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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 4 of 36
Monday, March 20, 2006 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:28:24 Average speed: 144.098 mph Pole speed: 192.553 mph	Cautions: 8 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 1.928 sec Attendance: 45000 Lead changes: 27
Green flag passes: 2,212 (7.8 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2006 standings

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

Loop data for this race:
Kasey Kahne	1	11	1	1	15	5	-7	36	43	36	100.0	21	325	100.0	85	26.2	325	126.6
Mark Martin	11	8	2	1	36	8	15	44	29	44	100.0	18	317	97.5	0	0.0	325	107.3
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	26	6	3	2	32	14	19	81	62	33	40.7	15	204	62.8	0	0.0	325	96.7
Jeff Gordon	12	7	4	1	17	9	14	54	40	51	94.4	6	294	90.5	1	0.3	325	100.5
Tony Stewart	21	1	5	1	22	7	9	36	27	26	72.2	4	306	94.2	50	15.4	325	106.9
Jimmie Johnson	14	4	6	2	35	8	8	36	28	36	100.0	7	317	97.5	0	0.0	325	103.0
Paul Menard	22	16	7	7	38	20	19	77	58	17	22.1	3	113	34.8	0	0.0	325	76.5
Kyle Petty	32	18	8	8	33	23	16	78	62	8	10.3	1	33	10.2	0	0.0	325	69.8
Dale Jarrett	31	15	9	6	35	16	23	79	56	26	32.9	1	154	47.4	0	0.0	325	82.6
Reed Sorenson	15	14	10	8	31	17	24	75	51	17	22.7	0	114	35.1	0	0.0	325	81.1
Scott Riggs	29	22	11	11	42	26	21	77	56	7	9.1	2	22	6.8	0	0.0	325	63.5
Kyle Busch	17	20	12	5	42	18	8	48	40	16	33.3	0	183	56.3	0	0.0	325	84.4
Matt Kenseth	27	30	13	2	39	15	-4	88	92	43	48.9	34	184	56.6	0	0.0	325	99.7
Jamie McMurray	34	12	14	7	35	18	11	68	57	18	26.5	0	139	42.8	0	0.0	325	74.7
J.J. Yeley	5	13	15	4	34	13	3	52	49	46	88.5	0	270	83.1	0	0.0	325	89.6
Greg Biffle	8	2	16	1	30	3	4	34	30	34	100.0	58	316	97.2	128	39.4	325	124.8
Joe Nemechek	13	21	17	9	26	18	-22	51	73	18	35.3	1	94	28.9	0	0.0	325	70.9
Ryan Newman	2	23	18	1	43	24	2	72	70	4	5.6	1	16	4.9	2	0.6	325	62.8
Martin Truex Jr	35	10	19	6	38	20	19	84	65	19	22.6	2	80	24.6	0	0.0	324	66.5
Michael Waltrip	24	27	20	1	38	30	-9	47	56	0	0.0	0	3	0.9	1	0.3	324	44.6
Casey Mears	10	31	21	8	37	26	-7	65	72	7	10.8	0	18	5.5	0	0.0	324	54.7
Terry Labonte	43	25	22	1	42	28	4	40	36	0	0.0	0	7	2.2	5	1.5	324	45.9
Brian Vickers	37	19	23	9	43	19	4	58	54	12	20.7	0	90	27.7	0	0.0	324	62.9
Ken Schrader	25	24	24	14	37	26	10	76	66	0	0.0	0	1	0.3	0	0.0	324	51.5
Jeff Burton	3	5	25	1	28	6	-33	27	60	24	88.9	4	317	97.5	1	0.3	324	97.6
Jeff Green	39	17	26	10	39	24	0	68	68	6	8.8	0	32	9.8	0	0.0	324	61.7
Clint Bowyer	16	28	27	6	37	20	7	85	78	32	37.6	0	77	23.7	0	0.0	324	62.9
Robby Gordon	36	29	28	3	37	16	12	81	69	32	39.5	28	185	56.9	0	0.0	324	85.5
Elliott Sadler	28	9	29	5	29	17	-13	65	78	23	35.4	1	158	48.6	0	0.0	324	65.1
Scott Wimmer	42	32	30	15	40	27	8	76	68	0	0.0	12	1	0.3	0	0.0	323	51.3
Denny Hamlin	7	3	31	1	32	11	-22	27	49	24	88.9	14	243	74.8	16	4.9	323	90.8
Dave Blaney	30	34	32	20	40	33	5	52	47	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	323	34.8
David Stremme	38	35	33	22	41	33	-7	40	47	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	322	35.5
Sterling Marlin	33	26	34	25	42	33	1	42	41	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	322	38.1
Kevin Lepage	23	37	35	1	40	34	4	35	31	0	0.0	3	3	0.9	1	0.3	322	40.0
Brent Sherman	40	33	36	32	42	36	-13	23	36	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	322	28.5
Kurt Busch	9	38	37	1	38	23	-29	14	43	12	85.7	21	129	39.7	22	6.8	321	78.8
Bill Lester	19	36	38	19	42	37	-31	24	55	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	319	28.9
Kevin Harvick	6	39	39	3	40	34	-35	24	59	8	33.3	4	33	10.2	0	0.0	313	62.8
Carl Edwards	18	40	40	2	41	36	12	32	20	16	50.0	2	41	12.6	0	0.0	313	51.8
Jeremy Mayfield	20	42	41	18	42	37	-9	27	36	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	235	34.1
Hermie Sadler	41	41	42	2	43	42	-6	1	7	0	0.0	1	1	0.3	0	0.0	166	25.9
Bobby Labonte	4	43	43	1	43	36	-35	13	48	13	100.0	9	55	16.9	13	4.0	56	80.0

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.