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2005 Daytona 500 loop data Gatorade Duel 150 #1 Gatorade Duel 150 #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 1 of 36 Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:45:16 Average speed: 135.173 mph Pole speed: 188.312 mph Cautions: 11 for 45 laps Margin of victory: .158 sec Attendance: 200000 Lead changes: 22 Green flag passes: 6,741 (42.7 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2005 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 Jeff Gordon 15 3 1 1 22 4 17 128 111 123 96.1 2 200 98.5 29 14.3 203 123.5 Kurt Busch 13 8 2 2 31 8 14 145 131 125 86.2 2 166 81.8 0 0.0 203 110.7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5 10 3 1 33 14 2 217 215 136 62.7 3 122 60.1 2 1.0 203 89.5 Scott Riggs 12 6 4 3 30 9 9 210 201 179 85.2 4 187 92.1 0 0.0 203 103.6 Jimmie Johnson 2 13 5 1 30 9 -2 192 194 173 90.1 4 168 82.8 3 1.5 203 103.2 Mark Martin 32 22 6 2 32 13 10 213 203 99 46.5 5 119 58.6 0 0.0 203 95.5 Tony Stewart 4 1 7 1 21 2 1 71 70 66 93.0 5 201 99.0 107 52.7 203 126.5 Sterling Marlin 18 21 8 4 32 18 1 217 216 117 53.9 2 92 45.3 0 0.0 203 82.5 Kevin Lepage 8 31 9 4 42 30 -53 70 123 26 37.1 0 11 5.4 0 0.0 203 48.1 Rusty Wallace 36 5 10 1 40 14 29 204 175 120 58.8 7 131 64.5 0 0.0 203 85.9 Elliott Sadler 39 27 11 9 40 26 -2 174 176 44 25.3 2 29 14.3 0 0.0 203 59.6 Carl Edwards 27 14 12 3 38 20 59 278 219 96 34.5 4 70 34.5 0 0.0 203 81.9 Joe Nemechek 34 29 13 1 42 22 42 226 184 57 25.2 5 56 27.6 2 1.0 203 81.8 Dave Blaney 38 20 14 3 42 21 -7 267 274 61 22.8 4 47 23.2 0 0.0 203 78.7 Dale Jarrett 1 18 15 1 41 24 -56 120 176 25 20.8 0 37 18.2 0 0.0 203 60.2 Jeff Green 26 28 16 3 40 25 -32 143 175 20 14.0 1 16 7.9 0 0.0 203 55.7 Kyle Petty 33 30 17 1 43 28 -17 91 108 4 4.4 5 8 3.9 1 0.5 203 53.6 Mike Bliss 35 23 18 2 42 24 -1 182 183 21 11.5 4 7 3.4 0 0.0 203 58.3 Travis Kvapil 25 24 19 7 37 21 -1 223 224 59 26.5 5 50 24.6 0 0.0 203 71.0 Ryan Newman 9 12 20 1 31 12 40 251 211 187 74.5 9 153 75.4 1 0.5 203 98.0 Brian Vickers 28 34 21 9 36 26 15 177 162 30 16.9 7 21 10.3 0 0.0 203 69.9 Kasey Kahne 37 9 22 3 43 19 78 244 166 84 34.4 12 75 36.9 0 0.0 203 82.6 Jeremy Mayfield 24 26 23 1 34 21 -19 197 216 45 22.8 2 37 18.2 1 0.5 203 62.0 Ricky Rudd 11 38 24 9 40 33 0 54 54 32 59.3 0 16 7.9 0 0.0 202 53.4 Greg Biffle 23 33 25 3 39 21 -1 236 237 79 33.5 5 62 30.5 0 0.0 201 69.0 Casey Mears 29 32 26 8 35 27 -14 163 177 35 21.5 5 21 10.3 0 0.0 199 54.7 Boris Said 41 35 27 27 43 35 12 46 34 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 198 33.6 Kevin Harvick 30 25 28 1 41 25 9 187 178 38 20.3 7 38 18.7 1 0.5 198 47.9 Jeff Burton 6 16 29 1 35 17 12 241 229 139 57.7 4 108 53.2 6 3.0 194 81.4 Mike Skinner 7 11 30 3 34 15 -16 203 219 174 85.7 2 137 67.5 0 0.0 187 72.8 John Andretti 42 17 31 2 42 26 -23 134 157 14 10.4 4 10 4.9 0 0.0 187 45.8 Jamie McMurray 17 4 32 4 32 14 5 194 189 118 60.8 4 139 68.5 0 0.0 184 80.5 Scott Wimmer 16 15 33 1 33 15 -13 194 207 150 77.3 6 135 66.5 8 3.9 182 77.6 Martin Truex Jr 10 7 34 3 36 15 -54 205 259 122 59.5 3 133 65.5 0 0.0 178 74.6 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 22 37 35 9 41 36 -11 73 84 0 0.0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 173 29.1 Jason Leffler 40 19 36 2 36 22 16 194 178 47 24.2 4 45 22.2 0 0.0 168 62.0 Michael Waltrip 3 2 37 1 37 10 -11 43 54 35 81.4 0 158 77.8 42 20.7 161 100.8 Kyle Busch 19 39 38 15 41 37 -8 60 68 0 0.0 0 1 0.5 0 0.0 148 42.0 Ken Schrader 31 36 39 12 42 34 -22 71 93 5 7.0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 120 33.4 Kenny Wallace 21 40 40 17 40 37 -22 51 73 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 37.9 Mike Wallace 43 42 41 18 42 40 18 61 43 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 32.3 Matt Kenseth 14 41 42 4 42 37 -1 54 55 47 87.0 1 25 12.3 0 0.0 34 57.5 Bobby Labonte 20 43 43 11 43 41 -3 37 40 29 78.4 0 12 5.9 0 0.0 14 31.8 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.