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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 28 1-Mile Oval 400 L – 400 M
– Purse:
$5,028,146 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 19 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 400 185 * 5 $230,370 Running 2 6 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 175 * 5 172,850 Running 3 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 400 165 181,836 Running 4 10 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 400 160 153,233 Running 5 8 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Subway Ford 400 160 * 5 123,825 Running 6 33 1 # Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 400 150 123,283 Running 7 26 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 400 146 124,911 Running 8 16 07 # Clint Bowyer DirecTV Chevrolet 400 142 90,625 Running 9 23 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 400 138 80,875 Running 10 3 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 399 144 ** 10 136,816 Running 11 7 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 399 135 * 5 102,125 Running 12 38 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 399 127 96,983 Running 13 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 399 124 119,861 Running 14 9 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 399 121 87,075 Running 15 34 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 398 118 105,200 Running 16 35 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 398 120 * 5 101,466 Running 17 32 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 398 112 114,300 Running 18 20 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 398 114 * 5 93,108 Running 19 36 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 397 106 97,889 Running 20 28 66 Jeff Green Haas CNC/Best Buy Chevrolet 397 103 92,883 Running 21 13 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 397 100 105,166 Running 22 24 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 397 97 104,083 Running 23 41 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 397 94 70,625 Running 24 4 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 397 96 * 5 111,733 Running 25 17 45 Kyle Petty Wells 26 5 01 Joe Nemechek 27 39 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 396 82 96,758 Running 28 29 55 Michael Waltrip 29 15 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 395 76 73,550 Running 30 42 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 395 73 100,475 Running 31 12 14 32 25 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 366 67 101,986 Engine 33 22 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot/Six Flags
Chevrolet 303 64 119,786 Accident 34 2 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 295 61 65,125 Accident 35 40 61 36 43 4 Scott Wimmer Lucas Oil Chevrolet 199 55 64,350 Engine 37 11 49 Kevin Lepage WhatsOnline.com Dodge 182 52 64,225 Accident 38 21 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 172 49 101,314 Accident 39 30 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 118 46 63,975 Accident 40 27 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 110 43 81,800 Engine 41 14 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevrolet 98 40 63,610 Accident 42 37 06 David Ragan Sharp Aquos Ford 46 PE 63,485 Accident 43 31 74 Derrike
Cope Sundance
Vacations/Royal Admin Dodge 39 34 63,686 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Morgan Shepherd #89; Kenny Wallace
#78; Chad Blount #34; Donnie Neuenberger #52. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 145,000, Jeff Burton won the TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 34 minutes,
21 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 111.966 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 7.955-seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (156.162
mph, 23.053 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeff Gordon DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Robbie Reiser (crew chief for Matt
Kenseth) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Burton GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Reed Sorenson (149.838
mph, Lap 172) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Burton NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Jeff Burton ($10,000)++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Martin Truex Jr. SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jeff Burton U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Dave Blaney (26
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth (215 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 48
laps. 4-7 (Car #32-Accident, Frontstretch); 13-15 (Car
#9 & 20-Accident, Turn 4); 24-26 (Car #06-Accident, Turn 4); 49-52 (Car #06-Accident,
Turn 3); 100-104 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 3); 166-169 (Debris); 186-189 (Car #49-Accident,
Turn 2); 206-213 (Debris); 298-306 (Car #10-Accident, Turn 3); 324-327 (Car #18-Spin,
Frontstretch). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 9 drivers. Jeff Gordon (Pole), Ryan Newman 1-28, Carl Edwards 29-49, David
Stremme 50-52, Elliott Sadler 53-73, Matt Kenseth 74-113, Sadler 114-122, Kenseth
123-166, Sterling Marlin 167, Reed Sorenson 168-206, Greg Biffle
207-263, Kenseth 264-394, Jeff Burton 395-400. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Burton 5351 (1) 2 –Jeff Gordon 5345 (2) 3 –Matt Kenseth 5333 (4) 4 –Denny Hamlin 5333 (2) 5 –Kevin Harvick 5297 (4) 6 –Mark Martin 5276 (0) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5249 (1) 8 –Jimmie Johnson 5215 (4) 9 –Kasey Kahne 5169 (5) 10–Kyle Busch 5127 (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 213 17 Ford 161 5 Dodge 158 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 263 Clint Bowyer 214 Reed Sorenson 190 Martin Truex Jr. 177 J.J. Yeley 176 David Stremme 144 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 8 Kevin Harvick (#29) 8 Jeff Burton (#31) 6 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. Roush Yates (#17) 154 Danny Lawrence (#31) 151 Hendrick (#48) 147 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 Jeff Gordon 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 Kyle Busch 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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