2005 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:08:50
Average speed of winner: 84.678 mph
Margin of victory: 0.511 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 16 for 87 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Kenseth 1-70, J. Gordon 71-97, Kenseth 98-174, Harvick 175-177, Kenseth 178-212, Mayfield 213-230, Kenseth 231-257, B. Labonte 258-278, Kenseth 279, Biffle 280, Kenseth 281-303, R. Wallace 304-306, Kenseth 307-375, Bliss 376-379, Kenseth 380-419, R. Wallace 420-425, E. Sadler 426-427, Kenseth 428-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	127.300	500	9	415	running	360536	190
2	24	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	125.576	500	0	0	running	219895	170
3	4	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	127.014	500	1	1	running	168225	170
4	5	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	126.980	500	0	0	running	156514	160
5	20	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	125.823	500	2	9	running	154733	160
6	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	127.199	500	1	27	running	155886	155
7	27	Mike Bliss	0	CertainTeed	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	125.379	500	1	4	running	106650	151
8	17	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.030	500	0	0	running	146086	142
9	41	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Hmiel	123.539	500	0	0	running	144333	138
10	13	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie Minis	Ford	Roush	Fennig	126.220	500	0	0	running	148625	134
11	7	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	126.955	500	0	0	running	96000	130
12	35	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	124.849	500	0	0	running	126558	127
13	9	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	126.737	500	1	2	running	131291	129
14	32	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	125.150	500	0	0	running	119133	121
15	22	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	125.691	500	0	0	running	121139	118
16	25	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	125.518	500	0	0	running	107025	115
17	15	Mike Wallace	4	Food City/Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	126.129	500	0	0	running	91675	112
18	16	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	126.112	500	1	18	running	117345	114
19	31	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	125.183	500	0	0	running	99875	106
20	23	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	125.601	500	0	0	running	99775	103
21	42	Bobby Labonte	18	PowerADE Flava23	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	123.364	500	1	21	running	123550	105
22	28	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	125.313	500	0	0	running	117261	97
23	3	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	127.157	500	0	0	running	96900	94
24	37	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	124.605	499	0	0	running	101875	91
25	26	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Northern Quilted	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	125.387	499	0	0	running	101008	88
26	18	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline/Texaco	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	125.897	498	0	0	running	93415	85
27	39	Terry Labonte	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	123.945	497	0	0	running	84905	82
28	34	Jimmy Spencer	50	Allied Buildings	Dodge	Don Arnold	Sisco	124.954	493	0	0	running	81395	79
29	40	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	123.826	491	0	0	running	111693	76
30	38	Hermie Sadler	92	Kingsport Iron & Metal	Chevrolet	Front Row		124.018	491	0	0	running	81675	73
31	30	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Wilburn	125.281	478	0	0	running	115223	70
32	43	Carl Long	80	Royal Admin Svc./carloan.com	Chevrolet	McGlynn		123.921	472	0	0	running	80955	67
33	11	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	126.570	448	0	0	running	89795	64
34	14	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	126.154	427	0	0	running	100393	61
35	8	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Gill	126.888	411	0	0	running	90172	58
36	29	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	125.305	410	0	0	engine	128956	55
37	19	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench/Reese's Big Cup	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	125.839	352	1	3	running	127316	57
38	33	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	124.995	332	0	0	oil leak	80270	49
39	6	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	126.955	317	0	0	accident	125151	46
40	12	Scott Riggs	10	Checkers/Rally's	Chevrolet	MB2	Childers	126.337	309	0	0	engine	88050	43
41	36	Stanton Barrett	95	Langley Properties	Chevrolet	Barrett		124.686	251	0	0	engine	79900	40
42	10	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	126.587	212	0	0	accident	111840	37
43	21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	00	Bryan	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennon	125.798	78	0	0	electrical	79962	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	3410	24	1	5	11	16
2	Jimmie Johnson	3197	24	1	2	9	15
3	Greg Biffle	3186	24	0	5	8	13
4	Rusty Wallace	3139	24	0	0	6	13
5	Mark Martin	3014	24	0	0	6	12
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2983	24	0	1	4	6
7	Kurt Busch	2982	24	0	2	7	13
8	Carl Edwards	2849	24	0	2	7	9
9	Ryan Newman	2819	24	5	0	5	10
10	Jeff Gordon	2799	24	2	3	5	9
11	Matt Kenseth	2788	24	1	1	5	9
12	Jamie McMurray	2787	24	1	0	4	7
13	Elliott Sadler	2765	24	2	0	1	9
14	Dale Jarrett	2721	24	1	0	3	5
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2682	24	0	1	5	10
16	Kevin Harvick	2677	24	1	1	3	6
17	Joe Nemechek	2660	24	1	0	1	6
18	Brian Vickers	2590	24	1	0	4	8
19	Jeff Burton	2529	24	0	0	2	3
20	Michael Waltrip	2482	24	1	0	3	7
21	Kasey Kahne	2442	24	2	1	5	6
22	Kyle Busch	2393	24	1	0	5	8
23	Ricky Rudd	2329	24	0	0	2	6
24	Bobby Labonte	2314	24	0	0	2	5
25	Casey Mears	2278	24	0	0	1	4