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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 14 POCONO 500 POCONO RACEWAY 2.5 Mile Banked Triangular Paved 500 M – 200 L – Purse: $4,841,521 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 200 190 * 10 $220,100 Running 2 2 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 200 175 * 5 193,258 Running 3 18 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 200 170 * 5 182,311 Running 4 4 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 200 165 * 5 117,850 Running 5 25 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 200 160 * 5 141,641 Running 6 7 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Subway Ford 200 155 * 5 106,425 Running 7 3 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 151 * 5 117,189 Running 8 17 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 200 147 * 5 80,125 Running 9 5 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 200 143 * 5 104,520 Running 10 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 200 134 123,761 Running 11 14 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 200 135 * 5 114,933 Running 12 23 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 200 127 110,911 Running 13 12 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 200 124 109,661 Running 14 11 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 200 121 104,966 Running 15 24 18 # J.J.
Yeley Husqvarna Chevrolet 200 118 104,500 Running 16 31 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 200 115 68,275 Running 17 20 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 200 112 82,275 Running 18 8 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 200 109 110,900 Running 19 38 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 200 111 * 5 85,683 Running 20 13 38 Elliott Sadler Mega M&M’s Ford 200 103 97,908 Running 21 42 07 # Clint
Bowyer DirecTV Chevrolet 200 105 * 5 79,875 Running 22 9 5 Kyle Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 200 97 81,175 Running 23 26 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 94 97,266 Running 24 15 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 199 91 90,258 Running 25 40 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 199 93 * 5 82,775 Running 26 32 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 199 85 87,783 Running 27 30 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 199 82 77,033 Running 28 36 55 Michael Waltrip 29 21 01 Joe Nemechek 30 29 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 197 73 92,039 Running 31 41 49 Kevin Lepage Pocono Manor Resorts Dodge 197 70 61,675 Running 32 34 78 Jimmy Spencer Furniture Row Chevrolet 197 67 61,525 Running 33 37 61 34 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 189 61 109,461 Accident 35 28 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevrolet 186 58 60,975 Running 36 35 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 183 55 68,750 Running 37 19 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 181 52 68,575 Rear End 38 27 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 181 49 92,525 Running 39 39 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 118 46 60,325 Brakes 40 33 45 Kyle Petty National Tire & Battery Dodge 68 43 68,175 Accident 41 43 51 Mike Garvey 42 16 14 43 22 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 1 34 94,255 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Scott Wimmer
#4; Derrike Cope #74; Stanton Barrett #95; Greg Sacks
#34; Brent Sherman #72. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Denny Hamlin won the Pocono 500, posting his career-first
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 47 minutes,
52 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.656
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.328-seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (169.638
mph, 53.054 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Denny Hamlin CHECKERS/RALLY’S 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 (165.548
mph, Lap 6) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $60,000 at Michigan Int’l Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Denny Hamlin U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Clint Bowyer (21 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Denny Hamlin (83
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 28
laps. 2-4 (Car #42 & 10-Accident Turn 3); 22-24 (Car #41-Accident ); 52-57
(Debris); 63-66 (Debris); 70-73 (Car #45-Accident, Turn 2); 142-145 (Debris); 192-195
(Car #24-Accident Turn 1 [Red Flag Lap 193-13:09]). LAP LEADERS: 25 lead changes
among 13 drivers. Denny Hamlin 1-21, Ryan Newman 22, Hamlin 23-50, Kurt Busch
51-52, Travis Kvapil 53, Kurt Busch 54-58, Jeff
Burton 59-69, Kurt Busch 70-74, Brian Vickers 75-93, Kurt Busch 94, Carl
Edwards 95, Kasey Kahne 96, Tony Stewart 97-102,
Hamlin 103-104, Kurt Busch 105-120, Greg Biffle
121-130, Kurt Busch 131, Hamlin 132-137, Matt Kenseth
138-139, Biffle 140-163, Hamlin 164-165, Kurt Busch
166, Kenseth 167, Scott Riggs 168, Clint Bowyer
169-176, Hamlin 177-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2145 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2097 (2) 3 –Mark Martin 1907 (0) 4 –Tony Stewart 1888 (1) 5 –Kasey Kahne 1866 (3) 6 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1850 (1) 7 –Jeff Burton 1758 (0) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1715 (1) 9 –Denny Hamlin 1682 (1) 10–Kyle Busch 1669 (0) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 3 Greg Zipadelli (#20) 3 Kenny Francis (# 9) 2 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 3 Denny
Hamlin 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Jeff Burton 1 Ryan Newman 1 Kurt Busch 1 Scott Riggs 1 Kyle Busch 1 Elliott Sadler 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 164 Clint Bowyer 138 J.J. Yeley 120 Martin Truex Jr. 119 Reed Sorenson 119 David Stremme 97 Brent Sherman 40 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 101 7 Ford 85 3 Dodge 80 4 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 3 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 Tony Stewart (#20) 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush Yates (#17) 106 Hendrick (#48) 103 Roush Yates (#16) 81 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Mark Martin (# 6) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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