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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 28 MBNA RACEPOINTS 400 1 Mile Concrete Oval 400 M – 400 L – Purse: $4,976,638 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 404 185 * 5 $296,641 Running 2 3 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg's
Chevrolet 404 170 164,275 Running 3 6 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 404 165 157,858 Running 4 7 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 404 165 * 5 126,550 Running 5 1 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 404 160 * 5 155,616 Running 6 22 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's Ford 404 155 * 5 129,541 Running 7 12 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 404 146 114,020 Running 8 34 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny
Dodge 404 142 100,808 Running 9 32 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 404 138 93,850 Running 10 23 41 Casey
Mears Target Dodge 404 134 105,858 Running 11 36 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 404 130 102,895 Running 12 20 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 403 127 101,764 Running 13 18 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 403 129 * 5 87,875 Running 14 26 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 403 121 79,625 Running 15 15 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 403 118 105,583 Running 16 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 403 115 113,200 Running 17 9 01 Joe
Nemechek 18 31 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 402 109 114,136 Running 19 17 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 402 106 112,561 Running 20 24 07 Dave
Blaney Jack
Daniel's Chevrolet 402 103 79,025 Running 21 13 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 402 100 76,725 Running 22 38 4 Mike
Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 402 97 68,475 Running 23 10 97 Kurt
Busch Crown Royal Ford 401 104 * 10 133,500 Running 24 29 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline
Chevrolet 401 91 87,733 Running 25 37 11 J.J.
Yeley FedEx
Freight Chevrolet 401 88 68,200 Running 26 27 15 Michael
Waltrip 27 21 43 Jeff
Green Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 401 82 96,336 Running 28 42 49 Ken
Schrader Red Baron Pizza
Dodge 401 79 66,750 Running 29 19 42 Jamie
McMurray Havoline-Texaco
Dodge 400 76 72,100 Running 30 30 0 Mike
Bliss Best Buy Chevrolet 399 73 64,450 Running 31 4 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 397 70 111,183 Running 32 28 18 Bobby
Labonte MBNA
RacePoints Chevrolet 397 67 98,175 Running 33 8 32 Bobby
Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 386 64 73,947 Running 34 43 78 Kenny
Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 381 61 63,275 Running 35 11 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 367 58 110,986 Accident 36 16 22 Scott
Wimmer Caterpillar
Dodge 293 55 70,900 Accident 37 25 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 291 52 111,511 Accident 38 39 37 Tony
Raines BoSPOKER.net Dodge 288 49 62,650 Accident 39 33 7 Robby
Gordon Harrah's Chevrolet 279 46 62,525 Engine 40 35 66 Kevin
Lepage EAS
Ford 197 43 62,350 Accident 41 14 40 42 41 00 Carl
Long Sundance
Vacations/carloan.com Chevrolet 144 37 62,035 Engine 43 40 95 # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Morgan Shepherd
#89; Hermie Sadler #92; Ryan McGlynn
#08; Joey McCarthy #34; Wayne Anderson #75. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 150,000, Jimmie Johnson won the MBNA RacePoints
400, posting his 17th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Johnson regained the
points lead for the first time since Pocono in July. Prior to the green flag,
the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the
reasons indicated: #32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. (backup car); #0 Mike Bliss (backup
car); #4 Mike Wallace (transmission change). Green/white checkered finish. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 41 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
115.054 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .080 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel
Dodge (158.102 mph, 22.770 secs.) 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: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown
Royal Ford (No winner of MBNA Bonus for
winning race; rolls to $25,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Rusty
Wallace, Miller Lite Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Jimmie
Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet ($60,000) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s
Chevrolet SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Jeff Burton, Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kurt Busch, Crown Royal Ford (192 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 50
laps. 10-17 (Car #95-Accident, Frontstretch); 70-73
(Car #0-Spin, Turn 1); 109-112 (Debris on Backstretch); 177-180 (Car
#22-Accident, Turn 1); 203-206 (Car #66-Accident, Turn 3); 271-274 (Debris);
283-286 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 293-296 (Car #24, 37 & 42-Accident, Turn
3); 369-375 (Debris in Turn 2); 387-389 (Debris on Frontstretch);
399-402 (Car #01-Accident, Frontstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 15 lead changes among 7 drivers. Ryan Newman
1-30, Jimmie Johnson 31-70, Greg Biffle 71-75,
Johnson 76-108, Kurt Busch 109, Michael Waltrip 110,
Kurt Busch 111-177, Biffle 178-186, Kurt Busch
187-203, Elliott Sadler 204-229, Kurt Busch 230-319, Mark Martin 320, Kurt
Busch 321-337, Johnson 338-370, Martin 371-376, Johnson 377-404. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 5362 (3) 2 –Rusty Wallace 5355 (0) 3 –Ryan Newman 5350 (1) 4 –Mark Martin 5341 (0) 5 –Tony Stewart 5339 (5) 6 –Greg Biffle 5339 (5) 7 –Jeremy Mayfield 5281 (1) 8 –Carl Edwards 5259 (2) 9 –Matt Kenseth 5238 (1) 10–Kurt Busch 5192 (3) Pts Wins Chevrolet 206 14 Ford 183 11 Dodge 143 3 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 7 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 298 Travis Kvapil 219 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 6 Jeff Gordon 2 Kevin Harvick 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Elliott Sadler 2 Tony Stewart 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 Brian Vickers 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 9 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 7 Michael Waltrip (#15) 7 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car # Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
4 Terry Labonte (#11) 2 Jamie McMurray (#42) 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) 182 Hendrick (#48) 151 Roush/Yates (#97) 125 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (#
9) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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