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2005 Golden Corral 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 4 of 36 Sunday, March 20, 2005 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:29:18 Average speed: 143.478 mph Pole speed: 194.69 mph Cautions: 8 for 40 laps Margin of victory: .028 sec Attendance: 120000 Lead changes: 27 Green flag passes: 1,505 (5.3 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 Carl Edwards 4 5 1 1 15 3 6 25 19 25 100.0 24 325 100.0 9 2.8 325 124.6 Jimmie Johnson 3 2 2 1 10 2 3 23 20 23 100.0 65 325 100.0 156 48.0 325 139.6 Greg Biffle 6 1 3 1 24 2 3 39 36 30 76.9 102 323 99.4 151 46.5 325 135.1 Mark Martin 12 3 4 1 26 5 4 41 37 31 75.6 17 321 98.8 2 0.6 325 114.4 Kasey Kahne 5 10 5 3 25 6 -2 36 38 27 75.0 7 322 99.1 0 0.0 325 109.8 Brian Vickers 8 21 6 4 38 16 19 66 47 26 39.4 7 171 52.6 0 0.0 325 94.1 Michael Waltrip 37 9 7 3 38 11 20 59 39 56 94.9 0 317 97.5 0 0.0 325 93.6 Dave Blaney 27 8 8 1 29 9 21 45 24 34 75.6 6 309 95.1 1 0.3 325 102.7 Scott Riggs 17 14 9 2 23 9 8 61 53 55 90.2 1 319 98.2 0 0.0 325 101.5 Elliott Sadler 11 6 10 5 22 9 -8 32 40 25 78.1 0 321 98.8 0 0.0 325 95.8 Jamie McMurray 13 15 11 10 34 15 -5 38 43 14 36.8 0 196 60.3 0 0.0 325 84.6 Kyle Busch 42 17 12 6 42 19 6 57 51 14 24.6 0 70 21.5 0 0.0 325 74.9 Jeremy Mayfield 14 11 13 9 31 15 -4 41 45 20 48.8 0 210 64.6 0 0.0 325 81.3 Ryan Newman 1 19 14 1 31 18 -19 46 65 4 8.7 0 48 14.8 5 1.5 325 78.6 Jeff Burton 38 12 15 3 39 13 8 60 52 29 48.3 0 267 82.2 0 0.0 325 85.4 Sterling Marlin 39 20 16 8 39 19 8 51 43 9 17.6 0 5 1.5 0 0.0 325 69.6 Tony Stewart 9 13 17 7 27 14 -17 41 58 21 51.2 0 239 73.5 0 0.0 325 72.8 Mike Bliss 16 18 18 9 26 20 11 55 44 11 20.0 0 13 4.0 0 0.0 324 69.0 Casey Mears 15 22 19 5 39 19 10 67 57 16 23.9 9 96 29.5 0 0.0 324 73.0 Scott Wimmer 33 23 20 18 35 23 6 48 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 61.0 Kevin Harvick 36 27 21 5 34 21 -3 48 51 17 35.4 0 58 17.8 0 0.0 324 66.1 Bill Elliott 18 24 22 14 34 24 -10 36 46 0 0.0 0 9 2.8 0 0.0 324 60.7 Dale Jarrett 34 29 23 1 36 25 -6 33 39 15 45.5 4 34 10.5 1 0.3 323 71.0 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 35 28 24 7 37 28 4 39 35 9 23.1 0 5 1.5 0 0.0 323 57.1 Jason Leffler 10 25 25 6 36 24 -26 41 67 3 7.3 5 12 3.7 0 0.0 323 57.0 Ken Schrader 28 26 26 16 33 26 -11 43 54 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 50.9 Rusty Wallace 32 31 27 19 38 31 10 26 16 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 46.7 Jeff Green 40 33 28 22 38 31 -4 18 22 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 321 45.9 Jimmy Spencer 22 35 29 15 37 32 -19 20 39 0 0.0 0 3 0.9 0 0.0 314 46.2 Kevin Lepage 29 36 30 27 37 34 -5 12 17 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 314 39.1 Matt Kenseth 23 37 31 22 39 36 9 9 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 40.3 Kurt Busch 24 32 32 2 37 24 41 75 34 36 48.0 20 106 32.6 0 0.0 304 76.9 Ricky Rudd 31 7 33 2 36 19 -14 34 48 18 52.9 0 175 53.8 0 0.0 300 78.4 Robby Gordon 26 30 34 21 37 31 -1 25 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 290 41.3 Joe Nemechek 7 4 35 3 35 11 -10 37 47 32 86.5 9 273 84.0 0 0.0 280 87.7 Kyle Petty 41 34 36 28 42 34 -7 13 20 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 271 36.6 Bobby Labonte 19 38 37 18 41 39 3 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 266 31.5 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 2 16 38 2 38 27 5 44 39 2 4.5 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 245 51.3 Jeff Gordon 25 40 39 23 43 40 3 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 214 27.6 Mike Wallace 30 39 40 17 40 37 -17 11 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 113 37.0 Mike Garvey 43 41 41 20 43 40 -20 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 32.4 Travis Kvapil 20 42 42 19 42 42 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 28.9 Shane Hmiel 21 43 43 21 43 43 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 27.4 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.