2006 Sylvania 300

Race 27 of 36

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:06:21
Average speed of winner: 102.195 mph
Margin of victory: 0.777 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 47 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Burton 127.538
Lap leaders: Harvick 1-27, J. Gordon 28-29, Harvick 30, Marlin 31, Hamlin 32-35, Harvick 36-52, J. Gordon 53-80, Harvick 81, J. Gordon 82-85, Burton 86-137, Harvick 138-169, Martin 170, Kenseth 171, Yeley 172-175, R. Gordon 176-177, Harvick 178-211, Blaney 212-216, Harvick 217-300

Race notes: Finale for Ted Christopher and Morgan Shepherd. Kevin Harvick took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Start, Johnson crash, Ky. Busch crash, Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	132.282	300	7	196	running	266461	190
2	32	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	129.072	300	0	0	running	220686	170
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	131.751	300	3	34	running	171536	170
4	5	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	130.667	300	1	4	running	113050	165
5	12	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	129.993	300	0	0	running	118625	155
6	14	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	129.829	300	0	0	running	125516	150
7	22	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	129.532	300	1	52	running	137570	151
8	36	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	128.632	300	1	4	running	119050	147
9	21	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	129.577	300	1	5	running	103033	143
10	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	129.375	300	1	1	running	130466	139
11	26	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	129.322	300	1	1	running	95975	135
12	4	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	131.216	300	0	0	running	121583	127
13	13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	129.842	300	0	0	running	115716	124
14	8	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	130.193	300	0	0	running	93675	121
15	9	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	130.086	300	1	2	running	77425	123
16	33	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	128.997	300	0	0	running	109389	115
17	31	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	129.112	300	0	0	running	83625	112
18	19	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	129.651	300	0	0	running	91525	109
19	3	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	131.483	300	0	0	running	114058	106
20	6	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	130.304	300	0	0	running	101883	103
21	24	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	129.437	300	0	0	running	108758	100
22	11	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	130.006	300	0	0	running	96458	97
23	35	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	128.723	299	0	0	running	86608	94
24	18	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	129.735	299	0	0	running	81700	91
25	30	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Chevrolet	MB2	Labbe	129.121	299	1	1	running	83347	93
26	28	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	129.277	299	0	0	running	73100	85
27	34	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	128.788	299	0	0	running	72875	82
28	37	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Hylton	128.602	299	0	0	running	104250	79
29	42	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	127.125	298	0	0	running	116225	76
30	40	Kevin Lepage	49	LoansDepot.com	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	127.363	297	0	0	running	69650	73
31	39	Scott Wimmer	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	128.023	297	0	0	running	68950	70
32	17	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	129.763	295	0	0	running	95070	67
33	10	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	130.038	295	0	0	running	96689	64
34	38	Chad Chaffin	61	Fairfield Inn	Dodge	Front Row	Craig Osborne	128.126	293	0	0	running	68325	61
35	23	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	129.481	291	0	0	running	68125	58
36	15	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	129.824	291	0	0	running	95808	55
37	27	Kyle Petty	45	Petty Enterprises/Victory Junction Gang	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	129.300	290	0	0	engine	75700	52
38	16	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	129.763	276	0	0	running	85500	49
39	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	130.264	233	0	0	running	115911	46
40	29	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	129.239	207	0	0	accident	104161	43
41	43	Ted Christopher	27	Lilly Trucking	Chevrolet	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	126.795	123	0	0	brakes	67060	40
42	41	Morgan Shepherd	89	Victory in Jesus Racing	Dodge	Shepherd	Doug George	127.197	61	0	0	overheating	66935	37
43	20	Jeff Green	66	Haas/Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	129.600	2	0	0	accident	75139	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kevin Harvick	5230	27	1	4	12	15
2	Denny Hamlin	5195	27	3	2	5	14
3	Matt Kenseth	5189	27	0	4	13	17
4	Jeff Gordon	5180	27	0	2	11	13
5	Jeff Burton	5166	27	4	0	4	16
6	Mark Martin	5155	27	0	0	6	12
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5149	27	0	1	8	12
8	Kasey Kahne	5120	27	4	5	9	14
9	Jimmie Johnson	5091	27	1	4	8	18
10	Kyle Busch	5084	27	1	1	9	15
11	Tony Stewart	3473	27	0	2	11	15
12	Greg Biffle	3160	27	2	1	5	12
13	Carl Edwards	3120	27	0	0	8	13
14	Kurt Busch	2934	27	5	1	5	8
15	Casey Mears	2915	27	0	0	1	5
16	Ryan Newman	2880	27	2	0	2	7
17	Clint Bowyer	2846	27	0	0	3	7
18	Brian Vickers	2834	27	0	0	4	6
19	Jamie McMurray	2798	27	0	0	3	7
20	Elliott Sadler	2789	27	1	0	1	7
21	Scott Riggs	2781	26	1	0	1	7
22	Reed Sorenson	2722	27	0	0	1	5
23	Martin Truex, Jr.	2633	27	0	0	0	2
24	Dale Jarrett	2551	27	0	0	0	3
25	Robby Gordon	2523	27	0	0	1	2