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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 30 of 36
Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:10:23 Average speed: 157.602 mph Pole speed: 191.712 mph	Cautions: 6 for 22 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 63
Green flag passes: 15,942 (96.0 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2006 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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

Loop data for this race:
Brian Vickers	9	5	1	1	36	11	-2	359	361	279	77.7	2	142	75.5	17	9.0	188	106.9
Kasey Kahne	25	7	2	1	30	13	27	574	547	327	57.0	2	122	64.9	7	3.7	188	98.7
Kurt Busch	29	10	3	1	36	9	26	477	451	403	84.5	2	168	89.4	3	1.6	188	105.6
Matt Kenseth	19	18	4	1	23	6	17	396	379	344	86.9	0	173	92.0	21	11.2	188	114.2
Martin Truex Jr	16	24	5	1	32	15	-7	557	564	281	50.4	3	100	53.2	2	1.1	188	91.9
Kevin Harvick	14	12	6	2	37	15	6	530	524	314	59.2	3	106	56.4	0	0.0	188	96.8
Jeff Green	37	22	7	4	38	20	26	594	568	139	23.4	3	46	24.5	0	0.0	188	85.6
Mark Martin	30	14	8	1	42	18	5	393	388	181	46.1	3	96	51.1	2	1.1	188	85.5
Carl Edwards	17	11	9	1	29	12	-2	584	586	384	65.8	3	130	69.1	0	0.0	188	99.0
Bobby Labonte	39	36	10	6	41	32	17	127	110	19	15.0	4	12	6.4	0	0.0	188	49.7
Kyle Busch	6	2	11	1	40	14	-7	479	486	317	66.2	7	115	61.2	10	5.3	188	87.3
Dale Jarrett	2	34	12	1	38	26	-17	211	228	99	46.9	3	51	27.1	1	0.5	188	57.1
Ryan Newman	11	13	13	2	33	16	-4	574	578	298	51.9	3	82	43.6	0	0.0	188	86.4
Michael Waltrip	21	19	14	1	42	28	-16	234	250	29	12.4	7	13	6.9	1	0.5	188	55.8
David Gilliland	1	27	15	1	36	22	-14	499	513	117	23.4	3	39	20.7	0	0.0	188	71.5
Robby Gordon	36	33	16	2	40	21	53	469	416	229	48.8	9	75	39.9	0	0.0	188	76.7
Mike Wallace	28	3	17	2	30	17	-1	626	627	264	42.2	4	71	37.8	0	0.0	188	76.7
Joe Nemechek	15	21	18	1	33	16	10	549	539	292	53.2	2	102	54.3	1	0.5	188	85.2
Scott Riggs	41	37	19	7	41	30	3	282	279	102	36.2	3	21	11.2	0	0.0	188	62.4
Tony Raines	40	31	20	11	43	28	-9	219	228	22	10.0	4	6	3.2	0	0.0	188	51.9
Denny Hamlin	12	20	21	1	36	21	10	447	437	155	34.7	1	47	25.0	1	0.5	188	67.3
Tony Stewart	13	25	22	1	32	18	12	552	540	217	39.3	7	72	38.3	1	0.5	188	69.1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	33	6	23	1	38	14	-1	342	343	269	78.7	8	119	63.3	37	19.7	188	86.0
Jimmie Johnson	3	8	24	1	37	14	-39	346	385	269	77.7	3	117	62.2	6	3.2	187	81.3
Ken Schrader	23	30	25	9	41	31	-6	221	227	20	9.0	7	4	2.1	0	0.0	187	38.1
Mike Bliss	20	38	26	11	40	31	-15	222	237	5	2.3	4	1	0.5	0	0.0	187	52.2
Jeff Burton	34	16	27	1	37	12	7	560	553	395	70.5	1	126	67.0	5	2.7	187	80.3
Dave Blaney	35	41	28	15	41	33	3	205	202	4	2.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	186	41.9
Elliott Sadler	22	39	29	1	41	27	-4	329	333	209	63.5	2	50	26.6	1	0.5	186	61.8
Casey Mears	31	26	30	1	37	23	29	454	425	130	28.6	2	48	25.5	1	0.5	185	53.6
Eric McClure	27	40	31	27	43	39	-14	18	32	0	0.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	182	30.1
J.J. Yeley	10	29	32	4	40	27	-11	370	381	77	20.8	4	22	11.7	0	0.0	177	46.5
David Stremme	38	15	33	2	43	23	29	459	430	161	35.1	5	62	33.0	0	0.0	175	69.7
Paul Menard	24	28	34	1	37	22	-15	499	514	107	21.4	7	41	21.8	1	0.5	173	71.3
Clint Bowyer	32	23	35	1	40	22	16	488	472	183	37.5	5	56	29.8	5	2.7	171	56.7
Jeff Gordon	4	4	36	1	40	17	-11	325	336	219	67.4	1	99	52.7	27	14.4	167	79.4
Jamie McMurray	8	1	37	1	40	16	-7	293	300	236	80.5	5	110	58.5	22	11.7	160	83.8
Kyle Petty	18	35	38	5	41	34	-22	75	97	9	12.0	5	4	2.1	0	0.0	149	30.3
Reed Sorenson	42	32	39	1	43	31	-6	123	129	1	0.8	9	7	3.7	1	0.5	147	41.0
Sterling Marlin	7	17	40	3	41	24	-40	382	422	211	55.2	2	58	30.9	0	0.0	145	55.4
Greg Biffle	5	9	41	1	41	18	-10	369	379	276	74.8	2	105	55.9	15	8.0	137	89.7
Kenny Wallace	26	42	42	12	42	40	-16	108	124	7	6.5	0	2	1.1	0	0.0	24	40.4
Derrike Cope	43	43	43	25	43	43	0	22	22	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	27.0

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.