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2006 - Auto Club 500 Race Results


Race Name - Auto Club 500
Date - 2/26/2006
Race Track - California Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 502 miles
Pole Speed - 187.086 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 26
Average Race Speed - 147.85 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $5,083,604
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 31 Matt Kenseth 17 DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush) 251 Ford 40 $324,991
2 3 Jimmie Johnson 48 Lowes (Rick Hendrick) 251 Chevrolet 0 $235,936
3 22 Carl Edwards 99 Office Depot (Jack Roush) 251 Ford 0 $165,550
4 13 Kasey Kahne 9 Dodge Dealers UAW (Ray Evernham) 251 Dodge 1 $166,239
5 6 Jeff Burton 31 Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) 251 Chevrolet 0 $158,970
6 25 Jamie McMurray 26 Crown Royal (Jack Roush) 251 Ford 0 $142,375
7 20 Casey Mears 42 Texaco Havoline (Chip Ganassi) 251 Dodge 0 $140,858
8 4 JJ Yeley 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 251 Chevrolet 2 $140,075
9 10 Mark Martin 6 AAA (Jack Roush) 251 Ford 1 $104,800
10 7 Kyle Busch 5 Kelloggs (Rick Hendrick) 251 Chevrolet 0 $105,225
11 18 Dale Earnhardt Jr 8 Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 251 Chevrolet 1 $132,366
12 5 Denny Hamlin 11 FedEx Kinkos (Joe Gibbs) 251 Chevrolet 0 $104,575
13 9 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Hot Hues (Rick Hendrick) 251 Chevrolet 3 $127,261
14 32 Clint Bowyer 7 Jack Daniels (Richard Childress) 251 Chevrolet 0 $100,425
15 23 Martin Truex Jr 1 Bass Pro Shops Tracker (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 251 Chevrolet 0 $114,383
16 1 Kurt Busch 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 251 Dodge 7 $144,558
17 19 Dale Jarrett 88 UPS (Yates Racing) 251 Ford 0 $133,050
18 28 Brian Vickers 25 GMAC (Rick Hendrick) 250 Chevrolet 0 $97,625
19 14 Scott Riggs 10 Valvoline Stanley Tools (James Rocco) 250 Dodge 0 $88,925
20 11 Ryan Newman 12 Mobil 1 (Roger Penske) 250 Dodge 0 $132,683
21 29 Reed Sorenson 41 Energizer e2 Lithium (Chip Ganassi) 250 Dodge 0 $97,875
22 21 Jeremy Mayfield 19 Dodge Dealers UAW (Ray Evernham) 250 Dodge 0 $116,916
23 16 Elliott Sadler 38 Pedigree (Yates Racing) 250 Ford 0 $115,083
24 26 Jeff Green 66 Best Buy (Gene Haas) 250 Chevrolet 0 $121,058
25 39 Kyle Petty 45 Wells Fargo Financial (Petty Enterprises) 250 Dodge 0 $107,333
26 34 Robby Gordon 7 Jim Beam (Robby Gordon) 249 Chevrolet 0 $95,075
27 8 Joe Nemechek 1 US Army (Nelson Bowers) 249 Chevrolet 0 $109,820
28 41 Ken Schrader 21 Little Debbie (Wood Brothers) 249 Ford 0 $109,589
29 15 Kevin Harvick 29 Icebreakers Ice Cubes (Richard Childress) 249 Chevrolet 0 $116,611
30 24 Dave Blaney 22 Caterpillar (Bill Davis) 249 Dodge 0 $91,583
31 27 Bobby Labonte 43 Cheerios Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) 249 Dodge 0 $116,186
32 17 Sterling Marlin 14 Centrix Auto Finance (Nelson Bowers) 249 Chevrolet 0 $88,592
33 40 David Stremme 40 Coors Light (Chip Ganassi) 248 Dodge 0 $87,775
34 43 Terry Labonte 96 DLP HDTV Tweeter (Bill Saunders) 248 Chevrolet 0 $78,625
35 37 Kevin Lepage 61 RoadLoanscom (Jeff Stec) 248 Ford 0 $78,425
36 33 Michael Waltrip 55 NAPA Auto Parts (Doug Bawel) 247 Dodge 0 $78,275
37 42 Brent Sherman 49 Serta (Beth Ann Morgenthau) 247 Dodge 0 $78,050
38 35 Mike Garvey 51 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Joe Auer) 247 Chevrolet 0 $77,800
39 38 Scott Wimmer 4 AERO Exhaust (Larry McClure) 246 Chevrolet 0 $77,680
40 30 Stanton Barrett 95 hairofdogcom (Stanton Barrett) 242 Chevrolet 0 $77,525
41 36 Kenny Wallace 78 Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser) 237 Chevrolet 0 $77,400
42 2 Greg Biffle 16 Jackson Hewitt National Guard (Jack Roush) 229 Ford 168 $106,005
43 12 Tony Stewart 20 The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) 214 Chevrolet 28 $119,453