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2005 Dollar General 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Series race number 31 of 35 Friday, October 14, 2005 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 2:55:36 Average speed: 102.506 mph Pole speed: 187.735 mph Cautions: 14 for 67 laps Margin of victory: .313 sec Attendance: 55000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    2005 NASCAR Busch Series results   /   2005 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 39   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Dodge 200 59490 running 133 190 2 24 90   Elliott Sadler CitiFinancial   (Yates Racing) Ford 200 56351 running 0 170 3 12 11   Paul Menard Menards / Quaker State   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 200 51523 running 2 170 4 18 60   Carl Edwards Charter Communications   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 33975 running 1 165 5 31 40   Sterling Marlin Family Dollar   (Armando Fitz) Dodge 200 26500 running 0 155 6 33 32   Jason Leffler KB Home   (Todd Braun) Chevrolet 200 23850 running 0 150 7 19 47   Jon Wood Clorox / Wisk   (Tad Geschickter) Ford 200 27560 running 0 146 8 42 25   Ashton Lewis U.S. Marines   (Ed Rensi) Ford 200 34470 running 0 142 9 28 72   Kevin Lepage Vector Security   (Pat MacDonald) Chevrolet 200 19075 running 0 138 10 30 44   Justin Labonte U.S. Coast Guard   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 200 31035 running 0 134 11 14 8   Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops / Tracker   (Chance2 Motorsports) Chevrolet 200 29070 running 5 135 12 36 38   Kasey Kahne Great Clips / Spy vs. Spy Jr.   (Brad Akins) Dodge 200 17200 running 0 127 13 17 10   Brent Sherman Serta "Counting Sheep for the Cure"   (Greg Pollex) Ford 200 27248 running 0 124 14 23 43   Aaron Fike Channellock Code Blue   (Mike Curb) Ford 200 19050 running 0 121 15 35 4   Kevin Hamlin GEICO   (Fred Biagi) Dodge 200 18140 running 0 118 16 15 64   Jamie McMurray Top-Flite Golf   (Rusty Wallace) Dodge 200 15390 running 0 115 17 26 6   Bill Elliott Country Crock Spread   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 200 17190 running 0 112 18 34 35   Jason Keller McDonald's Big Mac   (Sam Rensi) Ford 200 20195 running 0 109 19 37 12   Steadman Marlin Hot Tamales   (Armando Fitz) Dodge 200 16820 running 0 106 20 29 59   Stacy Compton Kingsford / Bush's Beans   (Tad Geschickter) Ford 194 20720 running 0 103 21 25 19   Tony Stewart Texas Instruments / DLP HDTV   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 191 14535 crash 0 100 22 10 18   J.J. Yeley Vigoro / The Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 191 19655 crash 0 97 23 38 14   David Stremme Navy "Accelerate Your Life"   (Terry Bradshaw) Dodge 191 20778 crash 22 99 24 13 21   Kevin Harvick Reese's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 186 14230 crash 23 96 25 16 9   Matt Kenseth Pennzoil Platinum   (Jack Roush) Ford 183 14235 suspension 0 88 26 6 22   Kenny Wallace AutoZone   (Greg Pollex) Ford 182 18105 running 0 85 27 32 7   Jeff Fuller Big Boar Customs   (Gregg Mixon) Chevrolet 175 13920 engine 0 82 28 5 58   Regan Smith Samson Stone   (Scott Glynn) Dodge 173 17935 running 0 79 29 8 79   Jeremy Mayfield Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 170 13810 crash 0 76 30 7 20   Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 169 23710 running 0 73 31 20 55   Robby Gordon Jim Beam   (Robby Gordon) Chevrolet 168 13640 crash 0 70 32 39 34   Todd Bodine Dollar General   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 155 15610 crash 0 67 33 9 2   Clint Bowyer AC Delco   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 137 23125 running 0 64 34 40 36   T.J. Bell Tucson   (John McGill) Chevrolet 136 15550 crash 0 61 35 4 41   Reed Sorenson Discount Tire   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 123 23140 crash 5 63 36 11 66   Greg Biffle Duraflame   (Clarence Brewer) Ford 108 13465 crash 0 55 37 22 33   Tony Raines Outdoor Channel   (Kevin Harvick) Chevrolet 101 17465 crash 0 52 38 27 27   David Green Kleenex / Bi-Lo   (Clarence Brewer) Ford 101 22920 crash 0 49 39 43 81   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Menards   (Chance2 Motorsports) Chevrolet 101 13365 crash 0 46 40 41 5   Adrian Fernandez Lowe's / Hitachi Power Tools   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 90 15345 crash 0 43 41 3 57   Kyle Busch Lowe's / Spectrum Spectracide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 73 13475 transmission 9 45 42 21 1   Johnny Sauter Yellow Transportation   (James Finch) Dodge 69 22820 crash 0 37 43 1 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's / Kobalt Tools   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 29 20677 crash 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Adrian Fernandez 5 backup car Jeff Fuller 7 unapproved impound adjustment Ashton Lewis 25 backup car Todd Bodine 34 unapproved impound adjustment Aaron Fike 43 engine change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Kertus Davis 0 RaceGirl Johnny Davis Chevrolet 45 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 15 Centrix Financial Keith Barnwell Ford 46 Michael Waltrip 99 Aaron's Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 47 Steve Grissom 49 Advil Liqui-Gels Jay Robinson Ford 48 Mark Green 23 BMAR Keith Coleman Chevrolet 49 Johnny Benson, Jr. 67 Panasonic Plasma TV Mike Smith Dodge 50 Kim Crosby 26 Vassarette Keith Coleman Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 29 29     30 34 5   #48 accident turn 2   35 43 9     44 48 5   #58 spun turn 2   49 50 2     51 55 5   #2 accident tri-oval   56 71 16     72 75 4   #1,60 accident turn 3   76 80 5     81 84 4   #20,58 accident turn 4   85 91 7     92 97 6   #5 accident backstretch   98 102 5     103 106 4   #22,27,32,33,47,81 accident tri-oval   107 108 2     109 111 3   #66 accident turn 3   112 124 13     125 133 9   #41 accident turn 1   134 136 3     137 139 3   #36 accident turn 2   140 162 23     163 167 5   #55 accident turn 1   168 171 4     172 175 4   #79 accident turn 4   176 186 11     187 191 5   #21 accident turn 1   192 192 1     193 197 5   #18,19,14 accident turn 4   198 200 3       Percent of race run under caution: 33.5%             Average green flag run: 8.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ryan Newman 1 30 30   Reed Sorenson 31 35 5   Paul Menard 36 37 2   Kyle Busch 38 39 2   Ryan Newman 40 48 9   Kyle Busch 49 55 7   Ryan Newman 56 71 16   Carl Edwards 72 72 1   Martin Truex, Jr. 73 77 5   Ryan Newman 78 124 47   David Stremme 125 146 22   Kevin Harvick 147 169 23   Ryan Newman 170 200 31 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Martin Truex Jr 4341     2   Clint Bowyer 4221   -120   3   Reed Sorenson 4018   -323   4   Carl Edwards 3985   -356   5   Denny Hamlin 3696   -645   6   Kenny Wallace 3659   -682   7   Paul Menard 3555   -786   8   Jason Keller 3365   -976   9   David Green 3360   -981   10   Greg Biffle 3355   -986   11   David Stremme 3327   -1014   12   Ashton Lewis 3283   -1058   13   J.J. Yeley 3240   -1101   14   Johnny Sauter 3158   -1183   15   Jon Wood 3004   -1337   16   Stacy Compton 2972   -1369   17   Justin Labonte 2870   -1471   18   Kevin Harvick 2749   -1592   19   Randy LaJoie 2704   -1637   20   Kasey Kahne 2406   -1935   21   Tony Raines 2367   -1974