2006 Food City 500

Race 5 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:21:19
Average speed of winner: 79.427 mph
Margin of victory: 0.179 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 18 for 105 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-4, Biffle 5-56, Ku. Busch 57-60, Stewart 61-74, Lepage 75, Stewart 76-79, Kenseth 80-81, Stewart 82-134, Kenseth 135-141, Stewart 142-157, J. Gordon 158-160, Stewart 161, Ky. Busch 162-195, Kenseth 196-224, Stewart 225-331, Harvick 332-339, Stewart 340-385, Ku. Busch 386-409, Kenseth 410-495, Ku. Busch 496-500

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

Video links: Part 1 (Start/1st caution), Part 2, Part 3 (2nd caution), Part 4, Part 5 (3rd and 4th cautions), Part 6 (5th caution), Part 7 (6th caution), Part 8 (7th caution), Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 (8th caution), Part 12 (9th caution), Part 13 (10th caution), Part 14 (11th caution), Part 15 (12th caution), Part 16, Part 17 (13th caution), Part 18 (14th caution), Part 19, Part 20 (15th caution), Part 21 (16th caution), Part 22 (17th caution), Part 23 (18th caution), Part 24, Part 25 (Finish), Part 26 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley		500	3	33	running	175858	185
2	14	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		500	1	8	running	160886	175
3	7	Matt Kenseth	17	USG Sheetrock/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser		500	4	124	running	166566	170
4	3	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne		500	0	0	running	122575	160
5	30	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott		500	0	0	running	138836	155
6	4	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson		500	0	0	running	105825	150
7	2	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert		500	1	52	running	105150	151
8	20	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		500	1	34	running	102450	147
9	6	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland		500	0	0	running	129258	138
10	23	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis		500	0	0	running	125864	134
11	19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.		500	0	0	running	124516	130
12	1	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli		500	8	245	running	168886	137
13	13	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin		500	0	0	running	115733	124
14	33	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford		500	0	0	running	88000	121
15	29	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		500	0	0	running	113458	118
16	10	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews		500	0	0	running	115866	115
17	35	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston		500	0	0	running	97783	112
18	28	Kyle Petty	45	Schwan's	Dodge	Petty	Andrews		500	0	0	running	107633	109
19	40	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier		500	0	0	running	85150	106
20	15	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe		500	0	0	running	119775	103
21	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		500	1	3	running	129336	105
22	22	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		499	0	0	running	92450	97
23	32	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin		499	0	0	running	96783	94
24	21	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder		499	0	0	running	111114	91
25	12	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo		498	0	0	running	118183	88
26	37	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin		497	0	0	running	83400	85
27	36	Terry Labonte	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez		497	0	0	running	80060	82
28	16	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton		495	0	0	running	109355	79
29	27	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		495	0	0	running	90800	76
30	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		487	0	0	running	128486	73
31	39	Kevin Lepage	61	RoadLoans.com	Ford	Peak Fitness	Greg Connor		485	1	1	running	78650	75
32	34	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley		481	0	0	running	88147	67
33	24	J.J. Yeley	18	GSK AsthmaControl.com	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington		469	0	0	running	117075	64
34	18	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller		467	0	0	running	107345	61
35	8	Jamie McMurray	26	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig		440	0	0	running	117275	58
36	26	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Vandermoss		435	0	0	running	86400	55
37	17	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew		434	0	0	running	86350	52
38	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion		430	0	0	accident	86300	49
39	43	Stanton Barrett	95	hairofdog.com	Chevrolet	Barrett	Dayton		381	0	0	electrical	78240	46
40	41	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide-Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Ince		349	0	0	accident	78165	43
41	38	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers		344	0	0	running	78115	40
42	31	Brent Sherman	49	Serta	Dodge	BAM	Otto		302	0	0	accident	78060	37
43	42	Hermie Sadler	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Chevrolet	MBA	Horton		96	0	0	handling	77481	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	782	5	0	1	3	3
2	Kasey Kahne	774	5	1	1	3	4
3	Jimmie Johnson	763	5	0	2	3	4
4	Mark Martin	750	5	0	0	1	4
5	Kyle Busch	677	5	0	0	1	3
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	664	5	0	0	1	2
7	Jeff Gordon	644	5	0	0	2	2
8	Casey Mears	642	5	0	0	1	3
9	Tony Stewart	601	5	0	0	2	2
10	Dale Jarrett	593	5	0	0	0	2
11	Elliott Sadler	585	5	0	0	1	1
12	Ryan Newman	559	5	0	0	1	2
13	Kevin Harvick	553	5	0	0	1	1
14	Clint Bowyer	547	5	0	0	0	1
15	Greg Biffle	545	5	1	0	0	2
16	Kurt Busch	531	5	1	1	1	1
17	Denny Hamlin	530	5	0	0	0	1
18	Jeff Burton	527	5	1	0	1	2
19	Brian Vickers	508	5	0	0	0	1
20	Robby Gordon	500	5	0	0	0	0
21	Martin Truex, Jr.	491	5	0	0	0	0
22	Carl Edwards	487	5	0	0	2	2
23	J.J. Yeley	481	5	0	0	0	1
24	Jamie McMurray	480	5	0	0	0	1
25	Kyle Petty	466	5	0	0	0	1