2006 USG Sheetrock 400

Race 18 of 36

Chicagoland
270 laps
Time of race: 3:03:59
Average speed of winner: 132.077 mph
Margin of victory: 0.461 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth 174.791
Lap leaders: Burton 1-59, Ky. Busch 60-61, J. Gordon 62-69, Harvick 70-108, Earnhardt, Jr. 109-124, J. Gordon 125-128, Burton 129, Kenseth 130, Stewart 131, Earnhardt, Jr. 132-142, Sorenson 143-148, Kenseth 149-171, Harvick 172, Martin 173, Kenseth 174-199, J. Gordon 200, B. Labonte 201, Kenseth 202-263, J. Gordon 264-270

Race notes: Debut for Todd Kluever.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	179.200	270	4	20	running	327761	185
2	1	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	181.647	270	2	60	running	250220	175
3	23	Kyle Busch	5	CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	178.036	270	1	2	running	178075	170
4	4	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	180.421	270	2	40	running	184586	165
5	25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	177.924	270	2	27	running	164591	160
6	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	180.391	270	0	0	running	154286	150
7	18	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	178.442	270	1	6	running	116525	151
8	19	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	178.318	270	0	0	running	138958	142
9	38	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	176.471	270	0	0	running	114425	138
10	10	J.J. Yeley	18	VESIcare/GSK	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	179.317	270	0	0	running	138475	134
11	27	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	177.643	270	0	0	running	113000	130
12	6	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Most Popular Driver	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	180.367	270	1	1	running	132136	132
13	2	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	181.318	270	0	0	running	101350	124
14	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Kinko's	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	179.874	270	0	0	running	91525	121
15	14	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	178.660	270	0	0	running	91325	118
16	29	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	177.515	270	0	0	running	116283	115
17	15	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	178.636	270	0	0	running	106233	112
18	9	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	179.325	270	1	1	running	103325	114
19	30	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	177.480	270	0	0	running	88125	106
20	21	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	178.271	270	0	0	running	106725	103
21	20	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	178.283	270	0	0	running	108983	100
22	8	Matt Kenseth	17	USG/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	179.718	270	4	112	running	139666	107
23	3	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	180.687	270	0	0	running	120489	94
24	16	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	178.613	270	0	0	running	114916	91
25	11	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	179.223	270	0	0	running	118783	88
26	31	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	177.299	269	0	0	running	95158	85
27	22	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	178.159	269	0	0	running	100447	82
28	33	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	176.997	269	0	0	running	89800	79
29	32	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	177.067	269	0	0	running	107008	76
30	36	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	176.551	269	0	0	running	79350	73
31	41	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	175.936	269	0	0	running	110725	70
32	34	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	176.933	269	1	1	running	132386	72
33	17	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	178.583	268	0	0	running	105545	64
34	28	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	177.620	268	0	0	running	78050	61
35	24	Bill Elliott	00	Burger King	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Larry Carter	178.000	268	0	0	running	77850	58
36	12	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	179.206	268	0	0	running	123058	55
37	43	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	176.177	268	0	0	running	77425	52
38	37	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	176.505	268	0	0	running	77225	49
39	42	Jamie McMurray	26	Lenox Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Osborne	174.650	268	0	0	running	123850	46
40	39	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	175.936	267	0	0	running	76805	43
41	35	Todd Kluever	06	Post-it/3M	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	176.580	267	0	0	running	76605	40
42	40	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	175.673	266	0	0	running	103644	37
43	26	Terry Labonte	44	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	177.690	167	0	0	engine	76551	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2651	18	1	3	7	14
2	Matt Kenseth	2600	18	0	2	10	11
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2394	18	0	1	6	8
4	Jeff Burton	2327	18	2	0	4	11
5	Kasey Kahne	2303	18	4	4	6	10
6	Mark Martin	2291	18	0	0	2	8
7	Tony Stewart	2274	18	0	2	8	9
8	Kyle Busch	2265	18	1	0	6	9
9	Kevin Harvick	2253	18	0	1	6	9
10	Jeff Gordon	2219	18	0	2	6	8
11	Greg Biffle	2172	18	2	1	4	9
12	Denny Hamlin	2169	18	1	1	3	6
13	Kurt Busch	2087	18	2	1	4	7
14	Carl Edwards	2026	18	0	0	5	8
15	Casey Mears	1991	18	0	0	1	5
16	Clint Bowyer	1937	18	0	0	1	5
17	Jamie McMurray	1921	18	0	0	2	6
18	Ryan Newman	1915	18	1	0	2	5
19	Elliott Sadler	1870	18	1	0	1	4
20	Brian Vickers	1857	18	0	0	2	4
21	Reed Sorenson	1801	18	0	0	1	4
22	Martin Truex, Jr.	1774	18	0	0	0	1
23	Scott Riggs	1771	17	1	0	0	4
24	Dale Jarrett	1747	18	0	0	0	2
25	Bobby Labonte	1681	18	0	0	1	3