Race details | |||
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Race 33 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
Date | October 30, 2005 | ||
Official name | 46th Annual Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 | ||
Location | Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) | ||
Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
Average speed | 146.834 miles per hour (236.306 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 120,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Penske Racing | ||
Time | 28.588 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
Laps | 142 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | NBC | ||
Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |
The 2005 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 was the 33nd stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the seventh race of the 2005 Chase for the Nextel Cup, and the 46th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 30, 2005, before a crowd of 120,000 in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 325 laps to complete. At race's end, rookie Carl Edwards of Roush Racing would steal the lead on the final restart on Lap 289 to win his third NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win of his career, his third of the season, and completing an Atlanta sweep for the 2005 season. [1] To fill out the podium, Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports and Mark Martin of Roush Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.
*Withdrew. [2]
The first one-hour practice session would occur on Friday, October 28, at 12:00 PM EST. [2] Greg Biffle of Roush Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a 29.125 and an average speed of 190.352 miles per hour (306.342 km/h). [3]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Racing | Ford | 29.125 | 190.352 |
2 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Roush Racing | Ford | 29.231 | 189.662 |
3 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.235 | 189.636 |
Full first practice results |
The second and final one-hour practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Friday, October 28, at 1:30 PM EST. [2] Dale Earnhardt of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. would set the fastest time in the session, with a 29.300 and an average speed of 189.215 miles per hour (304.512 km/h). [4]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet | 29.300 | 189.215 |
2 | 43 | Jeff Green | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 29.386 | 188.661 |
3 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.389 | 188.642 |
Full Happy Hour practice results |
Qualifying was held on Friday, October 28, at 7:10 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. [2]
Ryan Newman of Penske Racing would win the pole, with a lap of 28.588 and an average speed of 193.928 miles per hour (312.097 km/h). [5]
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