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2005 Sharpie 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 24 of 36 Saturday, August 27, 2005 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:08:50 Average speed: 84.678 mph Pole speed: 127.3 mph Cautions: 16 for 88 laps Margin of victory: .511 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 17 Green flag passes: 920 (2.2 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 Matt Kenseth 1 1 1 1 6 1 15 16 1 16 100.0 107 500 100.0 415 83.0 500 149.8 Jeff Burton 24 11 2 2 25 12 13 26 13 19 73.1 6 323 64.6 0 0.0 500 96.3 Greg Biffle 4 3 3 1 29 7 7 37 30 24 64.9 42 424 84.8 1 0.2 500 119.3 Ricky Rudd 5 8 4 3 12 5 9 15 6 15 100.0 13 500 100.0 0 0.0 500 118.4 Rusty Wallace 20 20 5 1 25 12 1 14 13 4 28.6 16 306 61.2 9 1.8 500 96.0 Jeff Gordon 2 6 6 1 25 8 -2 14 16 9 64.3 16 393 78.6 27 5.4 500 107.0 Mike Bliss 27 19 7 1 29 20 10 45 35 11 24.4 9 72 14.4 4 0.8 500 71.1 Tony Stewart 17 12 8 6 22 15 9 35 26 20 57.1 1 329 65.8 0 0.0 500 83.7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 41 18 9 7 43 21 40 56 16 10 17.9 11 135 27.0 0 0.0 500 72.4 Kurt Busch 13 4 10 3 25 8 9 21 12 16 76.2 25 464 92.8 0 0.0 500 105.3 Ken Schrader 7 16 11 3 26 11 3 24 21 16 66.7 5 372 74.4 0 0.0 500 94.8 Joe Nemechek 35 25 12 12 35 25 -8 33 41 4 12.1 6 25 5.0 0 0.0 500 59.3 Elliott Sadler 9 7 13 1 13 7 -11 16 27 16 100.0 8 500 100.0 2 0.4 500 102.4 Scott Wimmer 32 29 14 14 37 25 18 42 24 2 4.8 4 13 2.6 0 0.0 500 62.6 Michael Waltrip 22 14 15 14 24 18 3 22 19 4 18.2 0 127 25.4 0 0.0 500 71.7 Mark Martin 25 10 16 7 25 14 17 27 10 9 33.3 3 364 72.8 0 0.0 500 82.2 Mike Wallace 15 30 17 7 32 25 2 39 37 4 10.3 5 54 10.8 0 0.0 500 55.6 Jeremy Mayfield 16 2 18 1 21 8 8 26 18 23 88.5 22 475 95.0 18 3.6 500 95.7 Travis Kvapil 31 32 19 7 34 28 -5 28 33 0 0.0 10 2 0.4 0 0.0 500 53.5 Brian Vickers 23 22 20 10 29 18 -11 33 44 15 45.5 3 193 38.6 0 0.0 500 67.3 Bobby Labonte 42 23 21 1 40 20 0 21 21 6 28.6 5 232 46.4 21 4.2 500 82.1 Jeff Green 28 27 22 3 37 24 -16 18 34 5 27.8 5 108 21.6 0 0.0 500 65.2 Dave Blaney 3 15 23 3 24 12 -11 13 24 0 0.0 5 317 63.4 0 0.0 500 81.7 Carl Edwards 37 28 24 13 37 25 8 51 43 2 3.9 2 7 1.4 0 0.0 499 48.4 Kyle Petty 26 21 25 13 30 23 -12 25 37 0 0.0 0 5 1.0 0 0.0 499 54.0 Jamie McMurray 18 13 26 10 42 19 20 37 17 16 43.2 4 272 54.4 0 0.0 498 69.5 Terry Labonte 39 31 27 27 40 31 1 14 13 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 497 41.4 Jimmy Spencer 34 34 28 28 40 33 -10 9 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 493 37.5 Sterling Marlin 40 36 29 29 39 33 8 14 6 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 491 41.7 Hermie Sadler 38 35 30 29 43 35 -2 11 13 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 491 31.8 Dale Jarrett 30 26 31 2 34 28 -2 16 18 1 6.3 2 44 8.8 0 0.0 478 44.5 Carl Long 43 37 32 32 43 36 6 11 5 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 472 31.0 Kyle Busch 11 39 33 8 39 28 0 10 10 4 40.0 12 69 13.8 0 0.0 448 70.9 Casey Mears 14 40 34 11 43 36 0 7 7 0 0.0 0 12 2.4 0 0.0 427 47.9 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 8 41 35 7 41 34 -11 11 22 3 27.3 3 48 9.6 0 0.0 411 50.9 Jimmie Johnson 29 9 36 8 36 20 -23 28 51 5 17.9 9 173 34.6 0 0.0 410 59.8 Kevin Harvick 19 17 37 1 39 23 3 16 13 5 31.3 7 156 31.2 3 0.6 352 67.1 Robby Gordon 33 38 38 31 43 38 -6 9 15 0 0.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 41.9 Ryan Newman 6 5 39 3 39 18 -2 8 10 8 100.0 4 316 63.2 0 0.0 317 88.9 Scott Riggs 12 24 40 2 40 25 -47 8 55 2 25.0 0 80 16.0 0 0.0 309 55.0 Stanton Barrett 36 33 41 30 43 38 -6 7 13 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 251 30.2 Kasey Kahne 10 42 42 9 42 36 -5 3 8 3 100.0 0 90 18.0 0 0.0 212 61.4 Johnny Benson, Jr. 21 43 43 21 43 42 -20 4 24 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 78 32.4 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.