2006 Subway 500

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2006 Subway 500
Race details [1] [2] [3]
Race 32 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
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2006 Subway 500 program cover
Date October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)
Location Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia [4]
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.85 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 66.2 °F (19.0 °C); wind speeds up to 5.10 miles per hour (8.21 km/h) [5]
Average speed 70.446 mph (113.372 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Penske Racing South
Time 19.408
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 245
Winner
No. 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Nielsen Ratings
  • 4.1/9 (Final)
  • 3.5/7 (Overnight) [6]
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Barney Hall
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley, Dan Hubbard, Dave Moody, Jeff Striegle

The 2006 Subway 500 was the 32nd stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the sixth in the ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 22, 2006, before a crowd of 65,000, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, a short track that holds NASCAR races. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson won the 500‑lap race starting from the ninth position; Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing finished second, and Petty Enterprises' Bobby Labonte was third.

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Jeff Burton was the driver who led the Drivers' Championship going into the race with a 45-point margin over Matt Kenseth in second. Kurt Busch won the pole position with the fastest lap time in qualifying. He was immediately passed by Jeff Gordon at the start of the race. Gordon held the lead for 143 laps, until Johnson took the lead for one lap. Gordon regained the lead on the next lap, only to lose it to Johnson again on the 153rd lap. Labonte moved into the lead on lap 406 and held it with 55 laps remaining when he was passed by Johnson. At the race's final restart on lap 495, Hamlin challenged Johnson for the lead, but the latter held off Hamlin's passing maneuver and won the race. There were 18 cautions and 16 lead changes by five different drivers during the race.

It was Johnson's fifth win of the 2006 season and the 23rd of his career. The result advanced him from to third in the Drivers' Championship, 41 points behind Kenseth (who took over the championship lead when Burton retired during the race; this caused Burton to fall to fifth in the championship, one point behind Hamlin). Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Dodge, and 61 ahead of Ford with four races left in the season.

Background

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Martinsville Speedway

The Subway 500 was the 32nd of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the sixth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. [2] On October 22, 2006, it was held at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, [4] a short track that holds NASCAR races, [7] and ran for a total of 500 laps over a distance of 263 mi (423 km). [8] The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn, paperclip-shaped 0.526-mile (0.847 km) oval. [8] [9] Its turns are banked at eleven degrees, and neither the front stretch (the location of the finish line) nor the backstretch is banked. [9]

Before the race, Jeff Burton led the Drivers' Championship with 5,763 points, with Matt Kenseth second on 5,718 points and Kevin Harvick with 5,674 points in third. Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were fourth and fifth, and Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top ten drivers competing for the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup. [10] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 237 points; Dodge was second with 179, followed by Ford with 173. [11] Gordon was the race's defending champion. [12]

After falling from seventh to tenth in the Drivers' Championship at the previous race (at Charlotte Motor Speedway), Gordon said he would try and win races to return to contention for the championship. [13] Jeff Burton called the Subway 500 "another volatile race in the Chase" and thought it would significantly impact the chase contenders. [14] Although Kenseth felt the race would be the toughest for his team, he believed a good finish would put him in a better position for the championship because of his good results at the tracks following the Martinsville race. [14] After a good finish at Charlotte, Earnhardt felt he was in "good shape": "Jeff has been at this a long time, but I don't look at him as indestructible. If he has a mistake or even a couple of bad runs, it will completely shake up the points." [14] After winning the Busch Series championship, Harvick focused on the Nextel Cup championship: "We're excited about it, proud of what we've done this year, and, hopefully, we can do what we need to do on the Cup side in the next five weeks. I have never had a season like this." [15] Hamlin thought he would perform well at Martinsville, where he felt comfortable. He and his team did not rule themselves out of contention for the title. [16]

In preparation for the race, NASCAR held the last of its test days for Nextel Cup entrants on October 16–18 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sessions began at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), paused from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., and concluded at 9:00 p.m. Fifty-eight cars, a mix of Cars of Tomorrow and 2006 cars, participated in the October 16 afternoon session. Reed Sorenson was quickest with a speed of 171.652 miles per hour (276.247 km/h), and Casey Mears had the highest speed of 173.077 miles per hour (278.540 km/h) in the evening session. During the third session (with 75 cars), Kyle Busch had the fastest speed of 175.382 miles per hour (282.250 km/h); Gordon had the highest speed of the three days, at 175.553 miles per hour (282.525 km/h) in the fourth session. During the fifth session, on the afternoon of October 18, 23 cars were tested. Scott Wimmer had the highest speed of 172.364 miles per hour (277.393 km/h), and Jeff Green had the highest speed of 174.639 miles per hour (281.054 km/h) in the evening session. [17]

There were 50 cars represented by 3 different manufacturers entered for the race from a total of 29 teams. [18] One team substituted for its regular driver. Morgan-McClure Motorsports driver Todd Bodine decided to concentrate on the Craftsman Truck Series title and was replaced by Ward Burton, the 2002 Daytona 500 champion. [19] Burton, who had not raced since 2004, went to Motor Mile Speedway to reacquaint himself with NASCAR. [20] According to crew chief Chris Carrier, Burton expressed a large amount of interest in driving at Martinsville: "He's a Virginia driver and we're a Virginia team. That makes for a great combination at Martinsville." [20] On October 18, Roush Racing announced that Craftsman Truck Series driver David Ragan would drive the No. 06 car in four of the season's five remaining races beginning with the Subway 500. Ragan said the experience would help him prepare for his full-time début in 2007. [21]

Practice and qualification

Kurt Busch (pictured in 2015) had the ninth pole position of his career. TSM350 - Kurt Busch 2 - 2015 - Stierch.jpg
Kurt Busch (pictured in 2015) had the ninth pole position of his career.

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 60 minutes, and the third 45 minutes. [2] In the first practice session, Gordon was fastest with a time of 19.478 seconds; Ryan Newman was second and Hamlin third. Johnson took fourth position, and Dave Blaney placed fifth. Kurt Busch, Sterling Marlin, Green, Sorenson, and Kahne rounded out the session's top ten drivers. [22] Martin switched to a back-up car after he crashed. [2]

Fifty cars entered qualifying on Friday afternoon, [2] [23] due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, only forty-three could race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. [2] Kurt Busch clinched his sixth pole position of the season, the ninth of his career and his first at Martinsville, [2] with a time of 19.408 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Gordon, who was 0.038 seconds slower and had the pole position until Kurt Busch's lap. [24] [25] Hamlin qualified third, Newman fourth, and Tony Stewart fifth. Blaney was sixth, with Earnhardt and Green seventh and eighth. Johnson, a Chase for the Nextel Cup driver, qualified ninth, and Ken Schrader rounded out the top ten qualifiers. Harvick, another driver in the Chase, set the twelfth-fastest time. The seven drivers who failed to qualify were Mike Bliss, Hermie Sadler, Chad Chaffin, Morgan Shepherd, Ted Christopher, Derrike Cope, and Stanton Barrett. [25] After the qualifier, Kurt Busch said, "It was a great lap, unexpected for me, but this team has always qualified well at this track, Martinsville is the kind of track that you either love or hate, and I've learned to do both. It's a tough, challenging short track." [24]

On Saturday morning, Marlin was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.668 seconds. Positions two through ten were occupied by Kahne, Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Mears, Johnson, Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Greg Biffle, and Jeff Burton. Of the other drivers in the Chase, Kyle Busch was 13th-fastest and Martin 19th. [26] During the second practice session, Scott Riggs had an engine failure in the session's opening minutes and changed engines. [26] [27] Later that day, Johnson led the final practice session with a 19.722 lap; Harvick, Biffle, Marlin, David Stremme, Hamlin. Earnhardt, Kyle Busch, Gordon, and Mears were in positions two to ten. Other Chase drivers included Jeff Burton in 17th and Kahne in 17th; all were within one-tenth of a second of Johnson's time. [28] The session was suspended when Kenny Wallace's engine blew up since the track then needed to be checked and cleaned, and Wallace changed engines. Jarrett spun out with a brake problem, but since he made only minor contact with the wall, he did not have to switch to a back-up car. After a similar collision, Michael Waltrip also did not have to switch cars. [2]

Qualifying results

Qualifying results
GridCarDriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
12 Kurt Busch Penske Racing South Dodge 19.40897.568
224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.44697.377
311 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet19.48497.187
412 Ryan Newman Penske Racing SouthDodge19.48997.162
520 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19.51497.038
622 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Dodge19.55796.825
78 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet19.56796.775
866 Jeff Green Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet19.59796.627
948 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.63196.460
1021 Ken Schrader Wood Brothers Racing Ford 19.63596.440
1196 Tony Raines Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet19.64696.386
1229 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet19.66096.317
1340 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge19.67696.239
1445 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge19.68396.205
155 Kyle Busch Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.69096.171
1641 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.69996.128
1710 Scott Riggs Evernham Motorsports Dodge19.70996.0781
181 Martin Truex Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet19.72496.005
1942 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi RacingDodge19.72695.995
2017 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford19.73795.942
2125 Brian Vickers Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.74095.927
2214 Sterling Marlin MB2 Motorsport Chevrolet19.75095.879
2301 Joe Nemechek Ginn RacingChevrolet19.75295.869
2426 Jamie McMurray Roush RacingFord19.75595.854
256 Mark Martin Roush RacingFord19.77695.752
267 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet19.78095.733
2799 Carl Edwards Roush RacingFord19.79195.680
2831 Jeff Burton Richard Childress RacingChevrolet19.79795.651
2938 David Gilliland Robert Yates Racing Ford19,81195.583
3043 Bobby Labonte Petty EnterprisesDodge19.81895.549
3132 Travis Kvapil PPI Motorsports Chevrolet19.84595.420
329 Kasey Kahne Evernham MotorsportsDodge19.85095.396
3355 Michael Waltrip Waltrip-Jasper Racing Dodge19.86695.319
3419 Elliott Sadler Evernham MotorsportsDodge19.86795.314
354 Ward Burton Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet19.86995.304
3618 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19.87295.290
3707 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress RacingChevrolet19.89495.185
3816 Greg Biffle Roush RacingFord19.90495.137
3988 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates RacingFord19.90895.118
4078 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet19.91995.0651
4106 David Ragan Roush RacingFord19.93994.970
4234 Kevin Lepage Front Row MotorsportsChevrolet19.96494.851
4372 Mike Skinner CJM Racing Chevrolet19.96594.846
Failed to qualify
4449 Mike Bliss BAM Racing Dodge19.99394.713
4500 Hermie Sadler MBA Racing Chevrolet20.14693.994
4661 Chad Chaffin Front Row MotorsportsDodge20.21393.682
4789 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge20.21793.664
4827 Ted Christopher Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Chevrolet20.23193.599
4974 Derrike Cope McGlynn Racing Dodge20.27793.387
5030 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet20.55192.142
Sources: [25] [18]
1 Moved to the back of the field for changing engines [3]

Race

Jeff Gordon (pictured in 2009) took the lead from Kurt Busch at the start and led for a total of 165 laps. National Guard Bureau.jpg
Jeff Gordon (pictured in 2009) took the lead from Kurt Busch at the start and led for a total of 165 laps.

Live television coverage of the race began at 12:32 p.m. EDT in the United States on NBC. [29] Commentary was provided by Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr. [2] Rain showers were forecast for the day of the race, and at the start, weather conditions were overcast, and some rain had already fallen. The air temperature was around 48 °F (9 °C). Cleaning trucks cleared the track before the start. Eldrid Davis of Raceway Ministries began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation, the Martinsville High School marching band performed the national anthem, and Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Riggs and Wallace moved to the rear of the grid because they had changed their engines. [29]

The race began at 1:00 p.m. Gordon accelerated faster than Kurt Busch off the line and was ahead of him by the second turn. [29] The first caution was given three laps later when Kyle Petty spun in turn four, [2] and Martin Truex Jr. made contact with the rear of the slowing Sorenson's car. [30] Jeff Burton had front-end damage to his vehicle when he contacted the rear of Joe Nemechek's car, [29] who hit Marlin. [2] At the lap 11 restart, [30] Gordon maintained his lead over Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin. [29] Seven laps later, Hamlin passed Kurt Busch for second place. Earnhardt passed Kurt Busch for fourth place on the 44th lap. [31] On lap 45, he reported that one of his engine's cylinders was misfiring and was worse coming out of the turns. [29] Five laps later, Gordon had a 1.8‑second lead over Hamlin, which grew to 2.4 seconds on lap 60; [31] Earnhardt had moved into second on lap 58. [30] On lap 65, a collision between Mears and Newman in turn two prompted the second caution; [31] although Mears was spun around, he was able to continue. During the caution, all the leaders made pit stops for fuel and tires. Jeff Burton's pit crew repaired his loose hood with tape on the right front. Biffle left the track on lap 67 with brake problems. Newman was sent to the rear of the longest line by NASCAR two laps later for his role in the incident with Mears, [29] and Gordon maintained the top position at the lap-73 restart. [30]

Six laps later, Earnhardt passed Raines for second position, and Gordon led Earnhardt by 1 7 seconds by lap 80. [31] Raines was passed by Stewart for third by lap 83, [30] and Johnson took third place from Stewart six laps later. [31] J. J. Yeley drove to pit road on the 94th lap with a flat left-rear tire. On lap 106, Burton (whose car was hot because of the tape on his hood) made contact with Gordon and escaped with minor damage after a three-lap battle. 24 laps later, Johnson passed Earnhardt for second place, [29] and on lap 145, he passed Gordon for the lead. [3] One lap later, Gordon reclaimed first place, [29] and built a quarter-second lead by lap 150. [31] Johnson moved back into the lead on lap 153. [29] Two laps later, [29] Stremme spun sideways in turn four following contact with McMurray, prompting the third caution, [2] and all the leaders made pit stops. [29] Johnson remained the leader at the lap-162 restart, ahead of Gordon and Stewart. [3] [29] After the caution ended, Burton switched to a second ignition after feeling he had a problem with his engine. [2] 42 laps later, Waltrip's turn-four spin prompted the fourth caution; he was able to continue. During the caution, the leaders again made pit stops. Johnson, who had minor air-pressure adjustments because of sunlight exposure at his pit stop, maintained his lead at the lap 210 restart. [29] [30]

Jeff Burton drove to his garage on lap 218 when a carburetor problem caused him to run slower than his rivals; [29] Earnhardt, and Stewart avoided a wreck on that lap. [31] Four laps later, the fifth caution came out when David Gilliland made contact with Ward Burton in turn two; although Burton spun, he avoided hitting the wall. [29] Johnson maintained his lead at the lap-228 restart. [31] The sixth caution was given on lap 231 when Sorenson spun after colliding with Riggs, causing Mike Skinner to strike the left front quarter of Harvick's car and Travis Kvapil to spin sideways. Biffle sustained damage to his car's nose, and turn three was temporarily blocked. Harvick, Kahne, Vickers, and Biffle went to pit road for repairs, while the leaders remained on the track. [29] Johnson led on the lap-239 restart. [30] Four laps later, Kvapil made heavy contact with the wall after being bumped, and Tony Raines' car had a cut tire from contact with Ragan, prompting the seventh caution. Most of the leaders, including Johnson, again made pit stops. On lap 244, it was announced that Jeff Burton had retired from the race. [29] Gordon became the leader at the lap 249 restart, [31] ahead of Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, and Nemechek. [29]

Hamlin passed Gordon for the lead on lap 256. [29] Twenty-four laps later, [31] Bowyer made contact with Kenseth, spinning him in turn four (although he kept his car off the wall) and prompting the race's eighth caution. During the caution, most of the leaders (including Hamlin) made pit stops. Kyle and Kurt Busch's pit crews made track-bar adjustments to their cars. Hamlin had tape added to the front of his car to fix a handling problem, and Sadler narrowly avoided a collision with Kahne. [29] Johnson regained the lead after the pit stops, [29] maintaining it at the lap-287 restart. [30] Thirteen laps later, Kurt Busch passed Earnhardt for second place, [29] and Gordon moved back up to fifth by lap 318. [31] On lap 333, the ninth caution was given. [30] Schrader and Ragan made contact into turn one, causing Schrader to hit the outside wall, and both of them hit Jarrett. [29] [30] Schrader retired from the race because of the collision; [32] Ragan and Jarrett continued. The leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops during the caution. [29] Kurt Busch gained the lead after the pit stops, maintaining it at the lap-341 restart. [31] Five laps later, [30] Raines made contact with Skinner, forcing him to collide with the inside wall and prompting the tenth caution. With severe damage to his car's rear end quarter, Skinner stopped after the start-finish line. [29] Kurt Busch maintained his lead at the lap-353 restart, ahead of Johnson and Earnhardt. [31]

Johnson moved into the lead on the same lap after passing Kurt Busch, [29] who dropped two more places over the next two laps. [31] On lap 356, Ragan spun in the second turn after contact with Elliott Sadler, [2] [31] while having Stewart on the inside and Ward Burton on the outside, [30] prompting the 11th caution; none of the leaders made pit stops. [29] Johnson led at the lap-362 restart, ahead of Earnhardt and Hamlin. [31] The 21st caution came out two laps later when Kurt Busch tried to pass Riggs, and the drivers made contact exiting turn four. Kurt Busch was spun while crossing the start-finish line and hit the inside wall, requiring a pit stop for repairs. [29] [30] Johnson maintained his lead at the lap-372 restart and was followed by Earnhardt, [30] Hamlin, Kurt Busch, and Gordon (who made a pit stop for an air-pressure adjustment during the caution). [29] Hamlin passed Earnhardt for second place eight laps later, and held off the latter on lap 381. The 13th caution was prompted on lap 400 when Bobby Labonte made contact with the rear of Jamie McMurray's car in turn two, [30] [31] sending him spinning sideways but avoiding the wall. [29] Most of the leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops. Johnson adjusted his air pressure, and Hamlin's pit crew removed a front fender. [29]

Jimmie Johnson (pictured in 2007) won the race after overtaking Bobby Labonte with fifty-five laps remaining. JimmieJohnsonAugust2007 cropped.jpg
Jimmie Johnson (pictured in 2007) won the race after overtaking Bobby Labonte with fifty-five laps remaining.

Labonte led on the lap-407 restart, [30] followed by Mears and Gordon. [29] Elliott Sadler went to his garage with motor problems on lap 411. [29] By lap 438, Johnson had moved into second position. [31] Seven laps later, he passed Labonte, for the lead, [29] and Hamlin passed Gordon for fourth a lap later. [31] Lap 448 saw the 14th caution; [31] Ragan spun sideways at on the inside at turn four, and Kyle Busch collided with the outside wall to avoid him, [30] sustaining minor damage to his car's right side. On that lap, Kyle Busch entered pit road for repairs. [29] The race restarted on lap 454, [30] with Johnson leading Labonte and Hamlin. On the 460th lap, Gilliand caused Mears to spin sideways coming out of turn four, prompting the 15th caution; [29] Johnson maintained his lead at the restart on lap 468. [2] On lap 469, [30] Bowyer triggered the 16th caution after spinning sideways at turn three. Four laps later, Martin drove to pit road for engine troubleshooting. [29]

The race restarted on lap 477, [3] when a seventeenth caution was issued because Earnhardt made contact with Kahne after trying to pass him on the inside at turn three and spun. [2] [30] Martin again went to pit road because of water problems, and Johnson maintained the lead at the restart on lap 483. On lap 485, Hamlin passed Labonte for second place. Five laps later, Wallace spun coming out of turn two after being hit by McMurray, prompting the race's final caution; he was able to continue. [29] [31] Johnson remained the leader at the lap-495 restart, with Hamlin close behind. [29] [31] Hamlin bumped Johnson coming out of turn two, causing Johnson to move to the outside lane, and went to the inside lane to draw alongside him on the backstretch. They remained side by side for one lap when Johnson drew ahead of Hamlin at turn four. [33] [34] He pulled away, holding the lead for the remaining six laps to win the race. [29] Hamlin finished second, ahead of Labonte in third, Stewart in fourth and Gordon in fifth. Mears, Kahne, Green, Harvick, and Petty rounded out the top ten finishers. [35] The race had a total of 18 cautions and 16 lead changes by five drivers. Johnson led seven times for a total of 245 laps, more than any other competitor. [3] The win was the 23rd of Johnson's Cup Career and the last of five victories he posted in the 2006 season. [36]

Post-race comments

Johnson appeared in Victory Lane after his victory lap to celebrate his fifth win of the season in front of the crowd; the win earned him $191,886. [3] He was pleased with the result, saying he was happy to have taken the victory: "We've been running up front the last three of four races and haven't been able to close the deal. Today we did." [33] Hamlin was disappointed with his finish as he felt he had a faster car after the race's final restart and admitted Johnson would not be beaten: "It was my only shot to get around him. I wasn't going to get under him completely. There was no way possible. I was doing the best I could to win the race." [37] He later admitted he made contact with Johnson and that it was on purpose. [37] Labonte said about his third-place finish, "I feel like I stole something." [37] Jeff Burton was philosophical about his retirement from the race: "These things happen. Everybody has had an issue in this Chase, and we had ours today. This thing is not over for us by any means." [34] Kenseth, who finished eleventh, was optimistic about his chances of winning the Drivers' Championship: "It's great to be the leader, but we've got to start running good, It's still pretty wide open. It's going to be pretty exciting, I think, coming down to the last race." [33]

Earnhardt admitted he was to blame for the collision with Kahne on lap 476. He said he was anxious to pass him and was underneath him when he made the maneuver, but his rear brakes locked, which caused him to spin. [38] Kahne thought Earnhardt was driving too hard in turn three: "I guess I need to get somebody on [the radio] to preach to me to have more patience because I definitely can't take control of myself." [33] After retiring from the race, Schrader said of his collision with Ragan, "I moved him earlier because you can't run like that two laps down. Got back around him and he paid me back for moving him, but he was two laps down." [32] Ragan denied intentionally wrecking Schrader, saying he over-drove his car going into the first corner and his brakes locked. Stewart saw Ragan's lap-447 spin (which caused Kyle Busch to collide with the wall) and believed NASCAR should have disqualified Ragan from the race. [32]

According to Mears, who was involved in an incident with Newman on the 64th lap, "[Newman] was kind of holding everyone up. When I got up to him, he tried to park me in the center of the corner. [He] just got on the brakes and I got into the back of him. Got him a little loose. He didn't wreck, but he came around the next lap and wrecked me." Although Mears was also angry about the incident with Gilliland 396 laps later, he praised his car's handling and said it was the first time a car had worked in his favor. [39] Three days after the race, NASCAR announced that Waltrip-Jasper Racing crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr. was fined $5,000 for violating four NASCAR rules. The fines were for "actions detrimental to stock car racing" car, car parts, components and/or equipment used in the race that was not compliant to NASCAR rules, and entering the car-servicing area without a fire-resistant uniform or helmet. [40]

The result left Kenseth leading the Drivers' Championship with 5,848 points, ahead of Harvick with 5,812. Johnson moved into third with 5,807, six points ahead of Hamlin. [41] After the race, Jeff Burton, who fell to fifth, was still upbeat about his championship chances: "We have as good a shot as anybody. We've run well enough to win the championship; we just got to put the next four races together." [37] Earnhardt, Martin, Kahne, Gordon, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top ten. [41] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the lead with 246 points. Dodge remained in second with 185, eight points ahead of Ford. [11] The race took 3 hours and 44 minutes to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.544 seconds. [35]

Race results

Race results
PosGridCarDriverTeamManufacturerLaps RunPoints
1948Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5001902
2311Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet5001751
33043Bobby LabontePetty EnterprisesDodge5001701
4520Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet500160
5224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5001601
61942Casey MearsChip Ganassi RacingDodge500150
7329Kasey KahneEvernham MotorsportsDodge500146
8866Jeff GreenHaas CNC RacingChevrolet500142
91229Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet500138
101445Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge500134
112017Matt KensethRoush RacingFord500130
122799Carl EdwardsRoush RacingFord500127
13412Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge500124
141196Tony RainesHall of Fame RacingChevrolet500121
151340David StremmeChip Ganassi RacingDodge500118
163988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord500115
172125Brian VickersHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet500112
18155Kyle BuschHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet500109
192426Jamie McMurrayRoush RacingFord500106
202301Joe NemechekGinn RacingChevrolet500103
21714Sterling MarlinMB2 MotorsportChevrolet500100
2278Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet50097
233707Clint BowyerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50094
24256Mark MartinRoush RacingFord50091
254106David RaganRoush RacingFord50088
26354Ward BurtonMorgan-McClure MotorsportsChevrolet50085
2712Kurt BuschPenske Racing SouthDodge496871
282938David GillilandRobert Yates RacingFord49679
294078Kenny WallaceFurniture Row RacingChevrolet49676
301710Scott RiggsEvernham MotorsportsDodge49573
313618J. J. YeleyJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet49470
323816Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord48667
33622Dave BlaneyBill Davis RacingDodge48564
343355Michael WaltripMichael Waltrip RacingDodge47261
351641Reed SorensonChip Ganassi RacingDodge46058
36181Martin Truex Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet45355
37267Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsChevrolet41652
383419Elliott SadlerEvernham MotorsportsDodge41249
394372Mike SkinnerCJM RacingChevrolet34146
403132Travis KvapilPPI MotorsportsChevrolet33243
411021Ken SchraderWood Brothers RacingFord33140
422831Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet21737
434234Kevin LepageFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet20934
Sources: [3] [42] [43]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 Coca-Cola 600</span> Auto race held at Lowes Motor Speedway in 2007

The 2007 Coca-Cola 600 was the 12th stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the event's 48th iteration. It was held on May 27, 2007, with 175,000 spectators in attendance, in Concord, North Carolina at Lowe's Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. Casey Mears of the Hendrick Motorsports team won the 400-lap race after starting 16th. Joe Gibbs Racing's J. J. Yeley finished second and Kyle Petty of Petty Enterprises took third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 UAW-Ford 500</span> 30th race of 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup series

The 2007 UAW-Ford 500 was the 30th stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 7, 2007, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, before a crowd of 155,000. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the 188-lap race starting from 34th position. His teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second and Dave Blaney was third.

The 2009 Budweiser Shootout was the first exhibition stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 31st annual running of the Budweiser Shootout, it was held on February 7, 2009, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, before a crowd of 80,000 people. Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick won the 78-lap race, after he started from the next-to-last 27th position. Roush Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray finished in second, and Stewart-Haas Racing's Tony Stewart was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Aaron's 499</span> Motor car race

The 2009 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. With a distance of 500.8 miles (806.0 km), it was held on April 26, 2009 at the 2.66 miles (4.28 km) Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Fox Sports broadcast the race starting at 1 PM EDT, with MRN and Sirius XM Radio carrying the radio broadcast over the air and on satellite respectively. The race had nine cautions, 25 different leaders, and 57 lead changes, the most lead changes of the season up until that point.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta)</span> Motor car race

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Aaron's 499</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Aaron's 499 was the 9th race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the first of two Sprint Cup races held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It started at 1 p.m. EDT on April 25, 2010. The race was televised on Fox and was also broadcast on MRN Radio at 12 p.m. After Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman previous crash, officials decided that they would change from the rear wing to the rear spoiler which debuted in the 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500. The race, which was extended by 12 laps, shattered numerous NASCAR records: it marked the first time under the modified green-white-checkered finish rules that a race had gone to the maximum three attempts allowed. There were eight caution flags, a record-setting 29 different leaders and a record-setting 88 lead changes. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race, his first win of the season and his first since the 2007 Daytona 500, while the Earnhardt-Ganassi teammates of Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya finished second and third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500</span> Motor car race

The 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 24, 2010, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. It was contested over 500 laps, and was the thirty-second race of the season and the sixth race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race was won by Denny Hamlin for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Mark Martin driving for Hendrick Motorsports finished second and Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick, who started thirty-sixth, came third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Coca-Cola 600</span> Auto race held at Charlotte, USA in 2011

The 2011 Coca-Cola 600, the 52nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race held on May 29, 2011, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the twelfth race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. David Ragan finished second, and Joey Logano clinched third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Aaron's 499</span> NASCAR race at Talladega in 2011

The 2011 Aaron's 499 was the eighth race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season out of thirty six total races. The race was held on April 17 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Jeff Gordon won his 70th pole position, leading a Hendrick Motorsports sweep of the top four starting positions. Nearly the entire race, in similar fashion to the 2011 Daytona 500, was marked by the prevalence of 2-car drafting. On the last lap, four 2-car drafting teams contended for the win, and all eight cars finished within about three car-lengths of each other. Johnson, pushed by Earnhardt, won the race by .002 seconds over Clint Bowyer, the 2010 fall race winner at the track.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Ford 400</span> Motor car race

The 2006 Ford 400 was the thirty-sixth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and the final round of the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on November 19, 2006, in Homestead, Florida, at Homestead–Miami Speedway, before a crowd of 80,000 people. The circuit is an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. Roush Racing's Greg Biffle won the 267-lap race from the 22nd position. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s Martin Truex Jr. finished second and Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series</span> 65th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 65th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 42nd modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 16, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway, with the Sprint Unlimited, followed by the Daytona 500 on February 24. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 STP 500</span> Motor car race

The 2015 STP 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 29, 2015, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526 miles (0.847 km) paperclip shaped short track, it was the sixth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race while Brad Keselowski finished runner-up. Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth and David Ragan rounded out the top five.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Brickyard 400</span> NASCAR race held at Indianapolis in 2006

The 2006 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the 21st stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The 13th running of the event, it was held on August 6, 2006 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana before a crowd of 280,000 spectators. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the 160-lap race starting from the fourth position. Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth finished second and Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Bank of America 500</span> 31st stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series

The 2006 Bank of America 500 was the 31st stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fifth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 14, 2006, before a crowd of 175,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The circuit is an intermediate that holds NASCAR races. The 334-lap race was won by Kasey Kahne of the Evernham Motorsports team, who started from second position. Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson finished second and Richard Childress Racing driver Jeff Burton was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Banquet 400</span> 29th race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup series

The 2006 Banquet 400 was the twenty-ninth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the third in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 1, 2006 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas before a crowd of 125,000. The 267-lap race was won by Tony Stewart of the Joe Gibbs Racing team who started from twenty-first position. Casey Mears finished second and Mark Martin came in third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Dover 400</span> Motor car race

The 2006 Dover 400 was the twenty-eighth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the second in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on September 24, 2006 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, before a crowd of 145,000. The 400-lap race was won by Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing, who started from 19th position. Carl Edwards of Roush Racing finished second and Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports came in third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500</span> Motor car race

The 2006 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 was the thirty-third stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and the seventh in the 10-round season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 29, 2006 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia before a crowd of 115,000 people. The 325-lap race was won by Joe Gibbs Racing driver Tony Stewart after starting from the eleventh position. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. came in third.

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