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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 6 DIRECTV 500 .526-Mile Oval 500 L – 263 M – Purse: $4,826,889 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 3 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 500 190 * 10 220,786 Running 2 8 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 170 153,461 Running 3 1 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 500 170 * 5 150,361 Running 4 29 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 160 133,416 Running 5 17 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 500 155 98,400 Running 6 7 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M’s Ford 500 150 120,808 Running 7 26 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 500 146 115,011 Running 8 24 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 500 142 85,350 Running 9 2 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 500 143 * 5 122,675 Running 10 11 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 500 134 76,700 Running 11 9 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 500 130 111,683 Running 12 25 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 500 127 85,925 Running 13 30 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 500 124 90,575 Running 14 6 14 15 28 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 500 123 * 5 106,825 Running 16 15 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 500 115 89,100 Running 17 14 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 499 112 89,233 Running 18 4 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 498 109 114,358 Running 19 21 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 498 106 94,208 Running 20 18 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 497 108 * 5 109,125 Running 21 12 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 497 100 67,850 Running 22 42 07 # Clint
Bowyer DIRECTV Chevrolet 496 97 84,250 Running 23 22 01 Joe Nemechek 24 16 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 493 91 113,491 Accident 25 34 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 491 88 90,483 Running 26 23 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 462 85 100,066 Engine 27 32 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 456 82 103,918 Running 28 36 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 451 79 69,460 Running 29 33 55 Michael Waltrip 30 37 45 Kyle Petty Schwan’s Home Service
Dodge 439 73 77,550 Running 31 10 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 436 70 86,100 Running 32 13 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 429 67 105,211 Running 33 20 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 426 64 92,845 Running 34 40 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 403 61 65,425 Running 35 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 374 58 102,889 Engine 36 31 34 37 41 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 307 52 65,250 Accident 38 38 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 299 49 73,200 Accident 39 35 95 Stanton Barrett hairofdog.com Chevrolet 280 46 65,140 Brakes 40 19 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Snack Cakes Ford 164 43 92,279 Overheating 41 39 51 Mike Garvey 42 43 92 43 27 7 Robby Gordon Menards Chevrolet 7 34 64,384 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Derrike Cope #74; Kevin Lepage
#61; Kenny Wallace #78; Jimmy Spencer #49; Morgan Shepherd #89; Hermie Sadler #00. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 65,000, Tony Stewart won the DIRECTV 500, posting his 25th NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series victory. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 36 minutes,
56 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 72.741 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.083 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson
(96.736 mph, 19.575 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Zipadelli EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Tony Stewart GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Tony Stewart (93.331
mph, Lap 499) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale
Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $40,000 at Texas Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Reed Sorenson SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Tony Stewart U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Clint Bowyer (20 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (288
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 16 cautions for 87
laps. 3-9 (Car #7, 8 & 34-Accident, Turn 2); 14-21 (Car #32-Accident, Turn
2); 91-95 (Car #24-Accident, Turns 3/4); 110-115 (Car #16-Accident,
Backstretch); 135-139 (Car #40-Accident, Turn 3); 172-175 (Car #6-Accident,
Turn 4); 227-231 (Car #31-Accident, Turn 4); 289-294 (Car #01-Accident, Turn
3); 309-313 (Car #11-Spin, Turn 4); 318-323 (Car #8-Accident, Turn 4); 336-339
(Car #01-Accident, Turn 4); 366-370 (Car #66-Accident, Turn 4); 427-432
(Debris); 450-454 (Car #95-Slow on track); 487-492 (Car #01-Accident, Turn 1);
494-497 (Car #17-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 6 drivers. Jimmie Johnson 1-27, Jamie McMurray 28-33, Tony Stewart
34-172, Sterling Marlin 173-181, J.J. Yeley 182,
Stewart 183-227, Johnson 228-290, Dale Jarrett 291, Stewart 292-360, Johnson
361-371, Stewart 372-379, Johnson 380-473, Stewart 474-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 933 (2) 2 –Mark Martin 874 (0) 3 –Matt Kenseth 873 (1) 4 –Kasey Kahne 832 (1) 5 –Kyle Busch 832 (0) 6 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 824 (0) 7 –Jeff Gordon 814 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 791 (1) 9 –Elliott Sadler 735 (0) 10–Casey Mears 724 (0) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Clint Bowyer 60 J.J. Yeley 55 Denny Hamlin 53 Reed Sorenson 52 Martin Truex Jr. 51 David Stremme 40 Brent Sherman 30 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 1 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Greg Biffle 1 Jeff Burton 1 Kurt Busch 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Kasey Kahne 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 43 3 Dodge 36 2 Ford 35 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Bobby Labonte (#43) 1 Kyle Petty (#45) 1 BANK OF MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush Yates (#17) 48 Hendrick (#48) 46 Evernham (# 9) 35 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Race - DIRECTV 500 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va. Sunday, April 2, 2006 1. (3) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 500, $220,786. 2. (8) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, $153,461. 3. (1) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, $150,361. 4. (29) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, $133,416. 5. (17) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 500, $98,400. 6. (7) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 500, $120,808. 7. (26) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, $115,011. 8. (24) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 500, $85,350. 9. (2) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 500, $122,675. 10. (11) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 500, $76,700. 11. (9) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 500, $111,683. 12. (25) Reed Sorenson #, Dodge, 500, $85,925. 13. (30) Mark Martin, Ford, 500, $90,575. 14. (6) Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 500, $92,083. 15. (28) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 500, $106,825. 16. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, $89,100. 17. (14) Dave Blaney, Dodge, 499, $89,233. 18. (4) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 498, $114,358. 19. (21) Martin Truex Jr. #, Chevrolet, 498, $94,208. 20. (18) J.J. Yeley #, Chevrolet, 497, $109,125. 21. (12) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 497, $67,850. 22. (42) Clint Bowyer #, Chevrolet, 496, $84,250. 23. (22) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 495, $98,245. 24. (16) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 493, accident, $113,491. 25. (34) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 491, $90,483. 26. (23) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 462, engine failure, $100,066. 27. (32) Casey Mears, Dodge, 456, $103,918. 28. (36) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 451, $69,460. 29. (33) Michael Waltrip, Dodge, 445, $78,722. 30. (37) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 439, $77,550. 31. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford, 436, $86,100. 32. (13) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 429, $105,211. 33. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 426, $92,845. 34. (40) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 403, $65,425. 35. (5) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 374, engine failure, $102,889. 36. (31) Chad Chaffin, Chevrolet, 345, $65,325. 37. (41) Denny Hamlin #, Chevrolet, 307, accident, $65,250. 38. (38) David Stremme #, Dodge, 299, rear end, $73,200. 39. (35) Stanton Barrett, Chevrolet, 280, brakes, $65,140. 40. (19) Ken Schrader, Ford, 164, overheating, $92,279. 41. (39) Mike Garvey, Chevrolet, 93, brakes, $65,015. 42. (43) Chad Blount, Dodge, 92, brakes, $64,960. 43. (27) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 7, engine failure, $64,384. Average Speed of Race Winner: 72.741 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 36 minutes, 56 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.083 Seconds. Caution Flags: 16 for 87 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 6 drivers. Lap Leaders: J. Johnson 1-27; J. McMurray 28-33; T. Stewart 34-172; S. Marlin 173-181; J. Yeley # 182; T. Stewart 183-227; J. Johnson 228-290; D. Jarrett 291; T. Stewart 292-360; J. Johnson 361-371; T. Stewart 372-379; J. Johnson 380-473; T. Stewart 474-500. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Tony Stewart 5 times for 288 laps; Jimmie Johnson 4 times for 195 laps; Sterling Marlin 1 time for 9 laps; Jamie McMurray 1 time for 6 laps; J.J. Yeley # 1 time for 1 lap; Dale Jarrett 1 time for 1 lap. Top 10 in Points: J. Johnson - 933; M. Martin - 874; M. Kenseth - 873; K. Kahne - 832; Ky. Busch - 832; D. Earnhardt Jr. - 824; J. Gordon - 814; T. Stewart - 791; E. Sadler - 735; C. Mears - 724. NASCAR PR used with permission
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