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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 27 1.058-Mile Oval 300 L – 317.4 M
– Purse:
$5,209,809 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 29 Kevin
Harvick Reese’s/GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 300 190 ** 10 $266,461 Running 2 32 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 300 170 220,686 Running 3 2 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 300 170 * 5 171,536 Running 4 5 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Chevrolet 300 165 * 5 113,050 Running 5 12 25 Brian
Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 300 155 118,625 Running 6 14 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 300 150 125,516 Running 7 22 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 300 151 * 5 137,570 Running 8 36 18 # J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries
Chevrolet 300 147 * 5 119,050 Running 9 21 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
Dodge 300 143 * 5 103,033 Running 10 25 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 300 139 * 5 130,466 Running 11 26 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 300 135 * 5 95,975 Running 12 4 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1/Alltel Dodge 300 127 121,583 Running 13 13 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 300 124 115,716 Running 14 8 16 Greg Biffle National Guard/Subway Ford 300 121 93,675 Running 15 9 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 300 123 * 5 77,425 Running 16 33 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 300 115 109,389 Running 17 31 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 300 112 83,625 Running 18 19 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 300 109 91,525 Running 19 3 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 300 106 114,058 Running 20 6 40 # David
Stremme Lonestar Steakhouse Dodge 300 103 101,883 Running 21 24 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 300 100 108,758 Running 22 11 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 300 97 96,458 Running 23 35 55 Michael Waltrip 24 18 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel’s
Chevrolet 299 91 81,700 Running 25 30 14 26 28 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 299 85 73,100 Running 27 34 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 299 82 72,875 Running 28 37 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 299 79 104,250 Running 29 42 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 298 76 116,225 Running 30 40 49 Kevin Lepage LoansDepot.com Dodge 297 73 69,650 Running 31 39 4 Scott Wimmer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 297 70 68,950 Running 32 17 01 Joe Nemechek 33 10 21 Ken Schrader Motorcraft Genuine Parts Ford 295 64 96,689 Running 34 38 61 35 23 10 Scott Riggs 36 15 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 291 55 95,808 Running 37 27 45 Kyle Petty Petty Ent./Victory Junction Gang Dodge 290 52 75,700 Engine 38 16 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 276 49 85,500 Running 39 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 233 46 115,911 Running 40 29 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 207 43 104,161 Accident 41 43 27 Ted Christopher Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 123 40 67,060 Brakes 42 41 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Racing Dodge 61 37 66,935 Overheating 43 20 66 Jeff Green Haas/Best Buy Chevrolet 2 34 75,139 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) Stanton Barrett #30; Derrike
Cope #74; Carl Long #46; Kenny Wallace #78; Chad Blount #34. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 101,000, Kevin Harvick won the TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 6 minutes, 21
seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 102.195 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .777-second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Kevin Harvick (132.282 mph, 28.793 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kevin Harvick 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: Jeff Burton (127.538
mph, Lap 111) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Kevin Harvick ($60,000)++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kevin Harvick U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Tony Stewart (30 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Burton (52
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 47
laps. 4-8 (Car #5 & 66-Accident, Frontstretch);
30-33 (Car #01-Spin, Turn 4); 81-85 (Debris); 90-93 (Car #14, 16 & 48-Accident,
Turn 2); 98-103 (Debris); 194-198 (Debris); 200-203 (Car #5-Accident, Turn 4);
209-215 (Car #43-Accident, Turn 2); 267-270 (Car #10-Accident, Turn 3); 294-296
(Oil on track). LAP LEADERS: 17 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Kevin Harvick 1-27, Jeff Gordon
28-29, Harvick 30, Sterling Marlin 31, Denny Hamlin
32-35, Harvick 36-52, J. Gordon 53-80, Harvick 81, J. Gordon 82-85, Jeff Burton 86-137, Harvick 138-169, Mark Martin 170, Matt Kenseth
171, J.J. Yeley 172-175, Robby Gordon 176-177, Harvick 178-211, Dave Blaney
212-216, Harvick 217-300. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Kevin Harvick 5230 (4) 2 –Denny Hamlin 5195 (2) 3 –Matt Kenseth 5189 (4) 4 –Jeff Gordon 5180 (2) 5 –Jeff Burton 5166 (0) 6 –Mark Martin 5155 (0) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5149 (1) 8 –Kasey Kahne 5120 (5) 9 –Jimmie Johnson 5091 (4) 10–Kyle Busch 5084 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 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 204 16 Ford 155 5 Dodge 154 6 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 260 Clint Bowyer 208 Reed Sorenson 189 J.J. Yeley 175 Martin Truex Jr. 168 David Stremme 143 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 8 Kevin Harvick (#29) 8 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 3 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. Hendrick (#48) 144 Roush Yates (#17) 142 Danny Lawrence (#31) 136 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. Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kurt Busch 5 Kyle Busch 1 Jeff Burton 4 Kevin Harvick 1 Kasey Kahne 4 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Scott
Riggs 1 Greg Biffle 2 Elliott
Sadler 1 Ryan Newman 2 Boris Said 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
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