Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
Date | April 9, 2006 | ||
Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Weather | Mild with temperatures approaching 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) [1] | ||
Average speed | 137.943 miles per hour (221.998 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Evernham Motorsports | ||
Time | 28.374 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs | |
Laps | 99 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds |
The 2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500, the seventh race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, was held at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2006. Kasey Kahne became the first driver to win at Texas from the pole.
Pos [2] | Car # | Driver | Make | Primary Sponsor | Speed | Time | Behind |
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1 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW | 190.315 | 28.374 | 0.000 |
2 | 18 | J. J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries | 189.374 | 28.515 | -0.141 |
3 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | AAA | 189.029 | 28.567 | -0.193 |
4 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Best Buy / SanDisk | 189.016 | 28.569 | -0.195 |
5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Subway / Nat'l Guard / Little League | 188.976 | 28.575 | -0.201 |
6 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Carhartt | 188.910 | 28.585 | -0.211 |
7 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 188.897 | 28.587 | -0.213 |
8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | FedEx Express | 188.772 | 28.606 | -0.232 |
9 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 188.640 | 28.626 | -0.252 |
10 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 188.594 | 28.633 | -0.259 |
11 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 188.337 | 28.672 | -0.298 |
12 | 7 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's Texas Pride | 188.304 | 28.677 | -0.303 |
13 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Target | 188.219 | 28.690 | -0.316 |
14 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Alltel | 188.068 | 28.713 | -0.339 |
15 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 188.048 | 28.716 | -0.342 |
16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 187.977 | 28.727 | -0.353 |
17 | 1 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 187.918 | 28.736 | -0.362 |
18 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | CENTRIX Auto Finance | 187.780 | 28.757 | -0.383 |
19 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Schwan's Home Service | 187.754 | 28.761 | -0.387 |
20 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 187.748 | 28.762 | -0.388 |
21 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless | 187.598 | 28.785 | -0.411 |
22 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | Stanley Tools / Valvoline | 187.422 | 28.812 | -0.438 |
23 | 151 | Mike Garvey | Chevrolet | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | 187.389 | 28.817 | -0.443 |
24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Reese's Caramel Cup | 187.272 | 28.835 | -0.461 |
25 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | M&M's | 187.007 | 28.876 | -0.502 |
26 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | Kellogg's / Delphi | 186.948 | 28.885 | -0.511 |
27 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS | 186.903 | 28.892 | -0.518 |
28 | 40 | David Stremme | Dodge | Coors Light | 186.832 | 28.903 | -0.529 |
29 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Jim Beam Black | 186.748 | 28.916 | -0.542 |
30 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | 186.741 | 28.917 | -0.543 |
31 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | Caterpillar | 186.696 | 28.924 | -0.550 |
32 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | Motorcraft Genuine Parts | 186.696 | 28.924 | -0.550 |
33 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | GMAC | 186.580 | 28.942 | -0.568 |
34 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW | 186.574 | 28.943 | -0.569 |
35 | 61 | Kevin Lepage | Ford | RoadLoans.com | 186.124 | 29.013 | -0.639 |
36 | 96 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | DLP HDTV | 186.066 | 29.022 | -0.648 |
37 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 185.822 | 29.060 | -0.686 |
38 | 74 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | myguardian911.com | 185.624 | 29.091 | -0.717 |
39 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Chevrolet | Tide-Downy | 185.567 | 29.100 | -0.726 |
40 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 185.382 | 29.129 | -0.755 |
41 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 184.818 | 29.218 | -0.844 |
42 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | NAPA Auto Parts | 184.641 | 29.246 | -0.872 |
43 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | AERO Exhaust | 184.862 | 29.211 | -0.837 |
Failed to qualify | |||||||
44 | 49 | Brent Sherman | Dodge | Serta | 29.286 | ||
45 | 92 | Chad Blount | Dodge | Fox Collision Centers | 29.386 | ||
46 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Racing | 29.460 | ||
47 | 34 | Chad Chaffin | Chevrolet | Holiday Inn DFW Airport West | 29.476 | ||
48 | 95 | Stanton Barrett | Chevrolet | hairofdog.com | 29.758 |
Fin | St | Driver | Car # | Make | Points | Bonus | Laps | Winnings |
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1 | 1 | Kasey Kahne | 9 | Dodge | 185 | 5 | 334 | $530,164 |
2 | 6 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 175 | 5 | 334 | $362,491 |
3 | 40 | Tony Stewart | 20 | Chevrolet | 175 | 10 | 334 | $286,386 |
4 | 8 | Denny Hamlin * | 11 | Chevrolet | 165 | 5 | 334 | $208,500 |
5 | 24 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 160 | 5 | 334 | $204,511 |
6 | 21 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 150 | 334 | $172,220 | |
7 | 22 | Scott Riggs | 10 | Dodge | 146 | 334 | $133,850 | |
8 | 9 | Martin Truex Jr. * | 1 | Chevrolet | 147 | 5 | 334 | $156,608 |
9 | 3 | Mark Martin | 6 | Ford | 143 | 5 | 334 | $151,850 |
10 | 10 | Bobby Labonte | 43 | Dodge | 134 | 334 | $164,211 | |
11 | 16 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 130 | 334 | $165,161 | |
12 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 8 | Chevrolet | 127 | 334 | $154,816 | |
13 | 13 | Reed Sorenson * | 41 | Dodge | 124 | 334 | $126,675 | |
14 | 20 | Casey Mears | 42 | Dodge | 121 | 334 | $150,233 | |
15 | 26 | Kyle Busch | 5 | Chevrolet | 118 | 334 | $129,725 | |
16 | 32 | Ken Schrader | 21 | Ford | 115 | 334 | $140,089 | |
17 | 27 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | Ford | 112 | 334 | $143,350 | |
18 | 4 | Jeff Green | 66 | Chevrolet | 114 | 5 | 334 | $133,833 |
19 | 12 | Clint Bowyer * | 07 | Chevrolet | 106 | 333 | $116,075 | |
20 | 29 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Chevrolet | 103 | 333 | $109,275 | |
21 | 28 | David Stremme * | 40 | Dodge | 100 | 333 | $127,033 | |
22 | 11 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 97 | 332 | $148,411 | |
23 | 17 | Joe Nemechek | 1 | Chevrolet | 94 | 332 | $129,070 | |
24 | 36 | Tony Raines | 96 | Chevrolet | 91 | 332 | $97,075 | |
25 | 30 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Chevrolet | 88 | 332 | $95,975 | |
26 | 42 | Michael Waltrip | 55 | Dodge | 85 | 331 | $108,833 | |
27 | 39 | Travis Kvapil | 32 | Chevrolet | 82 | 331 | $105,122 | |
28 | 43 | Scott Wimmer | 4 | Chevrolet | 79 | 330 | $94,075 | |
29 | 31 | Dave Blaney | 22 | Dodge | 76 | 330 | $92,475 | |
30 | 18 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | Chevrolet | 73 | 329 | $89,325 | |
31 | 34 | Jeremy Mayfield | 19 | Dodge | 70 | 328 | $116,891 | |
32 | 35 | Kevin Lepage | 61 | Ford | 67 | 328 | $85,800 | |
33 | 25 | Elliott Sadler | 38 | Ford | 69 | 5 | 286 | $113,558 |
34 | 7 | Kurt Busch | 2 | Dodge | 61 | 286 | $124,633 | |
35 | 2 | J. J. Yeley * | 18 | Chevrolet | 63 | 5 | 270 | $118,075 |
36 | 37 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 60 | 5 | 256 | $101,175 |
37 | 41 | Jamie McMurray | 26 | Ford | 52 | 254 | $127,100 | |
38 | 23 | Mike Garvey | 151 | Chevrolet | 49 | 251 | $79,125 | |
39 | 19 | Kyle Petty | 45 | Dodge | 46 | 248 | $87,000 | |
40 | 14 | Ryan Newman | 12 | Dodge | 43 | 200 | $124,283 | |
41 | 38 | Derrike Cope | 74 | Dodge | PE | 169 | $78,760 | |
42 | 5 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 42 | 5 | 81 | $98,860 |
43 | 33 | Brian Vickers | 25 | Chevrolet | 34 | 24 | $86,847 |
Failed to qualify: Brent Sherman (#49), Chad Blount (#92), Kenny Wallace (#78), Chad Chaffin (#34), Stanton Barrett (#95).
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