2006 DirecTV 500

Last updated

2006 DirecTV 500
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 6 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2006 DirecTV 500 program cover.png
2006 DirecTV 500 program cover
Date April 2, 2006 (2006-04-02)
Location Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 0.526 miles (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 80.6 °F (27.0 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) [2]
Average speed 72.741 miles per hour (117.065 km/h)
Attendance 65,000
Pole position
Driver
 Hendrick Motorsports
Time 19.575
Most laps led
Driver Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 288
Winner
No. 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds

The 2006 DirecTV 500 was the sixth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was held on April 2, 2006 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Jimmie Johnson won the pole and Tony Stewart led the most laps and won the race. [5]

Contents

Background

Martinsville Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway, September 2011 overview.JPG
Martinsville Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is a 4-turn short track that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. [6] Its turns are banked at 11° while the frontstretch, where the start/finish line is located, is banked 0°. [6] Like the front stretch, the backstraightaway also does not have a banked surface. [6]

Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the Sprint Cup circuit, [6] but because of its size and shape – described most often as the shape of a paperclip – Martinsville offers some of the most exciting and close racing in the sport. [6] Also because of its size, fans are closer to the action than any other track. [6] The cars are never more than a few hundred yards away and sometimes they seem close enough to reach out and touch.

In a recent poll of race fans by a major publication, Martinsville Speedway was voted as the top bargain in all of Sprint Cup racing as well as the track having the best view of the action. [6] The track is also one of the most modern, with high-rise aluminum chair back seating, corporate and fan suites and state-of-the-art facilities for the media. [6]

The race track was built in 1947 and is owned by the International Speedway Corporation.

The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 263 miles (423 km). [6] Jeff Gordon was the defending race winner, after he won the race in 2005, the previous year.

Qualifying

St [7] No.DriverMakeSpeedTimeBehind
148Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet96.73619.5750.000
226Jamie McMurrayFord96.69619.58300.008
320Tony StewartChevrolet96.63219.59600.021
412Ryan NewmanDodge96.56319.61000.035
59Kasey KahneDodge96.50919.62100.046
614Sterling MarlinChevrolet96.48419.62600.051
738Elliott SadlerFord96.44519.63400.059
824Jeff GordonChevrolet96.28819.66600.091
92Kurt BuschDodge96.11719.70100.126
1016Greg BiffleFord95.97619.73000.155
1110Scott RiggsDodge95.86419.75300.178
1296Tony RainesChevrolet95.83019.76000.185
1343Bobby LabonteDodge95.78619.76900.194
1422Dave BlaneyDodge95.75219.77600.201
1599Carl EdwardsFord95.67019.79300.218
1617Matt KensethFord95.63219.80100.226
175Kyle BuschChevrolet95.60319.80700.232
1818J. J. YeleyChevrolet95.53019.82200.247
1921Ken SchraderFord95.48719.83100.256
2031Jeff BurtonChevrolet95.44319.84000.265
211Martin Truex JrChevrolet95.35719.85800.283
2201Joe NemechekChevrolet95.27519.87500.300
2319Jeremy MayfieldDodge95.27119.87600.301
2425Brian VickersChevrolet95.21819.88700.312
2541Reed SorensonDodge95.14619.90200.327
2629Kevin HarvickChevrolet95.13219.90500.330
277Robby GordonChevrolet95.06519.91900.344
2888Dale JarrettFord95.01719.92900.354
298Dale Earnhardt JrChevrolet94.85519.96300.388
306Mark MartinFord94.70819.99400.419
3134Chad ChaffinChevrolet94.54320.02900.454
3242Casey MearsDodge94.53820.03000.455
3355Michael WaltripDodge94.50520.03700.462
3466Jeff GreenChevrolet94.46320.04600.471
3595Stanton BarrettChevrolet94.45820.04700.472
364Scott WimmerChevrolet94.44420.05000.475
3745Kyle PettyDodge94.21420.09900.524
3840David StremmeDodge94.20020.10200.527
3951Mike GarveyChevrolet94.10620.12200.547
4032Travis KvapilChevrolet94.08720.12600.551
4111Denny HamlinChevrolet93.91520.16300.588
4207Clint BowyerChevrolet93.67320.21500.640
4392Chad BlountDodge94.01720.14100.566
Failed to qualify
4474Derrike CopeDodge
4561Kevin LepageFord
4678Kenny WallaceChevrolet
4749Jimmy SpencerDodge
4889Morgan ShepherdDodge
4900Hermie SadlerFord

Race results

PosGridNo.DriverMakePointsBonusLapsWinnings
1320 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 19010500$220,786
2824 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1700500$153,461
3148 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1705500$150,361
4298 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 1600500$133,416
5175 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 1550500$98,400
6738 Elliott Sadler Ford 1500500$120,808
72629 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 1460500$115,011
82425 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 1420500$85,350
9226 Jamie McMurray Ford 1435500$122,675
101110 Scott Riggs Dodge 1340500$76,700
1192 Kurt Busch Dodge 1300500$111,683
122541 Reed Sorenson* Dodge 1270500$85,925
13306 Mark Martin Ford 1240500$90,575
14614 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 1265500$92,083
152888 Dale Jarrett Ford 1235500$106,825
161599 Carl Edwards Ford 1150500$89,100
171422 Dave Blaney Dodge 1120499$89,233
18412 Ryan Newman Dodge 1090498$114,358
19211 Martin Truex Jr.* Chevrolet 1060498$94,208
201818 J. J. Yeley* Chevrolet 1085497$109,125
211296 Tony Raines Chevrolet 1000497$67,850
224207 Clint Bowyer* Chevrolet 970496$84,250
232201 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 940495$98,245
241617 Matt Kenseth Ford 910493$113,491
253466 Jeff Green Chevrolet 880491$90,483
262319 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 850462$100,066
273242 Casey Mears Dodge 820456$103,918
28364 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 790451$69,460
293355 Michael Waltrip Dodge 760445$78,722
303745 Kyle Petty Dodge 730439$77,550
311016 Greg Biffle Ford 700436$86,100
321343 Bobby Labonte Dodge 670429$105,211
332031 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 640426$92,845
344032 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 610403$65,425
3559 Kasey Kahne Dodge 580374$102,889
363134 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet 550345$65,325
374111 Denny Hamlin* Chevrolet 520307$65,250
383840 David Stremme* Dodge 490299$73,200
393595 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 460280$65,140
401921 Ken Schrader Ford 430164$92,279
413951 Mike Garvey Chevrolet PE093$65,015
424392 Chad Blount Dodge 37092$64,960
43277 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 3407$64,384
Sources: [1] [3] [4] [8]

Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#74), Kevin Lepage (#61), Kenny Wallace (#78), Jimmy Spencer (#49), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Hermie Sadler [1] [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2006 DirecTV 500 - Racing-Reference.info". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Complete weather information". Almanac.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Official results". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 "2006 DirecTV 500 - Martinsville Speedway". Martinsvillespeedway.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tony Stewart Leads Chevrolet To Win the 2006 DirecTV 500 In Exciting Martinsville Shootout". NASCAR.about.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "About the Track". Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Qualifying times: DirecTV 500". Crash. April 1, 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "NASCAR Race Results at Martinsville - April 2, 2006 [DIRECTV 500][DriverAverages]". Driveraverages.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.