2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings

2006 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Jimmie Johnson	6475	36	1	5	13	24	8909143	10.83	9.67	18	2	54	854	25	6.58	79.37	10577	1
2	Matt Kenseth	6419	36	0	4	15	21	6608919	14.64	9.81	23	4	70	1132	6	9.88	79.03	10600	1
3	Denny Hamlin	6407	36	3	2	8	20	5466104	13.36	12.53	13	2	31	418	0	4.72	72.55	10370	1
4	Kevin Harvick	6397	36	1	5	15	20	4389222	13.50	12.25	14	3	34	895	1	8.29	73.21	10560	1
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6328	36	0	1	10	17	5975873	19.19	13.50	18	2	50	444	0	4.58	70.24	10358	3
6	Jeff Gordon	6256	36	2	2	14	18	5008882	9.97	14.86	24	3	73	690	0	7.57	67.00	10401	7
7	Jeff Burton	6228	36	4	1	7	20	6204222	13.89	14.19	15	2	29	649	4	5.85	68.58	10011	2
8	Kasey Kahne	6183	36	6	6	12	19	4282548	12.78	15.47	15	4	52	744	0	6.84	65.54	10044	6
9	Mark Martin	6168	36	0	0	7	15	4821093	16.11	14.25	13	0	22	292	0	2.67	68.45	10455	2
10	Kyle Busch	6027	36	1	1	10	18	4578926	14.86	15.50	20	2	40	571	0	4.88	65.48	10013	2
11	Tony Stewart	4727	36	0	5	15	19	6201578	16.67	13.78	19	6	60	1360	0	11.24	69.58	10057	4
12	Carl Edwards	4428	36	0	0	10	20	7285281	19.31	15.25	14	0	23	189	0	2.08	66.07	10347	3
13	Greg Biffle	4075	36	2	2	8	15	4602716	14.39	18.78	19	4	52	993	0	8.96	57.67	9851	6
14	Casey Mears	3914	36	0	0	2	8	5413338	22.89	18.64	2	0	2	3	0	0.04	58.00	10389	2
15	Brian Vickers	3906	36	1	1	5	9	3917676	16.81	19.25	10	0	24	126	0	1.67	56.55	10040	2
16	Kurt Busch	3900	36	6	1	7	12	5026137	10.44	19.42	15	1	33	272	0	3.73	56.15	9930	3
17	Clint Bowyer	3833	36	0	0	4	11	3924412	20.31	19.67	8	0	18	112	0	1.16	55.56	10304	4
18	Ryan Newman	3748	36	2	0	2	7	5364547	11.61	20.56	12	0	17	125	0	1.59	53.44	10021	3
19	Martin Truex, Jr.	3673	35	0	0	2	5	4193119	21.22	20.78	4	0	4	34	0	0.38	52.91	10068	5
20	Scott Riggs	3619	36	2	0	1	8	3237341	19.49	20.34	5	0	15	132	0	1.02	53.95	10077	2
21	Bobby Labonte	3567	36	0	0	3	8	4651095	21.64	21.97	7	0	7	63	0	0.42	50.07	9954	8
22	Elliott Sadler	3469	36	1	0	1	7	4650289	17.47	23.11	13	0	20	99	0	1.03	47.35	9757	7
23	Dale Jarrett	3438	36	0	0	1	4	4478774	28.22	22.67	6	0	6	8	0	0.10	48.41	9855	5
24	Reed Sorenson	3434	36	0	0	1	5	3456948	25.61	23.06	8	0	8	91	0	0.86	47.49	9861	4
25	Jamie McMurray	3405	36	0	0	3	7	5010303	25.31	23.58	7	1	15	154	0	1.44	46.23	9869	7
26	Dave Blaney	3259	36	0	0	1	2	3479643	28.31	24.44	4	0	4	9	0	0.09	44.18	10480	2
27	Joe Nemechek	3255	36	0	0	0	2	4099914	18.03	24.42	4	0	4	10	0	0.13	44.25	10432	3
28	Jeff Green	3253	36	0	0	0	2	3767754	25.42	24.42	3	0	4	18	0	0.13	44.25	10117	4
29	J.J. Yeley	3220	36	0	0	0	3	4336547	21.25	25.00	9	0	9	23	0	0.23	42.86	10111	7
30	Robby Gordon	3113	36	0	0	1	3	3143787	27.47	25.33	4	0	5	8	0	0.11	42.06	9200	9
31	Ken Schrader	3049	36	0	0	0	2	4130883	25.64	26.25	2	0	2	11	0	0.08	39.88	9187	8
32	Kyle Petty	2928	36	0	0	0	2	3655539	31.00	27.44	4	0	4	4	0	0.08	37.04	10160	5
33	David Stremme	2865	34	0	0	0	0	3456113	26.38	26.44	4	0	5	7	0	0.07	39.43	9840	4
34	Sterling Marlin	2854	36	0	0	0	1	3248034	23.94	28.25	7	0	7	17	0	0.12	35.12	9944	8
35	Tony Raines	2609	29	0	0	0	1	2358230	31.76	24.45	1	0	3	28	0	0.29	44.17	8728	1
36	Travis Kvapil	2451	31	0	0	0	0	2867087	33.61	28.19	4	0	4	4	0	0.05	35.25	8902	5
37	Michael Waltrip	2350	33	0	0	0	0	2971978	31.88	30.85	5	0	5	5	0	0.08	28.93	8620	7
38	Scott Wimmer	1812	24	0	0	0	0	1904783	34.96	29.38	3	0	3	5	0	0.17	32.44	6928	3
39	Jeremy Mayfield	1684	22	0	0	0	0	2641732	24.27	28.59	2	0	2	15	0	0.18	34.31	5816	3
40	Kevin Lepage	1346	22	0	0	0	0	1823351	32.86	34.32	5	0	5	5	0	0.11	20.67	5544	7
41	Terry Labonte	1278	17	0	0	1	1	1547359	35.71	29.29	3	0	3	23	0	1.02	32.63	4450	3
42	David Gilliland	1178	15	1	0	0	0	1521447	22.13	28.27	1	0	1	1	0	0.02	35.08	4271	1
43	Kenny Wallace	984	17	0	0	0	0	1386818	34.76	34.18	1	0	1	1	0	0.04	21.01	5151	3
44	Bill Elliott	765	10	0	0	0	0	1056131	34.10	29.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.05	33.33	2238	1
45	Paul Menard	669	7	0	0	0	1	546993	30.29	23.14	2	0	2	2	0	0.13	47.28	1650	2
46	Chad Chaffin	553	10	0	0	0	0	819218	36.60	35.90	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.90	2419	1
47	Boris Said	415	4	1	0	1	2	429000	16.00	21.50	2	0	2	10	0	1.63	51.19	379	1
48	Mike Bliss	387	6	0	0	0	0	471458	27.00	32.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.21	1310	4
49	Brent Sherman	372	6	0	0	0	0	637056	37.67	33.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.22	1645	1
50	Mike Wallace	355	4	0	0	0	0	519218	28.25	24.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.45	946	0
51	Stanton Barrett	343	7	0	0	0	0	531418	36.71	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.90	1861	5
52	Derrike Cope	317	9	0	0	0	0	652168	36.33	41.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.50	848	7
53	Ward Burton	252	3	0	0	0	0	232450	32.00	26.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.68	1149	0
54	Hermie Sadler	251	7	0	0	0	0	716355	32.71	41.00	1	0	1	2	0	0.14	4.76	926	5
55	Scott Pruett	223	2	0	0	0	1	203530	20.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	59.52	200	0
56	Todd Kluever	187	4	0	0	0	0	283127	33.00	38.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.12	586	2
57	Mike Skinner	184	4	0	0	0	0	348216	33.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.52	630	2
58	Kirk Shelmerdine	177	3	0	0	0	0	445624	30.33	34.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.84	240	2
59	Todd Bodine	143	2	0	0	0	0	145875	27.00	30.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.76	475	1
60	Mike Garvey	138	4	0	0	0	0	312210	35.00	39.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.33	658	3
61	Jimmy Spencer	122	2	0	0	0	0	122275	38.50	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.43	396	0
62	Ron Fellows	119	2	0	0	0	0	135772	17.50	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.24	190	0
63	David Ragan	88	2	0	0	0	0	129610	39.00	33.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.62	546	1
64	Brandon Ash	88	2	0	0	0	0	127995	41.50	40.50	1	0	1	1	0	0.16	5.95	183	1
65	Chad Blount	74	2	0	0	0	0	147678	39.00	42.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.38	190	2
66	Morgan Shepherd	71	2	0	0	0	0	149407	42.00	42.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.19	79	2
67	Eric McClure	70	1	0	0	0	0	69875	27.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.57	182	0
68	Bill Lester	67	2	0	0	0	0	135360	26.50	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.05	448	0
69	Juan Pablo Montoya	61	1	0	0	0	0	61425	29.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.43	251	1
70	P.J. Jones	55	1	0	0	0	0	67610	15.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.67	101	1
71	Brian Simo	40	1	0	0	0	0	57460	43.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.76	61	1
72	Carl Long	40	1	0	0	0	0	101433	30.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.76	256	1
73	Ted Christopher	40	1	0	0	0	0	67060	43.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.76	123	1
74	Tom Hubert	34	1	0	0	0	0	67116	30.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1
75	Brandon Whitt	34	1	0	0	0	0	61286	37.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	123	1
76	Johnny Sauter	0	1	0	0	0	0	85750	14.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.24	398	0
77	Stephen Leicht	0	1	0	0	0	0	62275	36.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.81	199	0