2006 Subway Fresh 500

Race 8 of 36

Phoenix
312 laps
Time of race: 2:54:51
Average speed of winner: 107.063 mph
Margin of victory: 2.774 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 29 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Biffle 130.520
Lap leaders: Ky. Busch pole, Biffle 1-26, Ash 27, Biffle 28-47, Ky. Busch 48-54, Biffle 55-65, Martin 66-88, Biffle 89, Sadler 90, Biffle 91-105, Martin 106-170, Bowyer 171-172, Kenseth 173, Blaney 174-175, Yeley 176, Martin 177-199, Bowyer 200-217, Stewart 218-223, Bowyer 224, Biffle 225-302, Harvick 303-312

Race notes: Finale for Brent Sherman. Matt Kenseth took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	132.081	312	1	10	running	228486	185
2	3	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	133.299	312	1	6	running	211536	175
3	4	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	133.205	312	1	1	running	168116	170
4	5	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Wally Brown	133.028	312	0	0	running	126685	160
5	8	Clint Bowyer	07	Sylvania	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	132.587	312	3	21	running	122325	160
6	22	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	131.714	312	0	0	running	124189	150
7	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	132.397	312	0	0	running	127111	146
8	21	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	131.738	312	0	0	running	117661	142
9	37	Jeff Burton	31	Prilosec OTC/Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	129.814	312	0	0	running	108870	138
10	19	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	131.829	312	0	0	running	124111	134
11	18	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	131.878	311	3	111	running	98425	135
12	16	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	132.076	311	0	0	running	90883	127
13	14	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	132.120	311	0	0	running	80275	124
14	26	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	131.483	311	0	0	running	112750	121
15	2	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	133.383	311	6	151	running	102350	128
16	27	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	131.368	311	0	0	running	95389	115
17	36	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	130.077	311	0	0	running	65075	112
18	23	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	131.685	311	0	0	running	91808	109
19	17	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	131.955	311	0	0	running	99325	106
20	12	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	132.163	311	0	0	running	103983	103
21	39	Travis Kvapil	32	Tide/Downy	Chevrolet	PPI	Putnam	129.320	311	0	0	running	80958	100
22	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	132.523	311	0	0	running	86233	97
23	11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	132.363	310	0	0	running	102291	94
24	7	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	132.817	310	0	0	running	103833	91
25	31	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	130.458	310	0	0	running	63075	88
26	28	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	130.942	310	0	0	running	95841	85
27	41	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	128.411	309	1	2	running	75172	87
28	30	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	130.842	309	1	1	running	99975	84
29	29	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	130.857	307	0	0	running	73175	76
30	33	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	130.416	306	0	0	running	65525	73
31	38	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	129.478	305	0	0	running	72400	70
32	43	Brent Sherman	49	Serta	Dodge	BAM	Otto	128.576	305	0	0	running	61750	67
33	35	Stanton Barrett	95	TheRaceSpace.com	Chevrolet	Barrett	Dayton	130.114	301	0	0	running	62575	64
34	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	132.846	289	0	0	running	61500	61
35	32	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	130.416	283	0	0	running	87720	58
36	1	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	133.744	259	1	7	running	84425	60
37	20	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	131.781	247	1	1	running	89008	57
38	24	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	131.675	229	0	0	running	60975	49
39	13	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel My Circle	Dodge	Penske	Borland	132.163	221	0	0	accident	106258	46
40	34	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	130.321	206	0	0	running	68700	43
41	25	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	131.608	116	0	0	engine	60560	40
42	42	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	126.613	98	0	0	accident	60435	37
43	40	Brandon Ash	02	Sprinter Trucking, Inc.	Dodge	Ash	Ash	128.843	98	1	1	transmission	60635	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	1218	8	0	1	5	5
2	Jimmie Johnson	1209	8	1	2	4	6
3	Kasey Kahne	1167	8	2	2	4	6
4	Mark Martin	1152	8	0	0	1	5
5	Tony Stewart	1141	8	0	1	5	5
6	Jeff Gordon	1045	8	0	0	3	4
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1045	8	0	0	2	3
8	Kevin Harvick	1044	8	0	1	3	4
9	Kyle Busch	1010	8	1	0	2	4
10	Casey Mears	948	8	0	0	1	3
11	Dale Jarrett	934	8	0	0	0	2
12	Clint Bowyer	910	8	0	0	1	2
13	Jeff Burton	879	8	1	0	1	4
14	Elliott Sadler	861	8	0	0	1	2
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	841	8	0	0	0	1
16	Carl Edwards	822	8	0	0	3	3
17	Kurt Busch	813	8	1	1	1	1
18	Denny Hamlin	808	8	0	0	1	2
19	Brian Vickers	808	8	0	0	0	2
20	Jamie McMurray	796	8	0	0	0	2
21	Greg Biffle	785	8	1	0	0	2
22	Ryan Newman	757	8	0	0	1	2
23	Jeff Green	751	8	0	0	0	0
24	Reed Sorenson	744	8	0	0	0	1
25	Bobby Labonte	743	8	0	0	1	3