2006 Dickies 500

Race 34 of 36

Texas
339 laps
Time of race: 3:46:11
Average speed of winner: 134.891 mph
Margin of victory: 0.272 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 51 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 187.188
Lap leaders: Vickers 1-4, Ku. Busch 5-41, Vickers 42, Stewart 43-89, Kahne 90, Stewart 91-136, Earnhardt, Jr. 137, Marlin 138, Stewart 139-166, Bowyer 167, Kenseth 168, Stewart 169-195, Bowyer 196, McMurray 197-200, Stewart 201-232, Bowyer 233, Stewart 234-257, Kahne 258, Stremme 259, Stewart 260-317, Johnson 318, Ky. Busch 319-320, Yeley 321-323, Stewart 324-339

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

Video links: Part 1 (Yellow start), Part 2 (Green start), Part 3, Part 4 (2nd caution), Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (3rd caution), Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 (4th caution), Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 (5th caution), Part 15 (6th caution), Part 16 (7th caution), Part 17 (8th caution), Part 18, Part 19, Part 20 (9th caution), Part 21, Part 22 (10th caution), Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26 (11th caution), Part 27 (12th caution), Part 28 (Finish)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	193.320	339	8	278	running	521361	190
2	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	193.833	339	1	1	running	364236	175
3	21	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	192.102	339	0	0	running	254186	165
4	11	Kyle Busch	5	CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	193.071	339	1	2	running	204250	165
5	14	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	192.898	339	3	3	running	176625	160
6	10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	193.099	339	1	1	running	187141	155
7	25	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	191.741	339	0	0	running	174208	146
8	3	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	194.854	339	1	37	running	164833	147
9	23	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	192.082	339	0	0	running	166586	138
10	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Kinko's	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	193.562	339	0	0	running	121200	134
11	35	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	190.860	339	0	0	running	144808	130
12	36	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	190.712	339	1	1	running	152791	132
13	27	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	191.374	339	0	0	running	130058	124
14	34	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	190.867	339	0	0	running	126183	121
15	15	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	192.713	339	0	0	running	120050	118
16	13	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	192.961	338	0	0	running	138186	115
17	19	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Kraft	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	192.431	338	0	0	running	108550	112
18	16	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	192.664	338	0	0	running	126445	109
19	41	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	189.860	338	0	0	running	99650	106
20	26	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	191.598	338	1	3	running	136675	108
21	7	David Gilliland	38	Combos	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	193.368	338	0	0	running	126908	100
22	28	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	191.354	338	0	0	running	113475	97
23	22	Mike Bliss	49	RoadLoans.com	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	192.089	338	0	0	running	111083	94
24	17	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	192.500	338	1	1	running	115722	96
25	37	Ward Burton	4	Lucas Oil/Hefty	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	190.644	338	0	0	running	98275	88
26	42	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	189.241	338	1	4	running	141500	90
27	1	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	196.235	338	2	5	running	125175	87
28	40	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	190.040	337	0	0	running	96775	79
29	20	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Hylton	192.362	334	0	0	running	126150	76
30	33	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	191.029	333	0	0	running	94375	73
31	12	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools/"Cars"	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	192.981	331	0	0	accident	93675	70
32	30	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	191.178	330	0	0	running	93475	67
33	4	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	194.812	328	2	2	engine	131439	69
34	24	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	191.755	328	0	0	running	138483	61
35	39	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Charter	Ford	Roush	Richert	190.040	324	0	0	accident	113075	58
36	43	Terry Labonte	44	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Bumgarner	189.341	316	0	0	running	92650	55
37	2	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne	195.390	310	0	0	running	123441	52
38	29	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	191.211	269	0	0	running	118595	49
39	9	Robby Gordon	7	Menards/Mapei	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	193.126	256	0	0	engine	92050	46
40	31	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Labbe	191.171	208	1	1	accident	91850	48
41	32	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Sylvania	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	191.164	194	0	0	engine	91635	40
42	18	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	192.472	173	0	0	accident	118649	37
43	38	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	190.564	109	0	0	engine	91564	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	6157	34	1	5	12	22
2	Matt Kenseth	6140	34	0	4	15	20
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6079	34	0	1	10	16
4	Denny Hamlin	6077	34	3	2	6	18
5	Kevin Harvick	6052	34	1	4	13	18
6	Jeff Gordon	6000	34	1	2	13	17
7	Jeff Burton	5973	34	4	1	7	19
8	Kyle Busch	5924	34	1	1	10	18
9	Mark Martin	5904	34	0	0	7	14
10	Kasey Kahne	5867	34	5	6	11	17
11	Tony Stewart	4488	34	0	5	15	19
12	Carl Edwards	4131	34	0	0	9	18
13	Greg Biffle	3829	34	2	1	7	14
14	Casey Mears	3762	34	0	0	2	8
15	Kurt Busch	3724	34	6	1	7	11
16	Brian Vickers	3676	34	1	1	5	9
17	Clint Bowyer	3635	34	0	0	4	10
18	Ryan Newman	3536	34	2	0	2	7
19	Bobby Labonte	3445	34	0	0	3	8
20	Scott Riggs	3371	33	2	0	1	7
21	Martin Truex, Jr.	3371	34	0	0	1	4
22	Dale Jarrett	3322	34	0	0	1	4
23	Jamie McMurray	3304	34	0	0	3	7
24	Elliott Sadler	3297	34	1	0	1	7
25	Reed Sorenson	3243	34	0	0	1	5