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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 35 CHECKER AUTO PARTS 500 PRESENTED BY
PENNZOIL 1-Mile Oval 500 K – 312 M – 312 L – Purse: $4,892,924 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 29 Kevin
Harvick Reese’s
Cookies Chevrolet 312 190 ** 10 $245,761 Running 2 29 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 312 175 * 5 212,211 Running 3 22 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 312 165 139,800 Running 4 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 312 165 * 5 165,061 Running 5 12 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 312 155 120,425 Running 6 21 6 Mark
Martin AAA Insurance Ford 312 155 * 5 104,725 Running 7 11 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 312 146 118,239 Running 8 8 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 312 142 116,083 Running 9 4 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 312 138 115,041 Running 10 18 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 312 134 108,845 Running 11 3 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 312 130 83,350 Running 12 26 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 312 127 100,608 Running 13 10 17 Matt Kenseth USG Ford 312 129 * 5 114,941 Running 14 23 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 312 121 120,486 Running 15 7 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 312 118 110,533 Running 16 13 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 312 120 * 5 97,858 Running 17 16 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 312 112 98,491 Running 18 36 40 # David
Stremme Discount
Tire Company Dodge 312 109 92,233 Running 19 5 01 Joe Nemechek Principal Financial Chevrolet 312 106 94,120 Running 20 35 18 # J.J.
Yeley Boniva/GSK Chevrolet 312 103 104,925 Running 21 41 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 312 100 67,325 Running 22 42 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 312 97 67,100 Running 23 31 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 312 94 81,983 Running 24 32 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 312 91 93,839 Running 25 34 45 Kyle Petty Wells 26 17 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 312 85 100,333 Running 27 15 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 311 82 102,986 Running 28 24 4 Ward Burton Lucas Oil Chevrolet 311 79 65,425 Running 29 28 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 310 76 70,800 Running 30 33 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 310 73 72,722 Running 31 43 37 Bill Elliott R&J Racing Dodge 309 70 62,550 Running 32 40 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 307 67 62,400 Running 33 20 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 306 64 71,225 Oil Line 34 6 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 306 61 82,350 Running 35 39 61 36 30 14 Sterling Marlin Principal Financial Chevrolet 303 60 * 5 61,875 Running 37 25 66 Jeff Green Best Buy/Haas Automation Chevrolet 298 52 69,750 Accident 38 9 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 291 49 79,625 Running 39 27 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 289 46 93,575 Accident 40 14 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 272 43 108,175 Accident 41 38 49 Mike Bliss WhatsOnline.com Dodge 262 40 61,210 Engine 42 19 55 Michael Waltrip 43 37 72 Brandon Whitt Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet 123 34 61,286 Rear End # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (8) Jason Leffler
#71; Todd Kluever #06; Morgan Shepherd #89; Brandon
Ash #02; Kevin Lepage #34; Kenny Wallace #78; Derrike Cope #74; Jeremy Mayfield #09. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 106,000, Kevin Harvick won the Checker Auto
Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil, posting his 10th 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: #7 R. Gordon (engine
change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 14 minutes,
44 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 96.131 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .250
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (134.464
mph, 26.773 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeff Gordon DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Todd Berrier (crew chief for Kevin
Harvick) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kevin Harvick GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (130.487
mph, Lap 159) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $80,000 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kevin Harvick U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (27 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (28 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 58
laps. 71-76 (Debris); 151-157 (Debris); 188-195 (Oil on track); 227-230 (Car #7
& 61-Accident, Turn 1); 253-257 (Oil on track); 265-271 (Car #49-Accident Backstretch);
274-281 (Car #5, 12, 26, 66 & 88-Accident, Turn 1); 292-296 (Car #14 & 88-Accident,
Turn 4); 300-304 (Car #66-Accident, Turn 1); 307-309 (Car #42-Spin, Turn 2 [Red
Flag - 307; 8:58]). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 7 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-3, Kevin Harvick 4-71,
Matt Kenseth 72, Harvick
73-133, Jimmie Johnson 134-151, Sterling Marlin 152, Johnson 153-161, Harvick 162-254, David Gilliland 255, Mark Martin 256-259,
Johnson 260, Martin 261-282, Harvick 283-312. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 6,332 (5) 2 –Matt Kenseth 6,269 (4) 3 –Kevin Harvick 6,242 (5) 4 –Denny Hamlin 6,242 (2) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6,217 (1) 6 –Jeff Gordon 6,165 (2) 7 –Jeff Burton 6,107 (1) 8 –Mark Martin 6,059 (0) 9 –Kasey Kahne 6,013 (6) 10–Kyle Busch 5,973 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kyle Busch (# 5) 4 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 5 Mike Ford (#11) 5 Todd Berrier (#29) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 294 Clint Bowyer 234 Martin Truex Jr. 198 Reed Sorenson 197 J.J. Yeley 186 David Stremme 162 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 273 23 Dodge 199 7 Ford 193 5 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 9 Jeff Burton (#31) 8 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Bobby Labonte (#43) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (#
9) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 18 Matt Kenseth (#17) 12 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 9 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 204 Mark Cronquist (#20) 180 Roush Yates (#17) 180 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 7 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kurt Busch 6 Kyle Busch 1 Kasey Kahne 5 David
Gilliland 1 Jeff Burton 4 Kevin Harvick 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Greg Biffle 2 Elliott
Sadler 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Boris Said 1 Ryan Newman 2 Brian Vickers 1 Scott Riggs 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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