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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 36 FORD 400 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI
SPEEDWAY Miami,
Fla. – Nov. 20, 2005 1.5
Mile Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L –
Purse: $5,174,014 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 7 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Post-It Ford 267 185 * 5 $308,675 Running 2 5 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 267 175 * 5 235,875 Running 3 17 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 267 165 219,711 Running 4 1 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 267 170 * 10 167,400 Running 5 6 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 267 160 * 5 148,808 Running 6 11 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 267 155 * 5 120,250 Running 7 2 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 267 151 * 5 138,691 Running 8 14 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 267 147 * 5 123,836 Running 9 12 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 143 * 5 118,611 Running 10 13 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 134 101,070 Running 11 27 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 267 130 94,333 Running 12 19 0 Mike Bliss NetZero/Best
Buy Chevrolet 267 127 70,075 Running 13 37 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 267 124 99,408 Running 14 39 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 267 121 74,025 Running 15 20 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 267 118 113,586 Running 16 3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 115 99,625 Running 17 9 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 266 112 101,308 Running 18 8 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline Dodge 266 109 74,850 Running 19 40 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 266 106 110,358 Running 20 24 4 Todd Bodine Lucas Oil Chevrolet 266 103 68,375 Running 21 36 97 Kenny Wallace IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 266 100 109,950 Running 22 34 49 Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza Dodge 266 97 65,825 Running 23 23 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's Ford 266 94 103,066 Running 24 10 01 Joe Nemechek U.S. Army Chevrolet 266 96 * 5 87,483 Running 25 16 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 266 88 91,770 Running 26 26 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Dodge 265 90 * 5 92,608 Running 27 35 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny/Gators
Dodge 265 82 76,058 Running 28 15 09 Reed Sorenson Miccosukee Resort Dodge 265 79 61,100 Running 29 41 15 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 265 76 91,114 Running 30 29 43 Jeff Green Chex
Party Mix Dodge 264 73 93,111 Running 31 33 50 Jimmy Spencer Allied Steel Buildings Dodge 263 75 * 5 60,475 Running 32 30 77 # Travis Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans. Dodge 263 67 72,275 Running 33 42 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 263 69 * 5 61,030 Running 34 21 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 263 61 94,450 Running 35 28 66 Kevin Lepage Cabela's/Ranger Boats Ford 263 58 59,675 Running 36 38 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 263 55 68,997 Running 37 25 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 262 52 86,464 Running 38 31 10 Scott Riggs Checkers/Rally's Seminoles Chevrolet 259 49 67,050 Running 39 43 37 Mike Skinner BoSPOKER.net/Patron Tequila Dodge 156 46 58,850 Engine 40 32 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 124 43 107,066 Accident 41 4 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg's
Chevrolet 115 40 66,425 Accident 42 22 39 David
Stremme Commit Dodge 87 37 58,125 Accident 43 18 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 82 34 66,279 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Contender. * Includes race leader/most
laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Chad Chaffin #92; Mike Garvey #51; Derrike Cope #00;
Carl Long #80; Morgan Shepherd #89. Race comments: Before an estimated crowd of 75,000, Greg Biffle won the
Ford 400, posting his ninth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory and his
season-leading sixth in 2005. Tony Stewart won his second NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
championship. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty,
dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #7 Robby Gordon
(driver change); #15 Michael Waltrip (backup car); #11 Denny Hamlin (backup
car). TIME OF RACE:
3 hours, 2 minutes, 50 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 131.431 mph
RACE RECORD MARGIN OF VICTORY:
.017 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Carl Edwards, Office Depot Ford (176.051 mph, 30.673
secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Carl Edwards, Office Depot Ford CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD: Dave Blaney, Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, National Guard/Post-It Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Carl Edwards, Office Depot Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dave
Blaney, Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; $80,000 rolls over into NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point fund. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.
Dodge SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Greg Biffle, National Guard/Post-It
Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Robby
Gordon, Jim Beam Chevrolet WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER
AWARD: Carl Edwards, Office Depot Chevrolet (94 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 37
laps. 17-20 (Car #11, 22 & 25-Accident, Turn 4); 26-28 (Car #5-Accident, Turn
4); 45-48 (Car #18-Spin, Backstretch); 90-97 (Car #39-Accident, Turn 4);
103-105 (Car #10-Accident, Turn 4); 127-130 (Car #48-Accident, Turn 4); 169-174
(Debris); 252-256 (Debris). LAP LEADERS:
21 lead changes among 12 drivers. Carl Edwards 1, Ryan Newman
2-16, Jimmy Spencer 17-18, Newman 19-30, Jeff Gordon 31, Newman 32-34, J.
Gordon 35-44, Denny Hamlin 45, Edwards 46-99, J. Gordon 100-127, Edwards
128-132, Newman 133-135, Edwards 136-169, Casey Mears 170-227, Mark Martin
228-229, Greg Biffle 230, Kevin Harvick 231, Sterling Marlin 232-234, Joe
Nemechek 235-236, Mears 237-253, Dave Blaney 254-259, Biffle 260-267. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 6533 (5) 2 –Greg Biffle 6498 (6) 3 –Carl Edwards 6498 (4) 4 –Mark Martin 6428 (1) 5 –Jimmie Johnson 6406 (4) 6 –Ryan Newman 6359 (1) 7 –Matt Kenseth 6352 (1) 8 –Rusty Wallace 6140 (0) 9 –Jeremy Mayfield 6073 (1) 10–Kurt Busch 5974 (3) Pts Wins Chevrolet 259 17 Ford 246 16 Dodge 179 3 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan
Newman (#12) 8 Rusty
Wallace (# 2) 6 Elliott
Sadler (#38) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kyle
Busch 349 Travis
Kvapil 268 BUD POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan Newman 8 Elliott Sadler 4 Tony Stewart 3 Carl Edwards 2 Jeff Gordon 2 Kevin Harvick 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Matt Kenseth 2 Kyle Busch 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Scott Riggs 1 Brian Vickers 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car #
Pts. Tony
Stewart (#20) 11 Carl
Edwards (#99) 6 Greg
Biffle (#16) 5 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car
# Pts. Ryan
Newman (#12) 9 Michael
Waltrip (#15) 7 Rusty
Wallace (# 2) 6 USG IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD Car
# Pts. Elliott
Sadler (#38) 4 Jamie
McMurray (#42) 3 Casey
Mears (#41) 2 MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car #
Pts. Tony
Stewart (#20) 24 Greg
Biffle (#16) 10 Kurt
Busch (#97) 10 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car #
Pts. Mark
Cronquist (#20) 236 Hendrick (#48) 185 Roush/Yates (# 6) 164 GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony
Stewart (#20) 8 Greg
Biffle (#16) 5 Matt
Kenseth (#17) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN
AWARD Car #
Pts. Kasey
Kahne (# 9) 5 Elliott
Sadler (#38) 5 Tony
Stewart (#20) 4 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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