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2006 Auto Club 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 2 of 36 Sunday, February 26, 2006 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps* on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:23:43 Average speed: 147.852 mph Pole speed: 187.086 mph Cautions: 7 for 26 laps Margin of victory: .338 sec Attendance: 85000 Lead changes: 18 Green flag passes: 3,104 (13.8 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 Matt Kenseth 31 2 1 1 33 5 21 70 49 43 61.4 16 235 93.6 40 15.9 251 123.0 Jimmie Johnson 3 8 2 2 27 7 -2 58 60 40 69.0 8 243 96.8 0 0.0 251 112.7 Carl Edwards 22 4 3 3 33 7 26 96 70 66 68.8 5 241 96.0 0 0.0 251 111.0 Kasey Kahne 13 5 4 1 31 9 12 96 84 63 65.6 6 206 82.1 1 0.4 251 102.7 Jeff Burton 6 11 5 2 20 9 4 78 74 74 94.9 7 238 94.8 0 0.0 251 106.0 Jamie McMurray 25 6 6 3 30 9 20 89 69 66 74.2 2 237 94.4 0 0.0 251 100.4 Casey Mears 20 30 7 5 32 16 23 124 101 46 37.1 2 131 52.2 0 0.0 251 88.0 J.J. Yeley 4 7 8 1 20 11 3 89 86 74 83.1 8 223 88.8 2 0.8 251 91.9 Mark Martin 10 3 9 1 27 6 1 58 57 58 100.0 11 248 98.8 1 0.4 251 109.5 Kyle Busch 7 12 10 3 25 10 1 86 85 70 81.4 2 245 97.6 0 0.0 251 90.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 18 17 11 1 21 16 6 107 101 61 57.0 0 87 34.7 1 0.4 251 78.9 Denny Hamlin 5 14 12 4 24 15 -8 78 86 47 60.3 1 125 49.8 0 0.0 251 84.3 Jeff Gordon 9 13 13 1 28 12 -10 102 112 68 66.7 0 202 80.5 3 1.2 251 86.2 Clint Bowyer 32 18 14 7 33 21 18 99 81 24 24.2 4 33 13.1 0 0.0 251 70.6 Martin Truex Jr 23 23 15 1 27 20 6 115 109 49 42.6 0 37 14.7 0 0.0 251 72.0 Kurt Busch 1 10 16 1 22 9 -24 50 74 37 74.0 5 218 86.9 7 2.8 251 88.9 Dale Jarrett 19 15 17 8 31 18 -4 83 87 22 26.5 0 90 35.9 0 0.0 251 73.6 Brian Vickers 28 27 18 7 36 22 7 79 72 18 22.8 10 69 27.5 0 0.0 250 82.7 Scott Riggs 14 20 19 6 32 20 1 83 82 22 26.5 0 5 2.0 0 0.0 250 70.0 Ryan Newman 11 19 20 5 27 19 -27 84 111 18 21.4 0 62 24.7 0 0.0 250 68.1 Reed Sorenson 29 9 21 3 34 19 16 126 110 40 31.7 4 88 35.1 0 0.0 250 77.6 Jeremy Mayfield 21 16 22 5 34 22 -25 94 119 21 22.3 0 40 15.9 0 0.0 250 64.2 Elliott Sadler 16 24 23 4 36 25 -16 92 108 24 26.1 0 11 4.4 0 0.0 250 55.4 Jeff Green 26 22 24 15 32 24 8 75 67 0 0.0 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 250 57.4 Kyle Petty 39 21 25 5 41 23 20 94 74 18 19.1 1 4 1.6 0 0.0 250 58.2 Robby Gordon 34 29 26 13 37 27 9 73 64 3 4.1 1 3 1.2 0 0.0 249 63.4 Joe Nemechek 8 35 27 8 36 31 -16 71 87 12 16.9 0 10 4.0 0 0.0 249 50.5 Ken Schrader 41 26 28 24 41 30 11 75 64 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 52.0 Kevin Harvick 15 25 29 7 41 27 -12 66 78 11 16.7 5 20 8.0 0 0.0 249 53.3 Dave Blaney 24 33 30 20 41 31 -8 56 64 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 46.4 Bobby Labonte 27 31 31 20 39 30 -3 75 78 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 49.1 Sterling Marlin 17 32 32 17 39 32 -26 62 88 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 44.0 David Stremme 40 34 33 23 40 34 4 44 40 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 41.4 Terry Labonte 43 37 34 24 43 37 7 41 34 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 36.9 Kevin Lepage 37 39 35 23 40 37 4 50 46 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 34.6 Michael Waltrip 33 43 36 33 43 41 -4 9 13 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 31.2 Brent Sherman 42 38 37 35 43 39 -3 22 25 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 29.4 Mike Garvey 35 40 38 25 41 39 -1 42 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 31.0 Scott Wimmer 38 36 39 5 41 36 3 43 40 0 0.0 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 246 36.7 Stanton Barrett 30 41 40 28 43 42 -12 12 24 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 242 26.3 Kenny Wallace 36 42 41 34 43 42 -5 14 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 237 27.0 Greg Biffle 2 1 42 1 42 5 -36 55 91 40 72.7 65 226 90.0 168 66.9 229 120.1 Tony Stewart 12 28 43 1 43 12 11 89 78 69 77.5 54 185 73.7 28 11.2 214 101.9 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.