Matt Kenseth won the Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America at Dover International Speedway, scoring his 12th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 233rd career start.
It is Kenseths second victory in 2006. His other victory came at California Speedway, 11 races earlier.
Kenseth won from a 19th starting position, the first time in the last seven races at Dover that a driver has won from outside a top-10 starting position.
Kenseth scored his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 15 career races at Dover
This is Kenseths 10th victory on a superspeedway.
Kenseth scored his ninth top-10 finish this season. He has finished sixth or better in six of his last seven races.
Kenseth led seven times for 83 laps including the final four laps in the Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America.
Kenseth has won a race each season 2002-2006, five consecutive years.
This was team owner Jack Roushs 92nd NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Roush has scored six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victories at Dover.
Jack Roush Racing has won at least one race each season 1997-2006, 10 consecutive years.
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Jamie McMurray (second) scored his fifth top-10 finish and best finish of the 2006 season. It is also his best finish in seven races at Dover International Speedway.
Jamie McMurray led 95 laps, leading the most laps for just the second time in his career. He also led the most laps when he scored his career-first victory at Lowes in October 2002.
Kevin Harvick (third) scored his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races in 2006. It was his first top-10 finish in the last three races. Harvick climbed from ninth to eighth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. He has scored five top-10 finishes in 11 races at Dover.
Jeff Burton (fourth) scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his in ninth top-10 finish in 25 races at Dover International Speedway. Burton has scored top-15 finishes in his last seven races, a streak that began at Texas. Burton climbed from eighth to seventh in the point standings. One year ago he ranked 16th in the standings after 13 races.
Kyle Busch (fifth) scored his seventh top-10 finish in 13 races in 2006. It was his third top-five finish in three races at Dover. He remained 10th in the point standings. One year ago he ranked 19th after 13 races.
Jimmie Johnson (sixth) remained first in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, and is now 74 points ahead of secondplace Matt Kenseth. Johnson lost 35 points of his lead to race winner Kenseth.
With his eighth-place finish, Greg Biffle is now 85 points behind 10th. Four races ago he was 232 points behind 10th. Biffle has climbed from 23rd to 12th in points in those four races. After 13 races in 2005, he ranked second in the point standings.
Mark Martin (ninth) has scored top-15 finishes in 12 of the 13 races in 2006.
Dave Blaney (30th) extended a 31-race streak of running at the finish that began at Pocono last June, which is the longest current streak.
Rookie contender David Stremme (41st) led for the first time in his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup career. He led just one lap.
At least one of the Raybestos Rookie-of-the Year contenders has scored a top-15 finish in all 13 races this season.
Jeff Burton has climbed from 21st to 7th in the point standings since Martinsville.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(6-4-2006)
