Kurt Busch won the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, scoring his 13th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 170th career start.
Buschs last victory came at Phoenix, 12 races ago.
This is Buschs second victory in 2005.
Busch has scored top-10 finishes in four of his last five races.
Busch moved to 45th on NASCARs All-time win list tied with Tim Richmond and Dick Rathmann.
This marked the ninth victory for Ford in 2005. Chevrolet has 10 and Dodge has one.
Busch remained fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL CUP point standings, 262 behind of first-place Jimmie Johnson.
Busch scored his first victory in 10 races at Pocono Raceway.
This was Buschs eighth career superspeedway victory in 133 career superspeedway races.
Busch led the most laps for the second time in a race this season. He led 131 of the 203 laps raced.
Busch led six times including the final 21 laps.
Busch has scored 11 top-10 finishes in 20 races this season.
Busch scored the second victory for car owner Jack Roush at Pocono Raceway, both in 2005. This was Roushs 83rd victory as a car owner and ninth in 20 races this season.
Jack Roush Racing competed in 34 races at Pocono (since 1988) before scoring car-owner victories in both Pocono races in 2005. (Carl Edwards and Kurt Busch).
Three of the top-four finishers were Roush-owned cars: Kurt Busch (first), Mark Martin (third), Carl Edwards (fourth).
Rusty Wallace (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 44 races at Pocono Raceway. He scored his 11th top-10 finish in 20 races in 2005. Wallace remained fourth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings now 182 behind first-place Jimmie Johnson.
Wallace extended a 33-race streak of running at the finish that began at Bristol last August. He has scored 16 top-15 finishes in 20 races in 2005.
Mark Martin (third) posted his 27th top-10 finish in 38 races at Pocono Raceway. Martin has scored 10 top-10 finishes in 2005. Martin remained seventh in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, 17 points behind sixth-place Ryan Newman.
Carl Edwards (fourth) posted his second top-five finish in two races at Pocono Raceway. It marked his eighth top-10 finish in 2005. Edwards remained 12th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, just 12 points behind 10th-place Dale Jarrett
Ryan Newman (fifth) posted his fourth top-five finish in eight races at Pocono Raceway. Newman remained sixth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, 30 points behind fifth-place Kurt Busch.
Jimmie Johnson (12th) has ranked in the top-10 of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings for 53 consecutive races, the longest current streak. The streak began at Atlanta in March 2004. Johnson has scored 13 top-10 finishes in 2005, the most of all drivers.
Jeff Gordon (13th) remained 15th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, now 541 points behind point leader Jimmie Johnson and 114 points behind 10th-place Dale Jarrett.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (32nd) dropped from 13th to 14th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, 537 points behind firstplace Jimmie Johnson and 110 points behind 10th-place Dale Jarrett.
Only two of the top-10 positions in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings changed at Pocono Raceway: Tony Stewart moved to second while Greg Biffle dropped to third.
Seven drivers remain within 400 points of current point leader Jimmie Johnson with six races remaining before the Chase begins in New Hampshire in September.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(7-24-2005)
