2006 Golden Corral 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:28:24
Average speed of winner: 144.098 mph
Margin of victory: 1.928 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 43 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle
Lap leaders: Kahne 1, Newman 2-3, B. Labonte 4-16, Kahne 17-19, Biffle 20-43, Ku. Busch 44-63, Hamlin 64-67, Ku. Busch 68, Lepage 69, Hamlin 70-73, Biffle 74, Hamlin 75-79, Biffle 80-118, Ku. Busch 119, Stewart 120-141, Hamlin 142-144, Stewart 145-165, Burton 166, Waltrip 167, Stewart 168-171, Biffle 172-188, J. Gordon 189, T. Labonte 190-194, Stewart 195-197, Biffle 198-220, Kahne 221, Biffle 222-245, Kahne 246-325

Race notes: Debut for Bill Lester.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	192.553	325	4	85	running	203664	185
2	11	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	190.968	325	0	0	running	127800	170
3	26	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	189.396	325	0	0	running	138841	165
4	12	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	190.962	325	1	1	running	137236	165
5	21	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	189.896	325	4	50	running	154961	160
6	14	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	190.817	325	0	0	running	121761	150
7	22	Paul Menard	15	Menards	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	189.785	325	0	0	running	78625	146
8	32	Kyle Petty	45	National Tire & Battery	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	188.398	325	0	0	running	108133	142
9	31	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	188.552	325	0	0	running	109850	138
10	15	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Fuji Films	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	190.804	325	0	0	running	89225	134
11	29	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	189.131	325	0	0	running	74650	130
12	17	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	190.633	325	0	0	running	88025	127
13	27	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	189.357	325	0	0	running	118616	124
14	34	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	188.341	325	0	0	running	108350	121
15	5	J.J. Yeley	18	Husqvarna/Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	191.854	325	0	0	running	109050	118
16	8	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	191.496	325	6	128	running	104175	125
17	13	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	190.922	325	0	0	running	99020	112
18	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	192.540	325	1	2	running	115033	114
19	35	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	188.264	324	0	0	running	92608	106
20	24	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	189.649	324	1	1	running	85158	108
21	10	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	191.245	324	0	0	running	105908	100
22	43	Terry Labonte	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	185.406	324	1	5	running	67850	102
23	37	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	188.041	324	0	0	running	80200	94
24	25	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	189.441	324	0	0	running	98164	91
25	3	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	191.973	324	1	1	running	97870	93
26	39	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	187.843	324	0	0	running	90033	85
27	16	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	190.765	324	0	0	running	78060	82
28	36	Robby Gordon	7	Harrah's	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	188.162	324	0	0	running	69810	79
29	28	Elliott Sadler	38	Combos/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	189.286	324	0	0	running	97433	76
30	42	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.139	323	0	0	running	69900	73
31	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	191.695	323	4	16	running	70125	75
32	30	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	189.092	323	0	0	running	75797	67
33	38	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Vandermoss	187.970	322	0	0	running	75125	64
34	33	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	188.398	322	0	0	running	66130	61
35	23	Kevin Lepage	61	amp Energy Drink	Ford	Peak Fitness	Greg Connor	189.720	322	1	1	running	66190	63
36	40	Brent Sherman	49	Serta	Dodge	BAM	Otto	187.614	322	0	0	running	66055	55
37	9	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	191.357	321	3	22	running	99153	57
38	19	Bill Lester	23	Waste Management	Dodge	Bill Davis	Viers	190.502	319	0	0	running	65985	0
39	6	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	191.794	313	0	0	running	102876	46
40	18	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	190.568	313	0	0	running	85700	43
41	20	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	189.928	235	0	0	running	95846	40
42	41	Hermie Sadler	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Ford	MBA	Horton	187.304	166	0	0	suspension	65815	37
43	4	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	191.914	56	1	13	engine	103725	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	690	4	0	2	3	4
2	Kasey Kahne	640	4	1	1	3	3
3	Matt Kenseth	612	4	0	1	2	2
4	Mark Martin	600	4	0	0	1	3
5	Casey Mears	554	4	0	0	1	3
6	Jeff Gordon	539	4	0	0	2	2
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	534	4	0	0	1	2
8	Kyle Busch	530	4	0	0	1	2
9	Dale Jarrett	490	4	0	0	0	2
10	Clint Bowyer	471	4	0	0	0	1
11	Jeff Burton	466	4	1	0	1	2
12	Tony Stewart	464	4	0	0	2	2
13	Elliott Sadler	461	4	0	0	1	1
14	Brian Vickers	456	4	0	0	0	1
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	442	4	0	0	0	0
16	Jamie McMurray	422	4	0	0	0	1
17	Ryan Newman	421	4	0	0	1	1
18	J.J. Yeley	417	4	0	0	0	1
19	Robby Gordon	415	4	0	0	0	0
20	Denny Hamlin	409	4	0	0	0	1
21	Greg Biffle	394	4	1	0	0	1
22	Joe Nemechek	382	4	0	0	0	0
23	Kevin Harvick	378	4	0	0	0	0
24	Kyle Petty	357	4	0	0	0	1
25	Reed Sorenson	353	4	0	0	0	1