2006 Crown Royal 400

2006 Crown Royal 400

Race details
Race 10 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2006 Crown Royal 400 program cover
Date	May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06)
Location	Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.20 km)
Distance	400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed	97.061 miles per hour (156.205 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing
Time	21.194
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	272
Winner
No. 8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network	FX
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2006 Crown Royal 400, NASCAR's tenth race of the 2006 season was held at Richmond International Raceway on May 6, 2006. Greg Biffle won the pole. This was the second impound race of the 2006 season and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final win driving for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Earnhardt Jr. went win-less in 2007 before joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

Qualifying

Pos [1]	Car #	Driver	Make	Primary Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard	127.395	21.194	0.000
2	6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	127.029	21.255	-0.061
3	42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	126.862	21.283	-0.089
4	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	126.648	21.319	-0.125
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	126.576	21.331	-0.137
6	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	126.487	21.346	-0.152
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Kinko's	126.393	21.362	-0.168
8	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	126.310	21.376	-0.182
9	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	126.310	21.376	-0.182
10	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	Budweiser	126.280	21.381	-0.187
11	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT	126.239	21.388	-0.194
12	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Merchant's Tire / Auto Ctrs	126.127	21.407	-0.213
13	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	126.062	21.418	-0.224
14	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL My Circle	126.027	21.424	-0.230
15	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	126.003	21.428	-0.234
16	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	125.992	21.430	-0.236
17	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	125.951	21.437	-0.243
18	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	125.892	21.447	-0.253
19	22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	125.892	21.447	-0.253
20	7	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Prilosec OTC	125.862	21.452	-0.258
21	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	125.804	21.462	-0.268
22	1	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	125.500	21.514	-0.320
23	10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Valvoline / Stanley Tools	125.401	21.531	-0.337
24	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	125.383	21.534	-0.340
25	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	125.342	21.541	-0.347
26	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	125.220	21.562	-0.368
27	96	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	125.104	21.582	-0.388
28	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	U.S. Air Force	125.052	21.591	-0.397
29	40	David Stremme	Dodge	Coors Light	124.965	21.606	-0.412
30	55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	124.827	21.630	-0.436
31	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	124.809	21.633	-0.439
32	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Waste Management	124.740	21.645	-0.451
33	4	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	124.717	21.649	-0.455
34	18	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	124.711	21.650	-0.456
35	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios / Betty Crocker	124.579	21.673	-0.479
36	32	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	Tide-Downy	124.567	21.675	-0.481
37	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	White Chocolate M&M's Pirate Pearls	124.407	21.703	-0.509
38	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	124.304	21.721	-0.527
39	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Menards / Energizer	124.292	21.723	-0.529
40	61	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	Peak Fitness	124.264	21.728	-0.534
41	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	Sundance Vacations / Royal Admin. Svcs	124.218	21.736	-0.542
42	78	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	124.081	21.760	-0.566
43	49	Mike Wallace	Dodge	Fire-Dex	123.491	21.864	-0.670
Failed to qualify
44	89	Kertus Davis	Dodge	Victory In Jesus / Dutch Quality Stone		21.873
45	34	Chad Chaffin	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports		21.896
46	95	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	TheRaceSpace.com		21.970
47	00	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	MBA Racing		22.080

Race results

Rookie of the year contenders denoted by *

Fin	St	Driver	Car #	Make	Points	Bonus	Laps	Winnings
1	10	Dale Earnhardt Jr.**	8	Chevrolet	185	5	400	$239,166
2	7	Denny Hamlin *	11	Chevrolet	175	5	400	$165,200
3	8	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	175	10	400	$169,386
4	1	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	165	5	400	$143,300
5	21	Kyle Busch	5	Chevrolet	160	5	400	$113,600
6	18	Tony Stewart	20	Chevrolet	150		400	$139,661
7	9	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	146		400	$100,100
8	14	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	142		400	$120,658
9	32	Sterling Marlin	14	Chevrolet	138		400	$96,783
10	20	Clint Bowyer *	7	Chevrolet	134		400	$91,025
11	2	Mark Martin	6	Ford	135	5	400	$94,525
12	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	127		400	$118,361
13	37	Elliott Sadler	38	Ford	124		400	$106,808
14	23	Scott Riggs	10	Dodge	121		400	$69,250
15	15	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	118		399	$98,270
16	28	Ken Schrader	21	Ford	115		399	$97,564
17	3	Casey Mears	42	Dodge	112		399	$104,833
18	25	Jeff Green	66	Chevrolet	109		399	$93,363
19	31	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	106		399	$112,200
20	19	Dave Blaney	22	Dodge	103		399	$85,808
21	26	Dale Jarrett	88	Ford	100		399	$100,675
22	34	J. J. Yeley *	18	Chevrolet	97		399	$102,950
23	24	Reed Sorenson *	41	Dodge	94		399	$77,025
24	35	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	91		399	$104,761
25	42	Kenny Wallace	78	Chevrolet	88		398	$64,875
26	12	Kyle Petty	45	Dodge	85		398	$87,108
27	36	Travis Kvapil	32	Chevrolet	82		398	$76,772
28	17	Joe Nemechek	1	Chevrolet	79		398	$93,445
29	13	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	76		397	$105,008
30	27	Tony Raines	96	Chevrolet	73		397	$64,300
31	30	Michael Waltrip	55	Dodge	70		397	$66,175
32	38	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge	67		397	$93,541
33	29	David Stremme *	40	Dodge	64		397	$72,375
34	6	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	61		396	$100,514
35	43	Mike Wallace	49	Dodge	58		395	$63,175
36	33	Scott Wimmer	4	Chevrolet	55		389	$63,025
37	4	Brian Vickers	25	Chevrolet	52		387	$70,900
38	11	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	49		351	$109,016
39	39	Robby Gordon	7	Chevrolet	46		345	$62,650
40	16	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	43		286	$110,861
41	22	Martin Truex Jr. *	1	Chevrolet	40		285	$70,385
42	40	Kevin Lepage	61	Ford	37		89	$62,260
43	41	Derrike Cope	74	Dodge	34		11	$62,473

Failed to qualify: Kertus Davis (#89), Chad Chaffin (#34), Stanton Barrett (#95), Hermie Sadler (#00)

References

1. "Qualifying times: Crown Royal 400". Crash. 2006-05-06. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

• Official results Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

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