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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 19 LENOX INDUSTRIAL
TOOLS 300 1.058-Mile Oval 317 M – 300 L
– Purse:
$5,204,946 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 4 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 308 190 * 10 $242,175 Running 2 17 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 308 170 177,900 Running 3 26 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard/Subway Ford 308 170 * 5 142,950 Running 4 13 6 Mark
Martin AAA Ford 308 160 124,700 Running 5 14 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 308 155 143,461 Running 6 12 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Chevrolet 308 155 * 5 95,425 Running 7 2 31 Jeff
Burton Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 308 151 * 5 127,870 Running 8 11 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 308 142 119,689 Running 9 6 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 308 138 127,711 Running 10 42 10 Scott Riggs Auto Value Bumper-to-Bumper Dodge 308 134 92,425 Running 11 22 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 308 130 109,233 Running 12 20 18 # J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 308 127 114,950 Running 13 28 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 308 124 95,783 Running 14 24 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 308 121 119,716 Running 15 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 308 123 * 5 121,961 Running 16 23 14 17 3 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 308 117 * 5 90,525 Running 18 8 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 308 109 95,083 Running 19 34 7 Robby Gordon Menards/Mapei Chevrolet 308 106 75,125 Running 20 36 4 Scott Wimmer AERO Exhaust Chevrolet 308 103 77,625 Running 21 29 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 308 100 108,658 Running 22 15 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 308 97 74,200 Running 23 27 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 308 94 110,836 Running 24 9 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 308 96 * 5 92,550 Running 25 18 38 Elliott Sadler M&M’s Ford 307 93 * 5 101,608 Running 26 35 66 Jeff Green Haas Automation/Best Buy Chevrolet 307 85 90,647 Running 27 31 07 # Clint
Bowyer 28 41 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 306 79 77,675 Running 29 37 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 306 76 99,391 Running 30 38 49 Kevin Lepage State Water Heaters Dodge 306 73 69,650 Running 31 32 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 306 70 101,025 Running 32 43 00 Bill Elliott Burger King Chevrolet 305 67 68,725 Running 33 33 26 Jamie McMurray LENOX Industrial Tools Ford 303 64 116,300 Running 34 21 21 Ken Schrader 35 30 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 301 58 68,125 Accident 36 39 55 Michael Waltrip 37 5 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 285 57 * 5 121,636 Running 38 10 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 285 49 108,533 Running 39 1 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 279 51 * 5 121,483 Running 40 40 95 41 16 01 Joe Nemechek 42 19 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 184 37 66,935 Accident 43 25 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 134 34 102,130 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Ted Christopher #61; Joey
McCarthy #34; Derrike Cope #74; Morgan Shepherd #89. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Kyle Busch won the LENOX Industrial Tools 300, posting his
third NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following
driver, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reason
indicated: #26 McMurray (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 12 minutes,
51 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 101.384 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .406
second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (129.683
mph, 29.370 secs.) BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Jeff Burton DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Scott Miller (crew chief for Jeff Burton) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kyle Busch GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Brian Vickers (125.940
mph, Lap 113) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $110,000 at Pocono Raceway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Scott Riggs (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (107
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 49
laps. 21-23 (Car #32-Accident, Turn 3); 92-95 (Car #12 & 20-Accident, Turn
4); 97-100 (Car #12, 21, 24 & 43-Accident, Turn 2); 102-105 (Car #43-Spin, Turn
2); 116-119 (Debris); 188-194 (Car #78-Accident, Turn 2); 201-204 (Car #01
& 25-Accident, Turn 4); 211-214 (Car #66-Accident, Turn 4); 235-238 (Car #2-Accident,
Turn 3); 268-271 (Car #21-Accident, Turn 4); 300-306 (Car #07 & 25-Accident,
Backstretch). LAP LEADERS: 21 lead changes
among 11 drivers. Ryan Newman 1-11, Brian Vickers 12-20, Newman 21-25, Jeff
Burton 26-62, Tony Stewart 63-90, Vickers 91, Jeff Gordon 92, Vickers 93-106,
Kyle Busch 107-108, Vickers 109-115, Kyle Busch 116-119, Reed Sorenson 120-150,
Greg Biffle 151-173, Kyle Busch 174-183, Biffle 184, Vickers 185-187, Denny Hamlin 188, Kyle Busch
189-210, Biffle 211, Clint Bowyer 212-234, Elliott
Sadler 235-239, Kyle Busch 240-308. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL
CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 2789 (3) 2 –Matt Kenseth 2721 (2) 3 –Jeff Burton 2478 (0) 4 –Kyle Busch 2455 (1) 5 –Mark Martin 2451 (0) 6 –Kasey Kahne 2445 (4) 7 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2428 (1) 8–Kevin Harvick 2408 (1) 9 –Jeff Gordon 2342 (2) 10–Greg Biffle 2342 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 4 Mike Ford (#11) 3 Ken Francis (# 9) 3 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kasey Kahne 4 Denny
Hamlin 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Jeff Burton 2 Scott Riggs 1 Kurt Busch 2 Elliott Sadler 1 Ryan Newman 2 Boris Said 1 Kyle Busch 1 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 208 Clint Bowyer 174 Reed Sorenson 165 Martin Truex Jr. 151 J.J. Yeley 149 David Stremme 126 Brent Sherman 41 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 5 Kurt Busch (# 2) 3 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 141 11 Dodge 111 5 Ford 109 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Clint Bowyer (#07) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 12 Matt Kenseth (#17) 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 7 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 129 Roush Yates (#17) 114 Roush Yates (#16) 110 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jeff Burton (#31) 3 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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