2005 Checker Auto Parts 500

Race 35 of 36

Phoenix
312 laps
Time of race: 3:02:23
Average speed of winner: 102.641 mph
Margin of victory: 0.609 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 44 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle
Lap leaders: Hamlin 1-15, Biffle 16-27, Hamlin 28-35, Biffle 36-193, J. Gordon 194-215, Biffle 216-229, Busch 230-256, Wimmer 257-271, Busch 272-279, Biffle 280-284, Busch 285-312

Race notes: First pole for Denny Hamlin. Only start for Jerry Robertson.

Video links: Part 1 (Command/Starting grid/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (Finish), Part 11 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	132.597	312	3	63	running	199225	185
2	4	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Post-it	Ford	Roush	Richert	133.432	312	4	189	running	183375	180
3	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	132.763	312	1	22	running	165786	170
4	9	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	132.768	312	0	0	running	153171	160
5	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries/Madagascar	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	133.235	312	0	0	running	145775	155
6	3	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	133.457	312	0	0	running	101900	150
7	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	133.506	312	0	0	running	126541	146
8	12	Robby Gordon	7	Harrah's	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	132.714	312	0	0	running	85775	142
9	21	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	132.042	312	0	0	running	111333	138
10	30	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	131.603	312	0	0	running	84525	134
11	24	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's/Combos	Ford	Yates	Buskirk	131.883	312	0	0	running	111266	130
12	11	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	132.758	312	0	0	running	112866	127
13	1	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	134.173	312	2	23	running	82225	129
14	29	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	131.690	312	0	0	running	83375	121
15	25	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	131.858	312	0	0	running	95495	118
16	17	Kenny Wallace	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	132.543	312	0	0	running	111350	115
17	18	Joe Nemechek	01	Centrix Financial/U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	132.460	312	0	0	running	93483	112
18	28	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	131.738	312	0	0	running	76400	109
19	38	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	130.823	312	0	0	running	83958	106
20	20	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	132.100	312	0	0	running	95139	103
21	40	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	130.567	312	1	15	running	93308	105
22	34	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	131.148	312	0	0	running	86083	97
23	8	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	132.817	312	0	0	running	110286	94
24	39	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	130.667	311	0	0	running	91895	91
25	13	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	132.665	311	0	0	running	73725	88
26	6	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	132.935	311	0	0	running	73100	85
27	22	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	132.008	311	0	0	running	96950	82
28	14	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker/Bashas'	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	132.621	311	0	0	running	93686	79
29	26	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	131.762	310	0	0	running	95158	76
30	33	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	131.157	310	0	0	running	62000	73
31	32	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	131.262	310	0	0	running	61375	70
32	16	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	132.548	310	0	0	running	109161	67
33	42	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	130.321	310	0	0	running	89264	64
34	41	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	130.377	310	0	0	running	88883	61
35	7	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Ince	132.846	217	0	0	accident	70397	58
36	23	Jimmy Spencer	50	US Micro/Allied Steel Buildings	Dodge	Don Arnold	Sisco	131.965	214	0	0	accident	60700	55
37	27	Mike Skinner	37	BoSPOKER.net/Patron Tequila	Dodge	R and J	Wooten	131.743	214	0	0	accident	60575	52
38	31	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Childers	131.589	205	0	0	accident	68450	49
39	37	Johnny Sauter	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch		130.900	149	0	0	suspension	60325	0
40	19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	132.426	112	0	0	accident	107583	43
41	43	Jerry Robertson	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row		130.794	51	0	0	engine	60035	40
42	36	Stanton Barrett	95	Cheeta Speed Sys/Langley Prop.	Chevrolet	Barrett		130.908	24	0	0	accident	59910	37
43	35	Chad Chaffin	34	Fiesta Inn Resorts	Chevrolet	Mach One	Steurer	130.961	14	0	0	overheating	60115	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	6415	35	3	5	17	25
2	Jimmie Johnson	6363	35	1	4	13	22
3	Carl Edwards	6328	35	1	4	12	17
4	Greg Biffle	6313	35	0	5	14	20
5	Mark Martin	6253	35	0	1	11	18
6	Ryan Newman	6208	35	8	1	8	15
7	Matt Kenseth	6187	35	2	1	11	16
8	Rusty Wallace	6016	35	0	0	8	17
9	Kurt Busch	5974	34	0	3	9	18
10	Jeremy Mayfield	5939	35	0	1	4	8
11	Jeff Gordon	4031	35	2	4	8	13
12	Jamie McMurray	4021	35	1	0	4	10
13	Elliott Sadler	3990	35	4	0	1	12
14	Kevin Harvick	3925	35	2	1	3	9
15	Joe Nemechek	3857	35	1	0	2	9
16	Dale Jarrett	3848	35	1	1	4	7
17	Brian Vickers	3813	35	1	0	5	10
18	Jeff Burton	3715	35	0	0	3	6
19	Kyle Busch	3713	35	1	2	9	13
20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3674	35	0	1	7	13
21	Ricky Rudd	3615	35	0	0	2	9
22	Kasey Kahne	3496	35	2	1	5	8
23	Casey Mears	3477	35	0	0	2	8
24	Bobby Labonte	3427	35	0	0	4	7
25	Michael Waltrip	3376	35	1	0	3	7