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2005 Sharpie 500

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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 24 of 36
Saturday, August 27, 2005 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:08:50
Average Speed: 84.678 mph
Pole Speed: 127.3 mph

Cautions: 16 for 88 laps
Margin of Victory: .511 sec
Attendance: 160,000
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2005 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	360,536	running	415	190
2	24	31	Jeff Burton	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	219,895	running	0	170
3	4	16	Greg Biffle	National Guard (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	168,225	running	1	170
4	5	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft Genuine Parts (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	156,514	running	0	160
5	20	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	500	154,733	running	9	160
6	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	155,886	running	27	155
7	27	0	Mike Bliss	CertainTeed (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	500	106,650	running	4	151
8	17	20	Tony Stewart	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	500	146,086	running	0	142
9	41	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	144,333	running	0	138
10	13	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie Mini (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	148,625	running	0	134
11	7	49	Ken Schrader	Schwan's Home Service (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	500	96,000	running	0	130
13	9	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	131,291	running	2	129
12	35	01	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Chevrolet	500	126,558	running	0	127
14	32	22	Scott Wimmer	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	500	119,133	running	0	121
15	22	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	121,139	running	0	118
16	25	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	107,025	running	0	115
18	16	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	500	117,345	running	18	114
17	15	4	Mike Wallace	Lucas Oil / Food City (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	500	91,675	running	0	112
19	31	77	Travis Kvapil	Kodak / Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Dodge	500	99,875	running	0	106
21	42	18	Bobby Labonte	Powerade / Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	500	123,550	running	21	105
20	23	25	Brian Vickers	GMAC / ditech.com / Scooby-Doo (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	99,775	running	0	103
22	28	43	Jeff Green	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	117,261	running	0	97
23	3	07	Dave Blaney	Happy Birthday Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	96,900	running	0	94
24	37	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	499	101,875	running	0	91
25	26	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific / Quilted Northern (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	499	101,008	running	0	88
26	18	42	Jamie McMurray	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	498	93,415	running	0	85
27	39	11	Terry Labonte	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	497	84,905	running	0	82
28	34	50	Jimmy Spencer	Allied Steel Structures (Don Arnold)	Dodge	493	81,395	running	0	79
29	40	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	491	111,693	running	0	76
30	38	92	Hermie Sadler	Kingsport Iron & Metal (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	491	81,675	running	0	73
31	30	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	478	115,223	running	0	70
32	43	80	Carl Long	Royal Administration (Raynard McGlynn)	Chevrolet	472	80,955	running	0	67
33	11	5	Kyle Busch	Kellogg's / Johnny Bravo (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	448	89,795	running	0	64
34	14	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	427	100,393	running	0	61
35	8	32	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Tide (Cal Wells)	Chevrolet	411	90,172	running	0	58
37	19	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench / Reese's Big Cup (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	352	127,316	crash	3	57
36	29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	410	128,956	engine	0	55
38	33	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Jim Smith)	Chevrolet	332	80,270	oil leak	0	49
39	6	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	317	125,151	crash	0	46
40	12	10	Scott Riggs	Checkers / Rally's (James Rocco)	Chevrolet	309	88,050	engine	0	43
41	36	95	Stanton Barrett	Langley Properties (Stanton Barrett)	Chevrolet	251	79,900	engine	0	40
42	10	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	212	111,840	crash	0	37
43	21	00	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Bryan Foods (Michael Waltrip)	Chevrolet	78	79,962	electrical	0	34

Failed to qualify: Wayne Anderson (#75), Mike Garvey (#66), Johnny Sauter (#09), Morgan Shepherd (#89), P.J. Jones (#34), Tony Raines (#37)

To the back: Jamie McMurray (#42) transmission change, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#8) unapproved impound adjustment

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	68	68
	69	74	6	#40 accident turn 1	#77
	75	76	2
	77	82	6	#92,41 accident turn 4	#8
	83	93	11
	94	97	4	#9 accident turn 3	#42
	98	129	32
	130	134	5	#22 accident backstretch	#8
	135	173	39
	174	177	4	#80 spun turn 2	#8
	178	183	6
	184	188	5	#5 accident backstretch	#88
	189	210	22
	211	215	5	#88 accident turn 2	#18
	216	220	5
	221	225	5	#95 spun turn 2	#43
	226	238	13
	239	242	4	#77 spun frontstretch	#22
	243	256	14
	257	262	6	#95 spun turn 4	#4
	263	301	39
	302	306	5	#88 spun turn 2	#77
	307	317	11
	318	329	12	#0,8,12,29,88 accident turn 2	#16
	330	373	44
	374	378	5	#7 accident turn 4	#4
	379	418	40
	419	424	6	#43,99 accident turn 2	#4
	425	467	43
	468	472	5	#92 accident turn 3	#43
	473	494	22
	495	498	4	#45 accident turn 2	none
	499	500	2
Percent of race run under caution: 17.4% Average green flag run: 24.3 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Matt Kenseth	1	70	70
Jeff Gordon	71	97	27
Matt Kenseth	98	174	77
Kevin Harvick	175	177	3
Matt Kenseth	178	212	35
Jeremy Mayfield	213	230	18
Matt Kenseth	231	257	27
Bobby Labonte	258	278	21
Matt Kenseth	279	279	1
Greg Biffle	280	280	1
Matt Kenseth	281	303	23
Rusty Wallace	304	306	3
Matt Kenseth	307	375	69
Mike Bliss	376	379	4
Matt Kenseth	380	419	40
Rusty Wallace	420	425	6
Elliott Sadler	426	427	2
Matt Kenseth	428	500	73

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Tony Stewart	3410
2	Jimmie Johnson	3197	-213
3	Greg Biffle	3186	-224
4	Rusty Wallace	3139	-271
5	Mark Martin	3014	-396
6	Jeremy Mayfield	2983	-427
7	Kurt Busch	2982	-428
8	Carl Edwards	2849	-561
9	Ryan Newman	2819	-591
10	Jeff Gordon	2799	-611
11	Matt Kenseth	2788	-622
12	Jamie McMurray	2787	-623
13	Elliott Sadler	2765	-645
14	Dale Jarrett	2721	-689
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2682	-728
16	Kevin Harvick	2677	-733
17	Joe Nemechek	2660	-750
18	Brian Vickers	2590	-820
19	Jeff Burton	2529	-881
20	Michael Waltrip	2482	-928

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