2006 DirecTV 500

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2006 DirecTV 500
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 6 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
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2006 DirecTV 500 program cover
Date April 2, 2006 (2006-April-02)
Location Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (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. 20Tony StewartJoe 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]

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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] Car #DriverMakeSPD QTimeBHND
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 CopeDodge20.142
4561Kevin LepageFord20.176
4678Kenny WallaceChevrolet20.225
4749Jimmy SpencerDodge20.247
4889Morgan ShepherdDodge20.261
4900Hermie SadlerFord20.443

Race results

PosGridDriverNo.MakePointsBonusLapsWinnings
13 Tony Stewart 20 Chevrolet 19010500$220,786
28 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet 1700500$153,461
31 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 1705500$150,361
429 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8 Chevrolet 1600500$133,416
517 Kyle Busch 5 Chevrolet 1550500$98,400
67 Elliott Sadler 38 Ford 1500500$120,808
726 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet 1460500$115,011
824 Brian Vickers 25 Chevrolet 1420500$85,350
92 Jamie McMurray 26 Ford 1435500$122,675
1011 Scott Riggs 10 Dodge 1340500$76,700
119 Kurt Busch 2 Dodge 1300500$111,683
1225 Reed Sorenson*41 Dodge 1270500$85,925
1330 Mark Martin 6 Ford 1240500$90,575
146 Sterling Marlin 14 Chevrolet 1265500$92,083
1528 Dale Jarrett 88 Ford 1235500$106,825
1615 Carl Edwards 99 Ford 1150500$89,100
1714 Dave Blaney 22 Dodge 1120499$89,233
184 Ryan Newman 12 Dodge 1090498$114,358
1921 Martin Truex Jr.*1 Chevrolet 1060498$94,208
2018 J. J. Yeley*18 Chevrolet 1085497$109,125
2112 Tony Raines 96 Chevrolet 1000497$67,850
2242 Clint Bowyer*07 Chevrolet 970496$84,250
2322 Joe Nemechek 01 Chevrolet 940495$98,245
2416 Matt Kenseth 17 Ford 910493$113,491
2534 Jeff Green 66 Chevrolet 880491$90,483
2623 Jeremy Mayfield 19 Dodge 850462$100,066
2732 Casey Mears 42 Dodge 820456$103,918
2836 Scott Wimmer 4 Chevrolet 790451$69,460
2933 Michael Waltrip 55 Dodge 760445$78,722
3037 Kyle Petty 45 Dodge 730439$77,550
3110 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 700436$86,100
3213 Bobby Labonte 43 Dodge 670429$105,211
3320 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet 640426$92,845
3440 Travis Kvapil 32 Chevrolet 610403$65,425
355 Kasey Kahne 9 Dodge 580374$102,889
3631 Chad Chaffin 34 Chevrolet 550345$65,325
3741 Denny Hamlin*11 Chevrolet 520307$65,250
3838 David Stremme*40 Dodge 490299$73,200
3935 Stanton Barrett 95 Chevrolet 460280$65,140
4019 Ken Schrader 21 Ford 430164$92,279
4139 Mike Garvey 51 Chevrolet PE093$65,015
4243 Chad Blount 92 Dodge 37092$64,960
4327 Robby Gordon 7 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]

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