2005 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 31 of 36

Charlotte
336 laps
Time of race: 4:11:18
Average speed of winner: 120.334 mph
Margin of victory: 0.309 sec.
Lead changes: 35 among 17 drivers
Cautions: 15 for 81 laps
Fastest lap: Joe Nemechek
Lap leaders: Sadler pole, Newman 1-21, Sadler 22-29, Stewart 30-32, Hamlin 33, Sadler 34-59, Stewart 60-64, Sadler 65-91, Biffle 92, Sadler 93-96, Mayfield 97, Biffle 98-100, Sadler 101-127, Wimmer 128, Sadler 129-143, Ky. Busch 144-150, Sadler 151-152, Mears 153-160, Stewart 161-175, Kvapil 176, Stewart 177-202, Green 203, Stewart 204-215, Waltrip 216-221, Stewart 222-224, Waltrip 225-245, Newman 246-266, Waltrip 267-270, Kahne 271-305, Ku. Busch 306-307, Mears 308, Rudd 309-312, Nemechek 313-318, Johnson 319, Nemechek 320-324, Johnson 325-336

Race notes: Debut for David Reutimann. Finale for Stuart Kirby.

Video links: Part 1 (Start/1st caution), Part 2 (2nd caution), Part 3, Part 4 (3rd caution), Part 5 (4th caution), Part 6 (5th caution), Part 7 (6th caution), Part 8 (7th caution), Part 9 (8th caution), Part 10 (9th caution), Part 11 (10th caution), Part 12 (11th caution), Part 13 (12th caution), Part 14 (13th caution), Part 15 (14th caution), Part 16 (15th caution), Part 17 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	192.850	336	2	13	running	264991	185
2	7	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	191.959	336	1	2	running	222625	175
3	21	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	190.490	336	2	4	running	156050	170
4	12	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	191.394	336	2	11	running	154308	165
5	6	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	192.014	336	0	0	running	128900	155
6	9	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	191.823	336	2	9	running	138908	155
7	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	193.126	336	2	42	running	145641	151
8	39	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	188.003	336	1	1	running	92325	147
9	31	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	189.547	336	1	4	running	112214	143
10	8	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts Miracle-Gro	Ford	Roush	Osborne	191.864	336	0	0	running	100275	134
11	37	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	188.923	336	1	1	running	108870	135
12	25	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	189.934	336	0	0	running	86850	127
13	22	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	190.409	336	0	0	running	86150	124
14	19	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	190.678	336	0	0	running	101520	121
15	16	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	190.779	336	0	0	running	90233	118
16	43	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch		188.212	336	0	0	running	68875	115
17	42	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	186.168	336	1	1	running	81525	117
18	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	192.671	336	0	0	running	107550	109
19	41	Jeff Green	43	Petty Fan Fest/Bugles	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	187.074	336	1	1	running	99911	111
20	14	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	191.008	336	1	1	running	90783	108
21	17	Kevin Lepage	66	Peak Fitness	Ford	Peak Fitness	Greg Connor	190.772	336	0	0	running	71675	100
22	26	David Reutimann	00	State Farm Corn Dogs	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennon	189.873	336	0	0	running	66600	97
23	33	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	189.387	336	1	35	running	105025	99
24	27	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	189.827	336	0	0	running	100188	91
25	4	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	192.706	328	5	61	running	139561	93
26	18	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	190.712	326	0	0	running	113561	85
27	1	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Buskirk	193.216	326	8	112	running	157001	92
28	35	Kevin Harvick	29	Snap-On/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	189.308	291	0	0	running	112136	79
29	32	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	189.527	278	3	31	accident	95214	81
30	20	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	190.597	278	0	0	accident	102433	73
31	29	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline/Texaco	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	189.633	278	0	0	accident	75075	70
32	23	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	190.335	278	0	0	accident	64375	67
33	15	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Childers	190.948	267	0	0	accident	82747	64
34	40	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	187.448	255	0	0	engine	64125	61
35	11	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	191.544	252	0	0	accident	63975	58
36	34	David Stremme	39	Commit Lozenges	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover	189.374	243	0	0	accident	63790	55
37	38	Stuart Kirby	51	Marathon American Spirit Oil	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Giles	188.469	213	0	0	handling	63670	52
38	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	191.714	151	0	0	accident	112596	49
39	13	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	191.381	150	1	7	accident	71450	51
40	30	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	189.567	124	0	0	accident	91248	43
41	24	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Ince	190.074	94	0	0	accident	63215	40
42	28	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	189.720	61	0	0	accident	110508	37
43	36	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	189.003	40	0	0	timing chain	63318	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	5777	31	2	5	15	21
2	Jimmie Johnson	5777	31	1	4	11	19
3	Greg Biffle	5766	31	0	5	13	18
4	Ryan Newman	5760	31	6	1	8	14
5	Mark Martin	5726	31	0	1	9	16
6	Carl Edwards	5723	31	1	2	10	14
7	Rusty Wallace	5685	31	0	0	8	17
8	Jeremy Mayfield	5662	31	0	1	4	8
9	Matt Kenseth	5653	31	2	1	9	14
10	Kurt Busch	5635	31	0	3	9	16
11	Elliott Sadler	3507	31	4	0	1	10
12	Kevin Harvick	3496	31	2	1	3	9
13	Joe Nemechek	3490	31	1	0	2	9
14	Jamie McMurray	3486	31	1	0	4	8
15	Brian Vickers	3444	31	1	0	5	10
16	Dale Jarrett	3392	31	1	1	4	6
17	Jeff Gordon	3385	31	2	3	5	10
18	Jeff Burton	3227	31	0	0	2	4
19	Kyle Busch	3215	31	1	1	8	11
20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3210	31	0	1	6	11
21	Kasey Kahne	3207	31	2	1	5	8
22	Ricky Rudd	3141	31	0	0	2	9
23	Michael Waltrip	3050	31	1	0	3	7
24	Casey Mears	3018	31	0	0	1	7
25	Bobby Labonte	2957	31	0	0	2	5