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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 2 of 36
Sunday, February 27, 2005 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:34:45 Average speed: 139.697 mph Pole speed: 188.245 mph	Cautions: 7 for 40 laps Margin of victory: .231 sec Attendance: 90000 Lead changes: 26
Green flag passes: 1,792 (8.5 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2005 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:
Greg Biffle	5	27	1	1	29	11	10	50	40	29	58.0	33	173	69.2	46	18.4	250	114.5
Jimmie Johnson	8	2	2	1	29	5	11	42	31	42	100.0	18	244	97.6	4	1.6	250	119.0
Kurt Busch	20	26	3	1	31	10	7	52	45	33	63.5	13	192	76.8	11	4.4	250	107.1
Jamie McMurray	15	9	4	3	30	8	5	39	34	39	100.0	1	244	97.6	0	0.0	250	104.0
Carl Edwards	19	6	5	1	27	6	35	59	24	53	89.8	25	242	96.8	33	13.2	250	116.7
Kevin Harvick	31	3	6	1	32	8	22	56	34	36	64.3	3	226	90.4	23	9.2	250	104.8
Mark Martin	18	5	7	1	20	6	8	34	26	24	70.6	9	245	98.0	4	1.6	250	107.0
Elliott Sadler	41	18	8	3	42	17	5	59	54	11	18.6	0	91	36.4	0	0.0	250	81.2
Ryan Newman	9	28	9	5	37	19	-12	59	71	28	47.5	7	107	42.8	0	0.0	250	91.7
Rusty Wallace	23	10	10	3	31	10	0	54	54	33	61.1	0	206	82.4	0	0.0	250	92.5
Dale Jarrett	7	14	11	3	21	13	4	34	30	25	73.5	0	217	86.8	0	0.0	250	86.4
Mike Bliss	10	13	12	4	30	16	7	41	34	24	58.5	3	150	60.0	0	0.0	250	82.4
Bobby Labonte	14	15	13	3	33	17	-17	46	63	17	37.0	0	131	52.4	0	0.0	250	75.6
Ken Schrader	38	22	14	9	38	23	43	87	44	2	2.3	0	14	5.6	0	0.0	250	65.7
Sterling Marlin	13	19	15	5	25	16	18	57	39	23	40.4	0	113	45.2	0	0.0	250	78.8
Scott Wimmer	27	21	16	10	31	22	-2	59	61	0	0.0	0	4	1.6	0	0.0	250	63.7
Tony Stewart	29	17	17	7	38	19	13	57	44	6	10.5	0	26	10.4	0	0.0	250	69.1
Kyle Petty	36	25	18	1	40	26	17	55	38	0	0.0	0	3	1.2	2	0.8	250	55.2
Jeff Burton	32	20	19	9	32	22	-7	52	59	4	7.7	0	22	8.8	0	0.0	250	61.8
Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	26	23	20	12	38	25	-13	53	66	0	0.0	0	5	2.0	0	0.0	250	52.0
Brian Vickers	2	12	21	1	26	16	-17	31	48	18	58.1	0	126	50.4	1	0.4	250	72.8
Casey Mears	16	29	22	14	38	28	-5	37	42	4	10.8	2	1	0.4	0	0.0	249	69.0
Kyle Busch	1	34	23	1	37	23	-29	33	62	15	45.5	4	69	27.6	2	0.8	249	78.8
Travis Kvapil	35	32	24	24	42	32	7	37	30	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	249	41.3
Mike Wallace	33	31	25	2	39	32	0	32	32	0	0.0	0	3	1.2	0	0.0	249	37.4
Matt Kenseth	6	7	26	1	28	7	-6	35	41	30	85.7	35	217	86.8	57	22.8	249	110.9
Jeff Green	37	24	27	1	39	29	7	45	38	0	0.0	0	3	1.2	1	0.4	249	47.2
Jeremy Mayfield	3	36	28	1	37	30	-22	33	55	5	15.2	1	21	8.4	1	0.4	248	51.7
John Andretti	24	35	29	22	39	32	2	50	48	0	0.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	248	43.3
Jeff Gordon	28	8	30	2	34	11	4	62	58	38	61.3	11	195	78.0	0	0.0	246	79.5
Kevin Lepage	43	40	31	31	43	38	19	31	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	241	40.7
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	40	39	32	25	41	37	6	30	24	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	237	47.6
Scott Riggs	12	11	33	3	36	20	11	51	40	22	43.1	0	105	42.0	0	0.0	229	59.4
Dave Blaney	42	30	34	28	43	35	14	33	19	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	224	39.3
Robby Gordon	25	37	35	18	38	32	-16	36	52	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	222	41.9
Terry Labonte	11	33	36	10	37	29	-23	22	45	4	18.2	0	9	3.6	0	0.0	216	55.1
Jason Leffler	39	38	37	29	41	36	-14	24	38	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	215	32.5
Michael Waltrip	30	16	38	4	38	22	17	55	38	7	12.7	1	38	15.2	0	0.0	203	57.1
Joe Nemechek	4	1	39	1	39	13	-33	10	43	10	100.0	33	175	70.0	63	25.2	180	113.4
Kasey Kahne	17	4	40	2	40	21	6	39	33	23	59.0	1	127	50.8	0	0.0	167	76.3
Ricky Rudd	21	41	41	21	43	41	-20	10	30	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	145	26.1
Randy LaJoie	34	42	42	1	43	41	-42	4	46	0	0.0	0	6	2.4	2	0.8	47	27.3
Bill Elliott	22	43	43	21	43	42	-20	7	27	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	25.4

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.