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2006 Daytona 500 loop data Gatorade Duel 150 #1 Gatorade Duel 150 #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 1 of 36 Sunday, February 19, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:33:26 Average speed: 142.667 mph Pole speed: 189.151 mph Cautions: 11 for 39 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 200000 Lead changes: 32 Green flag passes: 8,715 (53.1 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2006 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 Jimmie Johnson 9 5 1 1 11 4 8 224 216 224 100.0 0 203 100.0 24 11.8 203 118.4 Casey Mears 14 23 2 2 34 16 22 282 260 182 64.5 5 109 53.7 0 0.0 203 90.4 Ryan Newman 18 13 3 1 28 9 3 195 192 135 69.2 4 159 78.3 23 11.3 203 114.2 Elliott Sadler 3 14 4 1 33 13 -32 233 265 129 55.4 1 126 62.1 5 2.5 203 91.8 Tony Stewart 15 6 5 1 40 16 77 283 206 136 48.1 9 106 52.2 20 9.9 203 103.1 Clint Bowyer 37 20 6 5 38 20 29 304 275 68 22.4 3 38 18.7 0 0.0 203 87.2 Brian Vickers 35 22 7 1 40 13 43 293 250 196 66.9 5 128 63.1 21 10.3 203 99.6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 7 1 8 1 22 5 -26 223 249 216 96.9 4 201 99.0 32 15.8 203 103.5 Ken Schrader 23 7 9 3 37 23 -25 237 262 104 43.9 2 52 25.6 0 0.0 203 67.3 Dale Jarrett 25 19 10 8 41 26 -2 203 205 12 5.9 6 17 8.4 0 0.0 203 69.6 Kasey Kahne 27 10 11 4 38 16 -1 268 269 194 72.4 4 124 61.1 0 0.0 203 82.3 Mark Martin 10 4 12 1 35 11 2 286 284 217 75.9 2 158 77.8 19 9.4 203 91.7 Robby Gordon 20 17 13 7 39 25 0 213 213 72 33.8 3 41 20.2 0 0.0 203 60.3 Kevin Harvick 28 11 14 1 37 16 8 294 286 141 48.0 2 114 56.2 1 0.5 203 84.6 Matt Kenseth 11 2 15 1 37 18 0 128 128 105 82.0 5 103 50.7 28 13.8 203 87.9 Martin Truex Jr 19 15 16 4 43 26 2 258 256 53 20.5 6 29 14.3 0 0.0 203 63.8 Terry Labonte 43 30 17 14 41 28 -11 170 181 2 1.2 1 3 1.5 0 0.0 203 57.9 Michael Waltrip 30 18 18 5 39 24 2 247 245 129 52.2 4 58 28.6 0 0.0 203 71.5 Bill Elliott 33 26 19 1 39 31 -36 48 84 0 0.0 2 4 2.0 1 0.5 203 58.1 Kirk Shelmerdine 42 36 20 20 43 35 -39 23 62 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 203 40.7 Brent Sherman 29 33 21 17 41 33 -58 24 82 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 203 41.5 Dave Blaney 34 27 22 5 33 17 27 289 262 147 50.9 4 82 40.4 0 0.0 203 84.8 Kyle Busch 4 16 23 1 33 10 7 295 288 271 91.9 4 171 84.2 5 2.5 203 89.3 Mike Wallace 24 28 24 3 38 22 0 298 298 52 17.4 4 37 18.2 0 0.0 203 71.2 Kevin Lepage 31 34 25 1 39 31 -19 46 65 0 0.0 6 8 3.9 1 0.5 203 47.3 Jeff Gordon 2 31 26 1 41 19 47 240 193 133 55.4 8 90 44.3 1 0.5 203 82.1 Travis Kvapil 40 24 27 1 37 27 21 246 225 6 2.4 7 7 3.4 1 0.5 203 51.1 David Stremme 32 35 28 12 37 25 -9 217 226 21 9.7 3 13 6.4 0 0.0 203 51.7 Reed Sorenson 22 25 29 5 33 17 -13 284 297 160 56.3 3 86 42.4 0 0.0 203 71.8 Denny Hamlin 17 32 30 7 36 21 -12 275 287 102 37.1 5 53 26.1 0 0.0 203 68.7 Greg Biffle 16 29 31 1 42 20 6 304 298 103 33.9 4 68 33.5 1 0.5 203 69.1 Jeff Burton 1 21 32 1 32 14 -13 277 290 165 59.6 1 129 63.5 18 8.9 202 75.0 Joe Nemechek 38 38 33 22 43 37 9 56 47 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 200 29.2 Sterling Marlin 39 12 34 2 43 20 33 264 231 145 54.9 7 90 44.3 0 0.0 200 61.3 Bobby Labonte 8 8 35 4 42 22 12 256 244 49 19.1 6 42 20.7 0 0.0 197 61.1 Jeremy Mayfield 26 39 36 13 43 37 -16 65 81 13 20.0 0 4 2.0 0 0.0 197 48.9 Jamie McMurray 6 9 37 1 39 10 35 282 247 252 89.4 6 173 85.2 1 0.5 196 91.3 Kurt Busch 13 3 38 1 38 9 29 226 197 224 99.1 7 181 89.2 1 0.5 187 91.5 Kyle Petty 12 41 39 10 41 34 -27 70 97 7 10.0 2 5 2.5 0 0.0 173 36.9 Hermie Sadler 41 37 40 2 42 37 -29 26 55 0 0.0 0 4 2.0 0 0.0 169 28.0 J.J. Yeley 36 42 41 10 42 36 -20 81 101 1 1.2 1 5 2.5 0 0.0 157 36.3 Jeff Green 21 40 42 15 43 38 -16 85 101 0 0.0 3 1 0.5 0 0.0 156 31.9 Carl Edwards 5 43 43 3 43 36 -18 97 115 67 69.1 0 23 11.3 0 0.0 78 41.5 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.