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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 31 UAW-GM QUALITY 500 LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5 Mile Banked Paved Oval 501 M – 334 L – Purse: $5,180,384 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 3 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 336 185 * 5 $264,991 Running 2 7 97 Kurt
Busch IRWIN Industrial
Tools Ford 336 175 * 5 222,625 Running 3 21 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 336 170 * 5 156,050 Running 4 12 01 Joe
Nemechek 5 6 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 336 155 128,900 Running 6 9 41 Casey
Mears Target Dodge 336 155 * 5 138,908 Running 7 2 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 336 151 * 5 145,641 Running 8 39 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 336 147 * 5 92,325 Running 9 31 21 Ricky
Rudd Motorcraft
Genuine Parts Ford 336 143 * 5 112,214 Running 10 8 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford 336 134 100,275 Running 11 37 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 336 135 * 5 108,870 Running 12 25 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet 336 127 86,850 Running 13 22 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 336 124 86,150 Running 14 19 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 336 121 101,520 Running 15 16 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge 336 118 90,233 Running 16 43 09 Johnny Sauter Miccosukee
Resort Dodge 336 115 68,875 Running 17 42 77 # Travis
Kvapil Kodak/Jasper
Eng. & Trans. Dodge 336 117 * 5 81,525 Running 18 5 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 336 109 107,550 Running 19 41 43 Jeff Green Petty Fan Fest/Bugles Dodge 336 111 * 5 99,911 Running 20 14 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar Dodge 336 108 * 5 90,783 Running 21 17 66 Kevin Lepage Peak Fitness Ford 336 100 71,675 Running 22 26 00 David Reutimann State Farm Corn Dogs Chevrolet 336 97 66,600 Running 23 33 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 336 99 * 5 105,025 Running 24 27 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 336 91 100,188 Running 25 4 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 328 93 * 5 139,561 Running 26 18 17 Matt Kenseth Carhartt
Ford 326 85 113,561 Running 27 1 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 326 92 * 10 157,001 Running 28 35 29 Kevin Harvick Snap-On/GM Goodwrench
Chevrolet 291 79 112,136 Running 29 32 15 Michael Waltrip 30 20 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 278 73 102,433 Accident 31 29 42 Jamie McMurray Havoline/Texaco
Dodge 278 70 75,075 Accident 32 23 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 278 67 64,375 Accident 33 15 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Chevrolet 267 64 82,747 Accident 34 40 49 Ken Schrader Schwan’s Home Service Dodge 255 61 64,125 Engine 35 11 0 Mike Bliss Net Zero Best Buy Chevrolet 252 58 63,975 Accident 36 34 39 David Stremme Commit Lozenges Dodge 243 55 63,790 Accident 37 38 51 Stuart Kirby 38 10 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 151 49 112,596 Accident 39 13 5 # Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s/Delphi
Chevrolet 150 51 * 5 71,450 Accident 40 30 40 41 24 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide Chevrolet 94 40 63,215 Accident 42 28 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 61 37 110,508 Accident 43 36 4 Mike Wallace Lucas Oil Chevrolet 40 34 63,318 Timing belt # Raybestos
Rookie of the Year Contender. *
Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) Boris Said #36;
Carl Long #80; Jimmy Spencer #50; Mike Garvey #37; P.J. Jones #92; Stanton
Barrett #95. Race comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 165,000, Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-GM Quality 500, posting his 18th
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory and his fourth in a row at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty,
dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #48 Jimmie Johnson
(engine change); #4 Mike Wallace (engine change); #19 Jeremy Mayfield
(transmission change). TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 11 minutes, 18 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED:
120.334 mph
MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .309 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Elliott Sadler,
M&M’s Ford (193.216 mph, 27.948 secs.) TRACK RECORD COMMIT LOZENGES COMMIT TO WIN AWARD: Elliott Sadler,
M&M’s Ford CHECKERS/RALLY’S EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Joe MBNA MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart, The
Home Depot Chevrolet (No winner of MBNA
Bonus for winning race; rolls to $10,000 at MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $40,000 at Martinsville Speedway. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Travis Kvapil, Kodak/Jasper SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet U.S.G. IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD: Denny Hamlin, FedEx Express Chevrolet WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford (112 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 15 cautions for 81 laps. 4-7 (Debris); 32-35
(Competition); 63-67 (Car #8-Accident, Turn 1); 96-100 (Car #32-Accident, Turn
4); 126-130 (Car #40-Accident, Turn 2); 152-155 (Car #5-Accident, Turn 1);
174-179 (Car #29-Accident, Turn 4); 201-206 (Competition); 217-221 (Car
#20-Accident, Turn 4); 245-251 (Car #39-Accident, Turn 4); 254-259 (Car #38
& 0-Accident, Turn 3 [Red
Flag Lap 254 - 9:48]); 270-275 (Car #10-Accident, Turn 4); 279-286 (Car
#7-Accident Turn 4; Car # 15, 42 & 88-Accident, Frontstretch);
307-312 (Debris); 331-334 (Car #2-Accident, Backstretch). LAP
LEADERS: 35 lead changes among 17 drivers. Elliott
Sadler-pole, Ryan Newman 1-21, Sadler 22-29, Tony Stewart 30-32, Denny Hamlin
33, Sadler 34-59, Stewart 60-64, Sadler 65-91, Greg Biffle
92, Sadler 93-96, Jeremy Mayfield 97, Biffle 98-100,
Sadler 101-127, Scott Wimmer 128, Sadler 129-143,
Kyle Busch 144-150, Sadler 151-152, Casey Mears 153-160, Stewart 161-175,
Travis Kvapil 176, Stewart 177-202, Jeff Green 203,
Stewart 204-215, Michael Waltrip 216-221, Sadler
222-224, Waltrip 225-245, Newman 246-266, Waltrip 267-270, Kasey Kahne 271-305, Kurt Busch 306-307, Mears 308, Ricky Rudd
309-312, Joe Nemechek 313-318, Johnson 319, Nemechek 320-324, Johnson 325-336. TOP 10 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 5777 (5) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 5777 (4) 3 –Greg Biffle 5766 (5) 4 –Ryan Newman 5760 (1) 5 –Mark Martin 5726 (1) 6 –Carl Edwards 5723 (2) 7 –Rusty Wallace 5685 (0) 8 –Jeremy Mayfield 5662 (1) 9 –Matt Kenseth 5653 (1) 10–Kurt Busch 5635 (3) Pts Wins Chevrolet 227 15 Ford 207 13 Dodge 155 3 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car
# Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 8 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 5 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Kyle Busch 302 Travis Kvapil 225 BUD POLE AWARD
STANDINGS Ryan Newman 6 Elliott Sadler 4 Jeff Gordon 2 Kevin Harvick 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Matt Kenseth 2 Tony Stewart 2 Kyle Busch 1 Carl Edwards 1 Dale Jarrett 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Scott Riggs 1 Brian Vickers 1 Michael Waltrip 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 10 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 9 Michael Waltrip (#15) 7 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 6 USG IMPROVING THE
FINISH AWARD Car #
Pts. Elliott Sadler (#38)
4 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 Terry Labonte (#11) 2 MBNA MID-RACE
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 22 Kurt Busch (#97) 10 Greg Biffle (#16) 8 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Mark Cronquist (#20) 194 Hendrick (#48) 161 Roush/Yates (#16) 136 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 7 Matt Kenseth (#17) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES
COMMIT TO WIN AWARD Car
# Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Elliott Sadler (#38) 4 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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