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2006 Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 35 of 36 Sunday, November 12, 2006 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 312 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 3:14:44 Average speed: 96.131 mph Pole speed: 134.464 mph Cautions: 10 for 58 laps Margin of victory: .250 sec Attendance: 106000 Lead changes: 12 Green flag passes: 1,156 (4.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2006 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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 Kevin Harvick 2 2 1 1 5 1 3 5 2 5 100.0 72 312 100.0 252 80.8 312 150.0 Jimmie Johnson 29 1 2 1 31 5 32 37 5 22 59.5 64 284 91.0 28 9.0 312 123.1 Denny Hamlin 22 3 3 3 22 8 20 35 15 22 62.9 14 273 87.5 0 0.0 312 108.7 Jeff Gordon 1 4 4 1 7 4 -7 5 12 5 100.0 5 312 100.0 3 1.0 312 117.7 Carl Edwards 12 5 5 2 27 4 9 22 13 22 100.0 30 307 98.4 0 0.0 312 117.6 Mark Martin 21 8 6 1 30 12 1 24 23 13 54.2 11 250 80.1 26 8.3 312 96.5 Kasey Kahne 11 6 7 3 28 7 3 16 13 16 100.0 5 307 98.4 0 0.0 312 105.2 Kurt Busch 8 23 8 4 25 12 2 29 27 20 69.0 3 218 69.9 0 0.0 312 88.6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 4 7 9 3 13 7 -9 11 20 11 100.0 5 312 100.0 0 0.0 312 105.6 Jeff Burton 18 14 10 7 18 12 4 27 23 22 81.5 0 290 92.9 0 0.0 312 89.1 Brian Vickers 3 10 11 3 21 10 10 25 15 17 68.0 3 276 88.5 0 0.0 312 97.0 Martin Truex Jr 26 31 12 11 35 25 5 43 38 9 20.9 0 30 9.6 0 0.0 312 70.2 Matt Kenseth 10 19 13 1 34 16 -3 43 46 21 48.8 0 156 50.0 1 0.3 312 80.6 Tony Stewart 23 20 14 8 25 16 26 43 17 18 41.9 0 159 51.0 0 0.0 312 82.9 Ryan Newman 7 22 15 6 27 18 -9 36 45 8 22.2 0 68 21.8 0 0.0 312 72.9 David Gilliland 13 15 16 1 27 17 3 38 35 10 26.3 0 156 50.0 1 0.3 312 76.7 Elliott Sadler 16 21 17 14 33 24 -21 37 58 1 2.7 1 5 1.6 0 0.0 312 59.6 David Stremme 36 26 18 17 36 26 0 33 33 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 61.6 Joe Nemechek 5 13 19 5 26 17 -21 28 49 11 39.3 0 96 30.8 0 0.0 312 71.5 J.J. Yeley 35 32 20 14 39 30 11 33 22 0 0.0 1 11 3.5 0 0.0 312 63.0 Tony Raines 41 30 21 10 43 32 16 32 16 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 312 48.4 Scott Riggs 42 34 22 22 40 34 4 27 23 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 50.2 Dave Blaney 31 27 23 17 36 27 3 46 43 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 57.7 Ken Schrader 32 24 24 3 39 28 -2 53 55 0 0.0 0 3 1.0 0 0.0 312 49.9 Kyle Petty 34 33 25 7 35 31 3 21 18 0 0.0 1 2 0.6 0 0.0 312 45.9 Casey Mears 17 17 26 14 27 19 -7 34 41 2 5.9 0 21 6.7 0 0.0 312 64.6 Bobby Labonte 15 28 27 15 34 28 -16 18 34 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 52.4 Ward Burton 24 35 28 23 36 33 -12 14 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 40.0 Reed Sorenson 28 37 29 16 37 29 -5 19 24 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 61.7 Travis Kvapil 33 38 30 30 42 38 -2 7 9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 34.5 Bill Elliott 43 39 31 31 43 39 4 10 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 309 31.4 Robby Gordon 40 41 32 32 42 38 3 30 27 0 0.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 307 39.1 Clint Bowyer 20 11 33 7 33 13 4 31 27 17 54.8 1 217 69.6 0 0.0 306 73.2 Greg Biffle 6 42 34 5 43 35 -32 10 42 3 30.0 8 47 15.1 0 0.0 306 72.2 Chad Chaffin 39 40 35 35 43 41 -1 8 9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 306 27.9 Sterling Marlin 30 25 36 1 37 26 -11 38 49 0 0.0 0 9 2.9 1 0.3 303 45.1 Jeff Green 25 16 37 12 37 22 1 46 45 1 2.2 0 16 5.1 0 0.0 298 59.6 Kyle Busch 9 12 38 9 40 16 -5 20 25 19 95.0 0 267 85.6 0 0.0 291 72.5 Dale Jarrett 27 18 39 12 39 23 7 44 37 0 0.0 0 3 1.0 0 0.0 289 56.3 Jamie McMurray 14 9 40 5 40 12 5 18 13 18 100.0 3 272 87.2 0 0.0 272 81.0 Mike Bliss 38 29 41 22 41 32 6 32 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 262 37.5 Michael Waltrip 19 36 42 19 42 37 -16 23 39 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 234 39.1 Brandon Whitt 37 43 43 37 43 43 -6 5 11 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 123 25.3 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.