marie Mtrspts Chevrolet 110 79 67,680 Running 29 38 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 110 76 99,001 Running 30 15 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Chevrolet 110 73 94,280 Running 31 9 39 Scott Pruett Texaco/Havoline Dodge 110 70 67,275 Running 32 40 4 P.J. Jones Lucas Oil Chevrolet 110 67 67,125 Running 33 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 110 69 * 5 128,201 Running 34 18 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 110 61 74,905 Running 35 19 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 109 58 66,795 Running 36 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 109 55 116,126 Running 37 21 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 109 52 113,486 Running 38 23 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 107 49 84,440 Running 39 31 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 102 46 66,325 Running 40 13 5 # Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 97 43 74,200 Running 41 26 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 92 40 98,150 Running 42 10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 88 37 113,383 Running 43 35 27 Tom Hubert # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Brandon Ash #02;
Kevin Lepage #37; Stanton Barrett #92; Johnny Borneman III #66; Jose Luis Ramirez #52. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Tony Stewart won the Dodge/Save Mart 350, posting his 20th
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. The 34 cars that finished on the lead lap is
an all-time series record. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers,
under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #29 Kevin
Harvick (engine change); #4 P.J. Jones (driver
change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 0 minutes, 18
seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 72.845 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 2.266 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet (94.325 mph, 75.950 secs.)
Track
Record COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart, The
Home Depot Chevrolet (Also won $25,000 MBNA Bonus for
winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Snap-On/Miller Lite Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $50,000 at Daytona International Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford (36 positions) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart,
The Home Depot Chevrolet (39 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 18 laps. 4-6 (Car #8-Accident, Turn
1); 21-22 (Debris); 43-44 (Debris); 56-57 (Car #9-Accident, Turn 7); 61-62 (Car
#4, 45 & 99-Accident, Turn 11); 65-66 (Debris); 70-72 (Car #48-Spin, Turn
8); 104-105 (Debris). LAP
LEADERS: 7 lead changes among 6 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-32, Tony Stewart 33, Kyle Petty
34, Greg Biffle 35-42, Stewart 43-69, Rusty Wallace
70-81, Ricky Rudd 82-99, Stewart 100-110. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Greg Biffle 2250 (5) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 2228 (2) 3 –Elliott Sadler 2073 (0) 4 –Tony Stewart 2052 (1) 5 –Mark Martin 2022 (0) 6 –Rusty Wallace 2013 (0) 7 –Ryan Newman 1994 (0) 8 –Kurt Busch 1978 (1) 9 –Carl Edwards 1963 (2) 10-Jamie McMurray 1923 (0) Pts Wins Chevrolet 115 7 Ford 114 8 Dodge 75 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Elliott Sadler (#38) 3 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 218 Travis Kvapil 176 Eric McClure 19 Mike Garvey 1 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 5 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Kyle Busch 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Scott Riggs 1 Elliott Sadler 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Brian Vickers (#25) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 6 Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 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) 9 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 96 Mark Cronquist (#20) 93 Roush Yates (#97) 92 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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