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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 13 MBNA RACEPOINTS 400 1 Mile Banked Concrete Oval 400 M – 400 L – Purse: $5,541,387 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 400 190 * 10 $282,800 Running 2 22 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg’s
Chevrolet 400 175 * 5 208,275 Running 3 12 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 400 165 163,450 Running 4 1 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 400 165 * 5 178,271 Running 5 11 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 400 155 140,183 Running 6 27 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC/ditech.com
Chevrolet 400 150 118,455 Running 7 23 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 400 146 142,321 Running 8 4 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 400 142 135,806 Running 9 10 97 Kurt
Busch Sharpie Ford 400 138 140,785 Running 10 3 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 400 139 * 5 138,851 Running 11 21 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 400 130 114,758 Running 12 17 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless go
phone Chevrolet 399 127 113,830 Running 13 18 15 Michael Waltrip 14 13 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 399 121 113,305 Running 15 6 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 399 118 130,496 Running 16 8 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 398 115 98,060 Running 17 33 77 # Travis
Kvapil Jasper
Eng. & Trans./Kodak Dodge 398 112 91,475 Running 18 29 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 398 109 83,860 Running 19 30 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 398 106 98,078 Running 20 36 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Freight Chevrolet 398 103 83,320 Running 21 38 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide to go Chevrolet 398 100 94,768 Running 22 15 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 397 97 123,968 Running 23 14 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 397 94 114,518 Running 24 28 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 397 91 98,413 Running 25 7 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 396 88 122,216 Running 26 9 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 395 85 85,530 Running 27 19 01 Joe Nemechek 28 34 4 Mike Wallace Wide Open Energy Drink/Lucas Oil Chevrole 394 79 76,230 Running 29 39 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 394 81 * 5 76,080 Running 30 31 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 390 73 104,866 Running 31 35 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 390 70 80,780 Running 32 20 40 33 37 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge 382 64 73,420 Running 34 41 92 # 35 16 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 283 58 104,145 Accident 36 25 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 135 55 79,955 Accident 37 26 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 135 52 71,800 Accident 38 24 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 51 49 106,265 Engine 39 5 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 41 46 120,316 Accident 40 32 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Genuine Parts
Ford 41 43 98,664 Accident 41 40 66 Hermie
Sadler Peak Fitness Ford 37 40 71,320 Suspension 42 43 00 Carl Long Buyer’s Choice Auto Warranty Chevrolet 26 37 71,225 Overheating 43 42 34 Jeff Fuller Revi Pit Crew Wear
Chevrolet 15 34 71,463 Vibration # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Mike Skinner #23. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 150,000, Greg Biffle won the MBNA RacePoints 400, posting his seventh NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
Series victory and his fourth in 2005. Prior to the green flag, the following
drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons
indicated: #41 Casey Mears (engine change); #7 Robby Gordon (driver change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 15 minutes,
43 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 122.626 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 4.281 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Qualifying was
rained out. COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU
CHALLENGE AWARD: Kyle Busch,
Kellogg’s Chevrolet EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s
Chevrolet (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $15,000 at Pocono.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $20,000 at Pocono Raceway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s
Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Brian Vickers, GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard Ford (150 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 33
laps. 14-16 (Debris); 36-39 (Debris); 42-45 (Car #24 & 21-Accident, Turn
2); 118-122 (Debris); 137-145 (Car #07, 49, 22 & 40-Accident, Backstretch);
208-211 (Debris); 286-289 (Car #9-Accident, Frontstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 9 lead changes among 5 drivers. Jimmie
Johnson 1-14, Robby Gordon 15-22, Elliott Sadler 23-39, Kyle Busch 40-87,
Sadler 88-145, Kyle Busch 146-187, Sadler 188-240, Greg Biffle
241-374, Johnson 375-384, Biffle 385-400. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1912 (2) 2 –Greg Biffle 1866 (4) 3 –Elliott Sadler 1681 (0) 4 –Ryan Newman 1672 (0) 5 –Tony Stewart 1606 (0) 6 –Mark Martin 1588 (0) 7 –Rusty Wallace 1584 (0) 8 –Kurt Busch 1579 (1) 9 –Carl Edwards 1574 (1) 10–Kevin Harvick 1573 (1) Pts Wins Chevrolet 94 6 Ford 90 6 Dodge 63 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 3 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 177 Travis Kvapil 145 Eric McClure 18 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 4 Kasey Kahne 2 Kyle Busch 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Scott Riggs 1 Elliott Sadler 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Michael Waltrip (#15) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
3 Bobby Labonte (#18) 2 Brian Vickers (#25) 1 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 8 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 100 Roush Yates (#16) 88 Roush Yates (#97) 79 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Bill Elliott (#91) 1 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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