2005 USG Sheetrock 400

Race 18 of 36

Chicagoland
267 laps
Time of race: 3:08:16
Average speed of winner: 127.638 mph
Margin of victory: 0.291 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 47 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Johnson 1, Newman 2-10, Johnson 11-30, Biffle 31, Kenseth 32, Biffle 33-65, Kenseth 66-81, Hamilton, Jr. 82, Schrader 83, Kenseth 84-119, Lepage 120, M. Wallace 121, Kenseth 122-165, Petty 166, Kenseth 167-245, Marlin 246, Wimmer 247-256, Earnhardt, Jr. 257-267

Race notes: Debut for David Stremme.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Hmiel	184.780	267	1	11	running	325033	185
2	4	Matt Kenseth	17	USG Sheetrock/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	187.396	267	5	176	running	265201	180
3	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	188.147	267	2	21	running	217266	170
4	5	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC/ditech.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	187.324	267	0	0	running	146300	160
5	13	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	186.168	267	0	0	running	169561	155
6	22	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Labbe	185.382	267	0	0	running	135220	150
7	28	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	184.508	267	0	0	running	130564	146
8	19	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.720	267	0	0	running	148775	142
9	3	Casey Mears	41	Target/Kraft	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	187.676	267	0	0	running	125608	138
10	20	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	185.554	267	0	0	running	112375	134
11	6	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Post-it	Ford	Roush	Richert	187.065	267	2	34	running	107625	135
12	33	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Genuine Draft	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	183.949	267	0	0	running	123458	127
13	26	Bobby Labonte	18	Boniva	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	184.647	267	0	0	running	126350	124
14	24	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	185.242	267	0	0	running	99600	121
15	15	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	186.066	267	0	0	running	115058	118
16	31	David Stremme	39	U.S. Navy	Dodge	Ganassi	Glover	184.099	267	0	0	running	84800	115
17	30	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	184.370	267	1	10	running	110158	117
18	8	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Wilburn	186.664	267	0	0	running	121458	109
19	9	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.393	267	0	0	running	129936	106
20	43	Jason Leffler	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	181.818	267	0	0	running	93050	103
21	17	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Gill	185.822	267	1	1	running	96958	105
22	36	Jamie McMurray	42	Home123/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	183.430	267	0	0	running	92600	97
23	7	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Childers	186.858	267	0	0	running	102397	94
24	40	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	182.648	267	0	0	running	112136	91
25	42	Mike Wallace	4	Lucas Oil	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	178.696	267	1	1	running	82890	93
26	41	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Hyder	182.223	267	1	1	running	81775	90
27	29	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	184.470	267	1	1	running	81175	87
28	39	Kevin Lepage	37	Patron Tequila	Dodge	R and J	Darrow	182.766	267	1	1	running	80075	84
29	2	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	188.055	262	1	9	running	122366	81
30	35	Jeff Burton	31	Bass Pro Shops/Cingular	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	183.536	260	0	0	running	103970	73
31	32	Stuart Kirby	51	Marathon Multipower-3	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Giles	184.030	259	0	0	running	76925	70
32	38	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Steve Boyer	183.063	253	1	1	engine	104633	72
33	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	186.156	249	0	0	accident	126211	64
34	11	Mike Bliss	0	NetZero Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	186.194	249	0	0	accident	76325	61
35	12	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	186.181	222	0	0	running	76125	58
36	27	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	184.596	214	0	0	accident	103139	55
37	23	Elliott Sadler	38	Combos/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	185.350	210	0	0	running	115691	52
38	10	Dave Blaney	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Lopez	186.278	200	0	0	handling	83500	49
39	21	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	185.471	170	0	0	running	93290	46
40	37	Carl Long	00	Sunquest Vacations	Dodge	McGlynn	Turse	183.175	148	0	0	handling	75080	43
41	18	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	185.765	138	0	0	engine	106955	40
42	34	Terry Labonte	44	Pizza Hut	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	183.811	124	0	0	handling	74695	37
43	16	Travis Kvapil	77	Jasper Engines/Kodak	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	185.906	13	0	0	engine	82486	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2548	18	1	2	8	13
2	Greg Biffle	2440	18	0	5	6	10
3	Tony Stewart	2397	18	1	2	7	10
4	Rusty Wallace	2300	18	0	0	4	9
5	Elliott Sadler	2230	18	1	0	1	9
6	Mark Martin	2202	18	0	0	5	9
7	Ryan Newman	2196	18	5	0	4	8
8	Jamie McMurray	2190	18	0	0	4	7
9	Jeremy Mayfield	2179	18	0	0	2	4
10	Kurt Busch	2172	18	0	1	5	9
11	Dale Jarrett	2139	18	1	0	3	5
12	Carl Edwards	2073	18	0	2	5	7
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2057	18	0	1	5	7
14	Kevin Harvick	2052	18	1	1	3	5
15	Jeff Gordon	2046	18	2	3	5	7
16	Matt Kenseth	1970	18	0	0	2	5
17	Jeff Burton	1964	18	0	0	1	2
18	Joe Nemechek	1958	18	0	0	1	4
19	Michael Waltrip	1925	18	1	0	3	7
20	Kyle Busch	1886	18	1	0	4	6
21	Kasey Kahne	1800	18	2	1	4	4
22	Brian Vickers	1781	18	0	0	3	5
23	Sterling Marlin	1693	18	0	0	1	3
24	Bobby Labonte	1689	18	0	0	1	3
25	Casey Mears	1683	18	0	0	1	3