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2006 Sony HD 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 25 of 36 Sunday, September 3, 2006 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:27:40 Average speed: 144.462 mph Pole speed: 184.54 mph Cautions: 7 for 29 laps Margin of victory: 3.427 sec Attendance: 102000 Lead changes: 26 Green flag passes: 3,292 (14.9 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 Kasey Kahne 9 1 1 1 24 3 20 75 55 61 81.3 38 240 96.0 130 52.0 250 144.1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 6 5 2 1 17 6 11 97 86 94 96.9 56 246 98.4 6 2.4 250 119.1 Clint Bowyer 3 11 3 2 25 10 7 80 73 56 70.0 1 206 82.4 0 0.0 250 100.7 Carl Edwards 24 15 4 1 25 12 19 102 83 64 62.7 1 199 79.6 2 0.8 250 96.5 Jeff Gordon 14 2 5 1 25 6 20 94 74 78 83.0 44 223 89.2 42 16.8 250 117.8 Denny Hamlin 8 4 6 1 14 4 10 50 40 50 100.0 13 250 100.0 29 11.6 250 117.9 Matt Kenseth 11 6 7 3 23 8 -10 67 77 60 89.6 3 245 98.0 0 0.0 250 104.4 Kyle Busch 10 3 8 1 18 5 21 63 42 61 96.8 13 249 99.6 11 4.4 250 113.3 Tony Stewart 22 7 9 3 22 9 15 62 47 46 74.2 2 217 86.8 0 0.0 250 101.9 Dale Jarrett 36 25 10 6 40 25 2 105 103 14 13.3 0 12 4.8 0 0.0 250 64.7 Jimmie Johnson 16 10 11 6 31 11 10 85 75 66 77.6 7 223 89.2 0 0.0 250 93.7 Mark Martin 38 22 12 1 36 16 9 106 97 40 37.7 2 106 42.4 3 1.2 250 85.0 Elliott Sadler 18 19 13 1 38 18 -17 91 108 12 13.2 3 67 26.8 8 3.2 250 80.1 Casey Mears 33 18 14 6 36 20 8 108 100 23 21.3 0 14 5.6 0 0.0 250 68.0 Kevin Harvick 15 8 15 5 23 11 -4 68 72 60 88.2 1 227 90.8 0 0.0 250 90.4 Jeff Burton 7 9 16 2 23 10 -1 71 72 58 81.7 5 204 81.6 0 0.0 250 90.3 Scott Riggs 4 27 17 3 34 17 -36 114 150 28 24.6 0 96 38.4 0 0.0 250 76.2 Martin Truex Jr 5 14 18 5 42 18 16 81 65 16 19.8 1 78 31.2 0 0.0 250 74.6 J.J. Yeley 19 12 19 2 33 17 -3 82 85 29 35.4 0 131 52.4 0 0.0 250 77.6 Jamie McMurray 31 21 20 4 29 20 -9 85 94 17 20.0 0 23 9.2 0 0.0 250 67.5 Reed Sorenson 34 13 21 1 32 15 26 101 75 38 37.6 0 150 60.0 8 3.2 249 80.9 Jeff Green 30 28 22 15 35 25 -7 66 73 1 1.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 60.4 Ken Schrader 29 26 23 13 43 27 2 97 95 3 3.1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 52.0 Greg Biffle 21 17 24 8 35 18 26 120 94 38 31.7 7 120 48.0 0 0.0 249 78.9 Joe Nemechek 13 20 25 4 29 20 -32 79 111 22 27.8 0 45 18.0 0 0.0 249 63.5 Bobby Labonte 28 31 26 11 39 29 -6 95 101 8 8.4 0 5 2.0 0 0.0 249 52.6 Kurt Busch 1 23 27 1 32 18 -21 94 115 37 39.4 11 95 38.0 11 4.4 249 73.1 Dave Blaney 41 33 28 11 38 30 12 84 72 5 6.0 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 249 53.0 Sterling Marlin 27 30 29 6 40 32 10 76 66 13 17.1 0 5 2.0 0 0.0 249 41.4 Scott Wimmer 17 24 30 2 43 28 2 90 88 14 15.6 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 248 50.6 Michael Waltrip 37 34 31 20 40 33 -23 62 85 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 40.6 David Gilliland 20 35 32 19 43 35 -13 64 77 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 36.3 Ryan Newman 12 29 33 9 38 27 -24 73 97 8 11.0 0 15 6.0 0 0.0 248 51.5 Travis Kvapil 43 37 34 15 42 38 7 62 55 0 0.0 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 248 32.4 Kyle Petty 35 39 35 7 42 37 11 58 47 0 0.0 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 247 36.2 David Stremme 32 32 36 28 43 35 7 59 52 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 40.7 Tony Raines 42 38 37 23 43 38 -15 32 47 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 29.9 Kevin Lepage 39 40 38 5 41 37 -9 76 85 11 14.5 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 247 32.6 Kenny Wallace 40 41 39 37 43 41 -18 10 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 246 25.3 Terry Labonte 26 36 40 25 41 33 -18 37 55 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 246 43.3 Brian Vickers 2 43 41 2 43 31 -20 53 73 8 15.1 1 43 17.2 0 0.0 237 57.2 Bill Elliott 23 42 42 20 43 41 -7 15 22 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 224 28.9 Robby Gordon 25 16 43 14 43 29 22 103 81 4 3.9 3 8 3.2 0 0.0 193 53.0 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.