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2005 UAW-GM Quality 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 31 of 36 Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps* on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 4:11:18 Average speed: 120.334 mph Pole speed: 193.216 mph Cautions: 15 for 84 laps Margin of victory: .309 sec Attendance: 165000 Lead changes: 35 Green flag passes: 1,905 (7.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2005 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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 Jimmie Johnson 3 13 1 1 41 14 52 79 27 42 53.2 9 243 72.3 13 3.9 336 101.7 Kurt Busch 7 5 2 1 22 6 20 43 23 43 100.0 16 328 97.6 2 0.6 336 123.4 Greg Biffle 21 3 3 1 24 8 22 53 31 49 92.5 26 320 95.2 4 1.2 336 116.5 Joe Nemechek 12 9 4 1 33 13 -15 40 55 30 75.0 5 245 72.9 11 3.3 336 99.9 Mark Martin 6 8 5 2 25 7 11 38 27 38 100.0 8 329 97.9 0 0.0 336 114.0 Casey Mears 9 4 6 1 17 8 -8 28 36 27 96.4 5 327 97.3 9 2.7 336 107.4 Ryan Newman 2 10 7 1 43 14 -22 58 80 24 41.4 5 220 65.5 42 12.5 336 94.0 Denny Hamlin 39 18 8 1 43 21 26 66 40 5 7.6 1 82 24.4 1 0.3 336 71.1 Ricky Rudd 31 19 9 1 36 18 17 68 51 11 16.2 5 126 37.5 4 1.2 336 81.6 Carl Edwards 8 25 10 4 36 18 -11 46 57 16 34.8 0 170 50.6 0 0.0 336 73.8 Jeremy Mayfield 37 27 11 1 43 26 -22 37 59 1 2.7 1 32 9.5 1 0.3 336 55.1 Brian Vickers 25 29 12 11 35 18 13 67 54 18 26.9 2 113 33.6 0 0.0 336 75.0 Dave Blaney 22 14 13 4 27 14 4 57 53 30 52.6 0 225 67.0 0 0.0 336 84.1 Jeff Burton 19 16 14 4 27 17 -10 57 67 14 24.6 0 75 22.3 0 0.0 336 74.4 Kyle Petty 16 22 15 13 35 23 -10 46 56 5 10.9 2 50 14.9 0 0.0 336 63.6 Johnny Sauter 43 28 16 9 43 26 17 68 51 10 14.7 1 68 20.2 0 0.0 336 54.5 Travis Kvapil 42 33 17 1 43 30 -39 35 74 4 11.4 0 15 4.5 1 0.3 336 41.0 Bobby Labonte 5 21 18 3 33 18 -2 56 58 9 16.1 2 76 22.6 0 0.0 336 70.8 Jeff Green 41 34 19 1 42 29 -13 42 55 0 0.0 0 2 0.6 1 0.3 336 41.9 Scott Wimmer 14 31 20 1 34 25 -26 43 69 7 16.3 1 22 6.5 1 0.3 336 52.4 Kevin Lepage 17 36 21 11 43 31 -17 29 46 5 17.2 0 19 5.7 0 0.0 336 56.1 David Reutimann 26 35 22 4 35 26 -52 36 88 1 2.8 0 14 4.2 0 0.0 336 43.7 Kasey Kahne 33 11 23 1 34 14 -7 45 52 21 46.7 5 221 65.8 35 10.4 336 79.1 Rusty Wallace 27 15 24 8 33 22 -14 51 65 10 19.6 8 68 20.2 0 0.0 336 68.1 Tony Stewart 4 1 25 1 35 15 38 44 6 20 45.5 31 180 53.6 61 18.2 328 95.5 Matt Kenseth 18 37 26 4 40 30 21 32 11 14 43.8 15 50 14.9 0 0.0 326 77.4 Elliott Sadler 1 6 27 1 31 8 -3 16 19 11 68.8 21 253 75.3 112 33.3 326 110.2 Kevin Harvick 35 30 28 16 37 29 -3 46 49 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 291 45.6 Michael Waltrip 32 7 29 1 32 12 37 58 21 32 55.2 37 234 69.6 31 9.2 278 97.5 Dale Jarrett 20 12 30 5 30 16 -8 33 41 19 57.6 0 208 61.9 0 0.0 278 69.3 Jamie McMurray 29 2 31 2 33 13 24 53 29 36 67.9 8 235 69.9 0 0.0 278 86.0 Robby Gordon 23 26 32 7 43 25 -5 65 70 7 10.8 3 52 15.5 0 0.0 278 48.4 Scott Riggs 15 20 33 10 36 25 -38 38 76 5 13.2 2 32 9.5 0 0.0 267 46.6 Ken Schrader 40 17 34 17 39 31 -6 32 38 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 255 38.6 Mike Bliss 11 24 35 9 37 27 2 73 71 8 11.0 3 26 7.7 0 0.0 252 45.0 David Stremme 34 23 36 4 40 25 38 73 35 11 15.1 5 59 17.6 0 0.0 243 56.7 Stuart Kirby 38 32 37 13 39 35 -3 33 36 0 0.0 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 213 32.0 Jeff Gordon 10 41 38 5 42 36 -28 18 46 14 77.8 4 45 13.4 0 0.0 151 63.1 Kyle Busch 13 38 39 1 39 25 3 24 21 24 100.0 8 146 43.5 7 2.1 150 82.6 Sterling Marlin 30 39 40 5 40 30 14 29 15 13 44.8 1 83 24.7 0 0.0 124 63.1 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 24 40 41 18 41 39 -18 11 29 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 94 25.3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 28 42 42 6 42 36 21 29 8 16 55.2 0 45 13.4 0 0.0 61 54.6 Mike Wallace 36 43 43 37 43 43 0 10 10 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 40 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.