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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 34 DICKIES 500 1.5-Mile Oval 501 M – 334 L – Purse: $7,089,515 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 8 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevy 339 190 ** 10 $521,361 Running 2 5 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevy 339 175 * 5 364,236 Running 3 21 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevy 339 165 254,186 Running 4 11 5 Kyle
Busch CARQUEST Chevy 339 165 * 5 204,250 Running 5 14 07 # Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevy 339 160 * 5 176,625 Running 6 10 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevy 339 155 * 5 187,141 Running 7 25 42 Casey
Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 339 146 174,208 Running 8 3 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 339 147 * 5 164,833 Running 9 23 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevy 339 138 166,586 Running 10 6 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevy 339 134 121,200 Running 11 35 45 Kyle Petty Wells 12 36 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 339 132 * 5 152,791 Running 13 27 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevy 339 124 130,058 Running 14 34 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevy 339 121 126,183 Running 15 15 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 339 118 120,050 Running 16 13 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 338 115 138,186 Running 17 19 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target/Kraft Dodge 338 112 108,550 Running 18 16 01 Joe Nemechek 19 41 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevy 338 106 99,650 Running 20 26 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevy 338 108 * 5 136,675 Running 21 7 38 David Gilliland Combos Ford 338 100 126,908 Running 22 28 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 338 97 113,475 Running 23 22 49 Mike Bliss RoadLoans.com Dodge 338 94 111,083 Running 24 17 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 338 96 * 5 115,722 Running 25 37 4 Ward Burton Lucas Oil/Hefty Chevy 338 88 98,275 Running 26 42 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 338 90 * 5 141,500 Running 27 1 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevy 338 87 * 5 125,175 Running 28 40 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevy 337 79 96,775 Running 29 20 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 334 76 126,150 Running 30 33 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevy 333 73 94,375 Running 31 12 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools/”Cars” DVD Dodge 331 70 93,675 Accident 32 30 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 330 67 93,475 Running 33 4 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 328 69 * 5 131,439 Engine 34 24 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 328 61 138,483 Running 35 39 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Charter Ford 324 58 113,075 Accident 36 43 44 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s Chevy 316 55 92,650 Running 37 2 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 310 52 123,441 Running 38 29 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevy 269 49 118,595 Running 39 9 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevy 256 46 92,050 Engine 40 31 14 41 32 15 Paul Menard Menards/Sylvania Chevy 194 40 91,635 Engine 42 18 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 173 37 118,649 Accident 43 38 55 Michael Waltrip # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (7) Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 181,500, Tony Stewart won the Dickies 500,
posting his 29th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the
following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the
reasons indicated: #40 Stremme (backup car); #6
Martin (backup car). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 46 minutes,
11 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 134.891 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .272
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Brian Vickers (196.235
mph, 27.518 secs.) TRACK RECORD BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Brian Vickers DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Zipadelli (crew chief for Tony
Stewart) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Tony Stewart GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Tony Stewart (187.188
mph, Lap 339) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $70,000 at Phoenix International Raceway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Clint Bowyer SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Tony Stewart U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Kyle Petty (24 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (278 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 12 cautions for 51
laps. 1-4 (Competition); 42-45 (Competition); 90-94 (Car #31-Accident, Frontstretch); 136-140 (Debris); 167-170 (Car #07 & 8-Accident,
Turn 4); 175-179 (Car #6, 14 & 21-Accident, Frontstretch);
182-185 (Car #7-Accident, Backstretch); 196-199 (Oil on track); 233-236 (Car #41-Spin,
Turn 2); 258-261 (Oil on track); 328-330 (Car #16-Accident, Turn 1); 333-337 (Car
#1,10,17,99-Accident, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 23 lead changes
among 13 drivers. Brian Vickers 1-4, Kurt Busch 5-41, Vickers 42, Tony Stewart
43-89, Kasey Kahne 90, Stewart 91-136, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 137, Sterling Marlin 138, Stewart 139-166, Clint
Bowyer 167, Matt Kenseth 168, Stewart 169-195, Bowyer
196, Jamie McMurray 197-200, Stewart 201-232, Bowyer 233, Stewart 234-257, Kahne 258, David Stremme 259,
Stewart 260-317, Jimmie Johnson 318, Kyle Busch 319-320, J.J. Yeley 321-323, Stewart 324-339. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 6,157 (5) 2 –Matt Kenseth 6,140 (4) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6,079 (1) 4 –Denny Hamlin 6,077 (2) 5 –Kevin Harvick 6,052 (4) 6 –Jeff Gordon 6,000 (2) 7 –Jeff Burton 5,973 (1) 8 –Kyle Busch 5,924 (1) 9 –Mark Martin 5,904 (0) 10–Kasey Kahne 5,867 (6) 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 Robbie Reiser (#17) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 284 Clint Bowyer 233 Reed Sorenson 196 Martin Truex Jr. 195 J.J. Yeley 185 David Stremme 159 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevy 264 22 Dodge 195 7 Ford 187 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. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 9 Kevin Harvick (#29) 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 David Gilliland 1 Kasey Kahne 5 Jeff
Gordon 1 Jeff Burton 4 Kevin Harvick 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Greg Biffle 2 Elliott
Sadler 1 Ryan Newman 2 Boris Said 1 Scott Riggs 2 Brian Vickers 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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