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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 11 DODGE CHARGER 500 1.366-Mile Oval 501 M – 367 L – Purse: $5,400,769 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 9 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 367 190 * 10 $290,175 Running 2 12 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 367 175 * 5 223,161 Running 3 31 17 Matt
Kenseth DeWalt Ford 367 170 * 5 205,291 Running 4 25 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 367 165 * 5 165,311 Running 5 22 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 367 155 152,916 Running 6 2 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel My Circle Dodge 367 155 * 5 139,333 Running 7 29 5 Kyle
Busch CARQUEST Chevrolet 367 151 * 5 120,625 Running 8 17 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 367 142 105,625 Running 9 20 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 367 138 115,320 Running 10 5 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 367 134 97,900 Running 11 16 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 367 130 94,375 Running 12 13 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 367 127 133,386 Running 13 24 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Moen Chevrolet 367 129 * 5 85,225 Running 14 39 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 367 121 108,408 Running 15 23 21 Ken Schrader 16 36 01 Joe Nemechek 17 21 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 366 112 113,908 Running 18 40 45 Kyle Petty 19 10 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 366 106 115,633 Running 20 42 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 366 103 76,725 Running 21 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 366 105 * 5 126,439 Running 22 11 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 366 97 113,136 Running 23 3 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels
Chevrolet 365 94 84,400 Running 24 35 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 365 96 * 5 106,750 Running 25 4 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 365 88 96,533 Running 26 26 18 # J.J.
Yeley Boniva Chevrolet 365 85 107,775 Running 27 32 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 364 87 * 5 84,158 Running 28 27 14 29 6 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 364 76 99,483 Running 30 18 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 364 73 71,400 Running 31 19 10 Scott Riggs 32 28 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 363 67 75,975 Running 33 38 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 363 64 68,750 Running 34 43 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevrolet 361 61 67,675 Running 35 37 55 Michael Waltrip 36 41 49 Kevin Lepage FreightLiner/Fire-Dex
Dodge 353 55 67,300 Running 37 14 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 350 52 104,036 Running 38 30 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 346 49 96,866 Running 39 7 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 281 46 86,550 Engine 40 34 95 Stanton Barrett theracespace.com Chevrolet 255 43 66,600 Engine 41 8 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 246 40 74,475 Running 42 15 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 223 37 113,200 Engine 43 33 74 Derrike
Cope Royal Admin/Sundance
Vacations Dodge 11 34 66,577 Oil Pressure # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 75,000, Greg Biffle won the Dodge Charger
500, posting his 10th 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: #14 Marlin (engine change); #44 T. Labonte (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 42 minutes,
36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 135.127
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .209-second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (169.013 mph, 29.096 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kasey Kahne CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford #11 EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Greg Biffle GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kasey Kahne (162.813 mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale
Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $30,000 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Greg Biffle U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Matt Kenseth (28
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle (170 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 24
laps. 28-31 (Car #25-Accident, Backstretch); 70-73 (Debris); 96-99 (Car #38
& 66-Accident, Turn 2); 151-154 (Car #20-Spin, Turn 4); 213-216 (Debris);
249-252 (Car #38-Spin, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 25 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Kasey Kahne 1-29; Dave Blaney 30; Kahne 31-35; Greg Biffle 36-96; Kahne 97-103; Biffle 104-113; Matt Kenseth
114-115; Biffle 116-126; Kenseth
127-150; Ryan Newman 151; Dale Jarrett 152; Kenseth
153-190; Jimmie Johnson 191-212; Biffle 213; Johnson
214-248; Biffle 249; Johnson 250-264; Biffle 265-301; Johnson 302-307; Jeff Gordon 308; Johnson
309-311; J. Gordon 312-315; Ryan Newman 316; Kyle Busch 317; Robby Gordon 318; Biffle 319-367. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1686 (3) 2 –Tony Stewart 1593 (1) 3 –Matt Kenseth 1592 (1) 4 –Mark Martin 1487 (0) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1460 (1) 6 –Jeff Gordon 1391 (0) 7 –Kyle Busch 1388 (0) 8 –Kasey Kahne 1379 (2) 9 –Kevin Harvick 1365 (1) 10–Jeff RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 119 Clint Bowyer 110 Martin Truex Jr. 96 J.J. Yeley 96 Reed Sorenson 93 David Stremme 77 Brent Sherman 39 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (# 5) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 3 Mike Ford (#11) 2 Kenny Francis (# 9) 1 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 3 Greg Biffle 2 Jeff Burton 1 Kurt Busch 1 Kyle Busch 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Elliott Sadler 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 3 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 80 6 Ford 68 2 Dodge 61 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush Yates (#17) 84 Hendrick (#48) 82 Cronquist (#20) 64 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Mark Martin (# 6) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kasey Kahne (#
9) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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