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2005 Checker Auto Parts 500 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 13, 2005 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 312 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 3:02:23 Average speed: 102.641 mph Pole speed: 134.173 mph Cautions: 9 for 44 laps Margin of victory: .609 sec Attendance: 105000 Lead changes: 10 Green flag passes: 1,299 (4.8 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2005 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 Kyle Busch 15 10 1 1 31 10 3 41 38 29 70.7 22 263 84.3 63 20.2 312 118.2 Greg Biffle 4 1 2 1 14 2 25 28 3 28 100.0 121 312 100.0 189 60.6 312 144.2 Jeff Gordon 10 8 3 1 16 7 5 19 14 19 100.0 7 310 99.4 22 7.1 312 111.2 Tony Stewart 9 3 4 2 18 6 28 35 7 34 97.1 13 309 99.0 0 0.0 312 119.1 Bobby Labonte 5 11 5 2 18 10 7 34 27 32 94.1 1 302 96.8 0 0.0 312 100.4 Carl Edwards 3 4 6 2 28 6 13 27 14 27 100.0 24 299 95.8 0 0.0 312 114.8 Jimmie Johnson 2 6 7 1 16 6 -3 14 17 14 100.0 0 305 97.8 0 0.0 312 106.9 Robby Gordon 12 21 8 3 28 14 -3 34 37 17 50.0 1 153 49.0 0 0.0 312 86.4 Dale Jarrett 21 15 9 4 31 14 8 43 35 23 53.5 2 210 67.3 0 0.0 312 88.0 Travis Kvapil 30 19 10 7 39 19 9 40 31 12 30.0 0 77 24.7 0 0.0 312 74.1 Elliott Sadler 24 12 11 4 25 13 -8 40 48 26 65.0 1 218 69.9 0 0.0 312 87.1 Ryan Newman 11 5 12 3 19 11 -8 35 43 32 91.4 0 285 91.3 0 0.0 312 91.2 Denny Hamlin 1 7 13 1 24 9 9 30 21 13 43.3 6 259 83.0 23 7.4 312 100.7 Mark Martin 29 14 14 8 37 18 20 37 17 10 27.0 5 140 44.9 0 0.0 312 76.1 Jeff Burton 25 16 15 6 25 17 12 50 38 9 18.0 0 93 29.8 0 0.0 312 74.2 Kenny Wallace 17 30 16 16 41 29 12 44 32 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 55.7 Joe Nemechek 18 17 17 8 25 18 -17 52 69 12 23.1 0 46 14.7 0 0.0 312 67.1 Jamie McMurray 28 23 18 10 36 22 -5 39 44 1 2.6 0 17 5.4 0 0.0 312 63.2 Kyle Petty 38 31 19 11 36 27 -3 40 43 0 0.0 1 3 1.0 0 0.0 312 59.2 Ricky Rudd 20 25 20 17 34 23 4 44 40 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 64.5 Scott Wimmer 40 20 21 1 38 16 -8 41 49 23 56.1 1 182 58.3 15 4.8 312 70.6 Casey Mears 34 24 22 19 35 27 9 46 37 0 0.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 61.3 Kevin Harvick 8 2 23 2 29 11 4 20 16 13 65.0 10 212 67.9 0 0.0 312 96.5 Jeremy Mayfield 39 26 24 16 38 25 -15 45 60 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 54.1 Dave Blaney 13 18 25 2 35 17 -21 44 65 14 31.8 0 75 24.0 0 0.0 311 65.1 Brian Vickers 6 9 26 3 26 13 -23 17 40 9 52.9 1 219 70.2 0 0.0 311 77.5 Kasey Kahne 22 33 27 19 39 31 1 27 26 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 57.6 Jeff Green 14 27 28 12 39 27 -3 30 33 6 20.0 0 16 5.1 0 0.0 311 54.5 Rusty Wallace 26 13 29 2 31 15 -16 38 54 8 21.1 13 164 52.6 0 0.0 310 73.6 Ken Schrader 33 28 30 24 42 30 10 29 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 41.7 Mike Bliss 32 32 31 18 41 32 -13 17 30 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 57.2 Matt Kenseth 16 22 32 3 38 23 13 28 15 18 64.3 14 116 37.2 0 0.0 310 80.7 Michael Waltrip 42 29 33 26 40 33 15 39 24 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 41.3 Sterling Marlin 41 37 34 28 38 34 -15 22 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 310 34.2 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 7 36 35 7 40 36 -30 11 41 0 0.0 0 4 1.3 0 0.0 217 34.5 Jimmy Spencer 23 34 36 21 38 35 -4 18 22 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 214 39.2 Mike Skinner 27 35 37 25 39 35 0 25 25 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 214 36.1 Scott Riggs 31 38 38 29 41 37 -16 16 32 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 205 29.5 Johnny Sauter 37 39 39 18 39 35 -3 25 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 149 42.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 19 40 40 7 40 30 11 21 10 12 57.1 5 91 29.2 0 0.0 112 70.6 Jerry Robertson 43 41 41 37 43 41 -5 3 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 26.4 Stanton Barrett 36 42 42 39 42 42 1 9 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 27.4 Chad Chaffin 35 43 43 42 43 43 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 25.8 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.