2006 Aaron's 499

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:30:00
Average speed of winner: 142.880 mph
Margin of victory: 0.120 sec.
Lead changes: 56 among 22 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth 195.411
Lap leaders: E. Sadler 1-2, Stewart 3-6, McMurray 7, J. Gordon 8-9, Green 10, Mayfield 11, Jarrett 12, Nemechek 13-17, Earnhardt, Jr. 18-19, Vickers 20, Earnhardt, Jr. 21-24, Ku. Busch 25, McMurray 26-34, Kenseth 35-39, Wimmer 40, Kenseth 41-43, E. Sadler 44-47, Mears 48-49, Edwards 50-53, J. Gordon 54-59, Edwards 60, J. Gordon 61-70, Earnhardt, Jr. 71-72, Edwards 73-74, Kenseth 75-84, E. Sadler 85, Vickers 86-87, J. Gordon 88, R. Gordon 89, Waltrip 90, J. Gordon 91-101, E. Sadler 102-103, J. Gordon 104-110, Hamlin 111, J. Gordon 112-115, E. Sadler 116, J. Gordon 117-122, Johnson 123-124, E. Sadler 125-127, Yeley 128, Kenseth 129-132, J. Gordon 133-135, Kenseth 136, E. Sadler 137-146, J. Gordon 147-152, Blaney 153, Lepage 154, J. Gordon 155-157, Ku. Busch 158-165, McMurray 166-172, Stewart 173-179, J. Gordon 180, Vickers 181-183, McMurray 184, J. Gordon 185-186, Vickers 187, Johnson 188

Race notes: Last pole for Elliott Sadler. Jimmie Johnson took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.478	188	2	3	running	326061	185
2	2	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.658	188	2	11	running	260136	175
3	33	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	185.348	188	4	7	running	172300	170
4	40	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.012	188	0	0	running	176745	160
5	8	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.933	188	4	18	running	168600	160
6	12	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	186.685	188	5	23	running	159841	155
7	5	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	187.137	188	2	9	running	143233	151
8	3	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	187.320	188	3	7	running	118975	147
9	32	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	185.423	188	0	0	running	97975	138
10	19	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	186.217	188	1	1	running	103350	139
11	11	J.J. Yeley	18	GSK Asthmacontrol.com	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	186.827	188	1	1	running	131075	135
12	4	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	187.232	188	1	1	running	125875	132
13	36	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	185.126	188	1	1	running	124816	129
14	39	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	184.250	188	1	1	running	117808	126
15	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Pepsi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	186.587	188	13	62	running	151311	128
16	1	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	188.511	188	7	23	running	138983	120
17	29	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	185.527	188	0	0	running	84675	112
18	28	Kyle Petty	45	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	185.571	188	0	0	running	111883	109
19	26	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	185.632	188	0	0	running	101083	106
20	25	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	185.689	188	1	2	running	123083	108
21	43	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	185.154	188	1	1	running	85350	105
22	30	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	185.445	187	1	1	running	84625	102
23	42	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.864	187	0	0	running	121811	94
24	38	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	184.815	183	1	1	running	94858	96
25	21	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	185.971	179	1	1	accident	92447	93
26	41	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Breast Cancer Research Foundation	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	183.892	177	0	0	accident	89825	85
27	6	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.130	173	1	5	accident	107620	87
28	23	Kevin Lepage	61	State Water Heaters	Ford	Front Row	Greg Connor	185.761	173	1	1	accident	80225	84
29	31	Bobby Labonte	43	STP/Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	185.426	163	0	0	engine	114461	76
30	34	Chad Chaffin	34	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Front Row		185.230	152	0	0	running	77825	73
31	27	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	185.578	151	3	8	engine	112166	75
32	13	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.652	150	0	0	running	95025	67
33	18	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	186.427	106	0	0	running	122308	64
34	17	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	186.463	106	0	0	running	85725	61
35	10	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	186.856	101	0	0	running	94650	58
36	20	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	186.018	97	0	0	accident	84500	55
37	9	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	186.925	91	0	0	accident	76325	52
38	7	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	186.991	45	0	0	engine	96175	49
39	37	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	185.104	17	0	0	accident	112989	46
40	15	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.521	16	0	0	accident	83525	43
41	22	Kirk Shelmerdine	27	Shelmerdine Racing	Chevrolet	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	185.787	9	0	0	accident	75325	40
42	35	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	185.140	8	0	0	accident	102364	37
43	24	Hermie Sadler	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Ford	MBA	Horton	185.758	8	0	0	accident	75308	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	1394	9	1	3	5	7
2	Matt Kenseth	1373	9	0	1	5	6
3	Tony Stewart	1316	9	0	1	6	6
4	Kasey Kahne	1213	9	2	2	4	6
5	Mark Martin	1210	9	0	0	1	5
6	Jeff Gordon	1173	9	0	0	3	4
7	Kevin Harvick	1138	9	0	1	3	4
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1120	9	0	0	2	3
9	Kyle Busch	1077	9	1	0	2	4
10	Dale Jarrett	1066	9	0	0	0	2
11	Casey Mears	1056	9	0	0	1	3
12	Jeff Burton	1039	9	1	0	2	5
13	Elliott Sadler	981	9	1	0	1	2
14	Brian Vickers	978	9	0	0	1	3
15	Carl Edwards	969	9	0	0	3	4
16	Kurt Busch	964	9	1	1	1	2
17	Jamie McMurray	956	9	0	0	1	3
18	Clint Bowyer	953	9	0	0	1	2
19	Denny Hamlin	910	9	0	0	1	2
20	Martin Truex, Jr.	896	9	0	0	0	1
21	Jeff Green	877	9	0	0	0	0
22	J.J. Yeley	871	9	0	0	0	1
23	Greg Biffle	834	9	1	0	0	2
24	Reed Sorenson	829	9	0	0	0	1
25	Scott Riggs	822	8	0	0	0	3