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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 10 CROWN ROYAL 400 .75-Mile Oval 400 L – 300 M – Purse: $4,931,502 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 10 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 400 185 * 5 $239,166 Running 2 7 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet 400 175 * 5 165,200 Running 3 8 29 Kevin
Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 400 175 * 10 169,386 Running 4 1 16 Greg
Biffle National Guard
Ford 400 165 * 5 143,300 Running 5 21 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 400 160 * 5 113,600 Running 6 18 20 Tony
Stewart The Home Depot
Chevrolet 400 150 139,661 Running 7 9 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 146 100,100 Running 8 14 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel My Circle Dodge 400 142 120,658 Running 9 32 14 10 20 07 # Clint
Bowyer Prilosec OTC
Chevrolet 400 134 91,025 Running 11 2 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 400 135 * 5 94,525 Running 12 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 400 127 118,361 Running 13 37 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 400 124 106,808 Running 14 23 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 400 121 69,250 Running 15 15 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 399 118 98,270 Running 16 28 21 Ken Schrader 17 3 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 399 112 104,833 Running 18 25 66 Jeff Green Haas Chevrolet 399 109 93,363 Running 19 31 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 399 106 112,200 Running 20 19 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 399 103 85,808 Running 21 26 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 399 100 100,675 Running 22 34 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 399 97 102,950 Running 23 24 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 399 94 77,025 Running 24 35 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 399 91 104,761 Running 25 42 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 398 88 64,875 Running 26 12 45 Kyle Petty Merchant’s Tire Dodge 398 85 87,108 Running 27 36 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 398 82 76,772 Running 28 17 01 Joe Nemechek 29 13 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 397 76 105,008 Running 30 27 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 397 73 64,300 Running 31 30 55 Michael Waltrip 32 38 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 397 67 93,541 Running 33 29 40 # David
Stremme Coors Light Dodge 397 64 72,375 Running 34 6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 396 61 100,514 Running 35 43 49 Mike Wallace Fire-Dex Dodge 395 58 63,175 Running 36 33 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 389 55 63,025 Running 37 4 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 387 52 70,900 Accident 38 11 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 351 49 109,016 Running 39 39 7 Robby Gordon Menards Chevrolet 345 46 62,650 Accident 40 16 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 286 43 110,861 Engine 41 22 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
Chevrolet 285 40 70,385 Engine 42 40 61 Kevin Lepage Peak Performance Motorsports Dodge 89 37 62,260 Engine 43 41 74 Derrike Cope Sundance Vacations/Royal Admin Svcs Dodge 11 34 62,473 Vibration # Raybestos Rookie of
the Year Contender. * Includes race
leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Kertus Davis
#89; Chad Chaffin #34; Stanton Barrett #95; Hermie Sadler #00. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 107,000, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Crown Royal 400, posting his 17th
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following
driver, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons
indicated: #88 Jarrett (unapproved impound adjustment). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 5 minutes,
27 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 97.061
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .572-second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Greg Biffle (127.395
mph, 21.194 secs.) BANK OF COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Greg Biffle CHECKERS/RALLY’S DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford #11 EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Mark Martin (124.734
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 $20,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Elliott Sadler (24 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Greg Biffle (54
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 61
laps. 9-11 (Car #49-Spin, Backstretch); 21-23 (Car #4-Accident, Backstretch);
66-71 (Car #96-Spin, Frontstretch); 80-91 (Car #66 & 42-Spin, Frontstretch);
94-103 (Car #61-Accident, Turn 3); 186-190 (Car #99-Accident, Turn 4); 261-265
(Car #1-Spin, Frontstretch); 288-292 (Oil on track); 347-352 (Car #7-Accident, Turn
2); 387-390 (Car #10 & 25-Accident, Turn 3); 392-393 (Car #31-Accident, Backstretch). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 6 drivers. Greg Biffle 1; Mark Martin 2; Biffle 3-49; Kevin Harvick
50-66; Biffle 67-72; Harvick 73-185; Dale Earnhardt Jr. 186; Harvick 187-260;
Earnhardt 261; Harvick 262-329; Denny Hamlin 330-348; Kyle Busch 349-355;
Earnhardt 356-400. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 1521 (3) 2 –Tony Stewart 1466 (1) 3 –Matt Kenseth 1422 (1) 4 –Mark Martin 1345 (0) 5 –Kevin Harvick 1313 (1) 6 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1305 (1) 7 –Kasey Kahne 1274 (2) 8 –Kyle Busch 1237 (0) 9 –Jeff Gordon 1216 (0) 10–Casey Mears 1168 (0) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 107 Clint Bowyer 102 J.J. Yeley 90 Martin Truex Jr. 87 Reed Sorenson 83 David Stremme 70 Brent Sherman 39 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car
# Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 3 Mike Ford (#11) 1 Kenny Francis (# 9) 1 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Greg Biffle 2 Kasey Kahne 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) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 3 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 74 6 Ford 59 1 Dodge 57 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car #
Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 BANK OF MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car #
Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 5 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Roush Yates (#17) 71 Hendrick (#48) 70 Cronquist (#20) 60 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 Mark Martin (# 6) 1 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car
# Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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