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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 18 USG SHEETROCK 400 CHICAGOLAND 1.5-Mile Oval 400 M – 267 L
– Purse:
$5,934,007 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 13 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 270 185 * 5 $327,761 Running 2 1 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 270 175 * 5 250,220 Running 3 23 5 Kyle
Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 270 170 * 5 178,075 Running 4 4 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 270 165 * 5 184,586 Running 5 25 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 270 160 * 5 164,591 Running 6 5 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 270 150 154,286 Running 7 18 41 # Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 270 151 * 5 116,525 Running 8 19 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 270 142 138,958 Running 9 38 07 # Clint Bowyer Jack Daniels Chevrolet 270 138 114,425 Running 10 10 18 # J.J.
Yeley VESIcare/GSK Chevrolet 270 134 138,475 Running 11 27 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 270 130 113,000 Running 12 6 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios Most Popular Driver Dodge 270 132 * 5 132,136 Running 13 2 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 270 124 101,350 Running 14 7 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s
Chevrolet 270 121 91,525 Running 15 14 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 270 118 91,325 Running 16 29 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 270 115 116,283 Running 17 15 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 270 112 106,233 Running 18 9 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 270 114 * 5 103,325 Running 19 30 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 270 106 88,125 Running 20 21 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 270 103 106,725 Running 21 20 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 270 100 108,983 Running 22 8 17 Matt Kenseth USG/DeWalt
Ford 270 107 * 10 139,666 Running 23 3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 270 94 120,489 Running 24 16 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 270 91 114,916 Running 25 11 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 270 88 118,783 Running 26 31 14 27 22 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 269 82 100,447 Running 28 33 45 Kyle Petty Wells 29 32 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 269 76 107,008 Running 30 36 55 Michael Waltrip 31 41 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 269 70 110,725 Running 32 34 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 269 72 * 5 132,386 Running 33 17 01 Joe Nemechek 34 28 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 268 61 78,050 Running 35 24 00 Bill Elliott Burger King Chevrolet 268 58 77,850 Running 36 12 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1/Alltel Dodge 268 55 123,058 Running 37 43 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 268 52 77,425 Running 38 37 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 268 49 77,225 Running 39 42 26 Jamie McMurray Lenox Industrial Tools Ford 268 46 123,850 Running 40 39 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 267 43 76,805 Running 41 35 06 Todd Kluever Post-it/3M Ford 267 40 76,605 Running 42 40 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 266 37 103,644 Running 43 26 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 167 34 76,551 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (7) Paul Menard #15; Kevin Lepage #49; Chad Blount #61; Brent Sherman #04; Mike Garvey
#51; Derrike Cope #74; Carl Long #34. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 80,000, Jeff Gordon won the USG Sheetrock 400, posting his 75th 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: #00
Elliott (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 59
seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 132.077
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .461
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Burton (181.647
mph, 29.728 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeff Burton DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Scott Miller (crew chief for Jeff Burton) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Gordon GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (174.791 mph, Lap 239) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $100,000 at New Hampshire Int’l Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Reed Sorenson SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jeff Gordon U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Clint Bowyer (29 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth (112 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 34
laps. 69-72 (Debris); 140-145 (Debris); 172-175 (Oil on track); 200-204 (Car #96-Spin,
Backstretch); 217-220 (Car #38-Spin, Backstretch); 229-232 (Car #55-Accident, Turn
2); 235-237 (Car #42-Accident, Turn 2); 265-268 (Car #17-Spin, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 18 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Jeff Burton 1-59, Kyle Busch 60-61, Jeff Gordon 62-69, Kevin Harvick 70-108, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 109-124, J. Gordon
125-128, Burton 129, Matt Kenseth 130, Tony Stewart
131, Earnhardt 132-142, Reed Sorenson 143-148, Kenseth
149-171, Harvick 172, Mark Martin 173, Kenseth 174-199, J. Gordon 200, Bobby Labonte
201, Kenseth 202-263, J. Gordon 264-270. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2651 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2600 (2) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2394 (1) 4 –Jeff Burton 2327 (0) 5 –Kasey Kahne 2303 (4) 6 –Mark Martin 2291 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 2274 (2) 8 –Kyle Busch 2265 (0) 9–Kevin Harvick 2253 (1) 10–Jeff Gordon 2219 (2) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 4 Mike Ford (#11) 3 Ken Francis (# 9) 3 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 4 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Greg Biffle 2 Ryan
Newman 1 Jeff Burton 2 Scott Riggs 1 Kurt Busch 2 Elliott Sadler 1 Kyle Busch 1 Boris Said 1 Denny Hamlin 1 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 202 Clint Bowyer 178 Reed Sorenson 166 Martin Truex Jr. 153 J.J. Yeley 149 David Stremme 121 Brent Sherman 41 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Kurt Busch (# 2) 3 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 132 10 Dodge 107 5 Ford 103 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 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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