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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 11 CHEVY AMERICAN REVOLUTION 400 .750 Mile Paved Oval 400 L – 300 M – Purse: $4,887,667 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 190 * 10 $257,325 Running 2 3 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 400 175 * 5 204,611 Running 3 2 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 400 165 162,316 Running 4 10 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg’s/Star
Wars Episode III Chevrolet 400 160 119,300 Running 5 7 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 400 160 * 5 141,261 Running 6 9 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 400 150 103,225 Running 7 5 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 400 146 117,341 Running 8 39 18 Bobby
Labonte Boniva Chevrolet 400 142 118,100 Running 9 23 15 Michael
Waltrip 10 17 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 400 134 87,600 Running 11 6 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Quality Parts
Ford 400 130 101,214 Running 12 26 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 400 132 * 5 116,746 Running 13 15 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 124 98,720 Running 14 27 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 400 121 113,633 Running 15 14 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 400 118 84,755 Running 16 12 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 400 115 95,295 Running 17 4 97 Kurt Busch IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 400 117 * 5 116,695 Running 18 25 01 Joe Nemechek 19 8 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 399 106 98,708 Running 20 34 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 399 103 93,658 Running 21 11 99 Carl Edwards RoundUp Ford 399 100 81,700 Running 22 21 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 399 97 75,075 Running 23 22 40 24 18 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 399 91 95,461 Running 25 38 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Ground Chevrolet 399 88 63,475 Running 26 36 10 Scott Riggs Arometrics Chevrolet 399 85 88,308 Running 27 19 07 Dave Blaney Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 398 82 73,925 Running 28 16 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 398 79 85,358 Running 29 30 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 398 76 65,575 Running 30 40 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 398 73 65,400 Running 31 33 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 398 70 62,275 Running 32 29 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 397 67 70,150 Running 33 41 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 397 69 * 5 71,572 Running 34 35 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 396 61 97,008 Running 35 31 92 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports
Chevrolet 392 58 61,775 Running 36 32 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 387 55 61,625 Running 37 24 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 375 52 61,500 Accident 38 43 66 Hermie
Sadler Peak Fitness Ford 367 49 61,375 Engine 39 20 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 252 46 109,986 Accident 40 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 80 43 109,566 Accident 41 13 09 Johnny Sauter Miccosukee
Resort Dodge 64 40 60,985 Accident 42 42 89 Morgan Shepherd Racing with Jesus/Red Line Oil Dodge 36 37 60,860 Brakes 43 37 75 Mike Garvey Jani-King/Rinaldi AC
Service Dodge 23 34 61,069 Brakes # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Kevin Lepage
#37; Jeff Fuller #34; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Carl Long
#00. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 107,000, Kasey Kahne won the Chevy American Revolution 400, posting
his career-first 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: #49 Ken Schrader (unapproved impound adjustment); #89 Morgan
Shepherd (unapproved impound adjustment). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 59 minutes,
26 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 100.316 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 1.674 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge (129.964 mph, 20.775 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Kasey Kahne, Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge (Also,
received $5,000 MBNA Bonus for winning race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $90,000 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s/Star Wars
Episode III Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Bobby Labonte, Boniva Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge (242
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 53
laps. 65-68 (#09-Accident, Turn 4); 82-86 (Car #48-Accident, Backstretch);
128-133 (Car #10-Spin, Turn 2); 166-170 (Car #2-Spin, Frontstretch);
234-242 (Car #20-Spin, Frontstretch); 333-339 (Car
#7-Spin, Turn 4); 354-357 (Car #77-Accident, Turn 4); 378-386 (Oil on Track);
390-393 (Car #88 & 7-Accident, Frontstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 21 lead changes among 6 drivers. Kasey
Kahne 1, Tony Stewart 2-52, Kevin Harvick 53, Stewart
54-65, Kyle Petty 66, Stewart 67-90, Kahne 91-133, Kurt Busch 134-135, Stewart
136-161, Kurt Busch 162-165, Kahne 166-171, Stewart 172-188, Kahne 189-220,
Stewart 221-223, Kurt Busch 224-227, Stewart 228-232, Kurt Busch 233, Kahne 234,
Matt Kenseth 235-236, Kahne 237-289, Stewart 290-294,
Kahne 295-400. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1562 (1) 2 –Greg Biffle 1521 (3) 3 –Jeff Gordon 1438 (3) 4 –Elliott Sadler 1413 (0) 5 –Kurt Busch 1407 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 1397 (0) 7 –Ryan Newman 1370 (0) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1364 (1) 9 –Jamie McMurray 1351 (0) 10–Mark Martin 1344 (0) MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 79 5 Ford 75 5 Dodge 55 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 146 Travis Kvapil 125 Eric McClure 18 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 3 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) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Ryan Newman (#12) 3 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
3 Bobby Labonte (#18) 1 Ricky Rudd (#21) 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 (#24) 74 Roush Yates (#97) 72 Hendrick (#48) 68 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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