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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 5 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 500 L – 266.5 M – Purse: $5,426,071 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 9 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 500 185 * 5 $175,858 Running 2 14 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 160,886 Running 3 7 17 Matt Kenseth USG Sheetrock/DeWalt
Ford 500 170 * 5 166,566 Running 4 3 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 500 160 122,575 Running 5 30 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 500 155 138,836 Running 6 4 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 500 150 105,825 Running 7 2 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 500 151 * 5 105,150 Running 8 20 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's
Chevrolet 500 147 * 5 102,450 Running 9 6 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 500 138 129,258 Running 10 23 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 134 125,864 Running 11 19 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 130 124,516 Running 12 1 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 500 137 * 10 168,886 Running 13 13 38 Elliott
Sadler M&M's Ford 500 124 115,733 Running 14 33 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 500 121 88,000 Running 15 29 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 500 118 113,458 Running 16 10 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 115 115,866 Running 17 35 14 18 28 45 Kyle
Petty Schwan's Dodge 500 109 107,433 Running 19 40 4 Scott
Wimmer AERO
Exhaust Chevrolet 500 106 85,050 Running 20 15 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 500 103 119,675 Running 21 11 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 105 * 5 129,336 Running 22 22 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 499 97 92,350 Running 23 32 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
Dodge 499 94 96,683 Running 24 21 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Ford 499 91 111,014 Running 25 12 42 Casey
Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 498 88 118,083 Running 26 37 7 Robby
Gordon Menard's Chevrolet 497 85 83,300 Running 27 36 96 Terry
Labonte DLP®
HDTV Chevrolet 497 82 80,060 Running 28 16 01 Joe
Nemechek 29 27 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 495 76 90,800 Running 30 5 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 487 73 128,486 Running 31 39 61 Kevin
Lepage RoadLoans.com
Ford 485 75 * 5 81,150 Running 32 34 55 Michael
Waltrip 33 24 18 # J.J.
Yeley GSK
AsthmaControl.com Chevrolet 469 64 114,075 Running 34 18 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 467 61 104,845 Running 35 8 26 Jamie
McMurray Sharpie Ford 440 58 125,275 Running 36 26 40 # David
Stremme Lone
Star Steakhouse Dodge 435 55 86,400 Running 37 17 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 434 52 86,350 Running 38 25 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 430 49 86,300 Accident 39 43 95 40 41 32 Travis
Kvapil Tide-Downy
Chevrolet 349 43 78,165 Accident 41 38 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 344 40 78,115 Running 42 31 49 # Brent
Sherman Serta
Dodge 302 37 78,060 Accident 43 42 00 Hermie Sadler Aaron's
Dream Machine Chevrolet 96 34 77,481 Handling *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: (7) Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Kurt Busch won the Food City 500, posting his 15th NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series victory. TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 21 minutes, 19 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 79.427 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .179 second BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD: None, due to inclement weather—rain. BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: Tony Stewart CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS “MOVE
OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Matt Kenseth MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $30,000 at Martinsville Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD:
Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Bobby Labonte WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (245
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 18 cautions for 105
laps. 14-19 (Car #49-Spin, Backstretch); 74-77 (Car #45-Spin, Turn 2); 109-115
(Car #95-Accident, Turn 4); 119-123 (Car #10-Spin, Frontstretch);
127-131 (Car #14 & 55-Accident, Frontstretch);
161-167 (Car #31-Spin, Turn 2); 188-199 (Car #07, 22, 25 & 40-Accident,
Turn 4 [Red 14:10 lap 193]); 207-212 (Debris); 219-222 (Debris); 250-253 (Car
#49-Spin, Backstretch); 262-267 (Car #12, 26, 41 & 42-Accident, Frontstretch); 289-293 (Car #38-Spin, Turn 2); 338-343 (Car
#20 & 49-Accident, Turn 4); 351-355 (Car #19 & 42-Accident,
Backstretch); 408-412 (Car #61-Accident, Turn 4); 415-419 (Car #1, 18 &
31-Accident, Turn 4); 437-444 (Car #1-Accident, Turn 3); 448-452 (Car #22-Spin,
Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 19 lead changes among
8 drivers. Tony Stewart 1-4, Greg Biffle 5-56, Kurt
Busch 57-60, Stewart 61-74, Kevin Lepage 75, Stewart
76-79, Matt Kenseth 80-81, Stewart 82-134, Kenseth 135-141, Stewart 142-157, Jeff Gordon 158-160,
Stewart 161, Kyle Busch 162-195, Kenseth 196-224, Stewart
225-331, Kevin Harvick 332-339, Stewart 340-385, Kurt
Busch 386-409, Kenseth 410-495, Kurt Busch 496-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 782 (1) 2 –Kasey Kahne 774 (1) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 763 (2) 4 –Mark Martin 750 (0) 5 –Kyle Busch 677 (0) 6 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 664 (0) 7 –Jeff Gordon 644 (0) 8 –Casey Mears 642 (0) 9 –Tony Stewart 601 (0) 10–Dale Jarrett 593 (0) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Clint Bowyer 52 Denny Hamlin 46 J.J. Yeley 46 Martin Truex Jr. 41 Reed Sorenson 41 David Stremme 34 Brent Sherman 30 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Kyle Busch (# 5) 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 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car
# Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 34 2 Dodge 32 2 Ford 29 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car
# Pts. Bobby Labonte (#43) 1 Casey Mears (#42) 1 Kyle Petty (#45) 1 BANK OF MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car #
Pts. Roush Yates (#17) 48 Hendrick (#48) 46 Evernham (# 9) 35 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car #
Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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