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2005 Aaron's 499 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 9 of 36 Sunday, May 1, 2005 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:30:46 Average speed: 146.904 mph Pole speed: 189.804 mph Cautions: 8 for 30 laps Margin of victory: .193 sec Attendance: 155000 Lead changes: 33 Green flag passes: 13,871 (84.6 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 2 1 1 1 26 2 -1 130 131 120 92.3 5 192 99.0 139 71.6 194 135.5 Tony Stewart 11 27 2 1 35 12 -17 445 462 269 60.4 2 139 71.6 2 1.0 194 100.9 Michael Waltrip 38 5 3 1 40 14 59 485 426 269 55.5 11 127 65.5 2 1.0 194 100.7 Jeremy Mayfield 22 23 4 3 36 19 4 504 500 194 38.5 6 76 39.2 0 0.0 194 90.4 Jamie McMurray 13 24 5 2 34 13 5 374 369 246 65.8 5 135 69.6 0 0.0 194 101.5 Elliott Sadler 3 3 6 1 37 9 4 364 360 276 75.8 1 156 80.4 9 4.6 194 105.0 Kurt Busch 10 10 7 1 34 12 1 443 442 319 72.0 5 141 72.7 1 0.5 194 97.5 Ken Schrader 42 25 8 1 42 26 21 267 246 61 22.8 6 43 22.2 1 0.5 194 80.2 Dale Jarrett 14 38 9 7 42 29 -20 175 195 46 26.3 8 33 17.0 0 0.0 194 64.7 Jeff Burton 27 11 10 2 37 17 14 481 467 274 57.0 1 109 56.2 0 0.0 194 84.5 Matt Kenseth 23 22 11 1 35 12 24 369 345 247 66.9 6 124 63.9 0 0.0 194 86.6 Kevin Harvick 1 2 12 1 43 15 -35 357 392 247 69.2 9 133 68.6 12 6.2 194 88.2 Greg Biffle 29 37 13 1 40 24 6 361 355 105 29.1 8 64 33.0 2 1.0 194 65.9 Casey Mears 26 35 14 8 40 23 -14 314 328 105 33.4 2 31 16.0 0 0.0 193 55.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 36 4 15 1 36 12 37 467 430 322 69.0 3 145 74.7 3 1.5 193 92.4 Johnny Sauter 43 21 16 8 42 21 -5 381 386 94 24.7 1 33 17.0 0 0.0 192 56.1 Kerry Earnhardt 31 39 17 2 41 31 -1 149 150 0 0.0 5 1 0.5 0 0.0 190 43.3 Travis Kvapil 9 33 18 6 39 25 -47 279 326 66 23.7 6 45 23.2 0 0.0 188 63.4 Dave Blaney 8 15 19 2 38 22 -11 329 340 102 31.0 2 45 23.2 0 0.0 187 58.2 Jimmie Johnson 6 8 20 1 29 6 -5 348 353 332 95.4 4 182 93.8 8 4.1 186 101.2 Martin Truex Jr 32 13 21 2 32 14 3 522 519 290 55.6 4 117 60.3 0 0.0 186 81.1 Rusty Wallace 20 9 22 2 36 18 31 336 305 210 62.5 3 82 42.3 0 0.0 180 66.5 Bobby Labonte 15 20 23 1 36 21 -13 472 485 138 29.2 6 39 20.1 1 0.5 174 73.2 Kasey Kahne 19 14 24 4 37 22 -37 416 453 136 32.7 2 49 25.3 0 0.0 172 60.8 Jeff Green 39 40 25 19 42 33 15 136 121 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 172 53.8 Jason Leffler 18 28 26 9 42 29 1 319 318 39 12.2 4 8 4.1 0 0.0 171 53.4 Scott Riggs 4 19 27 1 38 15 -12 275 287 263 95.6 2 129 66.5 4 2.1 171 81.8 Mike Wallace 33 12 28 1 39 21 37 383 346 183 47.8 5 67 34.5 1 0.5 171 62.4 Hermie Sadler 30 41 29 18 41 33 -35 54 89 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 170 41.0 Ricky Rudd 7 36 30 7 43 31 -54 178 232 18 10.1 7 4 2.1 0 0.0 170 40.5 Joe Nemechek 24 16 31 1 41 25 19 392 373 88 22.4 2 29 14.9 1 0.5 169 57.6 Carl Edwards 21 42 32 4 43 40 12 17 5 0 0.0 2 1 0.5 0 0.0 166 32.0 Mark Martin 16 7 33 1 33 16 4 330 326 228 69.1 2 104 53.6 3 1.5 166 72.9 Sterling Marlin 25 32 34 2 42 22 0 333 333 179 53.8 2 74 38.1 0 0.0 162 66.6 Boris Said 12 30 35 3 35 23 -16 372 388 72 19.4 3 29 14.9 0 0.0 146 53.5 Mike Bliss 28 26 36 2 42 32 -33 271 304 19 7.0 2 5 2.6 0 0.0 141 45.7 Brian Vickers 37 34 37 4 39 23 -12 280 292 161 57.5 1 68 35.1 0 0.0 139 57.8 Scott Wimmer 17 6 38 4 40 24 10 401 391 158 39.4 1 57 29.4 0 0.0 139 57.4 Ryan Newman 5 18 39 1 39 21 -1 353 354 210 59.5 1 80 41.2 5 2.6 135 78.4 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 40 29 40 15 41 34 7 286 279 2 0.7 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 132 37.9 Kyle Busch 35 31 41 10 41 33 20 256 236 15 5.9 5 4 2.1 0 0.0 132 58.6 Mike Skinner 34 17 42 4 42 29 39 464 425 31 6.7 2 8 4.1 0 0.0 132 61.5 Kyle Petty 41 43 43 39 43 43 -4 3 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 106 23.6 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.