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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 12 COCA-COLA 600 LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5-Mile Oval 600 M – 400 L – Purse: $6,432,681 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 9 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 190 * 10 $428,114 Running 2 3 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 400 175 * 5 288,236 Running 3 22 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 170 * 5 201,050 Running 4 21 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 400 165 * 5 166,100 Running 5 6 17 Matt
Kenseth R+L
Carriers/DeWalt Ford 400 160 * 5 180,366 Running 6 11 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 400 155 * 5 154,520 Running 7 7 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 400 151 * 5 134,650 Running 8 33 26 Jamie
McMurray Smirnoff Ice Ford 400 142 158,825 Running 9 8 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Chevrolet 400 143 * 5 111,000 Running 10 23 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 400 134 119,275 Running 11 34 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 400 130 140,071 Running 12 10 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 400 132 * 5 131,033 Running 13 1 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools/”Cars” Dodge 400 129 * 5 147,075 Running 14 36 15 Paul Menard Menards Chevrolet 400 121 95,525 Running 15 2 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 118 134,116 Running 16 41 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Black Chevrolet 400 115 98,075 Running 17 5 43 Bobby Labonte Go Gurt
Dodge 400 117 * 5 134,646 Running 18 19 01 Joe Nemechek 19 15 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniels Country
Cocktail Chevrolet 399 106 101,725 Running 20 4 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 399 103 132,575 Running 21 27 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 399 100 115,833 Running 22 31 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 399 102 * 5 104,908 Running 23 30 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 398 94 124,933 Running 24 14 70 Johnny Sauter Haas Automation Chevrolet 398 PE 85,750 Running 25 39 45 Kyle Petty My Coke Rewards Dodge 397 88 108,308 Running 26 40 21 Ken Schrader 27 38 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 397 87 * 5 86,825 Running 28 16 14 29 35 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 396 76 83,175 Running 30 26 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 396 78 * 5 113,958 Running 31 25 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 396 70 90,900 Running 32 29 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 395 67 82,775 Running 33 24 44 Terry Labonte CARQUEST Chevrolet 393 64 83,600 Running 34 12 29 Kevin Harvick Reece’s Caramel Cup Chevrolet 373 61 119,461 Running 35 18 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 369 58 127,808 Running 36 13 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 360 60 * 5 133,111 Accident 37 17 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 331 52 90,050 Running 38 28 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s/”Cars” Chevrolet 313 49 99,935 Accident 39 20 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 290 46 122,858 Running 40 42 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV/”Cars” Chevrolet 264 43 81,715 Engine 41 43 55 Michael Waltrip 42 32 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 32 37 135,456 Accident 43 37 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 0 34 113,817 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (9) Kevin Lepage #49; Hermie Sadler #00;
Chad Chaffin #61; Michael Waltrip #55; Stanton
Barrett #95; Mike Garvey #51; Chad Blount #34; Carl Long #37; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Kertus Davis
#72. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 175,000, Kasey Kahne
won the Coca-Cola 600, posting his fourth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory and
his third this season. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under
penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #7 Robby
Gordon (engine change); #55 Michael Waltrip (driver
change). TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 39 minutes,
25 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 128.840
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.114-seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Scott Riggs (187.865
mph, 28.744 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Scott Riggs CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis #9 EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey
Kahne GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kasey Kahne (181.898 mph, Lap 255) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $40,000 at Dover International Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Jamie McMurray (25 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne (158 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 15 cautions for 67
laps. 2-4 (Car #88-Accident, Turn 3); 34-39 (Car #20-Accident, Turn 2); 49-52 (Car
#12-Accident, Turn 4); 67-70 (Car #2-Accident, Turn 2); 93-96 (Debris); 113-115
(Car #15-Spin, Turn 4); 130-134 (Debris); 145-146 (Car #99-Accident, Turn 2);
161-165 (Car #25-Accident, Turn 4 ); 203-209 (Debris); 236-239 (Debris);
249-253 (Car #70-Accident, Turn 1); 306-309 (Debris); 314-320 (Car #5 & 42-Accident,
Frontstretch); 364-367 (Car #24-Accident, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 37 lead changes
among 16 drivers. Scott Riggs 1-35, Elliott Sadler 36, Michael Waltrip 37, Riggs 38-49, Jeff Gordon 50-67, Travis Kvapil 68, Jimmie Johnson 69-92, Greg Biffle
93, Riggs 94-96, Jeff Green 97-109, Mark Martin 110, Green 111-113, Martin
114-130, Jeff Burton 131, Riggs 132-144, Biffle
145-161, Scott Wimmer 162, Denny Hamlin 163-180, Kasey Kahne 181-200, Hamlin
201-203, Biffle 204, Kahne
205-235, Biffle 236, Hamlin 237-240, Kahne 241-248, Riggs 249, Kahne
250-289, Riggs 290-291, Matt Kenseth 292, Kahne 293-305, Riggs 306, Burton 307-317, Bobby Labonte 318, Martin 319-320, Kahne
321-336, Riggs 337-359, Carl Edwards 360-370, Kahne
371-400. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1861 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 1752 (1) 3 –Mark Martin 1652 (0) 4 –Tony Stewart 1630 (1) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1590 (1) 6 –Kasey Kahne 1569 (3) 7 –Jeff Gordon 1451 (0) 8 –Jeff Burton 1450 (0) 9 –Kyle Busch 1437 (0) 10–Kevin Harvick 1426 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Kyle Busch (# 5) 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 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 3 Kyle
Busch 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Jeff Burton 1 Scott Riggs 1 Kurt Busch 1 Elliott Sadler 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 132 Clint Bowyer 119 J.J. Yeley 104 Martin Truex Jr. 103 Reed Sorenson 103 David Stremme 83 Brent Sherman 39 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 86 6 Ford 72 2 Dodge 70 4 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 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 Scott Riggs (#10) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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