2006 Sony HD 500

Race 25 of 36

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250 laps
Time of race: 3:27:40
Average speed of winner: 144.462 mph
Margin of victory: 3.427 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 29 laps
Fastest lap: Kasey Kahne 178.478
Lap leaders: Ku. Busch 1-11, Kahne 12-27, Hamlin 28-54, J. Gordon 55-75, Hamlin 76-77, Ky. Busch 78-79, J. Gordon 80-86, Ky. Busch 87, Kahne 88-117, Ky. Busch 118, Kahne 119, Ky. Busch 120-121, Kahne 122-156, J. Gordon 157-161, Ky. Busch 162-165, J. Gordon 166-174, Earnhardt, Jr. 175-179, Kahne 180-181, Ky. Busch 182, Kahne 183-192, Martin 193-195, Sadler 196-203, Kahne 204-237, Earnhardt, Jr. 238, Edwards 239-240, Sorenson 241-248, Kahne 249-250

Race notes: Matt Kenseth took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3), Highlights (Part 4), Highlights (Part 5), Highlights (Part 6), Highlights (Part 7), Highlights (Part 8), Highlights (Part 9), Highlights (Part 10), Highlights (Part 11)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	182.292	250	8	130	running	336516	190
2	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	182.792	250	2	6	running	202375	175
3	3	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	183.505	250	0	0	running	199591	165
4	24	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	180.027	250	1	2	running	135425	165
5	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	181.438	250	4	42	running	171636	160
6	8	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	182.454	250	2	29	running	111800	155
7	11	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.209	250	0	0	running	128200	146
8	10	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	182.223	250	6	11	running	144808	147
9	22	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	180.180	250	0	0	running	145720	138
10	36	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Hylton	178.545	250	0	0	running	147686	134
11	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	180.941	250	0	0	running	135486	130
12	38	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	178.086	250	1	3	running	131264	132
13	18	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	180.727	250	1	8	running	124564	129
14	33	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	178.931	250	0	0	running	113758	121
15	15	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	181.087	250	0	0	running	128075	118
16	7	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	182.672	250	0	0	running	110183	115
17	4	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	183.197	250	0	0	running	127533	112
18	5	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	182.950	250	0	0	running	114858	109
19	19	J.J. Yeley	18	Imitrex/Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	180.709	250	0	0	running	108775	106
20	31	Jamie McMurray	26	Smirnoff Ice	Ford	Roush	Osborne	179.462	250	0	0	running	105983	103
21	34	Reed Sorenson	41	Diet Pepsi/Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	178.869	249	1	8	running	96922	105
22	30	Jeff Green	66	"According to Jim"/Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	179.636	249	0	0	running	140761	97
23	29	Ken Schrader	21	U.S. Air Force	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	179.641	249	0	0	running	126886	94
24	21	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Charter	Ford	Roush	Richert	180.519	249	0	0	running	96975	91
25	13	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	181.722	249	0	0	running	89700	88
26	28	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	179.677	249	0	0	running	113665	85
27	1	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	184.540	249	1	11	running	86705	87
28	41	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	176.978	249	0	0	running	101195	79
29	27	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	179.721	249	0	0	running	129910	76
30	17	Scott Wimmer	4	Lucas Oil/Forward Air	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	180.737	248	0	0	running	83475	73
31	37	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	178.505	248	0	0	running	120440	70
32	20	David Gilliland	38	Pedigree/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	180.560	248	0	0	running	85255	67
33	12	Ryan Newman	12	Sony	Dodge	Penske	Borland	181.951	248	0	0	running	91595	64
34	43	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	177.274	248	0	0	running	90535	61
35	35	Kyle Petty	45	Schwan's Home Delivery	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	178.740	247	0	0	running	90425	58
36	32	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	179.426	247	0	0	running	90315	55
37	42	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	175.310	247	0	0	running	128413	52
38	39	Kevin Lepage	49	LoansDepot.com	Dodge	BAM	Greg Connor	177.765	247	0	0	running	90070	49
39	40	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	177.738	246	0	0	running	111951	46
40	26	Terry Labonte	44	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Bumgarner	179.964	246	0	0	running	109758	43
41	2	Brian Vickers	25	Garnier Fructis/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	184.049	237	0	0	running	81700	40
42	23	Bill Elliott	00	Burger King	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Larry Carter	180.099	224	0	0	running	81575	37
43	25	Robby Gordon	7	World Series of Poker	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	179.964	193	0	0	transmission	81764	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	3638	25	0	4	13	15
2	Jimmie Johnson	3629	25	1	4	8	18
3	Kevin Harvick	3296	25	0	2	10	13
4	Jeff Gordon	3251	25	0	2	10	12
5	Kyle Busch	3244	25	1	1	8	14
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3226	25	0	1	8	12
7	Denny Hamlin	3225	25	2	2	4	13
8	Tony Stewart	3194	25	0	2	10	14
9	Mark Martin	3181	25	0	0	5	11
10	Jeff Burton	3179	25	4	0	4	14
11	Kasey Kahne	3149	25	4	5	8	13
12	Carl Edwards	2953	25	0	0	8	13
13	Greg Biffle	2889	25	2	1	5	11
14	Kurt Busch	2746	25	5	1	5	8
15	Casey Mears	2685	25	0	0	1	5
16	Ryan Newman	2650	25	2	0	2	7
17	Jamie McMurray	2634	25	0	0	3	7
18	Clint Bowyer	2628	25	0	0	3	7
19	Scott Riggs	2589	24	1	0	1	6
20	Brian Vickers	2588	25	0	0	3	5
21	Elliott Sadler	2524	25	1	0	1	6
22	Martin Truex, Jr.	2493	25	0	0	0	2
23	Reed Sorenson	2489	25	0	0	1	5
24	Dale Jarrett	2372	25	0	0	0	3
25	Bobby Labonte	2341	25	0	0	1	4