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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 12 COCA-COLA 600 LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5 Mile Banked Paved Oval 600 M – 400 L – Purse: $6,359,899 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 400 185 * 5 $470,091 Running 2 34 18 Bobby
Labonte FedEx
Freight Chevrolet 400 175 * 5 273,275 Running 3 12 99 Carl
Edwards RoundUp
Ford 400 170 * 5 193,300 Running 4 36 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 160 175,195 Running 5 1 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 400 160 * 5 238,191 Running 6 29 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Charter Ford 400 155 * 5 134,725 Running 7 30 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
Chevrolet 400 151 * 5 111,500 Running 8 7 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 400 142 144,208 Running 9 21 49 Ken
Schrader Schwan’s
Home Service Dodge 400 143 * 5 106,150 Running 10 20 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 400 139 * 5 144,958 Running 11 39 43 Jeff Green Bugles/Cheerios Dodge 400 130 133,566 Running 12 43 37 Kevin Lepage Underdog Dodge 400 127 97,525 Running 13 10 38 Elliott Sadler Pedigree Ford 400 129 * 5 136,066 Running 14 33 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 400 121 140,436 Running 15 8 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 400 118 98,500 Running 16 42 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 400 115 95,300 Running 17 37 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 400 117 * 5 112,143 Running 18 38 01 Joe Nemechek 19 28 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 400 106 113,758 Running 20 27 91 Bill Elliott 21 11 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 399 100 98,150 Running 22 40 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless go
phone Chevrolet 399 97 115,070 Running 23 32 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 399 94 108,408 Running 24 9 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 398 91 132,461 Running 25 6 5 # Kyle
Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 398 93 * 5 101,825 Running 26 4 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 396 90 * 5 127,900 Running 27 25 7 Robby Gordon Fruit of the Loom Chevrolet 393 82 81,800 Accident 28 13 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 390 79 99,275 Accident 29 31 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktail
Chevrolet 385 76 92,150 Running 30 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 382 78 * 5 140,261 Accident 31 14 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 379 80 * 10 104,475 Accident 32 18 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 376 72 * 5 93,750 Running 33 15 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 373 64 128,983 Running 34 24 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 338 66 * 5 98,017 Running 35 16 21 Ricky Rudd US Air Force/Motorcraft
Ford 305 63 * 5 107,489 Engine 36 23 15 Michael Waltrip 37 3 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 245 52 131,456 Accident 38 26 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 245 54 * 5 79,910 Accident 39 41 40 40 19 09 Johnny Sauter Miccosukee
Resort Dodge 137 43 79,690 Accident 41 22 23 Mike Skinner AutoManiac Dodge 99 40 79,580 Engine 42 17 50 Jimmy Spencer Arnold Development Co. Dodge 98 37 79,485 Accident 43 35 97 Kurt Busch Smirnoff Ice Ford 26 34 132,145 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (10) Jason Leffler #11; Bobby Hamilton Jr. #32; Hermie
Sadler #66; Boris Said #36; Jeff Fuller #34; Carl Long #00; Tony Raines #92;
Mike Garvey #75; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Greg Sacks #13. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 165,000, Jimmie Johnson won the Coca-Cola 600, posting his 16th NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series victory and his third straight in this event. On Lap 392 the
race was red-flagged (10 minutes, 17 seconds) for track clean-up. Prior to the
green flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the
field for the reasons indicated: #18 Bobby Labonte
(transmission). TIME OF RACE: 5 hours, 13 minutes,
52 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 114.698 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .027 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge
(192.988 mph, 27.981 secs.) Track Record COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Kasey Kahne, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Bill Elliott, MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel
Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $10,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet
($90,000) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, CARQUEST Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Bobby Labonte, FedEx
Freight Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Brian Vickers, GMAC/ditech.com
Chevrolet (98 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 22 cautions for 103
laps. 7-9 (Car #1-Accident, Turn 2); 11-14 (Car #97-Accident, Turn 2); 94-97
(Debris); 102-107 (Car #50, 10, 23, 7 & 15-Accident, Backstretch); 115-121
(Debris); 140-146 (Car #09-Accident, Turn 3); 151-154 (Car #38-Spin, Turn 4);
163-167 (Car #97-Accident, Turn 2); 201-204 (Car #22-Spin, Turn 4); 210-213 (Car
#77-Accident, Turn 1); 217-224 (Car #1, 40 & 41-Accident, Turn 2); 228-230
(Car #42-Accident, Turn 2); 235-237 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 240-242 (Car #42-Spin,
Turn 4); 247-253 (Car #8, 15, 17 & 44-Accident, Frontstretch);
267-269 (Debris); 290-292 (Car #07-Spin, Frontstretch);
308-311 (Oil); 357-361 (Debris); 368-372 (Car #07-Stalled, Pit Road Entrance);
380-386 (Car #24, 25, 29, 6 & 91-Accident, Turn 1); 392-395 (Car #01 & 22-Accident,
Turn 4). LAP
LEADERS: 37 lead changes among 21 drivers. Ryan
Newman 1-9; Jeff Gordon 10-16; Kyle Busch 17-59; Jimmie Johnson 60-61; Travis Kvapil 62; Michael Waltrip 63; Casey
Mears 64; Kyle Petty 65; Martin Truex Jr. 66-69; J. Gordon 70-94; Kasey Kahne
95; Kyle Busch 96-107; Johnson 108-115; Brian Vickers 116; Ken Schrader
117-122; Terry Labonte 123-139; Ricky Rudd 140; Kvapil 141-162; Vickers 163-193; Newman 194-227; J. Gordon
228-234; Rusty Wallace 235-249; Bill Elliott 250-262; Elliott Sadler 263-266;
J. Gordon 267-273; Vickers 274; J. Gordon 275-276; Vickers 277-290; Kahne
291-300; Vickers 301-351; J. Gordon 352; Greg Biffle
353; Carl Edwards 354-356; B. Labonte 357; Edwards
358-364; Joe Nemechek 365-390; B. Labonte
391-399; Johnson 400. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1747 (2) 2 –Greg Biffle 1676 (3) 3 –Elliott Sadler 1542 (0) 4 –Ryan Newman 1530 (0) 5 –Jeff Gordon 1516 (3) 6 –Tony Stewart 1488 (0) 7 –Kevin Harvick 1485 (1) 8 –Carl Edwards 1459 (1) 9 –Jamie McMurray 1451 (0) 10–Kurt Busch 1441 (1) MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 88 6 Ford 81 5 Dodge 59 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 157 Travis Kvapil 135 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) 3 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 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 (#48) 83 Roush Yates (#16) 79 Hendrick (#24) 77 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Bill Elliott (#91) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car #
Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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