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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 31 BANK OF LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5-Mile Oval 501 M – 334 L – Purse: $5,078,500 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 334 190 ** 10 $305,889 Running 2 10 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 334 175 * 5 221,511 Running 3 6 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 334 165 176,870 Running 4 16 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 334 165 * 5 154,916 Running 5 21 43 Bobby
Labonte Bugles
Dodge 334 160 * 5 151,436 Running 6 18 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s/Delphi
Chevrolet 334 155 * 5 112,050 Running 7 39 96 Tony
Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 334 151 * 5 95,375 Running 8 28 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 334 147 * 5 103,475 Running 9 30 01 Joe
Nemechek 10 25 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/Delphi Chevrolet 334 134 91,925 Running 11 13 14 12 3 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 333 127 113,158 Running 13 31 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 333 124 125,336 Running 14 11 17 Matt Kenseth Carhartt/DEWALT Ford 332 126 * 5 115,466 Running 15 12 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 332 118 97,033 Running 16 20 66 Jeff Green Best Buy “HD Done Right” Chevrolet 332 115 91,583 Running 17 1 10 Scott Riggs 18 5 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 332 109 106,661 Running 19 14 4 Todd Bodine Lucas Oil/Hefty Chevrolet 331 106 67,725 Running 20 38 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 331 103 81,783 Running 21 43 44 Terry Labonte GMAC Chevrolet 331 100 63,725 Running 22 32 45 Kyle Petty 23 8 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 329 99 * 5 75,700 Running 24 41 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 301 96 * 5 111,236 Engine 25 19 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevrolet 300 88 66,075 Running 26 36 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 278 85 65,475 Running 27 15 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 272 82 107,658 Running 28 22 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Kinko’s Chevrolet 265 79 64,550 Running 29 40 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 258 76 96,425 Accident 30 7 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 239 73 80,725 Accident 31 26 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 216 70 69,425 Running 32 42 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 208 67 102,258 Running 33 35 38 David Gilliland Sam’s Club/M&M’s Ford 161 64 89,958 Accident 34 27 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 160 61 107,800 Engine 35 4 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 124 63 * 5 95,816 Accident 36 9 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 115 55 69,050 Accident 37 33 16 Greg Biffle Nationa
Guard/Subway Ford 111 52 80,725 Engine 38 23 55 Michael Waltrip 39 37 06 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 45 46 60,275 Accident 40 17 21 Ken Schrader Motorcraft Ford 45 43 87,364 Accident 41 34 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 32 40 92,085 Accident 42 24 49 Mike Bliss WhatsOnline.com Dodge 1 37 59,885 Accident 43 29 72 Mike Skinner Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet 1 34 60,093 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (9) Bill Elliott #83; Kevin Lepage #34; Derrike Cope #74;
Chad Chaffin #61; Hermie Sadler #00; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Carl Long #46; Kenny Wallace #78; Morgan
Shepherd, #89. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 170,000, Kasey Kahne won the Bank of America 500, posting his seventh
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver, under
penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #12 Newman
(backup car). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 47 minutes,
29 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 132.142 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.624
seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Scott Riggs (191.469
mph, 28.203 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kasey Kahne DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Ken Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kasey Kahne (187.032 mph, Lap 309) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $40,000 at Martinsville Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Stremme SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Tony Raines (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne (134 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 52
laps. 3-11 (Car #1, 7, 11, 18, 26, 32, 45, 49 & 72-Accident, Frontstretch); 18-21 (Car #22-Accident, Turn 4); 35-38 (Car
#88-Accident, Turn 4); 47-52 (Car #06 & 21-Accident, Backstretch); 106-109
(Car #55-Accident, Turn 4); 117-120 (Car #2 & 41-Accident, Turn 2); 164-167
(Car #38-Accident, Backstretch); 243-251 (Car #6, 7 & 18-Accident, Turn 4);
277-280 (Debris); 303-306 (Oil on track). LAP LEADERS: 34 lead changes
among 13 drivers. Scott Riggs-pole, Kasey Kahne 1-12,
Riggs 13-18, Tony Raines 19-30, Riggs 31-46, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 47-77, Riggs 78-83, Clint Bowyer 84-85, Kyle Busch 86, Jimmie Johnson 87-88,
Matt Kenseth 89, Riggs 90-95, Kahne
96-117, Elliott Sadler 118-122, Raines 123-137, Kahne
138-153, Johnson 154-155, Jeff Gordon 156, Bobby Labonte
157-158, Raines 159, Kahne 160-164, Sterling Marlin
165-167, Johnson 168-202, Earnhardt 203-204, Bowyer
205, Kahne 206-210, Johnson 211-238, J. Gordon 239, Carl
Edwards 240, Earnhardt 241-244, Kahne
245, Edwards 246-256, Kahne 257-303, Johnson 304-308,
Kahne 309-334. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Burton 5763 (1) 2 –Matt Kenseth 5718 (4) 3 –Kevin Harvick 5674 (4) 4 –Mark Martin 5661 (0) 5 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5657 (1) 6 –Denny Hamlin 5626 (2) 7 –Jimmie Johnson 5617 (4) 8 –Kasey Kahne 5603 (6) 9 –Kyle Busch 5568 (1) 10–Jeff Gordon 5547 (2) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 4 Todd Berrier (#29) 4 Ken Francis (# 9) 4 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 237 19 Dodge 179 7 Ford 173 5 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 266 Clint Bowyer 222 Reed Sorenson 193 Martin Truex Jr. 191 J.J. Yeley 180 David Stremme 153 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 8 Kevin Harvick (#29) 8 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (#
9) 6 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 12 Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 9 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Danny Lawrence (#31) 162 Hendrick (#48) 155 Roush Yates (#17) 154 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Jeff Burton (#31) 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 5 Kyle Busch 1 Kasey Kahne 5 David
Gilliland 1 Jeff Burton 4 Jeff Gordon 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Kevin
Harvick 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Ryan Newman 2 Elliott Sadler 1 Scott Riggs 2 Boris Said 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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