2005 Aaron's 499

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
194 laps
Time of race: 3:30:46
Average speed of winner: 146.904 mph
Margin of victory: 0.193 sec.
Lead changes: 33 among 16 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 30 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: Harvick pole, Gordon 1-20, M. Wallace 21, Gordon 22-36, Stewart 37-38, Biffle 39, Gordon 40-68, Harvick 69-71, Gordon 72-73, Riggs 74, Harvick 75-78, Newman 79-83, Gordon 84, Harvick 85-88, Earnhardt, Jr. 89-91, Gordon 92-102, Nemechek 103, Schrader 104, Riggs 105-107, Harvick 108, Gordon 109, E. Sadler 110-116, Biffle 117, Martin 118-120, Gordon 121-123, E. Sadler 124-125, Gordon 126-133, Ku. Busch 134, Johnson 135-142, Gordon 143-166, Labonte 167, Gordon 168-182, Waltrip 183-184, Gordon 185-194

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	188.988	194	12	139	running	355116	190
2	11	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.713	194	1	2	running	243616	175
3	38	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	185.877	194	1	2	running	197294	170
4	22	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	187.192	194	0	0	running	165925	160
5	13	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	187.427	194	0	0	running	128840	155
6	3	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	188.548	194	2	9	running	145896	155
7	10	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	187.831	194	1	1	running	153005	151
8	42	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	183.988	194	1	1	running	101630	147
9	14	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	187.350	194	0	0	running	132488	138
10	27	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.710	194	0	0	running	124450	134
11	23	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	187.071	194	0	0	running	136586	130
12	1	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	189.804	194	4	12	running	139706	132
13	29	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Charter	Ford	Roush	Richert	186.536	194	2	2	running	105690	129
14	26	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	186.849	193	0	0	running	116093	121
15	36	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	185.935	193	1	3	running	133213	123
16	43	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch		185.151	192	0	0	running	93165	115
17	31	Kerry Earnhardt	33	Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet	Childress		186.496	190	0	0	running	82950	112
18	9	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	187.857	188	0	0	accident	95510	109
19	8	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Lopez	187.919	187	0	0	running	93820	106
20	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	188.226	186	1	8	accident	131301	108
21	32	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	186.351	186	0	0	accident	80120	100
22	20	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	187.232	180	0	0	running	114133	97
23	15	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	187.298	174	1	1	engine	117915	99
24	19	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	187.247	172	0	0	running	113760	91
25	39	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	185.848	172	0	0	running	110316	88
26	18	Jason Leffler	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Rogers	187.265	171	0	0	running	77100	85
27	4	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	188.474	171	2	4	running	104003	87
28	33	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	186.198	171	1	1	running	79095	84
29	30	Hermie Sadler	66	Peak Fitness	Ford	Peak Fitness	Greg Connor	186.528	170	0	0	rear end	78835	76
30	7	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	188.156	170	0	0	running	106344	73
31	24	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.068	169	1	1	running	100133	75
32	21	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts/Ortho	Ford	Roush	Osborne	187.192	166	0	0	running	93325	67
33	16	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	187.276	166	1	3	running	94150	69
34	25	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	186.956	162	0	0	running	102968	61
35	12	Boris Said	36	Centrix Financial	Chevrolet	MB2	Stoddard	187.471	146	0	0	accident	74930	58
36	28	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	186.685	141	0	0	accident	74800	55
37	37	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	185.935	139	0	0	accident	82625	52
38	17	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	187.276	139	0	0	accident	93933	49
39	5	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	188.237	135	1	5	accident	120041	51
40	40	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Holly	185.729	132	0	0	accident	83372	43
41	35	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.108	132	0	0	accident	81630	40
42	34	Mike Skinner	23	Bad Boy Mowers	Dodge	Bill Davis		186.148	132	0	0	accident	73445	37
43	41	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	185.348	106	0	0	running	73611	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	1368	9	0	1	5	7
2	Kurt Busch	1238	9	0	1	4	6
3	Jeff Gordon	1217	9	1	3	4	4
4	Greg Biffle	1181	9	0	2	3	5
5	Elliott Sadler	1164	9	1	0	1	5
6	Tony Stewart	1088	9	0	0	2	4
7	Dale Jarrett	1085	9	1	0	1	2
8	Kevin Harvick	1083	9	1	1	2	3
9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1070	9	0	0	3	4
10	Jamie McMurray	1067	9	0	0	3	3
11	Mark Martin	1066	9	0	0	2	4
12	Jeremy Mayfield	1064	9	0	0	1	1
13	Rusty Wallace	1057	9	0	0	1	4
14	Carl Edwards	1046	9	0	1	2	3
15	Ryan Newman	1045	9	3	0	1	3
16	Michael Waltrip	1036	9	0	0	2	4
17	Sterling Marlin	1029	9	0	0	1	3
18	Jeff Burton	1013	9	0	0	1	2
19	Scott Riggs	934	9	1	0	1	3
20	Casey Mears	912	9	0	0	1	2
21	Dave Blaney	904	9	0	0	0	1
22	Kasey Kahne	901	9	0	0	2	2
23	Matt Kenseth	875	9	0	0	0	1
24	Joe Nemechek	868	9	0	0	0	2
25	Brian Vickers	847	9	0	0	1	2