2005 Golden Corral 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:29:18
Average speed of winner: 143.478 mph
Margin of victory: 0.028 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 40 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson
Lap leaders: Newman 1-5, Johnson 6-59, Blaney 60, Jarrett 61, Biffle 62-85, Edwards 86, Biffle 87-90, Johnson 91-117, Edwards 118, Biffle 119-122, Johnson 123-132, Biffle 133-159, Edwards 160, Biffle 161-171, Johnson 172-175, Biffle 176-202, Martin 203, Biffle 204-206, Johnson 207, Biffle 208-212, Johnson 213-233, Edwards 234, Biffle 235-280, Martin 281, Johnson 282-295, Edwards 296-299, Johnson 300-324, Edwards 325

Race notes: First win for Carl Edwards. Debut for Mike Garvey. Jimmie Johnson took the points lead from Kurt Busch.

Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (Finish), Part 13 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts	Ford	Roush	Osborne	192.976	325	6	9	running	165450	185
2	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	193.184	325	8	156	running	173241	180
3	6	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Post-it	Ford	Roush	Richert	191.252	325	9	151	running	121800	170
4	12	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	190.791	325	2	2	running	105150	165
5	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	191.894	325	0	0	running	115875	155
6	8	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	191.126	325	0	0	running	85325	150
7	37	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	187.272	325	0	0	running	109689	146
8	27	Dave Blaney	07	Snap-On	Chevrolet	Childress	Lopez	188.796	325	1	1	running	83625	147
9	17	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	190.136	325	0	0	running	100983	138
10	11	Elliott Sadler	38	Combos	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	190.883	325	0	0	running	123066	134
11	13	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	190.699	325	0	0	running	82500	130
12	42	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		325	0	0	running	87175	127
13	14	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	190.614	325	0	0	running	99470	124
14	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	194.690	325	1	5	running	120266	126
15	38	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.742	325	0	0	running	99120	118
16	39	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	186.128	325	0	0	running	99633	115
17	9	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	191.067	325	0	0	running	115861	112
18	16	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	190.150	324	0	0	running	70815	109
19	15	Casey Mears	41	Nicorette	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	190.450	324	0	0	running	94648	106
20	33	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	188.053	324	0	0	running	94348	103
21	36	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.944	324	0	0	running	106826	100
22	18	Bill Elliott	91	Visteon	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	190.006	324	0	0	running	66510	97
23	34	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	187.329	323	1	1	running	104618	99
24	35	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Rondeau	187.272	323	0	0	running	113518	91
25	10	Jason Leffler	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Rogers	190.935	323	0	0	running	66285	88
26	28	Ken Schrader	49	Red Baron Pizza	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	188.764	323	0	0	running	68735	85
27	32	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	188.092	322	0	0	running	99553	82
28	40	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	185.257	321	0	0	running	96806	79
29	22	Jimmy Spencer	50	U.S. Micro	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	189.662	314	0	0	running	65160	76
30	29	Kevin Lepage	37	Newell Recycling	Dodge	R and J	Poindexter	188.700	314	0	0	running	65535	73
31	23	Matt Kenseth	17	Trex USG Sheetrock	Ford	Roush	Reiser	189.513	311	0	0	running	112896	70
32	24	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.390	304	0	0	running	117310	67
33	31	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	188.424	300	0	0	running	92984	64
34	26	Robby Gordon	7	Harrah's	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Temple	189.221	290	0	0	engine	64775	61
35	7	Joe Nemechek	01	Centrix Financial	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	191.192	280	0	0	engine	84398	58
36	41	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	185.053	271	0	0	engine	74252	55
37	19	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	189.935	266	0	0	accident	99245	52
38	2	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Holly	193.785	245	0	0	running	65385	49
39	25	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	189.234	214	0	0	accident	113326	46
40	30	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	188.501	113	0	0	engine	64540	43
41	43	Mike Garvey	75	Jani-King/KGB Swimwear	Dodge	Zero Four	Haefele	187.843	15	0	0	vibration	64500	40
42	20	Travis Kvapil	77	Kodak/Jasper Eng. & Trans.	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	189.740	0	0	0	accident	72460	37
43	21	Shane Hmiel	08	WIN Fuel	Chevrolet	Todd Braun	Lohse	189.740	0	0	0	accident	63883	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	680	4	0	1	4	4
2	Greg Biffle	598	4	0	1	2	3
3	Carl Edwards	593	4	0	1	2	2
4	Kurt Busch	577	4	0	0	3	3
5	Mark Martin	539	4	0	0	1	3
6	Ryan Newman	515	4	2	0	0	2
7	Tony Stewart	514	4	0	0	0	2
8	Elliott Sadler	482	4	0	0	0	2
9	Rusty Wallace	477	4	0	0	0	2
10	Jamie McMurray	475	4	0	0	1	1
11	Kevin Harvick	469	4	0	0	1	2
12	Jeff Gordon	464	4	0	1	2	2
13	Mike Bliss	460	4	0	0	0	0
14	Dave Blaney	458	4	0	0	0	1
15	Dale Jarrett	456	4	1	0	0	0
16	Sterling Marlin	438	4	0	0	0	1
17	Casey Mears	434	4	0	0	0	1
18	Scott Riggs	432	4	0	0	1	2
19	Kyle Busch	420	4	1	0	1	1
20	Jeff Burton	417	4	0	0	0	0
21	Jeremy Mayfield	410	4	0	0	0	0
22	Brian Vickers	389	4	0	0	0	1
23	Jeff Green	380	4	0	0	0	0
24	Kyle Petty	379	4	0	0	0	0
25	Scott Wimmer	369	4	0	0	0	0