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2005 Food City 500

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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 5 of 36
Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:26:20
Average Speed: 77.496 mph
Pole Speed: 127.733 mph

Cautions: 14 for 115 laps
Margin of Victory: 4.652 sec
Attendance: 160,000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2005 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	13	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	189,001	running	109	185
3	11	20	Tony Stewart	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	500	151,986	running	0	165
4	19	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	144,033	running	0	160
6	14	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	132,986	running	1	155
10	28	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Chevrolet	500	117,448	running	0	134
12	12	25	Brian Vickers	GMAC / ditech.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	93,340	running	0	127
15	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	130,576	running	28	123
18	16	44	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	496	79,765	running	10	114
19	27	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	496	110,669	running	19	111
20	2	07	Dave Blaney	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	495	93,750	running	0	103
22	38	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	468	117,315	running	0	97
28	39	5	Kyle Busch	Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	428	89,400	running	0	79
33	40	01	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Chevrolet	393	100,558	running	0	64
34	22	4	Mike Wallace	Lucas Oil / Food City (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	379	76,785	crash	0	61
36	24	31	Jeff Burton	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	358	106,020	crash	0	55
37	41	0	Mike Bliss	NetZero / Best Buy (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	351	79,635	running	0	52
38	36	11	Jason Leffler	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	342	76,585	running	0	49
39	18	32	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Tide (Cal Wells)	Chevrolet	330	86,077	crash	0	46
40	33	08	Shane Hmiel	Win Fuel (Todd Braun)	Chevrolet	305	76,465	overheating	0	43
41	23	92	Stanton Barrett	USmilitary.com (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	83	76,415	oil pressure	0	40
42	43	00	Carl Long	Buyer's Choice / Howes Lubricator (Raynard McGlynn)	Chevrolet	37	76,365	overheating	0	0
7	5	77	Travis Kvapil	Kodak / Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Dodge	500	96,595	running	0	146
8	37	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific / Brawny (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	102,903	running	0	142
11	15	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	499	115,978	running	0	130
13	3	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	498	126,298	running	157	134
14	9	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	498	117,615	running	0	121
17	8	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	497	110,260	running	0	112
21	29	50	Jimmy Spencer	U.S. Micro Corporation (Don Arnold)	Dodge	492	79,290	running	0	100
23	30	49	Ken Schrader	Schwan's Home Service (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	467	79,920	running	0	94
24	17	42	Jamie McMurray	Texaco / Havoline / Autism Society (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	456	90,290	running	0	91
27	32	22	Scott Wimmer	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	437	103,813	running	0	82
29	6	43	Jeff Green	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	427	107,021	running	0	76
30	7	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	418	122,726	running	0	73
43	31	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	20	86,293	crash	0	34
2	1	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	164,261	running	35	175
5	21	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	128,828	running	0	155
9	10	16	Greg Biffle	Charter Communications (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	110,640	running	91	143
16	25	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	497	128,401	running	50	120
25	20	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft Genuine Parts (Wood Brothers)	Ford	452	109,634	running	0	88
26	42	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	447	96,490	running	0	85
31	34	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	406	95,440	running	0	70
32	35	66	Hermie Sadler	East Tennessee Trailers (Jeff Stec)	Ford	395	76,895	running	0	67
35	26	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie Retractable (Jack Roush)	Ford	360	129,165	crash	0	58

Failed to qualify: Johnny Sauter (#09), Kevin Lepage (#37), Robby Gordon (#7), Randy LaJoie (#34), Brad Teague (#27), Jason Jarrett (#89)

To the back: Kevin Harvick (#29) unapproved impound work, Carl Edwards (#99) backup car

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	9	7	#01,11,66,50,99 accident turn 2	none
	10	21	12
	22	35	14	#01,5,41 accident frontstretch	#50
	36	49	14
	50	53	4	#92 accident turn 2	none
	54	68	15
	69	74	6	#0,5 accident turn 1	#66
	75	135	61
	136	142	7	debris	#10
	143	150	8
	151	159	9	#12 accident turn 4	#45
	160	185	26
	186	192	7	debris	#24
	193	299	107
	300	313	14	#43 accident turn 1	#88
	314	323	10
	324	329	6	#17,21 accident turn 2	#10
	330	332	3
	333	342	10	#07,2,4,6,9,15,18,21,24,32,40,42,49,97 accident turn 3	#77
	343	361	19
	362	375	14	#31,97 accident turn 3	#77
	376	380	5
	381	385	5	#20 spun turn 3	#45
	386	413	28
	414	419	6	#4 spun turn 3	#40
	420	425	6
	426	431	6	debris	#25
	432	500	69
Percent of race run under caution: 23.0% Average green flag run: 25.7 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Elliott Sadler	1	35	35
Rusty Wallace	36	71	36
Michael Waltrip	72	90	19
Kevin Harvick	91	100	10
Rusty Wallace	101	144	44
Kevin Harvick	145	176	32
Rusty Wallace	177	187	11
Terry Labonte	188	197	10
Rusty Wallace	189	263	75
Matt Kenseth	264	313	50
Greg Biffle	314	367	54
Jimmie Johnson	368	368	1
Jeff Gordon	369	396	28
Greg Biffle	397	433	37
Kevin Harvick	434	500	67

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jimmie Johnson	835
2	Greg Biffle	741	-94
3	Tony Stewart	679	-156
4	Carl Edwards	678	-157
5	Elliott Sadler	657	-178
6	Kevin Harvick	654	-181
7	Kurt Busch	635	-200
8	Dale Jarrett	611	-224
9	Rusty Wallace	611	-224
10	Mark Martin	609	-226
11	Ryan Newman	588	-247
12	Jeff Gordon	587	-248
13	Sterling Marlin	568	-267
14	Jamie McMurray	566	-269
15	Scott Riggs	566	-269
16	Dave Blaney	561	-274
17	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	525	-310
18	Jeremy Mayfield	522	-313
19	Kyle Petty	521	-314
20	Brian Vickers	516	-319

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