2005 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

2005 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

Race details
Race 7 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
2005 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 program cover
Date	April 17, 2005
Location	Texas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.414 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.28 km)
Scheduled distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.28 km)
Average speed	130.055 mph
Attendance	211,000
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing
Time	28.040
Most laps led
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing
Laps	219
Winner
No. 16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FOX
Announcers	Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	Performance Racing Network

The 2005 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 was the 7th race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, ran on April 17, 2005, at Texas Motor Speedway. The race was won by Greg Biffle, who went on to lead 216 laps of the 334 lap event.

Qualifying

Pos [1] [2]	Car #	Driver	Make	Primary Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Alltel	192.582	28.040	0.000
2	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	192.431	28.062	-0.022
3	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	191.734	28.164	-0.124
4	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft / Rent-A-Center	191.557	28.190	-0.150
5	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M Post-it / National Guard	191.435	28.208	-0.168
6	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Kodak / Miller Lite	191.286	28.230	-0.190
7	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	191.042	28.266	-0.226
8	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	190.631	28.327	-0.287
9	1	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	190.611	28.330	-0.290
10	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	190.590	28.333	-0.293
11	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	Budweiser	190.570	28.336	-0.296
12	7	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	190.550	28.339	-0.299
13	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	190.510	28.345	-0.305
14	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline	190.342	28.370	-0.330
15	91	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Stanley Tools	190.248	28.384	-0.344
16	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	190.174	28.395	-0.355
17	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	190.154	28.398	-0.358
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	190.047	28.414	-0.374
19	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	IRWIN Industrial Tools / Sharpie	189.860	28.442	-0.402
20	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Scotts	189.833	28.446	-0.406
21	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	189.687	28.468	-0.428
22	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	189.627	28.477	-0.437
23	43	Jeff Green	Dodge	Cheerios / Pillsbury Bake-Off	189.580	28.484	-0.444
24	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	Garnier Fructis	189.281	28.529	-0.489
25	77	Travis Kvapil	Dodge	Jasper Engines / Kodak	189.248	28.534	-0.494
26	4	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products	188.976	28.575	-0.535
27	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	188.772	28.606	-0.566
28	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific / Brawny	188.765	28.607	-0.567
29	11	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	188.488	28.649	-0.609
30	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	188.147	28.701	-0.661
31	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	188.048	28.716	-0.676
32	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Fujifilm	187.983	28.726	-0.686
33	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	187.950	28.731	-0.691
34	9	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	187.735	28.764	-0.724
35	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / Delphi	187.709	28.768	-0.728
36	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	Caterpillar	187.617	28.782	-0.742
37	66	Hermie Sadler	Ford	Peak Fitness	187.227	28.842	-0.802
38	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr	Chevrolet	Tide	187.221	28.843	-0.803
39	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT Power Tools	187.149	28.854	-0.814
40	36	Boris Said	Chevrolet	CENTRIX Financial	187.058	28.868	-0.828
41	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	185.899	29.048	-1.008
42	00	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	U.S. Coast Guard	0.000	0.000	0.000
43	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	GMAC	186.838	28.902	-0.862
Failed to qualify
44	37	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	R & J Racing		29.161
45	92	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports		29.521
46	34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Mach One Inc.		29.624

Results

POS [3]	ST	#	DRIVER	SPONSOR / OWNER	CAR	LAPS	MONEY	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	5	16	Greg Biffle	Post-it / National Guard   (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	522250	running	219	190
2	31	42	Jamie McMurray	Texaco / Havoline "Shine On"   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	308350	running	0	170
3	18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	216400	running	0	165
4	32	41	Casey Mears	Fujifilm   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	207908	running	15	165
5	13	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	158700	running	3	160
6	21	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	146050	running	7	155
7	19	97	Kurt Busch	Irwin Industrial Tools / Sharpie   (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	134975	running	2	151
8	4	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft / Rent-A-Center   (Wood Brothers)	Ford	334	124675	running	0	142
9	11	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	117375	running	0	138
10	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Kodak / Miller Lite   (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	119200	running	0	134
11	2	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	334	123850	running	34	135
12	41	31	Jeff Burton	Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	115850	running	0	127
13	17	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	110100	running	0	124
14	27	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS   (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	111425	running	0	121
15	7	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	107625	running	1	123
16	1	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel   (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	118725	running	1	120
17	9	01	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army   (Nelson Bowers)	Chevrolet	334	122983	running	0	112
18	39	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	101625	running	1	114
19	20	99	Carl Edwards	Scotts   (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	100125	running	0	106
20	16	6	Mark Martin	Viagra / Salute to You   (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	100675	running	0	103
21	35	5	Kyle Busch	Kellogg's / Delphi   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	102225	running	0	100
22	42	0	Mike Bliss	U.S. Coast Guard   (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	333	99125	running	0	97
23	30	49	Ken Schrader	Schwan's Home Service   (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	333	97525	running	3	99
24	28	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific / Brawny   (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	333	110083	running	1	96
25	26	4	Mike Wallace	Lucas Oil Products   (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	333	95675	running	1	93
26	12	07	Dave Blaney	Jack Daniel's   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	332	92725	running	0	85
27	40	36	Boris Said	Centrix Financial   (Bob Sutton)	Chevrolet	327	88125	running	0	82
28	8	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's   (Yates Racing)	Ford	324	86625	engine	1	84
29	37	66	Hermie Sadler	Peak Fitness   (Jeff Stec)	Ford	319	88525	running	0	76
30	25	77	Travis Kvapil	Jasper Engines / Kodak   (Doug Bawel)	Dodge	297	87375	running	0	73
31	10	20	Tony Stewart	The Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	296	82975	engine	45	75
32	14	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline   (James Rocco)	Chevrolet	288	95533	running	0	67
33	15	91	Bill Elliott	Stanley Tools   (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	286	81225	engine	0	64
34	24	25	Brian Vickers	Garnier Fructis   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	278	79175	running	0	61
35	3	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	269	78075	engine	0	58
36	29	11	Jason Leffler	FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	250	76950	running	0	55
37	33	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam   (Robby Gordon)	Chevrolet	238	75825	crash	0	52
38	22	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	232	74700	running	0	49
39	38	32	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Tide   (Cal Wells)	Chevrolet	219	84122	running	0	46
40	43	44	Terry Labonte	GMAC   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	202	74450	engine	0	43
41	34	09	Johnny Sauter	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts   (James Finch)	Dodge	98	74335	handling	0	40
42	36	22	Scott Wimmer	Caterpillar   (Bill Davis)	Dodge	39	74225	crash	0	37
43	23	43	Jeff Green	Cheerios / Pillsbury Bake-Off   (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	31	74439	crash	0	34
Failed to qualify
POS	NAME	NBR	SPONSOR	OWNER	CAR
44	Kevin Lepage	37	R & J Racing	John Carter	Dodge
45	Stanton Barrett	92	Front Row Motorsports	Bob Jenkins	Chevrolet
46	Randy LaJoie	34	Mach One Inc.	Chris Edwards	Chevrolet

References

1. "Samsung Radio Shack 500 Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR 2005". NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
2. "Qualifying times: Samsung/RadioShack 500". Crash. April 16, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
3. "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2021.