2006 DirecTV 500

Race 6 of 36

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:36:56
Average speed of winner: 72.741 mph
Margin of victory: 1.083 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 16 for 87 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 93.331
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-27, McMurray 28-33, Stewart 34-172, Marlin 173-181, Yeley 182, Stewart 183-227, Johnson 228-290, Jarrett 291, Stewart 292-360, Johnson 361-371, Stewart 372-379, Johnson 380-473, Stewart 474-500

Race notes: Jimmie Johnson took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	96.632	500	5	288	running	220786	190
2	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	96.288	500	0	0	running	153461	170
3	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	96.736	500	4	195	running	150361	170
4	29	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	94.855	500	0	0	running	133416	160
5	17	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	95.603	500	0	0	running	98400	155
6	7	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	96.445	500	0	0	running	120808	150
7	26	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	95.132	500	0	0	running	115011	146
8	24	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	95.218	500	0	0	running	85350	142
9	2	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	96.696	500	1	6	running	122675	143
10	11	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	95.864	500	0	0	running	76700	134
11	9	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	96.117	500	0	0	running	111683	130
12	25	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	95.146	500	0	0	running	85925	127
13	30	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	94.708	500	0	0	running	90575	124
14	6	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	96.484	500	1	9	running	92083	126
15	28	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	95.017	500	1	1	running	106825	123
16	15	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	95.670	500	0	0	running	89100	115
17	14	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	95.752	499	0	0	running	89233	112
18	4	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	96.563	498	0	0	running	114358	109
19	21	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	95.357	498	0	0	running	94208	106
20	18	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	95.530	497	1	1	running	109125	108
21	12	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	95.830	497	0	0	running	67850	100
22	42	Clint Bowyer	07	DIRECTV	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	93.673	496	0	0	running	84250	97
23	22	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	95.275	495	0	0	running	98245	94
24	16	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	95.632	493	0	0	accident	113491	91
25	34	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	94.463	491	0	0	running	90483	88
26	23	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	95.271	462	0	0	engine	100066	85
27	32	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	94.538	456	0	0	running	103918	82
28	36	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	94.444	451	0	0	running	69460	79
29	33	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	94.505	445	0	0	running	78722	76
30	37	Kyle Petty	45	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	94.214	439	0	0	running	77550	73
31	10	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard	Ford	Roush	Richert	95.976	436	0	0	running	86100	70
32	13	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	95.786	429	0	0	running	105211	67
33	20	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	95.444	426	0	0	running	92845	64
34	40	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Ince	94.087	403	0	0	running	65425	61
35	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	96.509	374	0	0	engine	102889	58
36	31	Chad Chaffin	34	Oak Gloves	Chevrolet	Front Row		94.543	345	0	0	running	65325	55
37	41	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	93.915	307	0	0	accident	65250	52
38	38	David Stremme	40	Lone Star Steakhouse	Dodge	Ganassi	Vandermoss	94.200	299	0	0	accident	73200	49
39	35	Stanton Barrett	95	hairofdog.com	Chevrolet	Barrett	Dayton	94.458	280	0	0	brakes	65140	46
40	19	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	95.487	164	0	0	overheating	92279	43
41	39	Mike Garvey	51	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Haefele	94.106	93	0	0	brakes	65015	0
42	43	Chad Blount	92	Makoto Ginger Dressing	Dodge	Front Row	Steurer	94.017	92	0	0	brakes	64960	37
43	27	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	95.065	7	0	0	engine	64384	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	933	6	1	2	4	5
2	Mark Martin	874	6	0	0	1	4
3	Matt Kenseth	873	6	0	1	3	3
4	Kasey Kahne	832	6	1	1	3	4
5	Kyle Busch	832	6	0	0	2	4
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	824	6	0	0	2	3
7	Jeff Gordon	814	6	0	0	3	3
8	Tony Stewart	791	6	0	1	3	3
9	Elliott Sadler	735	6	0	0	1	2
10	Casey Mears	724	6	0	0	1	3
11	Dale Jarrett	716	6	0	0	0	2
12	Kevin Harvick	699	6	0	0	1	2
13	Ryan Newman	668	6	0	0	1	2
14	Kurt Busch	661	6	1	1	1	1
15	Brian Vickers	650	6	0	0	0	2
16	Clint Bowyer	644	6	0	0	0	1
17	Jamie McMurray	623	6	0	0	0	2
18	Greg Biffle	615	6	1	0	0	2
19	Carl Edwards	602	6	0	0	2	2
20	Martin Truex, Jr.	597	6	0	0	0	0
21	Jeff Burton	591	6	1	0	1	2
22	J.J. Yeley	589	6	0	0	0	1
23	Denny Hamlin	582	6	0	0	0	1
24	Reed Sorenson	577	6	0	0	0	1
25	Joe Nemechek	555	6	0	0	0	0