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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 26 CHEVY ROCK & ROLL 400 .75 Mile Paved Oval 400 L – 300 M – Purse: $4,875,701 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 97 Kurt
Busch Crown Royal Ford 400 190 * 10 $248,100 Running 2 13 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools
Ford 400 175 * 5 191,561 Running 3 2 16 Greg
Biffle National Guard
Ford 400 170 * 5 135,700 Running 4 7 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg’s/Delphi
Chevrolet 400 165 * 5 127,800 Running 5 15 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 400 155 131,833 Running 6 10 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 155 * 5 117,520 Running 7 25 20 Tony
Stewart The Home Depot
Chevrolet 400 146 126,711 Running 8 14 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 147 * 5 112,025 Running 9 39 11 Terry
Labonte FedEx/Kinko’s
Chevrolet 400 143 * 5 82,125 Running 10 1 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench/Gretchen Wilson Chevrolet 400 139 * 5 141,461 Running 11 3 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Eng.
& Trans. Dodge 400 135 * 5 82,325 Running 12 8 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 400 127 113,441 Running 13 4 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 400 124 86,525 Running 14 26 4 Mike Wallace Lucas/MusikMafia Chevrolet 400 121 71,575 Running 15 31 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero/Best Buy Chevrolet 400 118 70,750 Running 16 20 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 400 115 97,686 Running 17 19 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 400 112 104,741 Running 18 12 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless/Big & Rich Chevrolet 400 109 94,645 Running 19 42 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 400 106 68,075 Running 20 29 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser True Music Chevrolet 400 103 112,808 Running 21 18 99 Carl Edwards Scotts/Winterizer Ford 400 100 83,225 Running 22 23 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 399 97 102,175 Running 23 17 41 Casey Mears Target/Lysol Dodge 399 94 94,433 Running 24 30 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 399 91 91,233 Running 25 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 399 88 112,466 Running 26 11 01 Joe Nemechek 27 40 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 399 82 78,108 Running 28 36 09 Johnny Sauter Miccosukee Resort Dodge 399 79 63,225 Running 29 37 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Nickelback Chevrolet 398 76 83,647 Running 30 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 398 73 112,211 Running 31 28 15 Michael Waltrip 32 43 66 Mike Garvey EAS Ford 395 67 65,225 Running 33 27 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 395 64 71,550 Running 34 21 37 Tony Raines BoSPOKER.net Dodge 394 61 62,475 Running 35 38 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Black Chevrolet 394 63 * 5 62,350 Running 36 35 50 Jimmy Spencer Allied Steel Buildings Dodge 393 55 62,200 Running 37 22 25 Brian Vickers Green Day/GMAC Chevrolet 374 52 70,075 Running 38 16 21 Ricky Rudd 39 9 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 364 46 95,983 Accident 40 32 42 Jamie McMurray Havoline/Texaco Dodge 362 43 69,700 Accident 41 41 40 42 34 39 David Stremme 43 33 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 193 34 61,631 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of
the Year Contender. * Includes race
leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (7) Wayne Anderson
#75; Stanton Barrett #95; Carl Long #00; Hermie Sadler #92; Morgan Shepherd
#89; Joey McCarthy #34; Kirk Shelmerdine #27. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 107,000, Kurt Busch won the Chevy Rock & Roll 400, posting his
14th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following
driver, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reason
indicated: #18 Bobby Labonte (transmission change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 37 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
98.567 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .899 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM
Goodwrench/Gretchen Wilson Chevrolet (128.425
mph, 21.024 secs.) COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Kevin Harvick, GM
Goodwrench/Gretchen CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown
Royal Ford GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown
Royal Ford MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch,
Kellogg’s/Delphi Chevrolet (No winner
of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $15,000 at New Hamp.) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Rusty Wallace, Miller Lite Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $50,000 at New Hampshire International Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s/Delphi
Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown
Royal Ford U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Terry Labonte, FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown Royal Ford (185 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 12 cautions for 60
laps. 33-37 (Car #43-Accident, Turn 3); 90-93 (#40-Accident, Turn 2); 115-118 (Car
#38-Spin, Frontstretch); 143-147 (Car #39-Accident, Turn 2); 196-199 (Car #32-Accident,
Turn 4); 214-221 (Debris); 278-282 (Debris); 313-318 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 2);
326-329 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 2); 347-352 (Car #22-Spin, Turn 3); 357-359 (Car
#8, 88, 37, 07, 4, 21 & 99-Accident, Turn 3); 364-369 (Car #21-Accident,
Turn 2; Car #42-Accident, Backstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 23 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kevin
Harvick 1, Travis Kvapil 2, Greg Biffle 3-4, Harvick 5-33, Jeremy Mayfield
34-50, Harvick 51-90, Robby Gordon 91, Harvick 92-93, Biffle 94, Harvick
95-143, Terry Labonte 144-150, Harvick 151-154, Kurt Busch 155, Harvick
156-193, Kurt Busch 194-195, Harvick 196-199, Kyle Busch 200-207, Kurt Busch
208-277, Kyle Busch 278, Kurt Busch 279-312, Kyle Busch 313, Kasey Kahne
314-319, Matt Kenseth 320-322, Kurt Busch 323-400. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS Post Chase 1 –Tony Stewart 3716 (5) 5050 2 –Greg Biffle 3531 (5) 5045 3 –Rusty Wallace 3412 (0) 5040 4 –Jimmie Johnson 3400 (2) 5035 5 –Kurt Busch 3304 (3) 5030 6 –Mark Martin 3273 (0) 5025 7 –Jeremy Mayfield 3228 (1) 5020 8 –Carl Edwards 3114 (2) 5015 9 –Matt Kenseth 3114 (1) 5015 10–Ryan Newman 3055 (0) 5005 Pts Wins Chevrolet 191 13 Ford 175 11 Dodge 128 2 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car
# Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 287 Travis Kvapil 218 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 5 Jeff Gordon 2 Kevin Harvick 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Elliott Sadler 2 Kyle Busch 1 Carl Edwards 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Matt Kenseth 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Scott Riggs 1 Tony Stewart 1 Brian Vickers 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 8 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kurt Busch (#97) 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 7 Ryan Newman (#12) 6 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 4 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car #
Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
4 Jamie McMurray (#42) 2 Terry Labonte (#11) 2 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 20 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 Kurt Busch (#97) 8 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Mark Cronquist (#20) 158 Hendrick (#48) 128 Roush/Yates (#97) 120 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 6 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car
# Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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