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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 3 UAW-DAIMLERCHRYSLER
400 1.5-Mile Oval 400.5 M – 267 L – Purse: $6,381,100 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 23 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 267 190 * 5 $415,386 Running 2 36 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Nicorette
Chevrolet 267 180 * 10 287,011 Running 3 17 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx/Kinko's
Chevrolet 267 165 212,225 Running 4 37 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 267 165 * 5 208,941 Running 5 14 01 Mark
Martin 6 13 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 267 155 * 5 128,625 Running 7 25 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 267 146 158,436 Running 8 39 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 267 147 * 5 143,225 Running 9 12 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet 267 143 * 5 116,250 Running 10 33 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 267 134 117,825 Running 11 28 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 267 135 * 5 144,233 Running 12 26 1 Martin Truex
Jr. Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 267 132 * 5 128,170 Running 13 42 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 267 129 * 5 138,461 Running 14 3 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 126 * 5 125,170 Running 15 5 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 267 123 * 5 135,716 Running 16 18 16 Greg Biffle Ameriquest/3M Ford 266 115 111,575 Running 17 38 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford 266 112
96,375 Running 18 24 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries
Chevrolet 266 114 * 5 123,183 Running 19 27 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 266 106 104,675 Running 20 2 40 David Stremme Coors Light Dodge 266 103 95,925 Running 21 21 38 David Gilliland M&M's Ford 265 100 119,189 Running 22 4 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 265 97 126,950 Running 23 6 10 Scott Riggs Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper/Valvoline
Chev 265 94 98,725 Running 24 15 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 265 91 85,550 Running 25 29 66 Jeff Green Samsung Four Seasons of Hope Chevrolet 265 88 112,308 Running 26 10 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 265 85 120,708 Running 27 20 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 265 82 131,286 Running 28 22 45 Kyle Petty Wells 29 41 21 Jon Wood Air Force Ford 264 76 104,064 Running 30 40 88 Ricky Rudd Snickers Ford 264 73 112,608 Running 31 7 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 263 70 100,533 Running 32 19 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Johns
Manville Chevrolet 263 67 80,675 Running 33 43 44 Dale Jarrett UPS 34 8 14 35 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 251 63 * 5 138,741 Accident 36 16 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 239 60 * 5 87,850 Running 37 35 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 236 52 115,450 Running 38 9 13 Joe Nemechek CertainTeed
Chevrolet 156 49 79,425 Accident 39 32 70 Johnny Sauter Yellow Transportation Chevrolet 147 46
79,225 Running 40 34 25 Casey Mears National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet 141 43 86,975 Running 41 31 80 Aric Almirola Joe
Gibbs Driven Chevrolet 46 40 78,775 Accident 42 11 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar 43 30 4 Ward Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 15 34 79,452 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (10) #84 AJ Allmendinger;
#49 Mike Bliss; #37 John Andretti; #83 Brian Vickers;
#00 David Reutimann; #36 Jeremy Mayfield; #72 Brandon
Whitt; #34 Kevin Lepage; #55 Michael Waltrip; #47 Ken Schrader. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 156,000, Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, posting his
24th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Before the green flag the following
drivers dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #38
Gilliland; #43 Labonte (backup car). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 7 minutes,
28 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 128.183 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.795
second BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD:
Kasey Kahne (184.856 mph, 29.212 secs.) TRACK RECORD CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: Kasey Kahne DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Josh Browne
(crew chief for Elliott Sadler) DOW AUTOMOTIVE
‘STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE’ AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE
OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (170.986 mph, Lap 245) MOBIL 1 ‘COMMAND
PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE’ AWARD: Mark Martin NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS:
No winner; rolls over to $40,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE RACE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. ‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD: Matt Kenseth
(33 places) WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon (111
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 40
laps. 3-5 (Car #6-Accident, Turn 2); 10-12 (Car #4, 7 & 25-Accident, Turn
2); 19-23 (Car #13 & 22-Accident, Turn 4); 41-44 (Car #80-Accident, Frontstretch); 108-113 (Car #70-Accident, Turn 4); 117-120
(Car #5-Accident, Turn 4); 174-177 (Car #15-Spin, Turn 4); 227-232 (Car
#07-Accident, Turn 2); 252-256 (Car #9-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 28 lead changes
among 16 drivers. Kasey Kahne 1-13, Elliott Sadler
14-21, Jimmie Johnson 22-40, Matt Kenseth 41, Mark
Martin 42-49, Sadler 50-57, Martin 58-61, Johnson 62-78, Martin 79, J.J. Yeley 80, Ryan Newman 81, Bobby Labonte
82, Johnson 83-107, Sadler 108, Jeff Gordon 109-146, Carl Edwards 147-149,
Martin 150, Sterling Marlin 151, Labonte 152, Kyle
Busch 153-156, Martin Truex Jr. 157-158, J. Gordon
159-210, Martin 211, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 212, Clint
Bowyer 213, Labonte 214, J. Gordon 215-235, Jeff
Burton 236-239, Johnson 240-267. ++Rollover money
awarded at year’s end; amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Mark Martin 495 (0) 2 –Jeff Gordon 489 (0) 3 –Jeff Burton 453 (0) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 406 (1) 5 –Matt Kenseth 397 (1) 6 –Kevin Harvick 389 (1) 7 –Kyle Busch 382 (0) 8 –Denny Hamlin 374 (0) 9 –J.J. Yeley 365 (0) 10–Elliott Sadler 236 (0) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 24 2 Ford 21 1 Dodge 12 0 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Mark Martin (#01) 1 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS David Gilliland 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Kasey Kahne 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR David Ragan 37 Juan Pablo Montoya 30 Paul Menard 21 David Reutimann 18 AJ Allmendinger 3 Brandon Whitt 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Josh Browne (#19) 1 Todd Parrott (#38) 1 Ryan Pemberton (#01) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kevin Harvick (#29)
1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 44 Hendrick (#01) 37 Hendrick (#48) 28 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 David Gilliland (#38) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 07 Mins, 28 Secs. Average Speed: 128.183 MPH Margin of Victory: 2.795 seconds Caution Flags: 9 for 40 laps: Laps: 3-5 (#6 accident turn 2); 10-12 (#4,7,25 accident turn 2); 19-23 (#13,22 accident turn 4); 41-44 (#80 accident frontstretch); 108-113 (#70 accident turn 4); 117-120 (#5 accident turn 4); 174-177 (#15 spun turn 4); 227-232 (#07 accident turn 2); 252-256 (#9 accident turn 2). Lead Changes: 28 among 16 drivers: K. Kahne 1-13; E. Sadler 14-21; J. Johnson 22-40; M. Kenseth 41; M. Martin 42-49; E. Sadler 50-57; M. Martin 58-61; J. Johnson 62-78; M. Martin 79; J. Yeley 80; R. Newman 81; B. Labonte 82; J. Johnson 83-107; E. Sadler 108; J. Gordon 109-146; C. Edwards 147-149; M. Martin 150; S. Marlin 151; B. Labonte 152; Ky. Busch 153-156; M. Truex Jr. 157-158; J. Gordon 159-210; M. Martin 211; D. Earnhardt Jr. 212; C. Bowyer 213; B. Labonte 214; J. Gordon 215-235; J. Burton 236-239; J. Johnson 240-267. NASCAR PR used with permission
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