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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 20 POCONO RACEWAY 2.5 Mile Banked Triangular Paved 500 M – 200 L
– Purse:
$4,836,658 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet 200 190 * 10 $230,100 Running 2 7 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 200 175 * 5 182,758 Running 3 5 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 200 170 * 5 175,961 Running 4 4 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 200 160 117,850 Running 5 12 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 200 155 134,436 Running 6 15 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 200 150 133,661 Running 7 13 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 200 146 132,461 Running 8 27 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 200 147 * 5 122,561 Running 9 6 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 200 143 * 5 105,720 Running 10 17 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 200 134 105,383 Running 11 21 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 200 130 110,700 Running 12 8 5 Kyle Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 200 127 86,275 Running 13 29 7 Robby Gordon Menards/MAPEI Chevrolet 200 124 74,725 Running 14 11 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Ford 200 121 113,316 Running 15 18 21 Ken Schrader 16 24 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 200 115 84,333 Running 17 10 01 Joe Nemechek 18 2 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1/Alltel Dodge 200 114 * 5 109,483 Running 19 30 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 200 106 81,825 Running 20 28 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 200 103 113,225 Running 21 19 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 200 100 66,875 Running 22 9 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 200 97 66,575 Running 23 31 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 200 94 101,333 Running 24 20 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 200 91 83,000 Running 25 37 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 200 88 62,975 Running 26 23 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 200 85 73,625 Running 27 40 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 200 82 79,533 Running 28 38 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 200 84 * 5 97,200 Running 29 42 40 # David
Stremme Lone
Star Steakhouse Dodge 199 76 84,633 Running 30 35 14 31 3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 199 70 98,889 Running 32 25 38 Elliott Sadler Combos/M&M’s Ford 199 72 * 5 89,433 Running 33 36 90 Stephen Leicht citifinancial
Ford 199 PE 62,275 Running 34 34 49 Kevin Lepage LoansDepot.com/PoconoManor.com
Dodge 199 61 61,125 Running 35 32 66 Jeff Green Hass Automation/Best Buy Chevrolet 199 58 68,975 Running 36 43 78 Jimmy Spencer Furniture Row Chevrolet 199 55 60,750 Running 37 22 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 199 52 90,566 Running 38 41 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 196 49 60,450 Running 39 16 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 196 46 80,125 Running 40 39 55 Michael Waltrip 41 14 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 194 40 68,035 Running 42 33 45 Kyle Petty Kyle Petty Charity Ride Dodge 117 37 67,885 Accident 43 26 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 115 34 95,088 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Derrike
Cope #74; Stanton Barrett #52; Greg Sacks #34; Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Denny Hamlin won his second Pocono race in a row; it is also
his second NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series career victory. No one dropped to the rear of the field prior
to the green flag. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 46 minutes,
12 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 132.626
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.510
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (169.827
mph, 52.995 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Denny Hamlin DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford (crew chief for Denny Hamlin) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Denny Hamlin GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Denny Hamlin (165.478
mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $120,000 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Denny Hamlin U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Bobby Labonte (19
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Denny Hamlin (151
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 29
laps. 22-24 (Competition); 33-37 (Car #07, 20 & 99-Accident, Frontstretch); 67-71 (Car #45-Accident, Turn 1); 77-79
(Debris); 89-92 (Car #8-Accident, Long Pond Straight); 151-155 (Debris);
181-184 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 13 lead changes
among 9 drivers. Denny Hamlin 1-33, Ryan Newman 34-44, Jeff Burton 45-67, Elliott
Sadler 68, Jeff Gordon 69-71, Newman 72, Hamlin 73-89, Dale Jarrett 90-92,
Hamlin 93-151, Ken Schrader 152, Hamlin 153-174, Kurt Busch 175-178, Bobby Labonte 179-180, Hamlin 181-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2939 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2842 (2) 3 –Jeff Burton 2621 (0) 4 –Kyle Busch 2582 (1) 5 –Kevin Harvick 2563 (1) 6 –Mark Martin 2557 (0) 7 –Kasey Kahne 2515 (4) 8 –Denny Hamlin 2514 (2) 9 –Jeff Gordon 2512 (2) 10–Tony Stewart 2477 (2) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 3 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 Kasey Kahne 4 Kyle
Busch 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Jeff Burton 2 Scott Riggs 1 Kurt Busch 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) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 223 Clint Bowyer 175 Reed Sorenson 168 Martin Truex Jr. 156 J.J. Yeley 153 David Stremme 128 Brent Sherman 41 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Kurt Busch (# 2) 4 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 150 12 Dodge 117 5 Ford 113 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 7 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 129 Roush Yates (#17) 114 Roush Yates (#16) 110 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 3 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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