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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 4 GOLDEN CORRAL 500 1.54-Mile Paved Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $4,848,913 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 325 185 * 5 $197,664 Running 2 11 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 325 170 127,800 Running 3 26 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 325 165 138,841 Running 4 12 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 325 165 * 5 137,236 Running 5 21 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 325 160 * 5 154,961 Running 6 14 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 325 150 121,761 Running 7 22 15 Paul
Menard Menard’s Chevrolet 325 146 78,625 Running 8 32 45 Kyle
Petty National Tire
& Battery Dodge 325 142 108,133 Running 9 31 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 325 138 109,850 Running 10 15 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target/Fuji Films Dodge 325 134 89,225 Running 11 29 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 325 130 74,650 Running 12 17 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 325 127 88,025 Running 13 27 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt
Power Tools Ford 325 124 118,616 Running 14 34 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 325 121 108,350 Running 15 5 18 # J.J.
Yeley Husqvarna/Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 325 118 109,050 Running 16 8 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 325 125 * 10 104,175 Running 17 13 01 Joe Nemechek 18 2 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 325 114 * 5 115,033 Running 19 35 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 324 106 92,608 Running 20 24 55 Michael Waltrip 21 10 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 324 100 105,908 Running 22 43 96 Terry Labonte DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 324 102 * 5 67,850 Running 23 37 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 324 94 80,200 Running 24 25 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 324 91 98,164 Running 25 3 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 324 93 * 5 97,870 Running 26 39 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 324 85 90,033 Running 27 16 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels Chevrolet 324 82 78,060 Running 28 36 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 324 79 69,810 Running 29 28 38 Elliott Sadler Combos/M&M’s Ford 324 76 97,433 Running 30 42 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 323 73 69,900 Running 31 7 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 323 75 * 5 70,125 Running 32 30 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 323 67 75,797 Running 33 38 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 322 64 75,125 Running 34 33 14 35 23 61 Kevin Lepage amp Energy Drink Ford 322 63 * 5 66,190 Running 36 40 49 # Brent
Sherman Serta
Dodge 322 55 66,055 Running 37 9 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 321 57 * 5 99,153 Running 38 19 23 Bill Lester Waste Management Dodge 319 PE 65,985 Running 39 6 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 313 46 102,876 Running 40 18 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 313 43 85,700 Running 41 20 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 235 40 95,846 Running 42 41 00 Hermie
Sadler Aaron’s Dream Machine
Ford 166 37 65,815 Suspension 43 4 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 56 39 103,725 Engine *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: (9) Mike Garvey #51;
Stanton Barrett #95; Chad Chaffin #34; Derrike Cope
#74; Kenny Wallace #78; Travis Kvapil #32; Mike
Skinner #37; Greg Sacks #13; Chad Blount #92. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 45,000, Kasey Kahne
won the rain-delayed Golden Corral 500, posting his second 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: #25 Brian Vickers
(engine change); #49 Brent Sherman (back-up car). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 28 minutes, 24 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 144.098 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.928 seconds BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD: Kasey Kahne (192.533 mph, 28.792 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: Kasey Kahne CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS “MOVE
OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Greg Biffle MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $20,000 at Bristol Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Reed Sorenson SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Kyle
Petty WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle (128 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 43
laps. 16-19 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 4); 43-47 (Car #5-Accident, Turn 4); 68-73
(Debris); 119-125 (Car #19-Accident, Turn 2); 166-169 (Debris); 189-197
(Debris); 221-224 (Car #07-Spin, Turn 2); 264-267 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 27 lead changes
among 12 drivers. Kasey Kahne
1, Ryan Newman 2-3, Bobby Labonte 4-16, Kahne 17-19, Greg Biffle 20-43, Kurt
Busch 44-63, Denny Hamlin 64-67, Kurt Busch 68, Kevin Lepage
69, Hamlin 70-73, Biffle 74, Hamlin 75-79, Biffle 80-118, Kurt Busch 119, Tony Stewart 120-141, Hamlin
142-144, Stewart 145-165, Jeff Burton 166, Michael Waltrip
167, Stewart 168-171, Biffle 172-188, Jeff Gordon 189,
Terry Labonte 190-194, Stewart 195-197, Biffle 198-220, Kahne 221, Biffle 222-245, Kahne 246-325. ++Money awarded at year’s end; amount not
included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 690 (2) 2 –Kasey Kahne 640 (1) 3 –Matt Kenseth 612 (1) 4 –Mark Martin 600 (0) 5 –Casey Mears 554 (0) 6 –Jeff Gordon 539 (0) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 534 (0) 8 –Kyle Busch 530 (0) 9 –Dale Jarrett 490 (0) 10–Clint Bowyer 471 (0) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Clint Bowyer 43 J.J. Yeley 38 Denny Hamlin 35 Martin Truex Jr. 35 Reed Sorenson 31 David Stremme 27 Brent Sherman 25 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Greg Biffle 1 Jeff Burton 1 Kurt Busch 1 Kasey Kahne 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car #
Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car
# Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 28 2 Ford 25 1 Dodge 23 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car
# Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Casey Mears (#42) 1 Kyle Petty (#45) 1 BANK OF MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 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 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car #
Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 1 SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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