2006 Auto Club 500

Race 2 of 36

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251 laps
Time of race: 3:23:43
Average speed of winner: 147.852 mph
Margin of victory: 0.338 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 26 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Ku. Busch 1-5, Biffle 6-35, Ku. Busch 36, Biffle 37-59, Stewart 60-79, Kenseth 80-81, Stewart 82-89, Kenseth 90-92, Ku. Busch 93, Kenseth 94-95, Biffle 96-135, Martin 136, Yeley 137-138, Biffle 139-182, Kahne 183, Earnhardt, Jr. 184, Biffle 185-215, J. Gordon 216-218, Kenseth 219-251

Video links: Part 1 (Pre-race), Part 2 (Opening ceremonies/Starting grid), Part 3 (Start), Part 4 (1st caution), Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (2nd caution), Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (3rd caution), Part 13 (4th and 5th cautions), Part 14 (6th caution), Part 15 (7th caution/Finish), Part 16 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	31	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.588	251	4	40	running	324991	185
2	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	185.735	251	0	0	running	235936	170
3	22	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	183.360	251	0	0	running	165550	165
4	13	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.219	251	1	1	running	166239	165
5	6	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.871	251	0	0	running	158970	155
6	25	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.090	251	0	0	running	142375	150
7	20	Casey Mears	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	183.524	251	0	0	running	140858	146
8	4	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	185.180	251	1	2	running	140075	147
9	10	Mark Martin	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Tryson	184.450	251	1	1	running	104800	143
10	7	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	184.800	251	0	0	running	105225	134
11	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	183.570	251	1	1	running	132366	135
12	5	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Kinko's	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	184.919	251	0	0	running	104575	127
13	9	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Hot Hues	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	184.720	251	1	3	running	127261	129
14	32	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	182.486	251	0	0	running	100425	121
15	23	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	183.173	251	0	0	running	114383	118
16	1	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	187.086	251	3	7	running	144558	120
17	19	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Labbe	183.566	251	0	0	running	133050	112
18	28	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	182.913	250	0	0	running	97625	109
19	14	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	184.209	250	0	0	running	88925	106
20	11	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1/Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	184.318	250	0	0	running	132683	103
21	29	Reed Sorenson	41	Energizer e(2) Lithium	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	182.820	250	0	0	running	97875	100
22	21	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Chris Andrews	183.397	250	0	0	running	116916	97
23	16	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree/M&M's	Ford	Yates	Baldwin	183.767	250	0	0	running	115083	94
24	26	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	183.020	250	0	0	running	121058	91
25	39	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	181.461	250	0	0	running	107333	88
26	34	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon	Erwin	182.380	249	0	0	running	95075	85
27	8	Joe Nemechek	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	184.757	249	0	0	running	109820	82
28	41	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie/Motorcraft/USAF	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	179.341	249	0	0	running	109589	79
29	15	Kevin Harvick	29	Ice Breakers/GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.195	249	0	0	running	116611	76
30	24	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Hamlin	183.155	249	0	0	running	91583	73
31	27	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Todd Parrott	183.020	249	0	0	running	116186	70
32	17	Sterling Marlin	14	CENTRIX Auto Finance	Chevrolet	MB2	Eggleston	183.613	249	0	0	running	88592	67
33	40	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Vandermoss	181.005	248	0	0	running	87775	64
34	43	Terry Labonte	96	DLP HDTV/Tweeter	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Lopez	181.059	248	0	0	running	78625	61
35	37	Kevin Lepage	61	RoadLoans	Ford	Peak Fitness	Greg Connor	182.242	248	0	0	running	78425	58
36	33	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Dodge	Bill Davis	Derrick Finley	182.454	247	0	0	running	78275	55
37	42	Brent Sherman	49	Serta	Dodge	BAM	Otto	178.169	247	0	0	running	78050	52
38	35	Mike Garvey	51	Marathon American Spirit	Chevrolet	Competitive Edge	Haefele	182.320	247	0	0	running	77800	49
39	38	Scott Wimmer	4	AERO Exhaust	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	182.007	246	0	0	engine	77680	46
40	30	Stanton Barrett	95	hairofdog.com	Chevrolet	Barrett	Dayton	182.801	242	0	0	running	77525	43
41	36	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Garone	182.306	237	0	0	engine	77400	40
42	2	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Jackson Hewitt	Ford	Roush	Richert	186.186	229	5	168	engine	106005	47
43	12	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.303	214	2	28	engine	119453	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	355	2	0	1	2	2
2	Casey Mears	316	2	0	0	1	2
3	Matt Kenseth	308	2	0	1	1	1
4	Kasey Kahne	295	2	0	0	1	1
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	287	2	0	0	0	1
6	Mark Martin	275	2	0	0	0	1
7	Ryan Newman	273	2	0	0	1	1
8	Clint Bowyer	271	2	0	0	0	1
9	Brian Vickers	260	2	0	0	0	1
10	Elliott Sadler	259	2	0	0	1	1
11	Dale Jarrett	246	2	0	0	0	1
12	Kyle Busch	233	2	0	0	0	1
13	Martin Truex, Jr.	233	2	0	0	0	0
14	Jeff Burton	227	2	1	0	1	1
15	Jeff Gordon	219	2	0	0	0	0
16	Ken Schrader	217	2	0	0	0	1
17	Robby Gordon	209	2	0	0	0	0
18	Jamie McMurray	207	2	0	0	0	1
19	Kevin Harvick	202	2	0	0	0	0
20	Denny Hamlin	200	2	0	0	0	0
21	Carl Edwards	199	2	0	0	1	1
22	Tony Stewart	199	2	0	0	1	1
23	J.J. Yeley	187	2	0	0	0	1
24	Reed Sorenson	176	2	0	0	0	0
25	Kurt Busch	174	2	1	0	0	0