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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 15 3M PERFORMANCE 400
PRESENTED BY POST-IT PICTURE PAPER 2 Mile Oval 400 M – 200 L – Purse: $5,037,040 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 129 185 * 5 $205,364 Running 2 31 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 129 175 * 5 147,200 Running 3 6 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 129 170 * 5 146,991 Running 4 10 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Charter Ford 129 165 * 5 115,300 Running 5 25 41 # Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 129 160 * 5 98,350 Running 6 4 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 129 150 128,386 Running 7 37 42 Casey
Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 129 146 122,183 Running 8 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 129 152 * 10 137,436 Running 9 13 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 129 138 117,583 Running 10 19 29 Kevin Harvick Reese’s/GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 129 134 119,936 Running 11 12 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 129 130 109,295 Running 12 21 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 129 127 78,925 Running 13 20 17 Matt Kenseth Carhartt/DeWalt
Ford 129 124 121,416 Running 14 15 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 129 126 * 5 91,725 Running 15 42 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 129 118 118,683 Running 16 11 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 129 115 103,583 Running 17 3 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 129 117 * 5 96,175 Running 18 24 7 Robby Gordon Menards Chevrolet 129 109 76,025 Running 19 30 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 129 106 99,783 Running 20 40 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 129 103 110,100 Running 21 23 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 129 100 89,008 Running 22 32 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 129 97 102,458 Running 23 41 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 129 94 118,675 Running 24 26 14 25 28 55 Michael Waltrip 26 7 01 Joe Nemechek 27 8 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 129 82 88,035 Running 28 5 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 129 79 109,821 Running 29 16 10 Scott Riggs 30 33 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 129 73 72,600 Running 31 36 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 129 70 69,450 Running 32 34 23 Bill Lester Waste Management Dodge 129 67 69,375 Running 33 27 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 129 64 77,300 Running 34 29 49 Kevin Lepage RoadLoans
Dodge 129 66 * 5 70,150 Running 35 35 45 Kyle Petty Wells 36 18 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 129 55 98,991 Running 37 43 34 Mike Skinner Oak Gloves Chevrolet 129 52 68,950 Running 38 39 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 126 49 68,850 Running 39 9 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 86 46 76,805 Running 40 14 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 80 43 103,340 Running 41 17 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 58 40 122,666 Accident 42 22 21 Ken Schrader Motorcraft Ford 30 37 95,904 Accident 43 38 74 Derrike
Cope Sundance
Vacations/Royal Admin Dodge 12 34 68,127 Overheating # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Carl Long #37; Mike Garvey #51;
Chad Chaffin #61; Jimmy Spencer #78. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 145,000, Kasey Kahne won the rain-shortened
3M Performance 400 presented by Post-it Picture Paper, his fifth career NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver, under
penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #12 Newman
(transmission change). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 10 minutes,
19 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 118.788
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under
caution BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (185.644 mph, 38.784 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kasey Kahne CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Ken Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon (183.791
mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale
Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $70,000 at Infineon Raceway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Reed Sorenson SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Casey Mears (30 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon (50
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 37
laps. 4-6 (Car #7-Spin, Turn 2); 11-17 (Rain); 23-25 (Car #20 & 66-Accident,
Turn 4); 32-35 (Car #01, 18 & 21-Accident, Backstretch); 55-58 (Rain);
68-70 (Car #17-Spin, Turn 2); 81-84 (Debris); 112-115 (Debris); 125-129 (Rain). LAP LEADERS: 17 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Kasey Kahne 1, Jeff Gordon 2-22, Kyle
Busch 23-31, Kahne 32-35, Jeff Gordon 36-45, Kahne 46, Jeff Gordon 47-55, Kyle Petty 56, Jeff Gordon
57-59, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 60-61, Jeff Gordon 62-68, Greg Biffle
69-79, Earnhardt Jr. 80, Brian Vickers 81-87, Carl Edwards 88-112, Kevin Lepage 113, Reed Sorenson 114-116, Kahne
117-129. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2295 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2221 (2) 3 –Kasey Kahne 2051 (4) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2020 (1) 5 –Mark Martin 1989 (0) 6 –Tony Stewart 1928 (1) 7 –Jeff Burton 1888 (0) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1849 (1) 9 –Denny Hamlin 1809 (1) 10–Greg Biffle 1807 (1) 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 Ken Francis (# 9) 3 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 4 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 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 174 Clint Bowyer 145 Reed Sorenson 136 Martin Truex Jr. 128 J.J. Yeley 126 David Stremme 105 Brent Sherman 40 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Jeff Burton (#31) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 105 7 Ford 91 3 Dodge 89 5 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Casey Mears (#42) 2 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 Tony Stewart (#20) 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 113 Roush Yates (#17) 109 Evernham (# 9) 100 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) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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