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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 24 SHARPIE 500 .533 Mile Oval 500 L – 266.5 M
– Purse:
$6,055,119 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 4 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 500 185 * 5 $336,516 Running 2 19 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 202,375 Running 3 40 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 500 170 * 5 199,591 Running 4 23 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 500 160 135,425 Running 5 13 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 160 * 5 171,636 Running 6 6 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Chevrolet 500 150 111,800 Running 7 39 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 500 151 * 5 128,200 Running 8 21 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 500 142 144,808 Running 9 2 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 500 148 * 10 145,720 Running 10 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 500 134 147,686 Running 11 7 29 Kevin Harvick Reese’s Chevrolet 500 130 135,486 Running 12 31 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 127 131,264 Running 13 17 21 Ken Schrader 14 22 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 500 121 113,758 Running 15 32 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 499 118 128,075 Running 16 29 55 Michael Waltrip 17 11 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 499 112 127,533 Running 18 24 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 499 109 114,858 Running 19 35 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Charter Ford 499 106 108,775 Running 20 28 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 499 103 105,983 Running 21 12 49 Kevin Lepage LoansDepot.com Dodge 498 100 96,922 Running 22 5 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 498 97 140,761 Running 23 3 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Dodge 498 94 126,886 Running 24 16 66 Jeff Green CertainTeed/Best Buy Chevrolet 498 91 96,975 Running 25 34 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 498 88 89,700 Running 26 41 01 Joe Nemechek 27 42 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 498 82 86,705 Running 28 15 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 496 79 101,195 Running 29 37 26 Jamie McMurray Sharpie Ford 496 76 129,910 Running 30 26 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 493 73 83,475 Running 31 25 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 492 70 120,440 Running 32 14 14 33 20 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 487 64 91,595 Running 34 8 45 Kyle Petty 35 36 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 468 58 90,425 Running 36 10 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 460 55 90,315 Running 37 1 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 446 57 * 5 128,413 Running 38 27 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel’s
Chevrolet 415 49 90,070 Running 39 9 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 395 46 111,951 Accident 40 38 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 346 43 109,758 Running 41 30 34 Carl Long Thompson Metal Services Chevrolet 256 40 81,700 Electrical 42 43 4 Scott Wimmer Bully Hill Vineyards/Food City
Chevrolet 209 37 81,575 Engine 43 33 74 Derrike
Cope Sundance
Vacations/Royal Admin Dodge 7 34 81,764 Handling # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Matt Kenseth posted his 14th NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series victory. TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 57 minutes,
37 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 90.025
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .591
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kurt Busch (124.906 mph,
15.362 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeff Burton 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: Jeff Burton (118.022
mph, Lap 14) 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 California Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Matt Kenseth U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Carl Edwards (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Burton (263
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 62
laps. 62-67 (Car #14-Accident, Turn 3); 89-93 (Car #45-Accident, Turn 2);
115-119 (Car #38-Accident Turn 1); 203-207 (Car #29-Accident, Turn 2); 211-216
(Debris); 228-232 (Car #41-Accident, Frontstretch);
235-241 (Car #07-Accident, Turn 4); 325-332 (Car #40-Accident, Turn 4); 381-386
(Car #01, 18 & 19-Accident, Turn 4); 446-454 (Car #19-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 18 lead changes
among 7 drivers. Kurt Busch 1-11, Jeff Burton 12-53, Matt Kenseth
54-61, Kurt Busch 62-76, Burton 77-115, Kurt Busch 116, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 117-135, Carl Edwards 136-151, Burton 152-179,
Jeff Gordon 180-218, Burton 219-317, Kenseth 318-325,
J. Gordon 326, Burton 327-381, J. Gordon 382, Earnhardt
383-398, Kenseth 399-448, Kyle Busch 449, Kenseth 450-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 3499 (4) 2 –Matt Kenseth 3492 (4) 3 –Kevin Harvick 3178 (2) 4 –Kyle Busch 3097 (1) 5 –Jeff Gordon 3091 (2) 6 –Denny Hamlin 3070 (2) 7 –Jeff Burton 3064 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 3056 (2) 9 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3051 (1) 10–Mark Martin 3049 (0) 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 Kurt Busch 4 Jimmie Johnson 1 Kasey Kahne 4 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 244 Clint Bowyer 191 Reed Sorenson 182 Martin Truex Jr. 164 J.J. Yeley 161 David Stremme 139 Brent Sherman 41 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 7 Kevin Harvick (#29) 6 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 180 14 Ford 143 5 Dodge 133 5 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 12 Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 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 Jeff Burton (#31) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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