2006 3M Performance 400

Race 15 of 36

Michigan
129 laps
Time of race: 2:10:19
Average speed of winner: 118.788 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 17 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 183.791
Lap leaders: Kahne 1, J. Gordon 2-22, Ky. Busch 23-31, Kahne 32-35, J. Gordon 36-45, Kahne 46, J. Gordon 47-55, Petty 56, J. Gordon 57-59, Earnhardt, Jr. 60-61, J. Gordon 62-68, Biffle 69-79, Earnhardt, Jr. 80, Vickers 81-87, Edwards 88-112, Lepage 113, Sorenson 114-116, Kahne 117-129

Race notes: Finale for Bill Lester.

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	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	185.644	129	4	19	running	205364	185
2	31	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	181.128	129	1	25	running	147200	175
3	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	184.606	129	2	3	running	146991	170
4	10	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Charter	Ford	Roush	Richert	183.589	129	1	11	running	115300	165
5	25	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	181.896	129	1	3	running	98350	160
6	4	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	184.943	129	0	0	running	128386	150
7	37	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	180.194	129	0	0	running	122183	146
8	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.543	129	5	50	running	137436	152
9	13	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	183.337	129	0	0	running	117583	138
10	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	182.699	129	0	0	running	119936	134
11	12	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	183.496	129	0	0	running	109295	130
12	21	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	182.371	129	0	0	running	78925	127
13	20	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.621	129	0	0	running	121416	124
14	15	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	183.271	129	1	9	running	91725	126
15	42	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland		129	0	0	running	118683	118
16	11	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	183.552	129	0	0	running	103583	115
17	3	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	184.995	129	1	7	running	96175	117
18	24	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	181.947	129	0	0	running	76025	109
19	30	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	181.187	129	0	0	running	99783	106
20	40	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	179.668	129	0	0	running	110100	103
21	23	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	182.011	129	0	0	running	89008	100
22	32	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	181.118	129	0	0	running	102458	97
23	41	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Osborne	177.489	129	0	0	running	118675	94
24	26	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn/Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	181.878	129	0	0	running	85658	91
25	28	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	181.791	129	0	0	running	83622	88
26	7	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	184.252	129	0	0	running	99670	85
27	8	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	184.007	129	0	0	running	88035	82
28	5	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	184.810	129	0	0	running	109821	79
29	16	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	183.262	129	0	0	running	72675	76
30	33	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	180.868	129	0	0	running	72600	73
31	36	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	180.198	129	0	0	running	69450	70
32	34	Bill Lester	23	Waste Management	Dodge	Bill Davis	Viers	180.845	129	0	0	running	69375	67
33	27	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	181.832	129	0	0	running	77300	64
34	29	Kevin Lepage	49	RoadLoans	Dodge	BAM	Greg Connor	181.681	129	1	1	running	70150	66
35	35	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	180.510	129	1	1	running	77050	63
36	18	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	182.709	129	0	0	running	98991	55
37	43	Mike Skinner	34	Oak Gloves	Chevrolet	Front Row		179.928	129	0	0	running	68950	52
38	39	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	179.951	126	0	0	running	68850	49
39	9	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	183.758	86	0	0	running	76805	46
40	14	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	183.309	80	0	0	running	103340	43
41	17	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	182.746	58	0	0	accident	122666	40
42	22	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	182.278	30	0	0	accident	95904	37
43	38	Derrike Cope	74	Sundance Vacations/Royal Admin	Dodge	McGlynn	Turse	180.162	12	0	0	overheating	68127	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2295	15	1	3	7	12
2	Matt Kenseth	2221	15	0	2	9	10
3	Kasey Kahne	2051	15	4	4	6	10
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2020	15	0	1	5	7
5	Mark Martin	1989	15	0	0	2	8
6	Tony Stewart	1928	15	0	1	7	8
7	Jeff Burton	1888	15	1	0	3	9
8	Kevin Harvick	1849	15	0	1	5	7
9	Denny Hamlin	1809	15	1	1	3	6
10	Greg Biffle	1807	15	2	1	3	8
11	Jeff Gordon	1796	15	0	0	4	6
12	Kyle Busch	1795	15	1	0	4	7
13	Carl Edwards	1722	15	0	0	5	7
14	Casey Mears	1654	15	0	0	1	4
15	Jamie McMurray	1624	15	0	0	2	5
16	Kurt Busch	1620	15	1	1	2	4
17	Ryan Newman	1555	15	1	0	1	4
18	Clint Bowyer	1550	15	0	0	1	3
19	Dale Jarrett	1514	15	0	0	0	2
20	Reed Sorenson	1508	15	0	0	1	3
21	Elliott Sadler	1502	15	1	0	1	2
22	Brian Vickers	1498	15	0	0	2	4
23	Scott Riggs	1468	14	1	0	0	4
24	Martin Truex, Jr.	1460	15	0	0	0	1
25	Bobby Labonte	1454	15	0	0	1	3