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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 23 GFS MARKETPLACE 400 2 Mile Oval 400 M – 200 L
– Purse:
$5,028,926 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 3 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 200 190 * 10 $221,091 Running 2 12 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 200 175 * 5 161,061 Running 3 33 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 200 165 159,736 Running 4 15 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 160 131,439 Running 5 14 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 200 155 103,650 Running 6 17 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 200 155 * 5 137,116 Running 7 6 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 200 146 99,850 Running 8 28 41 # Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 200 142 93,225 Running 9 9 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Chevrolet 200 138 81,175 Running 10 2 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 200 134 119,416 Running 11 5 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 200 130 117,661 Running 12 24 7 Robby
Gordon Menards/Energizer Chevrolet 200 127 78,800 Running 13 8 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 200 124 123,586 Running 14 23 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 200 121 77,700 Running 15 27 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 200 118 86,300 Running 16 7 42 Casey
Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 200 115 110,633 Running 17 40 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 200 117 * 5 119,150 Running 18 21 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Ford 200 109 102,939 Running 19 25 43 Bobby
Labonte Fruity
Cheerios Dodge 200 106 112,261 Running 20 36 15 Paul
Menard Menards Chevrolet 200 103 72,475 Running 21 30 32 Travis
Kvapil Tide/Downy
Chevrolet 200 100 94,558 Running 22 20 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 200 102 * 5 90,750 Running 23 22 55 Michael
Waltrip Domino's
Pizza Brownie Squares Dodge 200 94 91,233 Running 24 19 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
Dodge 200 91 87,983 Running 25 4 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 200 93 * 5 115,783 Running 26 13 01 Joe
Nemechek 27 35 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy/Haas
Automation Chevrolet 200 82 92,493 Running 28 32 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 200 79 90,132 Running 29 10 14 30 18 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 199 73 80,325 Running 31 42 45 Kyle
Petty 32 41 96 Tony
Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 199 67 69,125 Running 33 29 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's Dowhhome Punch Chevrolet 197 69 * 5 78,000 Engine 34 34 74 Derrike Cope Sundance
Vacations/Royal Admin Dodge 197 61 68,950 Running 35 43 00 Hermie Sadler MBA
Motorsports Chevrolet 197 63 * 5 68,800 Running 36 37 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 166 55 100,825 Engine 37 31 18 # J.J.
Yeley Husqvarna Chevrolet 158 52 103,275 Accident 38 26 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Dark Ford 145 49 96,508 Running 39 11 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg's/ 40 16 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 127 48 * 5 109,523 Accident 41 39 49 Kevin
Lepage LoansDepot.com
Dodge 103 40 68,440 Accident 42 1 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 17 37 100,530 Engine 43 38 06 Todd
Kluever 3M
Performance Finish Ford 10 34 67,797 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Scott Wimmer
#4; Mike Skinner #34; Chad Chaffin #61; Kenny Wallace #78. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 145,000, Matt Kenseth won the GFS
Marketplace 400, posting his 13th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to
the green flag, the following driver, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the
field for the reasons indicated: #38 Gilliland (backup car). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 57 minutes,
39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 135.097
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .622
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Burton (187.936
mph, 38.311 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Elliott Sadler DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Robbie Reiser (crew chief for Matt
Kenseth) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Matt Kenseth GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (179.283 mph, Lap 165) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $30,000 at Bristol Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Reed Sorenson SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Matt Kenseth U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Tony Stewart (30 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth (87 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 36
laps. 6-8 (Car #7-Spin, Turn 4); 12-14 (Car #06 & 40-Accident, Backstretch);
23-25 (Car #29-Spin, Turn 4); 43-48 (Car #5-Accident, Turn 2); 54-56 (Debris);
63-65 (Debris); 115-119 (Car #2-Spin, Turn 2); 131-134 (Car #2-Accident, Turn
3); 142-144 (Debris); 161-163 (Car #18-Accident, Turn 3). LAP LEADERS: 26 lead changes
among 11 drivers. Jeff Burton-pole, Ryan Newman 1-8, Matt Kenseth
9-23, Jamie McMurray 24-31, Kyle Busch 32-34, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 35-43, Kyle Petty 44, Hermie Sadler 45-46, Carl
Edwards 47-48, Jeff Gordon 49-51, Edwards 52, J. Gordon 53-56, Kurt Busch 57,
Edwards 58-84, Earnhardt 85-92, Edwards 93-94, Earnhardt 95-105, Kenseth
106-110, J. Gordon 111-115, Earnhardt 116-125, Kenseth 126, Earnhardt 127-128, Kenseth 129-161, Clint Bowyer 162-164, Kenseth
165, Bowyer 166-168, Kenseth 169-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 3365 (4) 2 –Matt Kenseth 3307 (3) 3 –Kevin Harvick 3048 (2) 4 –Mark Martin 2970 (0) 5 –Tony Stewart 2959 (2) 6 –Jeff Gordon 2931 (2) 7 –Kyle Busch 2922 (1) 8 –Denny Hamlin 2920 (2) 9 –Jeff Burton 2916 (0) 10–Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2881 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 4 Mike Ford (#11) 4 Ken Francis (# 9) 3 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Jeff Burton 4 Kyle Busch 1 Kasey Kahne 4 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Kurt Busch 3 Scott Riggs 1 Greg Biffle 2 Elliott
Sadler 1 Denny Hamlin 2 Boris
Said 1 Ryan Newman 2 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 237 Clint Bowyer 190 Reed Sorenson 181 Martin Truex Jr. 161 J.J. Yeley 157 David Stremme 136 Brent Sherman 41 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 6 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 174 14 Ford 134 4 Dodge 129 5 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 9 Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 144 Roush Yates (#17) 128 Danny Lawrence (#31) 117 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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