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2006 Food City 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 5 of 36 Sunday, March 26, 2006 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:21:19 Average speed: 79.427 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 18 for 104 laps Margin of victory: .179 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 19 Green flag passes: 1,084 (2.7 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2006 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Kurt Busch 9 2 1 1 39 9 -4 36 40 20 55.6 22 391 78.2 33 6.6 500 118.8 Kevin Harvick 14 13 2 1 17 5 17 21 4 21 100.0 12 499 99.8 8 1.6 500 117.0 Matt Kenseth 7 9 3 1 12 3 1 11 10 11 100.0 32 500 100.0 124 24.8 500 130.2 Carl Edwards 3 14 4 3 15 7 3 14 11 14 100.0 14 500 100.0 0 0.0 500 108.9 Bobby Labonte 30 7 5 3 31 16 24 39 15 15 38.5 15 271 54.2 0 0.0 500 91.9 Mark Martin 4 12 6 4 18 8 -2 15 17 15 100.0 13 496 99.2 0 0.0 500 103.6 Greg Biffle 2 17 7 1 42 17 -23 22 45 12 54.5 51 338 67.6 52 10.4 500 105.7 Kyle Busch 20 3 8 1 21 11 21 38 17 31 81.6 16 396 79.2 34 6.8 500 98.2 Ryan Newman 6 23 9 3 28 12 -2 29 31 20 69.0 9 333 66.6 0 0.0 500 90.3 Kasey Kahne 23 16 10 9 25 14 18 45 27 25 55.6 17 321 64.2 0 0.0 500 89.8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 19 4 11 2 19 10 20 39 19 36 92.3 4 480 96.0 0 0.0 500 95.8 Tony Stewart 1 1 12 1 13 3 -10 9 19 9 100.0 60 500 100.0 245 49.0 500 126.2 Elliott Sadler 13 15 13 6 27 12 -13 20 33 16 80.0 1 445 89.0 0 0.0 500 88.8 Denny Hamlin 33 29 14 6 34 23 30 69 39 14 20.3 7 123 24.6 0 0.0 500 76.0 Jeff Green 29 18 15 11 30 19 16 36 20 8 22.2 0 97 19.4 0 0.0 500 73.2 Jeremy Mayfield 10 22 16 9 28 16 -11 24 35 10 41.7 5 224 44.8 0 0.0 500 77.8 Sterling Marlin 35 8 17 2 35 22 -8 36 44 3 8.3 0 80 16.0 0 0.0 500 61.4 Kyle Petty 28 27 18 18 37 28 -1 27 28 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 500 59.8 Scott Wimmer 40 26 19 14 40 26 -1 36 37 0 0.0 1 1 0.2 0 0.0 500 52.8 Dale Jarrett 15 5 20 5 22 15 -1 25 26 14 56.0 4 263 52.6 0 0.0 500 77.4 Jeff Gordon 11 11 21 1 21 5 -2 20 22 20 100.0 30 498 99.6 3 0.6 500 103.6 Reed Sorenson 22 24 22 13 32 22 0 32 32 0 0.0 1 27 5.4 0 0.0 499 58.1 Dave Blaney 32 33 23 16 40 26 19 42 23 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 499 59.1 Ken Schrader 21 35 24 7 40 30 -16 15 31 1 6.7 23 14 2.8 0 0.0 499 75.7 Casey Mears 12 30 25 9 30 20 -2 24 26 10 41.7 2 146 29.2 0 0.0 498 63.9 Robby Gordon 37 20 26 9 37 23 42 51 9 3 5.9 5 22 4.4 0 0.0 497 61.9 Terry Labonte 36 6 27 3 39 31 -8 16 24 0 0.0 1 3 0.6 0 0.0 497 39.4 Joe Nemechek 16 10 28 3 33 25 -21 19 40 6 31.6 1 112 22.4 0 0.0 495 52.1 Clint Bowyer 27 32 29 16 34 27 0 30 30 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 495 54.6 Jimmie Johnson 5 37 30 5 43 36 -30 10 40 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 487 38.3 Kevin Lepage 39 28 31 1 42 29 1 29 28 0 0.0 1 3 0.6 1 0.2 485 40.2 Michael Waltrip 34 38 32 27 40 35 3 20 17 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 481 37.5 J.J. Yeley 24 34 33 9 35 22 6 35 29 7 20.0 2 166 33.2 0 0.0 469 67.8 Jeff Burton 18 21 34 12 35 22 -8 26 34 7 26.9 1 117 23.4 0 0.0 467 53.8 Jamie McMurray 8 25 35 8 39 28 -17 19 36 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 440 47.6 David Stremme 26 40 36 6 41 35 -7 18 25 0 0.0 1 1 0.2 0 0.0 435 35.5 Brian Vickers 17 41 37 11 41 31 -13 14 27 9 64.3 0 130 26.0 0 0.0 434 58.1 Martin Truex Jr 25 31 38 11 38 30 -19 18 37 0 0.0 2 3 0.6 0 0.0 430 48.0 Stanton Barrett 43 39 39 37 43 40 6 16 10 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 381 31.9 Travis Kvapil 41 19 40 18 42 34 -4 14 18 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 349 41.0 Scott Riggs 38 42 41 23 42 39 8 19 11 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 344 40.0 Brent Sherman 31 36 42 31 43 40 -9 4 13 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 302 25.5 Hermie Sadler 42 43 43 39 43 43 -3 2 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 96 23.3 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.