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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 3 UAW-DAIMLERCHRYSLER 400 1.5-Mile Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L – Purse: $6,240,498 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 270 185 * 5 $386,936 Running 2 9 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 270 180 * 10 293,116 Running 3 4 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/Ice
Age 2 Chevrolet 270 170 * 5 204,775 Running 4 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 270 160 186,714 Running 5 13 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet 270 155 165,686 Running 6 18 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 270 155 * 5 122,950 Running 7 8 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 270 146 145,270 Running 8 1 16 Greg Biffle National Guard Ford 270 147 * 5 125,025 Running 9 38 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 270 138 147,383 Running 10 16 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Freight Chevrolet 270 134 109,650 Running 11 29 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 270 130 138,136 Running 12 32 7 Robby
Gordon Harrah's Chevrolet 270 127 101,300 Running 13 7 01 Joe
Nemechek 14 26 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M's Ford 270 126 * 5 125,758 Running 15 20 07 # Clint
Bowyer HBO Sopranos Chevrolet 270 118 105,800 Running 16 6 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 270 115 126,583 Running 17 12 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 270 112 129,025 Running 18 14 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 270 109 119,508 Running 19 15 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 270 106 124,325 Running 20 27 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 270 103 113,558 Running 21 2 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 270 105 * 5 130,036 Running 22 10 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 270 102 * 5 97,150 Running 23 19 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 270 94 113,625 Running 24 35 96 Terry
Labonte DLP¨
HDTV Chevrolet 270 96 * 5 83,825 Running 25 24 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 270 88 116,016 Running 26 21 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 270 85 90,225 Running 27 42 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 270 82 118,916 Running 28 22 10 Scott
Riggs 29 39 45 Kyle
Petty Wells 30 17 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 270 78 * 5 119,311 Running 31 28 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
Dodge 269 70 90,833 Running 32 37 4 Scott
Wimmer AERO
Exhaust Chevrolet 269 67 78,975 Running 33 40 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 267 64 97,272 Running 34 41 49 # Brent
Sherman Serta
Dodge 266 61 78,575 Running 35 25 55 Michael
Waltrip 36 31 14 37 30 61 Kevin
Lepage Hooters
Hotel - 38 34 78 Kenny
Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 250 PE 77,750 Running 39 33 32 Travis
Kvapil Tide
Chevrolet 216 46 77,550 Electrical 40 36 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 206 43 85,300 Running 41 23 21 Ken
Schrader Motorcraft
Ford 187 40 104,314 Engine 42 43 34 43 11 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 88 34 112,125 Accident *Prize money includes
race winnings from the Gatorade Duel at Daytona. # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Stanton Barrett
#95; Hermie Sadler #00; Brandon Ash #02; Mike Skinner
#37; Morgan Shepherd #89; Randy LaJoie #64. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 156,000, Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, posting his
20th 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: #12 Ryan Newman (engine change); #19 Jeremy Mayfield (back-up car);
#78 Kenny Wallace (backup car); #4 Scott Wimmer
(engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 13 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 133.358 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .045 second BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD: Greg Biffle (172.403
mph, 31.322 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: Greg Biffle CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS “MOVE
OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Matt Kenseth MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $30,000 at
Atlanta Motor Speedway++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Casey Mears WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 30
laps. 42-46 (Car #41-Accident, Turn 2); 92-96 (Car #12-Accident, Turn 2);
107-110 (Car #01-Spin, Frontstretch); 157-160
(Debris); 188-191 (Debris); 234-237 (Debris); 265-268 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 22 lead changes
among 11 drivers. Greg Biffle 1-2, Tony Stewart 3-43,
Terry Labonte 44, Mark Martin 45-91, Stewart 92, Brian
Vickers 93, Martin 94-96, Stewart 97-100, Matt Kenseth
101, Stewart 102-107, Martin 108-114, Biffle 115-118,
Kenseth 119-156, Stewart 157, Elliott Sadler 158, Kenseth 159-187, Kyle Busch 188, Bobby Labonte
189, Kenseth 190-233, Stewart 234, Kyle Petty 235, Kenseth 236-269, Jimmie Johnson 270. ++Money awarded at year’s end; amount not
included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 540 (2) 2 –Matt Kenseth 488 (1) 3 –Kasey Kahne 455 (0) 4 –Casey Mears 454 (0) 5 –Mark Martin 430 (0) 6 –Kyle Busch 403 (0) 7 –Clint Bowyer 389 (0) 8 –Elliott Sadler 385 (0) 9 –Jeff Gordon 374 (0) 10–Jeff RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Clint Bowyer 35 Denny Hamlin 28 J.J. Yeley 28 Martin Truex Jr. 26 David Stremme 21 Brent Sherman 20 Reed Sorenson 19 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Greg Biffle 1 Jeff Burton 1 Kurt Busch 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 24 2 Ford 19 1 Dodge 14 0 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07)
1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Casey Mears (#42) 1 MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 46 Roush Yates (#17) 35 E. Elliott (#42) 30 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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