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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 33 BASS PRO SHOPS 500 1.54-Mile Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $6,030,505 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 11 20 Tony
Stewart The Home Depot
Chevrolet 325 190 ** 10 $373,286 Running 2 3 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 325 175 * 5 251,686 Running 3 6 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 325 170 * 5 215,991 Running 4 1 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 325 160 183,041 Running 5 13 16 Greg
Biffle National
Guard Ford 325 155 135,625 Running 6 9 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Nicorette
Chevrolet 325 155 * 5 158,561 Running 7 12 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 325 151 * 5 122,575 Running 8 4 11 # Denny Hamlin FedEx Cup Chevrolet 325 142 105,625 Running 9 31 01 Joe
Nemechek 10 29 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Chevrolet 325 134 104,975 Running 11 23 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 325 130 129,175 Running 12 20 43 Bobby Labonte Cascadain
Farms/Cheerios Dodge 324 127 134,336 Running 13 5 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 323 124 122,595 Running 14 16 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 323 121 131,333 Running 15 25 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 323 118 122,558 Running 16 30 18 # J.J.
Yeley VESIcare Chevrolet 323 115 127,075 Running 17 37 45 Kyle Petty 18 26 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Dodge 323 109 106,858 Running 19 15 25 Brian Vickers GMAC Chevrolet 323 106 97,875 Running 20 35 14 21 34 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 322 100 118,666 Running 22 19 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools
Dodge 322 97 87,250 Running 23 28 66 Jeff Green Best Buy/Haas Automation Chevrolet 322 94 106,133 Running 24 32 21 Ken Schrader Little Debbie Ford 322 91 113,839 Running 25 18 07 # Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 322 88 93,375 Running 26 41 49 Mike Bliss WhatsOnline.com Dodge 321 85 93,422 Engine 27 10 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet 321 82 98,775 Running 28 14 42 Casey Mears Texaco/Havoline Dodge 321 79 114,333 Running 29 24 41 # Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 321 76 88,000 Running 30 17 12 Ryan Newman Mobil 1 Dodge 321 73 125,258 Running 31 2 29 Kevin Harvick Reese’s Chevrolet 321 75 * 5 123,536 Running 32 38 32 Travis Kvapil Tide/Downy Chevrolet 320 67 79,525 Running 33 39 55 Michael Waltrip 34 27 96 Tony Raines DLP® HDTV Chevrolet 319 61 79,200 Running 35 43 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 319 58 79,050 Running 36 7 6 Mark Martin AAA Ford 309 55 96,900 Accident 37 21 1 # Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 305 52 86,750 Accident 38 8 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 255 49 115,839 Accident 39 33 40 # David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 246 46 86,500 Accident 40 22 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 244 43 125,200 Running 41 36 37 Bill Elliott Melling/Spring Mountain
Farms Dodge 146 40 78,255 Engine 42 40 4 Todd Bodine Lucas Oil/Hefty Chevrolet 144 37 78,150 Engine 43 42 61 Kevin Lepage Oak Gloves/Smokey Bones Chevrolet 29 34 78,362 Engine # Raybestos
Rookie of the Year Contender. **
Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. * Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) Derrike Cope #74; Kirk Shelmerdine #27; Mike Skinner #72; A.J. Allmendinger
#84. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 115,000, Tony Stewart won the Bass Pro Shops 500, posting his 28th NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under
penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #7 R.
Gordon (engine change); #21 Schrader (engine change); #37 Elliott (transmission
change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 29 minutes,
23 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 143.421 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.129
seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: None, due to inclement
weather—rain. BANK OF CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD:
Kevin Harvick DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Robbie Reiser (crew chief for Matt
Kenseth) EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Tony Stewart GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (188.725 mph, Lap 179) MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $60,000 at Texas Motor Speedway.++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Tony Stewart U.S.G. IMPROVING
THE FINISH AWARD: Joe Nemechek (20
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (146 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 39
laps. 5-7 (Car #5-Spin, Turn 4); 83-86 (Debris); 171-177 (Car #24 & 26-Accident,
Turn 2); 198-201 (Debris); 244-247 (Car #12-Accident, Backstretch); 250-254 (Car
#9 & 40-Accident, Turn 1); 292-295 (Debris); 306-309 (Fluid on track);
311-314 (Car #6, 14, 31, 42 & 88-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 24 lead changes
among 7 drivers. Matt Kenseth (Pole), Kevin Harvick 1-9, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
10-23, Tony Stewart 24-55, Jeff Gordon 56, Jimmie Johnson 57-58, Joe Nemechek 59-61, Earnhardt 62-82,
J. Gordon 83, Earnhardt 84-114, J. Gordon 115-145, Carl
Edwards 146, J. Gordon 147-157, Stewart 158-170, Johnson 171, Stewart 172-177, Earnhardt 178-197, Johnson 198, Stewart 199-238, Johnson
239-260, Stewart 261-291, Johnson 292, Stewart 293-305, Earnhardt
306-314, Stewart 315-325. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 6008 (4) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 5982 (5) 3 –Denny Hamlin 5943 (2) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5924 (1) 5 –Jeff Burton 5924 (1) 6 –Kevin Harvick 5887 (4) 7 –Jeff Gordon 5862 (2) 8 –Mark Martin 5807 (0) 9 –Kasey Kahne 5798 (6) 10–Kyle Busch 5759 (1) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kyle Busch (# 5) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car
# Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 5 Greg Zipadelli (#20) 4 Robbie Reiser (#17) 4 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 255 21 Dodge 189 7 Ford 183 5 WIX FILTERS LAP
LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 6 Greg Biffle (#16) 5 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR Denny Hamlin 282 Clint Bowyer 224 Reed Sorenson 195 Martin Truex Jr. 193 J.J. Yeley 184 David Stremme 158 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 9 Jeff Burton (#31) 8 Kevin Harvick (#29) 8 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car #
Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Bobby Labonte (#43) 4 Casey Mears (#42) 4 SUNOCO DIAMOND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car
# Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 6 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 BANK OF Tony Stewart (#20) 15 Matt Kenseth (#17) 12 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 9 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Hendrick (#48) 190 Roush Yates (#17) 176 Danny Lawrence (#31) 165 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Jeff Burton (#31) 4 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES
‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car
# Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 7 Jeff Burton (#31) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 BUDWEISER POLE
AWARD STANDINGS Kurt Busch 6 Kyle Busch 1 Kasey Kahne 5 David
Gilliland 1 Jeff Burton 4 Jeff Gordon 1 Denny Hamlin 3 Kevin
Harvick 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jimmie
Johnson 1 Ryan Newman 2 Elliott Sadler 1 Scott Riggs 2 Boris Said 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR PR used with permission
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