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2006 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 Monday, May 1, 2006 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:29:59 Average speed: 142.891 mph Pole speed: 188.511 mph Cautions: 8 for 34 laps Margin of victory: .120 sec Attendance: 155000 Lead changes: 56 Green flag passes: 9,131 (59.3 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 16 11 1 1 18 6 29 376 347 374 99.5 1 183 97.3 3 1.6 188 114.9 Tony Stewart 2 22 2 1 27 15 -9 326 335 182 55.8 4 82 43.6 11 5.9 188 98.0 Brian Vickers 33 9 3 1 34 7 40 359 319 314 87.5 3 175 93.1 7 3.7 188 105.0 Jeff Burton 40 7 4 1 39 11 42 485 443 422 87.0 4 156 83.0 0 0.0 188 101.0 Jamie McMurray 8 4 5 1 27 7 8 382 374 355 92.9 2 177 94.1 18 9.6 188 106.6 Matt Kenseth 12 12 6 1 42 8 56 409 353 354 86.6 4 164 87.2 23 12.2 188 102.4 Kurt Busch 5 8 7 1 27 8 -3 403 406 388 96.3 0 170 90.4 9 4.8 188 95.3 Carl Edwards 3 25 8 1 29 11 2 398 396 371 93.2 2 154 81.9 7 3.7 188 93.0 Scott Riggs 32 3 9 2 32 10 -1 389 390 340 87.4 1 159 84.6 0 0.0 188 90.6 Robby Gordon 19 24 10 1 27 15 55 494 439 376 76.1 5 119 63.3 1 0.5 188 98.4 J.J. Yeley 11 5 11 1 29 17 -18 306 324 137 44.8 5 69 36.7 1 0.5 188 84.0 Dale Jarrett 4 21 12 1 35 21 -43 94 137 49 52.1 1 35 18.6 1 0.5 188 74.5 Jeremy Mayfield 36 28 13 1 39 23 15 161 146 20 12.4 3 11 5.9 1 0.5 188 72.9 Jeff Green 39 18 14 1 40 17 33 419 386 196 46.8 3 70 37.2 1 0.5 188 86.1 Jeff Gordon 14 1 15 1 19 4 7 242 235 239 98.8 1 186 98.9 62 33.0 188 109.3 Elliott Sadler 1 2 16 1 24 5 -29 307 336 291 94.8 5 181 96.3 23 12.2 188 102.2 Tony Raines 29 17 17 2 38 22 -16 136 152 26 19.1 6 23 12.2 0 0.0 188 72.7 Kyle Petty 28 29 18 6 43 27 -35 37 72 0 0.0 4 1 0.5 0 0.0 188 55.9 Travis Kvapil 26 19 19 5 39 23 -19 117 136 1 0.9 13 1 0.5 0 0.0 188 67.8 Casey Mears 25 10 20 1 29 17 -24 299 323 226 75.6 2 89 47.3 2 1.1 188 73.2 Scott Wimmer 43 14 21 1 43 21 -5 226 231 54 23.9 6 25 13.3 1 0.5 188 65.4 Denny Hamlin 30 26 22 1 30 18 28 322 294 162 50.3 13 59 31.4 1 0.5 187 81.0 Kevin Harvick 42 30 23 22 41 30 -2 24 26 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 187 44.2 Dave Blaney 38 6 24 1 38 18 7 348 341 161 46.3 5 68 36.2 1 0.5 183 65.3 Michael Waltrip 21 16 25 1 43 19 -30 287 317 130 45.3 10 49 26.1 1 0.5 179 75.2 Reed Sorenson 41 13 26 3 42 16 43 376 333 278 73.9 8 125 66.5 0 0.0 177 85.8 Joe Nemechek 6 20 27 1 28 15 -13 385 398 259 67.3 5 103 54.8 5 2.7 173 83.4 Kevin Lepage 23 15 28 1 34 22 -5 172 177 28 16.3 7 21 11.2 1 0.5 173 60.9 Bobby Labonte 31 27 29 3 40 27 -1 75 76 5 6.7 9 5 2.7 0 0.0 163 53.7 Chad Chaffin 34 31 30 26 41 32 4 27 23 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 152 37.2 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 27 23 31 1 31 14 8 331 323 274 82.8 2 117 62.2 8 4.3 151 87.4 Kyle Busch 13 32 32 9 33 32 -6 40 46 23 57.5 1 5 2.7 0 0.0 150 43.6 Ryan Newman 18 38 33 3 39 33 -5 32 37 25 78.1 1 8 4.3 0 0.0 106 46.0 David Stremme 17 36 34 16 42 36 -8 34 42 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 106 36.1 Mark Martin 10 37 35 9 39 36 -15 44 59 2 4.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 101 35.1 Martin Truex Jr 20 35 36 13 43 36 -3 50 53 7 14.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 97 37.2 Sterling Marlin 9 40 37 8 41 36 -13 26 39 8 30.8 3 5 2.7 0 0.0 91 38.9 Greg Biffle 7 33 38 2 38 30 -24 90 114 57 63.3 0 24 12.8 0 0.0 45 59.1 Kasey Kahne 37 39 39 22 41 39 10 37 27 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 33.8 Clint Bowyer 15 34 40 14 41 39 -17 36 53 4 11.1 0 1 0.5 0 0.0 16 33.9 Kirk Shelmerdine 22 41 41 20 41 38 -22 8 30 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 31.3 Ken Schrader 35 42 42 28 42 42 -1 16 17 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 31.3 Hermie Sadler 24 43 43 22 43 43 -20 6 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 29.0 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.