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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 29 BANQUET 400 1.5-Mile Oval 400 M – 267 L – Purse: $5,934,007 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 21 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 267 185 * 5 $346,361 Running 2 33 42 Casey
Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 267 170 240,033 Running 3 19 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 267 165 181,525 Running 4 32 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 267 160 172,175 Running 5 10 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 267 160 * 5 155,595 Running 6 27 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 267 155 * 5 124,350 Running 7 13 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 267 151 * 5 128,625 Running 8 4 25 Brian
Vickers Garnier/GMAC
Chevrolet 267 142 110,525 Running 9 6 07 # Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 267 143 * 5 109,425 Running 10 12 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 267 139 * 5 135,741 Running 11 23 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 267 130 123,358 Running 12 29 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 267 132 * 5 112,400 Running 13 36 21 Ken Schrader Motorcraft/USAF Ford 267 124 120,564 Running 14 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 267 131 ** 10 141,486 Running 15 14 29 Kevin Harvick Reese’s Chevrolet 266 118 129,011 Running 16 39 37 Bill Elliott Melling Auto Parts Dodge 266 115 86,525 Running 17 16 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 266 112 126,561 Running 18 25 11 # Denny
Hamlin FedEx Freight Chevrolet 266 109 88,925 Running 19 37 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 266 111 * 5 104,383 Running 20 28 14 21 17 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 266 100 98,983 Running 22 20 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 266 97 114,033 Running 23 8 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 266 94 129,516 Running 24 15 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 266 96 * 5 127,108 Running 25 7 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 265 88 122,133 Running 26 40 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 265 85 101,547 Running 27 18 01 Joe Nemechek 28 38 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 265 79 82,300 Running 29 24 45 Kyle Petty Wells 30 31 66 Jeff Green Haas Automation/Best Buy Chevrolet 264 73 87,350 Running 31 43 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 264 70 78,650 Running 32 22 06 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 264 67 78,450 Running 33 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 264 69 * 5 132,414 Running 34 2 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 263 66 * 5 78,050 Running 35 35 55 Michael Waltrip 36 42 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s Chevrolet 263 55 77,650 Running 37 34 61 38 30 44 Terry Labonte GMAC Chevrolet 253 49 77,225 Suspension 39 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 238 46 125,361 Fuel Pump 40 9 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 228 43 106,816 Running 41 5 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 194 40 111,175 Accident 42 41 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 128 37 123,250 Accident 43 26 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 18 34 84,566 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Scott Wimmer
#4; Kevin Lepage #49; Chad Blount #34; Carl Long #46. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 125,000,
Tony Stewart won the Banquet 400, posting his 27th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
victory. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 17 minutes,
22 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 121.753 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 12.422-seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (178.377 mph, 30.273 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kasey Kahne DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Scott Miller (crew chief for Jeff Burton) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Tony Stewart GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kasey Kahne (168.418 mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $20,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Clint Bowyer SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Tony Stewart U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Casey Mears (31 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (105 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 45
laps. 11-13 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 16-18 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 4); 21-24 (Car
#41-Accident, Turn 4); 59-63 (Debris); 69-72 (Car #38-Spin, Turn 4); 131-136 (Car
#26-Accident, Turn 2); 146-149 (Car #19-Accident, Frontstretch);
154-157 (Car #11-Accident, Turn 4); 173-176 (Car #07-Accident, Turn 2); 182-185
(Car #12-Spin, Turn 2); 196-199 (Car #18 & 40-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 20 lead changes
among 13 drivers. Kasey Kahne 1-11, Ryan Newman 12-13,
Jimmie Johnson 14-28, Scott Riggs 29-34, Clint Bowyer 35-60, Travis Kvapil 61, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
62-79, Kyle Busch 80-124, Johnson 125-126, Newman 127, Kyle Busch 128-146, Sterling
Marlin 147, Bowyer 148-157, Jeff Burton 158, Bowyer 159-165, Johnson 166-173, Carl
Edwards 174-180, Johnson 181-200, Greg Biffle 201-202,
Johnson 203-262, Tony Stewart 263-267. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Burton 5511 (1) 2 –Denny Hamlin 5442 (2) 3 –Mark Martin 5441 (0) 4 –Matt Kenseth 5427 (4) 5 –Kevin Harvick 5415 (4) 6 –Jeff Gordon 5391 (2) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5388 (1) 8 –Jimmie Johnson 5346 (4) 9 –Kyle Busch 5278 (1) 10–Kasey Kahne 5238 (5) 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 Mike Ford (#11) 4 Todd Berrier (#29) 4 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 222 18 Ford 165 5 Dodge 164 6 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 264 Clint Bowyer 219 Reed Sorenson 191 Martin Truex Jr. 180 J.J. Yeley 177 David Stremme 146 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 8 Kevin Harvick (#29) 8 Jeff Burton (#31) 7 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (#
9) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 BANK OF Matt Kenseth (#17) 12 Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 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 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 6 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kurt Busch 5 Jeff Gordon 1 Kasey Kahne 5 Kevin
Harvick 1 Jeff Burton 4 Jimmie Johnson 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Scott
Riggs 1 Greg Biffle 2 Elliott
Sadler 1 Ryan Newman 2 Boris Said 1 Kyle Busch 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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