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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 30 BANQUET 400 PRESENTED BY CONAGRA FOODS 1.5 Mile Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L – Purse: $5,830,750 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 19 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 267 190 * 10 $339,725 Running 2 8 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 267 175 * 5 210,025 Running 3 5 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 267 170 * 5 176,625 Running 4 9 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 267 165 * 5 179,836 Running 5 1 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 267 160 * 5 174,111 Running 6 22 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 267 155 * 5 150,816 Running 7 33 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 267 151 * 5 145,683 Running 8 34 41 Casey
Mears Target Dodge 267 142 129,708 Running 9 29 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 267 138 125,564 Running 10 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 134 142,711 Running 11 17 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 267 130 102,225 Running 12 2 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 267 127 138,516 Running 13 13 40 14 10 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie Ford 267 121 138,425 Running 15 28 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 267 118 92,300 Running 16 14 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 120 * 5 115,245 Running 17 24 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 267 112 88,200 Running 18 30 42 Jamie McMurray Havoline/Texaco
Dodge 267 109 95,400 Running 19 42 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 106 118,775 Running 20 16 01 Joe Nemechek 21 21 5 # Kyle
Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 267 100 94,800 Running 22 37 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak
Mammography/Jasper Dodge 267 102 * 5 92,600 Running 23 11 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 267 94 125,591 Running 24 20 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 267 96 * 5 127,866 Running 25 26 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 267 88 91,075 Running 26 12 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 266 85 110,911 Running 27 4 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 266 82 103,433 Running 28 40 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 266 84 * 5 106,920 Running 29 23 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Northern Quilted Dodge 266 76 92,033 Running 30 41 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 265 73 97,672 Running 31 32 36 Boris Said CENTRIX Financial Chevrolet 265 70 76,925 Running 32 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet 265 67 76,725 Running 33 35 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 265 64 77,475 Running 34 38 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 265 61 123,733 Running 35 15 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 263 63 * 5 76,125 Running 36 6 66 Kevin Lepage Peak Fitness/EAS Ford 263 PE 75,925 Running 37 43 51 Stuart Kirby 38 31 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 258 49 109,658 Running 39 39 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 222 46 109,875 Accident 40 36 15 Michael Waltrip 41 27 92 P.J. Jones Fox Collision Centers Dodge 184 40 74,875 Handling 42 18 02 Brandon Ash Ash Racing Engines Ford 161 37 74,690 Rear End 43 25 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 63 34 74,841 Overheating # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Robby Gordon #7; Carl Long #00;
Wayne Anderson #61; Tony Raines #37; Eric McClure #34; Greg Sacks #13. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 125,000, Mark Martin won the Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods,
posting his 35th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. It was his first victory
since TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 54 minutes, 25 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
137.774 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .557 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford (180.856 mph, 29.858 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford (Also won $30,000 MBNA Bonus for winning
race.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $30,000 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, CARQUEST
Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite
Dodge WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Mark Martin, Viagra Ford (139 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 28 laps. 17-19 (Car #02, 8, 12
& 88-Accident, Turn 2); 42-44 (Debris); 94-98 (Debris); 103-105 (Car
#51-Accident, Turn 2); 121-127 (Car #36-Spin, Turn 1); 218-221 (Oil on track);
225-227 (Car #18-Accident, Turn 2). LAP
LEADERS: 16 lead changes among 12 drivers. Matt Kenseth 1-16; Mike Wallace 17; Kenseth
18-72; Greg Biffle 73-93; Jeremy Mayfield 94; Biffle 95-120; Mayfield 121; Mark Martin 122-179; Tony
Stewart 180; Carl Edwards 181; Rusty Wallace 182; Travis Kvapil
183; Jeff Burton 184; Martin 185-217; Jimmie Johnson 218; Kevin Harvick 219; Martin 220-267. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 5684 (5) 2 –Ryan Newman 5609 (1) 3 –Greg Biffle 5596 (5) 4 –Rusty Wallace 5594 (0) 5 –Jimmie Johnson 5592 (3) 6 –Carl Edwards 5589 (2) 7 –Mark Martin 5571 (1) 8 –Matt Kenseth 5568 (1) 9 –Jeremy Mayfield 5527 (1) 10–Kurt Busch 5460 (3) Pts Wins Chevrolet 218 14 Ford 201 13 Dodge 151 3 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 8 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 301 Travis Kvapil 223 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 6 Elliott Sadler 3 Jeff Gordon 2 Kevin Harvick 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Matt Kenseth 2 Tony Stewart 2 Kyle Busch 1 Carl Edwards 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) 10 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 8 Michael Waltrip (#15) 7 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 6 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 Terry Labonte (#11) 2 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 20 Kurt Busch (#97) 10 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#20) 194 Hendrick (#48) 161 Roush/Yates (#16) 141 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (#
9) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Elliott Sadler (#38) 3 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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