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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 13 NEIGHBORHOOD EXCELLENCE
400 PRESENTED BY BANK OF 1-Mile Oval 400 M – 400 L – Purse: $5,667,009 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 19 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Ford 400 185 * 5 $323,591 Running 2 9 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 400 180 * 10 239,600 Running 3 5 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 400 165 198,586 Running 4 17 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 400 165 * 5 164,245 Running 5 30 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s
Chevrolet 400 160 * 5 128,425 Running 6 42 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 400 150 153,261 Running 7 26 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 146 135,039 Running 8 20 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 400 147 * 5 112,800 Running 9 6 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 400 143 * 5 107,950 Running 10 11 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 400 139 * 5 130,341 Running 11 7 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet 400 130 94,300 Running 12 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 400 132 * 5 133,011 Running 13 28 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 400 124 126,236 Running 14 1 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 400 126 * 5 134,533 Running 15 25 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 123 * 5 104,125 Running 16 4 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 400 115 122,658 Running 17 22 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 400 112 93,250 Running 18 2 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 114 * 5 120,416 Running 19 39 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 400 106 91,800 Running 20 15 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 400 103 85,300 Running 21 34 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 400 100 117,083 Running 22 21 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 399 97 107,883 Running 23 24 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 399 94 90,025 Running 24 40 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 399 91 112,500 Running 25 10 20 Tony Stewart POWERAde/Home Depot Chevrolet 398 88 130,786 Running 26 32 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 398 85 79,200 Running 27 35 45 Kyle Petty Wells 28 12 66 Jeff Green Best Buy/Windows Live OneCare
Chevrolet 398 79 100,058 Running 29 27 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 398 76 89,308 Running 30 31 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 398 73 87,547 Running 31 23 14 32 33 55 Michael Waltrip 33 38 21 Ken Schrader LIttle Debbie Ford 397 64 102,214 Running 34 43 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 396 61 73,850 Running 35 13 01 Joe Nemechek 36 41 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevrolet 394 55 73,525 Running 37 36 74 Derrike
Cope Sundance
Vacations/Royal Admin Dodge 393 52 73,375 Running 38 37 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 378 49 73,265 Running 39 18 49 Kevin Lepage State Water Heaters Dodge 299 46 73,155 Engine 40 8 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 296 43 100,933 Accident 41 29 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 290 45 * 5 80,895 Overheating 42 14 18 # J.J.
Yeley Imitrex Chevrolet 286 37 107,385 Accident 43 16 00 Hermie
Sadler UWFUSA.com Chevrolet 136 34 73,033 Transmission # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Stanton Barrett #95; Carl Long
#34; Chad Chaffin #61; Donnie Neuenberger #52. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 145,000, Matt Kenseth won the Neighborhood
Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America, posting his 12th 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: #26 McMurray
(engine change); #20 Stewart (driver change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 38 minutes,
27 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 109.865
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .787-second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (154.633
mph, 23.281 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeremy Mayfield CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Todd Berrier #29 EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Matt Kenseth GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jamie McMurray (150.088
mph, Lap 329) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $50,000 at Pocono Raceway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Matt Kenseth U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (36 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jamie McMurray (95
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 51
laps. 37-41 (Car #96-Spin, Turn 4); 116-120 (Debris); 265-269 (Debris); 275-278
(Car #40 & 48-Accident, Turn 4); 285-288 (Car #18-Accident, Turn 2);
291-295 (Car #18-Accident, Turn 1); 301-312 (Oil on track); 321-327 (Oil in
track); 346-349 (Car #7-Spin, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 23 lead changes
among 12 drivers. Ryan Newman 1-12, Jeremy Mayfield 13-26, Mark Martin 27-37, Jeff
Gordon 38-115, Matt Kenseth 116, David Stremme 117, J. Gordon 118-120, Kenseth
121-163, Jeff Burton 164-175, Kenseth 176-189, J.
Burton 190-193, Kenseth 194-200, J. Burton 201-209,
Kyle Busch 210, Greg Biffle 211-212, Carl Edwards
213-214, J. Burton 215-237, Martin 238-265, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 266, Kenseth 267-279, Kyle Busch 280-300, Kenseth
301, Jamie McMurray 302-396, Kenseth 397-400. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2011 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 1937 (2) 3 –Mark Martin 1795 (0) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1729 (1) 5 –Tony Stewart 1718 (1) 6 –Kasey Kahne 1715 (3) 7 –Jeff Burton 1615 (0) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1591 (1) 9 –Jeff Gordon 1583 (0) 10–Kyle Busch 1572 (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. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 3 Mike Ford (#11) 2 Kenny Francis (# 9) 2 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 3 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Greg Biffle 2 Ryan
Newman 1 Jeff Burton 1 Scott Riggs 1 Kurt Busch 1 Elliott Sadler 1 Kyle Busch 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jamie McMurray (#26) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 143 Clint Bowyer 129 Reed Sorenson 113 Martin Truex Jr. 111 J.J. Yeley 110 David Stremme 90 Brent Sherman 39 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 92 6 Ford 81 3 Dodge 74 4 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 97 Roush Yates (#17) 95 Roush Yates (#16) 71 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 Jeremy Mayfield (#19) 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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