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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 6 GOODY’S COOL .526-Mile Oval 500 L – 263 M – Purse: $4,929,787 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 190 * 5 $198,736 Running 2 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 153,861 Running 3 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Chevrolet 500 170 * 5 139,125 Running 4 14 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet 500 165 * 5 105,375 Running 5 8 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 165 ** 10 141,833 Running 6 19 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 500 150 119,316 Running 7 7 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 500 151 * 5 124,486 Running 8 26 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 500 142 89,275 Running 9 2 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 500 138 88,525 Running 10 33 17 Matt
Kenseth USG
Sheetrock/DEWALT
Ford 500 139 * 5 130,266 Running 11 21 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 500 130 84,325 Running 12 12 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 500 127 114,858 Running 13 17 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 500 124 107,383 Running 14 24 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 500 121 107,175 Running 15 27 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 500 118 113,250 Running 16 23 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 500 115 109,850 Running 17 9 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 500 112 82,050 Running 18 28 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 500 109 100,083 Running 19 4 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Snack
Cakes Ford 500 106 95,239 Running 20 11 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 500 103 84,550 Running 21 37 14 22 42 45 Kyle
Petty 23 5 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 499 94 100,958 Running 24 18 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 498 96 * 5 89,845 Running 25 41 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 498 88 115,366 Running 26 36 01 Regan
Smith 27 30 13 Joe
Nemechek Ginn Resorts/CertainTeed Chevrolet 497 82 67,700 Running 28 38 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 29 15 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 496 81 * 5 96,670 Running 30 39 49 Mike
Bliss OBOVO.com Dodge 493 73 79,747 Running 31 10 70 Johnny
Sauter Yellow
Transportation/Haas CNC Chevrolet 493 70 67,050 Running 32 34 16 Greg
Biffle 33 43 00 # David
Reutimann Domino's
34 25 7 Robby
Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford 490 61 66,575 Running 35 29 40 David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 490 58 66,525 Running 36 32 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 487 55 74,475 Running 37 22 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
38 40 84 # AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 39 16 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 469 46 93,514 Rear Gear 40 13 36 Jeremy
Mayfield 360 OTC 41 6 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 445 40 114,911 Running 42 35 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 371 37 74,115 Running 43 31 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 265 34 102,409 Running # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) #55 Michael Waltrip,
#15 Paul Menard, #78 Kenny Wallace, #37 Kevin Lepage,
#83 Brian Vickers, #4 Ward Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 66,500, Jimmie Johnson got his 26th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
victory. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 44 minutes,
36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 70.258 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .065
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (95.103
mph, 19.911 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Denny Hamlin DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford (crew chief for Denny Hamlin) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Denny Hamlin (93.571
mph, Lap 12) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $70,000 at Texas Motor Speedway, April 15++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Matt Kenseth (23
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (137 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 13 cautions for 93
laps. 5-8 (Car #25-Spin, Turn 4); 39-46 (Car #43-Accident,Turn 1); 91-97
(Debris); 101-105 (Car #40-Spin, Turn 2); 153-158 (Car #84-Accident, Turn 4; Car
#22-Accident, Turn 1); 218-223 (Car #36-Accident, Turn 4); 246-250 (Car #9-Accident,
Turn 4); 307-312 (Debris); 337-342 (Car #40-Spin, Turn 3); 354-363 (Car #7-Spin,
Turn 4 [Red Flag-31:40-357]); 377-382 (Car #96-Accident, Turn 1); 424-439 (Car #44-Accident,
Turn 2); 475-482 (Car #18-Spin, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 14 lead changes
among 9 drivers. Denny Hamlin 1-40, Elliott Sadler 41-50, Hamlin 51-55, Jeff
Gordon 56-92, Matt Kenseth 93, J. Gordon 94-138,
Hamlin 139-218, Tony Stewart 219-224, J. Gordon 225-234, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 235-303, Stewart 304-308, Martin Truex Jr. 309, Earnhardt Jr.
310-377, Kyle Busch 378-387, Jimmie Johnson 388-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 966 (0) 2 –Jeff Burton 938 (0) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 906 (3) 4 –Matt Kenseth 836 (1) 5 –Kyle Busch 804 (1) 6 –Denny Hamlin 776 (0) 7 –Clint Bowyer 751 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 726 (0) 9 –Carl Edwards 710 (0) 10–Kevin Harvick 687 (1) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 51 5 Ford 37 1 Dodge 26 0 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 Jeff Green (#66) 1 BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff Gordon 2 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Ryan Newman 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR David Ragan 68 Juan Pablo Montoya 67 David Reutimann 36 Paul Menard 33 AJ Allmendinger 21 Brandon Whitt 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Ryan Pemberton (#01) 2 Larry Carter (#26) 1 Mike Ford (#11) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#08) 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 Kevin Harvick (#29)
2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 77 RCR (#31) 50 Hendrick (#48) 44 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 66,500 - Jimmie Johnson won the Goody's Cool Orange 500, his 26th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. No one dropped to the rear. Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 44 Mins, 36 Secs. Average Speed: 70.258 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.065 Seconds Caution Flags: 13 for 93 laps: Laps: 5-8 (#25 spun turn 4); 39-46 (#43 accident turn 1); 91-97 (Debris); 101-105 (#40 spun turn 2); 153-158 (#84 accident turn 4; #22 accident turn 1); 218-223 (#36 accident turn 4); 246-250 (#9 accident turn 4); 307-312 (Debris); 337-342 (#40 spun turn 3); 354-363 (#7 spun turn 4 [Red-31:40-357]); 377-382 (#96 accident turn 1); 424-439 (#44 accident turn 2); 475-482 (#18 spun turn 1). Lead Changes: 14 among 9 drivers: D. Hamlin 1-40; E. Sadler 41-50; D. Hamlin 51-55; J. Gordon 56-92; M. Kenseth 93; J. Gordon 94-138; D. Hamlin 139-218; T. Stewart 219-224; J. Gordon 225-234; D. Earnhardt Jr. 235-303; T. Stewart 304-308; M. Truex Jr. 309; D. Earnhardt Jr. 310-377; Ky. Busch 378-387; J. Johnson 388-500. Budweiser Pole Award : Denny Hamlin, #11 (95.103 mph) Commit Lozenges : Denny Hamlin, #11 Raybestos Rookie of the Year : David Ragan, #6 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Jimmie Johnson, #48 Checkers/Rally's : Dale Earnhardt, Jr, #8 (281.110 seconds) WIX Lap Leader : Dale Earnhardt, Jr, #8 (137 Laps) DIRECTV : Denny Hamlin, #11 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Denny Hamlin, #11 (93.571 mph, Lap 12) USG Improving the Finish : Matt Kenseth, #17 (23 Places) EA Sports : Jimmie Johnson, #48 DOW Automotive Strategic Call : Jimmie Johnson, #48 Mobil 1 : Kurt Busch, #2 NASCAR PR used with permission
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