NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 25
SONY HD 500
CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY
Fontana, Calif. – Sept.
4, 2005
2 Mile Banked Paved Oval
500 M – 250 L – Purse: $5,840,067
Bonus Money
Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status
1 25 5 # Kyle Busch Kellogg’s
Chevrolet 254 190 * 10 $241,065 Running
2 4 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Charter Ford 254 175 * 5 175,740 Running
3 9 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 254 165 143,300 Running
4 1 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 254 165 * 5 152,125 Running
5 14 20 Tony
Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 254 160 * 5 178,036 Running
6 7 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 254 150 138,800 Running
7 23 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 254 151 * 5 150,286 Running
8 40 42 Jamie
McMurray Home 123/Havoline Dodge 254 142 113,625 Running
9 39 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 254 138 125,139 Running
10 22 01 Joe Nemechek U.S. Army Chevrolet 254 134 125,583 Running
11 2 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 254 135 * 5 109,825 Running
12 3 97 Kurt Busch Smirnoff Ice/Sharpie Ford 254 132 * 5 143,025 Running
13 19 15 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 254 129 * 5 128,364 Running
14 18 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 254 121 136,136 Running
15 34 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 254 118 123,908 Running
16 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 254 115 137,316 Running
17 15 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 254 112 127,066 Running
18 28 12 Ryan Newman SONY HD TV/Alltel Dodge 254 109 131,366 Running
19 12 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Dodge 254 106 117,408 Running
20 42 18 Bobby Labonte AsthmaControl.com Chevrolet 254 103 125,500 Running
21 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 254 100 133,386 Running
22 21 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 254 97 95,800 Running
23 11 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 254 94 104,408 Running
24 37 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 254 91 120,983 Running
25 17 43 Jeff Green Wheaties Dodge 254 93 * 5 115,736 Running
26 13 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 254 90 * 5 112,345 Running
27 38 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 254 82 85,760 Running
28 32 37 Tony Raines Patron Tequila/BoSPOKER.net Dodge 254 79 85,535 Running
29 31 49 Ken Schrader Red Barron Pizza Dodge 253 76 85,425 Running
30 26 36 Boris Said CENTRIX Financial Chevrolet 253 73 82,875 Running
31 27 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 250 70 106,983 Accident
32 33 41 Casey Mears Target Dodge 249 67 101,933 Running
33 29 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 249 64 90,225 Running
34 24 7 Robby Gordon Fruit of the Loom Chevrolet 248 66 * 5 83,125 Accident
35 16 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 248 58 108,470 Accident
36 10 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 246 55 99,622 Accident
37 36 66 Mike Garvey Jani-King Ford 232 52 82,025 Running
38 41 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 211 54 * 5 129,383 Engine
39 8 11 J.J. Yeley FedEx Freight Chevrolet 209 46 81,915 Running
40 30 91 Bill Elliott McDonald’s Dodge 180 43 81,865 Engine
41 20 45 Kyle Petty Brawny/Georgia-Pacific Dodge 171 40 81,815 Engine
42 43 92 Hermie
Sadler Oak Gloves Dodge 87 37 81,760 Brakes
43 35 51 Stuart Kirby Marathon American Spirit
Chevrolet 31 34 81,166 Brakes
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
Failed to qualify: (2) P.J. Jones #34, John Andretti #4.
Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Kyle Busch won the SONY HD 500, posting his career-first
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following
drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons
indicated: #7 Robby Gordon (transmission change); #21 Ricky Rudd (driver
change). Green/white checkered finish.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 43 minutes, 32 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
136.356 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .554 second
BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Carl Edwards, Office
Depot Ford
(185.061 mph, 38.906 secs.)
COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD:
Carl Edwards, Office Depot Ford
CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home
Depot Chevrolet
EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch,
Kellogg’s Chevrolet
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DeWalt Power Tools Ford
MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart, The Home Depot Chevrolet
(No winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $10,000 at Richmond.)
MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Michael Waltrip,
NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner;
rolls over to $40,000 at Richmond International Raceway.
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s
Chevrolet
SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch,
Kellogg’s Chevrolet
U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Home 123/Havoline Dodge
WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch, Kellogg’s Chevrolet (95 laps)
CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 43
laps. 3-5 (Car #11-Accident, Turn 4); 24-26 (Oil on track); 48-50 (Car #99-Spin,
Turn 4); 94-98 (Car #92-Stalled, Backstretch); 115-118 (Debris); 145-148 (Car #97-Spin,
Frontstretch); 166-169 (Car #0-Spin, Turn 2); 200-205
(Car #36-Spin, Backstretch); 212-215 (Oil on track); 242-243 (Debris); 248-252
(Car #10, 22 & 31-Accident, Backstretch).
LAP
LEADERS: 30 lead changes among 12 drivers. Carl Edwards
1, Mark Martin 2-5, Kurt Busch 6-10, Greg Biffle
11-23, Matt Kenseth 24, Biffle
25-26, Edwards 27-46, Kurt Busch 47, Biffle 48, Kurt
Busch 49-81, Kyle Busch 82-93, Tony Stewart 94, Jeremy Mayfield 95, Stewart
96-115, Michael Waltrip 116-118, Stewart 119-145, Jeff
Green 146, Kenseth 147-149, Stewart 150-151, Kyle
Busch 152-165, Stewart 166, Kenseth 167-169, Stewart
170-172, Kyle Busch 173-199, Stewart 200, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 201-202, Kenseth 203-209, Kyle Busch 210-240, Stewart 241, Robby Gordon
242-243, Kyle Busch 244-254.
