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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 16 DODGE/SAVE MART 350 INFINEON RACEWAY 350 K – 218 M – 110 L
– Purse:
$5,371,771 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 110 190 * 10 $325,661 Running 2 4 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 110 175 * 5 219,758 Running 3 37 96 Terry Labonte DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 110 170 * 5 155,825 Running 4 7 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 110 160 141,700 Running 5 1 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 110 160 * 5 145,433 Running 6 20 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 110 150 116,800 Running 7 13 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 110 146 122,120 Running 8 24 38 Elliott Sadler Pedigree Ford 110 142 118,583 Running 9 5 60 Boris Said Sobe-No Fear Ford 110 143 * 5 89,425 Running 10 16 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 110 139 * 5 144,186 Running 11 19 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg's Chevrolet 110 130 97,575 Running 12 40 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Freight
Chevrolet 110 127 85,075 Running 13 8 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 110 124 96,725 Running 14 42 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 110 121 89,025 Running 15 39 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 110 118 108,283 Running 16 28 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 110 115 87,875 Running 17 9 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 110 112 120,791 Running 18 2 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 110 109 121,825 Running 19 23 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 110 106 102,833 Running 20 34 42 Casey
Mears Chevron-Texaco Dodge 110 103 113,708 Running 21 33 45 Kyle
Petty Wells 22 32 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 110 97 105,441 Running 23 35 55 Michael
Waltrip 24 3 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 110 96 * 5 111,611 Running 25 10 01 Joe
Nemechek 26 26 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 110 85 107,916 Running 27 25 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 110 82 72,300 Running 28 12 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 110 84 * 5 122,561 Running 29 41 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 110 76 79,500 Running 30 27 40 Scott
Pruett Coors Light Dodge 110 73 89,422 Running 31 6 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 110 70 110,914 Running 32 31 72 David
Gilliland Dutch Quality Stone
Dodge 108 67 68,050 Running 33 38 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 104 64 105,965 Accident 34 22 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 104 61 99,905 Accident 35 21 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 104 58 104,656 Accident 36 15 4 P.J.
Jones AERO Exhaust
Chevrolet 101 55 67,610 Rear End 37 17 32 Ron
Fellows Tide/Downy
Chevrolet 100 52 67,475 Running 38 43 02 Brandon
Ash Sprinter Trucking, Inc.
Dodge 85 49 67,360 Running 39 36 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
Dodge 79 46 67,250 Drive Shaft 40 14 7 Robby
Gordon Menards/Energizer
Chevrolet 74 43 67,125 Accident 41 18 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Ford 0 40 94,214 Accident 42 29 14 43 30 27 Tom
Hubert Interush Ford 0 34 67,116 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Johnny Miller #34; Chris Cook
#49; Travis Kvapil #78; Stanton Barrett #95; Brian Simo #61. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 102,000, Jeff Gordon won the Dodge/Save Mart 350, posting his 74th
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: #1 Truex Jr.
(engine change). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 57 minutes,
36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 73.953
mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 1.250 seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kurt Busch (93.055 mph,
76.987 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kasey Kahne CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Frank Stoddard (crew chief for Boris Said) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Gordon GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon (90.382
mph, Lap 104) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $80,000 at Daytona International Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jeff Gordon U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Terry Labonte (34
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon (44
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 12
laps. 2-3 (Car #07, 14, 21, 27 & 42-Accident, Turn 8 [Red Flag-12:01 Lap 2]);
40-41 (Car #18-Spin, Turn 3); 48 (Car #32-Stalled on Track); 60-61 (Car #01-Spin,
Turn 11); 98 (Debris); 101-102 (Debris); 106-107 (Car #18, 41, 43 & 88-Accident,
Turn 2 [Red Flag-12:40 Lap 105]). LAP LEADERS: 9 lead changes among
8 drivers. Kurt Busch 1-29, Tony Stewart 30, Boris Said 31, Jimmie Johnson 32,
Kevin Harvick 33-37, Ryan Newman 38-48, Jeff Gordon
49-69, Johnson 70, Terry Labonte 71-87, Jeff Gordon
88-110. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2434 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2333 (2) 3 –Kasey Kahne 2121 (4) 4 –Mark Martin 2113 (0) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2105 (1) 6 –Jeff Burton 2034 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 2012 (1) 8–Jeff Gordon 1986 (1) 9–Greg Biffle 1967 (1) 10–Kevin Harvick 1945 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 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 Kurt Busch 2 Ryan Newman 1 Jeff Burton 1 Scott Riggs 1 Kyle Busch 1 Elliott Sadler 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 185 Clint Bowyer 154 Reed Sorenson 144 Martin Truex Jr. 138 J.J. Yeley 133 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 114 8 Dodge 95 5 Ford 95 3 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 Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 119 Roush Yates (#17) 109 Roush Yates (#16) 105 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 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
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