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| Driver | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 |  Kyle Petty | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10320 | 14 | 3,465,687 | 32.9 | 24.5 | 33 | 13,603.71 | 15 | 3288 | 3,288 |
| 19 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 36 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 9608 | 169 | 6,284,577 | 24.9 | 20.5 | 30 | 12,594.58 | 19 | 3780 | 3,780 |
| 20 | Kyle Busch | 36 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 9705 | 362 | 4,730,471 | 18.6 | 21.0 | 28 | 12,979.52 | 19 | 3753 | 3,753 |
| 21 | Ricky Rudd | 36 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9841 | 30 | 4,575,541 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 31 | 13,272.44 | 19 | 3667 | 3,667 |
| 22 | Casey Mears | 36 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9692 | 145 | 4,481,787 | 24.0 | 21.4 | 33 | 13,268.85 | 15 | 3637 | 3,637 |
| 23 | Kasey Kahne | 36 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 9522 | 430 | 5,183,697 | 14.8 | 21.9 | 27 | 13,023.70 | 18 | 3611 | 3,611 |
| 24 | Bobby Labonte | 36 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9523 | 64 | 4,847,507 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 26 | 12,687.29 | 17 | 3488 | 3,488 |
| 25 | Michael Waltrip | 36 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9942 | 175 | 4,581,435 | 26.6 | 23.4 | 26 | 13,017.23 | 15 | 3452 | 3,452 |
| 26 | Dave Blaney | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10212 | 24 | 3,342,288 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 34 | 13,954.96 | 14 | 3289 | 3,289 |
| 2 | Greg Biffle | 36 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 10521 | 1322 | 8,354,052 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 35 | 14,222.14 | 28 | 6498 | 6,498 |
| 28 | Mike Bliss | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9799 | 5 | 3,091,108 | 22.8 | 24.3 | 28 | 13,613.25 | 16 | 3262 | 3,262 |
| 29 | Jeff Green | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10174 | 8 | 4,040,428 | 26.8 | 24.7 | 34 | 13,799.80 | 15 | 3241 | 3,241 |
| 31 | Ken Schrader | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9910 | 34 | 3,057,533 | 30.1 | 25.3 | 29 | 13,475.64 | 14 | 3159 | 3,159 |
| 32 | Scott Wimmer | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10074 | 45 | 3,682,979 | 27.5 | 25.8 | 29 | 13,563.51 | 13 | 3122 | 3,122 |
| 33 | Travis Kvapil | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9668 | 36 | 3,293,454 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 29 | 12,979.60 | 13 | 3077 | 3,077 |
| 34 | Scott Riggs | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9862 | 18 | 4,030,685 | 18.9 | 27.3 | 29 | 13,139.02 | 10 | 2965 | 2,965 |
| 1 | Tony Stewart | 36 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 10670 | 1845 | 13,578,168 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 35 | 14,436.78 | 28 | 6533 | |
| 17 | Brian Vickers | 36 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 9920 | 315 | 4,559,903 | 16.5 | 19.7 | 32 | 13,396.61 | 22 | 3847 | -2,686 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | 36 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 10358 | 434 | 6,893,157 | 18.9 | 14.0 | 35 | 14,140.30 | 26 | 6498 | -35 |
| 4 | Mark Martin | 36 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 10306 | 324 | 7,731,468 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 34 | 13,700.19 | 29 | 6428 | -105 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 10126 | 547 | 8,336,712 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 31 | 13,875.85 | 28 | 6406 | -127 |
| 6 | Ryan Newman | 36 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 10397 | 391 | 7,259,518 | 6.3 | 15.3 | 33 | 14,196.20 | 29 | 6359 | -174 |
| 7 | Matt Kenseth | 36 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 10183 | 1001 | 7,034,134 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 32 | 13,611.20 | 24 | 6352 | -181 |
| 8 | Rusty Wallace | 36 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 10603 | 259 | 6,070,826 | 19.3 | 13.8 | 36 | 14,325.30 | 28 | 6140 | -393 |
| 9 | Jeremy Mayfield | 36 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 10584 | 151 | 5,741,090 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 35 | 14,305.70 | 25 | 6073 | -460 |
| 11 | Jeff Gordon | 36 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 9648 | 581 | 7,930,830 | 11.5 | 17.8 | 27 | 13,091.90 | 23 | 4174 | -2,359 |
| 12 | Jamie McMurray | 36 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10405 | 39 | 4,639,303 | 21.4 | 16.8 | 32 | 14,160.85 | 24 | 4130 | -2,403 |
| 13 | Elliott Sadler | 36 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10495 | 383 | 5,811,941 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 34 | 14,112.09 | 24 | 4084 | -2,449 |
| 14 | Kevin Harvick | 36 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10463 | 326 | 5,630,358 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 35 | 14,319.24 | 25 | 4072 | -2,461 |
| 15 | Dale Jarrett | 36 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10589 | 4 | 5,338,232 | 20.4 | 18.3 | 34 | 14,365.45 | 23 | 3960 | -2,573 |
| 16 | Joe Nemechek | 36 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10473 | 147 | 4,828,659 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 34 | 14,175.01 | 23 | 3953 | -2,580 |
| 18 | Jeff Burton | 36 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10375 | 7 | 4,815,924 | 26.0 | 19.6 | 32 | 13,904.39 | 22 | 3803 | -2,730 |
| 30 | Sterling Marlin | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9553 | 20 | 4,080,118 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 28 | 12,913.25 | 15 | 3183 | -3,350 |
| 10 | Kurt Busch | 34 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 9361 | 958 | 7,667,861 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 31 | 12,723.04 | 23 | 5974 | -559 |
| 36 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8195 | 1 | 2,898,094 | 25.6 | 32.3 | 24 | 11,195.08 | 6 | 2183 | -4,350 |
| 37 | Robby Gordon | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7048 | 20 | 2,271,313 | 27.0 | 30.1 | 16 | 9,604.40 | 6 | 2117 | -4,416 |
| 35 | Mike Wallace | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7958 | 9 | 2,325,742 | 33.1 | 27.9 | 23 | 9,870.86 | 7 | 2269 | -4,264 |
| 39 | Kevin Lepage | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5625 | 2 | 1,774,788 | 30.9 | 30.5 | 18 | 8,462.92 | 5 | 1460 | -5,073 |
| 38 | Jason Leffler | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4957 | 2 | 1,663,868 | 25.7 | 27.5 | 16 | 6,946.47 | 5 | 1538 | -4,995 |
| 40 | Terry Labonte | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3485 | 36 | 1,202,520 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 8 | 4,642.37 | 3 | 1071 | -5,462 |
| 44 | Hermie Sadler | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3311 | 0 | 943,248 | 37.3 | 34.4 | 5 | 3,373.89 | 0 | 717 | -5,816 |
| 46 | Jimmy Spencer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3169 | 2 | 808,985 | 31.3 | 34.3 | 7 | 3,217.28 | 0 | 667 | -5,866 |
| 49 | Mike Skinner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1320 | 0 | 969,109 | 27.6 | 38.1 | 2 | 2,493.86 | 1 | 487 | -6,046 |
| 43 | Johnny Sauter | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1902 | 0 | 749,453 | 31.1 | 28.8 | 5 | 2,604.40 | 3 | 722 | -5,811 |
| 53 | Carl Long | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1267 | 0 | 632,896 | 36.0 | 39.8 | 2 | 1,296.96 | 0 | 356 | -6,177 |
| 45 | Bill Elliott | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2102 | 13 | 809,013 | 21.4 | 28.8 | 6 | 3,625.46 | 3 | 695 | -5,838 |
| 48 | Mike Garvey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1576 | 1 | 595,642 | 36.6 | 36.3 | 6 | 2,517.74 | 0 | 491 | -6,042 |
| 42 | Boris Said | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1710 | 0 | 1,006,678 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 8 | 3,519.16 | 3 | 791 | -5,742 |
| 51 | Stanton Barrett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1527 | 0 | 561,242 | 37.6 | 38.1 | 3 | 1,452.47 | 0 | 389 | -6,144 |
| 41 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2334 | 25 | 610,030 | 19.0 | 17.1 | 7 | 2,870.96 | 4 | 806 | -5,727 |
| 54 | Stuart Kirby | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1286 | 0 | 498,851 | 35.1 | 37.6 | 3 | 1,932.26 | 0 | 352 | -6,181 |
| 47 | Martin Truex Jr | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1506 | 4 | 929,028 | 20.1 | 26.7 | 2 | 2,919.00 | 2 | 589 | -5,944 |
| 50 | Tony Raines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715 | 2 | 420,500 | 30.2 | 31.3 | 5 | 2,284.24 | 1 | 419 | -6,114 |
| 52 | Kenny Wallace | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365 | 0 | 632,084 | 29.8 | 27.6 | 4 | 1,690.82 | 1 | 376 | -6,157 |
| 55 | John Andretti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0 | 474,613 | 31.5 | 29.0 | 3 | 1,759.00 | 0 | 304 | -6,229 |
| 56 | J.J. Yeley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1026 | 1 | 290,115 | 23.3 | 31.8 | 4 | 1,523.46 | 0 | 276 | -6,257 |
| 57 | David Stremme | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 919 | 0 | 268,150 | 30.3 | 34.0 | 1 | 1,137.75 | 1 | 244 | -6,289 |
| 63 | Morgan Shepherd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 2 | 311,093 | 41.8 | 41.3 | 0 | 222.74 | 0 | 162 | -6,371 |
| 62 | P.J. Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358 | 1 | 257,190 | 34.8 | 39.0 | 1 | 652.85 | 1 | 189 | -6,344 |
| 64 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 0 | 225,297 | 24.7 | 37.7 | 1 | 789.91 | 0 | 150 | -6,383 |
| 66 | Randy LaJoie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 2 | 236,603 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 0 | 381.20 | 0 | 134 | -6,399 |
| 60 | Bobby Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 818 | 0 | 277,015 | 32.7 | 32.0 | 2 | 1,069.57 | 1 | 201 | -6,332 |
| 61 | Kerry Earnhardt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 254,953 | 25.0 | 32.7 | 1 | 789.52 | 0 | 195 | -6,338 |
| 79 | Greg Sacks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 137,901 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 42.50 | 0 | 68 | -6,465 |
| 78 | Jeff Fuller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 136,650 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 47.78 | 0 | 68 | -6,465 |
| 76 | Ted Christopher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 130,770 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 0 | 61.36 | 0 | 74 | -6,459 |
| 74 | Shane Hmiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 0 | 140,348 | 27.0 | 41.5 | 0 | 162.57 | 0 | 77 | -6,456 |
| 67 | Reed Sorenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 137,575 | 18.5 | 34.5 | 1 | 602.32 | 0 | 119 | -6,414 |
| 58 | Scott Pruett | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 197,133 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 2 | 444.30 | 2 | 230 | -6,303 |
| 59 |  Ron Fellows | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 179,945 | 40.0 | 16.5 | 2 | 444.30 | 2 | 230 | -6,303 |
| 87 | Wayne Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 65,586 | 35.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 16.93 | 0 | 34 | -6,499 |
| 86 | Tom Hubert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 66,203 | 35.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 65.67 | 0 | 34 | -6,499 |
| 85 | Brandon Ash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 74,690 | 18.0 | 42.0 | 0 | 241.50 | 0 | 37 | -6,496 |
| 84 | Kirk Shelmerdine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 109,548 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 0 | 27.50 | 0 | 37 | -6,496 |
| 83 | Jerry Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 60,035 | 43.0 | 41.0 | 0 | 51.00 | 0 | 40 | -6,493 |
| 82 |  Jorge Goeters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 57,500 | 43.0 | 35.0 | 1 | 222.95 | 0 | 63 | -6,470 |
| 81 | Derrike Cope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 488 | 0 | 116,188 | 38.0 | 33.0 | 1 | 256.69 | 0 | 64 | -6,469 |
| 80 | Eric McClure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 0 | 128,288 | 41.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 355.50 | 0 | 67 | -6,466 |
| 88 | Chad Chaffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 60,115 | 35.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 34 | -6,499 |
| 77 | Joey McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 0 | 67,375 | 39.0 | 31.0 | 1 | 312.11 | 0 | 70 | -6,463 |
| 75 | Johnny Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 58,375 | 40.0 | 29.0 | 1 | 225.40 | 1 | 76 | -6,457 |
| 73 | Anthony Lazzaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 61,595 | 38.0 | 28.0 | 1 | 225.40 | 1 | 79 | -6,454 |
| 72 | Chris Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 67,680 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 1 | 218.90 | 1 | 79 | -6,454 |
| 71 | Paul Menard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 58,755 | 42.0 | 27.0 | 1 | 225.40 | 1 | 82 | -6,451 |
| 70 | David Reutimann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336 | 0 | 66,600 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 1 | 504.00 | 1 | 97 | -6,436 |
| 69 | Clint Bowyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 0 | 61,700 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 1 | 311.00 | 0 | 97 | -6,436 |
| 68 | Todd Bodine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 68,375 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 1 | 399.00 | 0 | 103 | -6,430 |
| 65 | Brian Simo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 83,085 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 218.90 | 1 | 134 | -6,399 |