2005 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
203 laps
Time of race: 3:45:16
Average speed of winner: 135.173 mph
Margin of victory: 0.158 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 45 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart
Lap leaders: Jarrett pole, Johnson 1-3, Stewart 4-15, Petty 16, Wimmer 17-19, Waltrip 20-61, Wimmer 62-63, Gordon 64-86, Mayfield 87, Stewart 88-105, Wimmer 106-108, Stewart 109-135, Newman 136, Nemechek 137-138, Stewart 139-155, Burton 156-161, Stewart 162, Harvick 163, Stewart 164-194, Earnhardt, Jr. 195, Stewart 196, Earnhardt, Jr. 197, Gordon 198-203

Race notes: Last pole for Dale Jarrett.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20 (Finish), Part 21 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	188.155	203	2	29	running	1497154	185
2	13	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	187.699	203	0	0	running	1106138	170
3	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	184.888	203	2	2	running	828796	170
4	12	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	187.758	203	0	0	running	643896	160
5	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	188.170	203	1	3	running	533579	160
6	32	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	186.123	203	0	0	running	395313	150
7	4	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.701	203	7	107	running	442610	156
8	18	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	185.445	203	0	0	running	341341	142
9	8	Kevin Lepage	37	Patron Tequila	Ford	R and J	Poindexter	184.400	203	0	0	running	307138	138
10	36	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	186.150	203	0	0	running	317646	134
11	39	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	187.398	203	0	0	running	318604	130
12	27	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.047	203	0	0	running	278963	127
13	34	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.837	203	1	2	running	290671	129
14	38	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Lopez	185.636	203	0	0	running	270363	121
15	1	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	188.312	203	0	0	running	307596	118
16	26	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman		203	0	0	running	289499	115
17	33	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	186.974	203	1	1	running	273321	117
18	35	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero/Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	186.262	203	0	0	running	258538	109
19	25	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	183.415	203	0	0	running	267588	106
20	9	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	185.659	203	1	1	running	306479	108
21	28	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	185.239	203	0	0	running	266738	100
22	37	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	186.501	203	0	0	running	288388	97
23	24	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	186.143	203	1	1	running	283158	99
24	11	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	187.414	202	0	0	running	287002	66
25	23	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	186.587	201	0	0	running	269613	88
26	29	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	185.300	199	0	0	running	273321	85
27	41	Boris Said	36	Centrix Financial	Chevrolet	MB2	Stoddard	187.122	198	0	0	running	249838	82
28	30	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.915	198	1	1	running	288799	84
29	6	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.270	194	1	6	running	294608	81
30	7	Mike Skinner	23	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	Bill Davis		186.753	187	0	0	accident	260113	73
31	42	John Andretti	14	VB/APlus at Sunoco	Ford	ppc	Charpentier	186.324	187	0	0	accident	247538	70
32	17	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	186.397	184	0	0	accident	257613	67
33	16	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	185.793	182	3	8	accident	265110	69
34	10	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	185.575	178	0	0	engine	252593	61
35	22	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide Coldwater	Chevrolet	PPI	Holly	182.990	173	0	0	running	245468	58
36	40	Jason Leffler	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Rogers	187.715	168	0	0	accident	244988	55
37	3	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	185.448	161	1	42	engine	304563	57
38	19	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.486	148	0	0	running	252063	49
39	31	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	185.109	120	0	0	engine	243288	46
40	21	Kenny Wallace	00	Aaron's	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennon	184.703	39	0	0	engine	243038	43
41	43	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	185.908	35	0	0	overheating	242388	40
42	14	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	183.494	34	0	0	engine	292124	37
43	20	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	186.112	14	0	0	engine	276444	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	185	1	0	1	1	1
2	Kurt Busch	170	1	0	0	1	1
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Scott Riggs	160	1	0	0	1	1
5	Jimmie Johnson	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Tony Stewart	156	1	0	0	0	1
7	Mark Martin	150	1	0	0	0	1
8	Sterling Marlin	142	1	0	0	0	1
9	Kevin Lepage	138	1	0	0	0	1
10	Rusty Wallace	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Elliott Sadler	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Joe Nemechek	129	1	0	0	0	0
13	Carl Edwards	127	1	0	0	0	0
14	Dave Blaney	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Dale Jarrett	118	1	1	0	0	0
16	Kyle Petty	117	1	0	0	0	0
17	Jeff Green	115	1	0	0	0	0
18	Mike Bliss	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Ryan Newman	108	1	0	0	0	0
20	Travis Kvapil	106	1	0	0	0	0
21	Brian Vickers	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jeremy Mayfield	99	1	0	0	0	0
23	Kasey Kahne	97	1	0	0	0	0
24	Greg Biffle	88	1	0	0	0	0
25	Casey Mears	85	1	0	0	0	0