2006 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:57:37
Average speed of winner: 90.025 mph
Margin of victory: 0.591 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 62 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Burton 118.022
Lap leaders: Ku. Busch 1-11, Burton 12-53, Kenseth 54-61, Ku. Busch 62-76, Burton 77-115, Ku. Busch 116, Earnhardt, Jr. 117-135, Edwards 136-151, Burton 152-179, J. Gordon 180-218, Burton 219-317, Kenseth 318-325, J. Gordon 326, Burton 327-381, J. Gordon 382, Earnhardt, Jr. 383-398, Kenseth 399-448, Ky. Busch 449, Kenseth 450-500

Race notes: Finale for Carl Long.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3), Highlights (Part 4), Highlights (Part 5), Highlights (Part 6)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	124.404	500	4	117	running	336516	185
2	19	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	123.491	500	1	1	running	202375	175
3	40	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	121.728	500	2	35	running	199591	170
4	23	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	123.443	500	0	0	running	135425	160
5	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	123.754	500	3	41	running	171636	160
6	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	124.226	500	0	0	running	111800	150
7	39	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	122.092	500	1	16	running	128200	151
8	21	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	123.467	500	0	0	running	144808	142
9	2	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	124.808	500	5	263	running	145720	148
10	18	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	123.586	500	0	0	running	147686	134
11	7	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	124.106	500	0	0	running	135486	130
12	31	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	122.827	500	0	0	running	131264	127
13	17	Ken Schrader	21	U.S. Air Force	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	123.594	500	0	0	running	124564	124
14	22	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	123.467	500	0	0	running	113758	121
15	32	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Hylton	122.717	499	0	0	running	128075	118
16	29	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	123.000	499	0	0	running	110183	115
17	11	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	123.865	499	0	0	running	127533	112
18	24	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	123.380	499	0	0	running	114858	109
19	35	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Charter	Ford	Roush	Richert	122.365	499	0	0	running	108775	106
20	28	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	123.134	499	0	0	running	105983	103
21	12	Kevin Lepage	49	LoansDepot.com	Dodge	BAM	Greg Connor	123.770	498	0	0	running	96922	100
22	5	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	124.299	498	0	0	running	140761	97
23	3	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	124.484	498	0	0	running	126886	94
24	16	Jeff Green	66	CertainTeed/Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	123.610	498	0	0	running	96975	91
25	34	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	122.638	498	0	0	running	89700	88
26	41	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	121.428	498	0	0	running	113665	85
27	42	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	121.389	498	0	0	running	86705	82
28	15	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	123.698	496	0	0	running	101195	79
29	37	Jamie McMurray	26	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Osborne	122.201	496	0	0	running	129910	76
30	26	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	123.277	493	0	0	running	83475	73
31	25	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	123.356	492	0	0	running	120440	70
32	14	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	123.714	490	0	0	running	85255	67
33	20	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	123.475	487	0	0	running	91595	64
34	8	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	124.082	481	0	0	running	90535	61
35	36	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	122.294	468	0	0	running	90425	58
36	10	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	123.905	460	0	0	running	90315	55
37	1	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	124.906	446	3	27	running	128413	57
38	27	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	123.213	415	0	0	running	90070	49
39	9	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	123.921	395	0	0	accident	111951	46
40	38	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	122.154	346	0	0	running	109758	43
41	30	Carl Long	34	Thompson Metal Services	Chevrolet	Front Row		122.921	256	0	0	electrical	81700	40
42	43	Scott Wimmer	4	Bully Hill Vineyards/Food City	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	122.451	209	0	0	engine	81575	37
43	33	Derrike Cope	74	Sundance Vacations/Royal Admin	Dodge	McGlynn	Turse	122.701	7	0	0	handling	81764	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	3499	24	1	4	8	18
2	Matt Kenseth	3492	24	0	4	13	14
3	Kevin Harvick	3178	24	0	2	10	13
4	Kyle Busch	3097	24	1	1	8	13
5	Jeff Gordon	3091	24	0	2	9	11
6	Denny Hamlin	3070	24	2	2	4	12
7	Jeff Burton	3064	24	4	0	4	14
8	Tony Stewart	3056	24	0	2	10	13
9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3051	24	0	1	7	11
10	Mark Martin	3049	24	0	0	5	11
11	Kasey Kahne	2959	24	4	4	7	12
12	Greg Biffle	2798	24	2	1	5	11
13	Carl Edwards	2788	24	0	0	7	12
14	Kurt Busch	2659	24	4	1	5	8
15	Ryan Newman	2586	24	2	0	2	7
16	Casey Mears	2564	24	0	0	1	5
17	Brian Vickers	2548	24	0	0	3	5
18	Jamie McMurray	2531	24	0	0	3	7
19	Scott Riggs	2477	23	1	0	1	6
20	Clint Bowyer	2463	24	0	0	2	6
21	Elliott Sadler	2395	24	1	0	1	6
22	Reed Sorenson	2384	24	0	0	1	5
23	Martin Truex, Jr.	2384	24	0	0	0	2
24	Robby Gordon	2260	24	0	0	1	2
25	Bobby Labonte	2256	24	0	0	1	4