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The 2006 UAWFord 500 was a stock car racing competition that took place on October 8, 2006. Held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama before 160,000 spectators, the 188lap race was the thirtieth in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the tenrace, seasonending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Brian Vickers of Hendrick Motorsports won the race; Kasey Kahne finished second, and Kurt Busch came in third. David Gilliland, who had the pole position, was passed immediately by teammate Dale Jarrett. The race lead changed 63 times, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading for the most laps (37). Earnhardt was leading on the final lap when he and Jimmie Johnson crashed after Vickers clipped Johnson's right quarter panel. Vickers (Johnson's teammate) was criticized after the race, since the crash lowered Johnson in the points standings. The victory was the first in Vickers' career. After the race Jeff Burton maintained his Drivers' Championship points lead, although that lead decreased significantly because he had a flat tire in the race's final laps. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 51 points ahead of Dodge and 52 ahead of Ford with six races remaining in the season.
2006 UAWFord 500 Race details[1][2][3][4] Race 30 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway Date
October 8, 2006
Official name
UAWFord 500
Location
Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance
188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Weather
Temperatures up to 75.2 °F (24.0 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[5]
Average speed
Pole position Driver Time
Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Practice and qualification 1.3 Race 1.4 Postrace comments 2 Results 2.1 Qualifying 2.2 Race results 3 Standings after the race 4 References
157.602 miles per hour (253.636 km/h)
David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
49.950 Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Laps
37
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Winner No. 25
Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States Network
NBC
Announcers Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. Nielsen Ratings
4.8/10 (Final) 4.3/9 (Overnight)[6] Radio in the United States
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Booth
Joe Moore, Barney Hall
Announcers
Talladega Superspeedway is one of six Turn Mike Bagley, Dan Hubbard, Dave Moody, Jeff [7] superspeedways which host NASCAR races. Announcers Striegle The standard track is a fourturn, 2.66mile (4.28 km) superspeedway.[8] Its turns are banked 33 degrees, and its front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch also has a twodegree bank.[8][9] Before the race Jeff Burton led the Drivers' Championship with 5,511 points, with Denny Hamlin second and Mark Martin third. Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five and Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top ten drivers competing in the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup.[10] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 222 points; Ford was second with 175, and Dodge was a close third with 174 points.[11] Dale Jarrett was the race's defending champion.[12] After the previous race at Talladega (the 2006 Aaron's 499), the track's condition was beginning to deteriorate. Cracks in the third and fourth turns were beginning to cause handling problems with the cars, and a temporary storage unit was built outside the track to accommodate the asphalt needed for resurfacing the track.[13] The entire track, including the skid pad and pit road, was resurfaced,[14] with the work completed shortly before the 2006 UAWFord 500 began.[13] Talladega Superspeedway, where the race was held
Practice and qualification Two 60minute practice sessions were held the Friday before Sunday's race.[4] In the first session Jeff Gordon was the fastest, ahead of Jarrett in second and Robby Gordon in third.[15] David Gilliland placed fourth and Dave Blaney followed in fifth, with Casey Mears, J. J. Yeley, David Stremme, Brian Vickers and Kurt Busch rounding out the top ten.[15] Later that day, Robby Gordon paced the second session, with Bobby Labonte, Hamlin and Tony Stewart in second, third and fourth place.[16] Blaney duplicated his firstsession result in fifth, followed by Yeley, Harvick, Scott Riggs, Ryan Newman and Tony Raines.[16] Fortynine cars were entered in the qualifier,[17] although due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only fortythree could race. Gilliland clinched his first career pole position with a time of 49.950 seconds and was joined on the grid's front row by Jarrett, his Robert Yates Racing teammate.[18] Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five positions,[18] with Travis Kvapil, Chad Chaffin, Todd Bodine, Hermie Sadler, Kirk Shelmerdine and Kevin Lepage failing to qualify.[18] Early practice speeds approached 200 miles per hour (320 km/h). NASCAR had mandated before the qualifier that the holes in the cars' restrictor plates be reduced by 1∕64 inch (0.4 mm), later conceding that David Gilliland of Robert Yates Racing (pictured in 2015) qualified for the pole position with a time of 49.950 seconds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_UAWFord_500
the rule may have affected some teams more than others.[2] According to Gilliland, "They threw a curveball at us this morning with the restrictor plate and (engine builder) Doug Yates wasn't worried at all. He put the supertune on it and the thing ran great."[2] Earnhardt called the 2/11
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reduction in speed unnecessary:[19] "The track is safe ... I don't feel (the late change in plate size) is a very fair situation for everybody. Once you're up around the 190s, what's two miles an hour? I don't see what the big deal is. The speed average is up because the corner speed remains better with the new asphalt. As far as running in a straight line, we're no faster than we've always run here."[2] Despite the mandated change, NASCAR did not schedule an additional practice session.[19]
Race Live television coverage of the race, the thirtieth of thirtysix in the 2006 season, began in the United States at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on NBC. Rev. Mike Jackson gave the invocation at 2:20, followed by the 151st Army Band's rendition of the national anthem. The command for the drivers to start their engines was given by Gary Casteel of the UAW, and no driver had to move to the rear of the grid at the start.[20] The race began at 2:41 p.m. Jarrett passed Gilliland almost immediately to lead the first lap, but lost the lead to Jeff Gordon a lap later. Jamie McMurray passed Gordon for the lead on lap 4; by this time, Gilliland had fallen back to 30th after losing the draft. Three laps later Gordon regained the lead from McMurray, with drafting assistance from Vickers. On lap 18 McMurray reclaimed the lead from Gordon, and they exchanged the lead again two laps later. On lap 24 McMurray reclaimed the lead, and Kenny Wallace made a pit stop with his car smoking.[20] On lap 28, Biffle took the lead from McMurray and Earnhardt moved into the top five. Greenflag pit stops were made from laps 30 to 33, with Biffle maintaining his lead. On lap 35 he was passed by Stewart, who lost the lead to Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch two laps later. On the 38th lap, Earnhardt took the lead. Busch passed him on lap 41, with Earnhardt (in the outside lane) dropping back to seventh. On lap 46 Kenseth passed Kyle Busch for the lead, with Kurt Busch and Earnhardt passing Kenseth five laps later.[20] Earnhardt reclaimed the lead on lap 52, losing it seven laps later to Elliott Sadler. Sadler refueled on the next lap, giving the lead back to Earnhardt. Kenseth took the lead on lap 61, as Earnhardt and others made greenflag pit stops. Kenseth stopped on lap 71 with Biffle and Edwards, with Biffle taking the lead as the pitstop cycle ended. Lap 72 saw the first caution, as Blaney's left rear tire shredded and he made a pit stop. Biffle, Edwards and Sterling Marlin stayed out, while the others stopped.[20] Biffle led the field back up to speed at the restart, and was passed on lap 77 by Jeff Gordon. Three laps later, Sadler made a pit stop with a flat right rear tire. On lap 90 Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Gordon on the next lap. Earnhardt passed Gordon on lap 93, holding the lead for nine laps. Vickers took the lead on lap 102; Earnhardt's left front tire went flat the next lap, costing him a lap. Greenflag pit stops began on lap 107, with Vickers stopping on lap 108 and giving the lead to McMurray. After the pit stops, Vickers regained the lead.[20] On lap 121 Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Jeff Gordon two laps later. Within a lap Gordon lost the draft and fell back to 27th, allowing Kenseth to regain the lead. On lap 127 Clint Bowyer passed Kenseth, holding the lead for two laps until a second yellow flag was displayed due to debris. Hamlin and Michael Waltrip staggered their pit stops, enabling each of them to lead a lap under the caution. Bowyer regained the lead after Waltrip stopped, and the race restarted on lap 134. Kenseth moved back into the lead on the next lap, with Bowyer falling back to tenth.[20] In a multicar accident on the first turn of lap 137 Edwards and Mears collided, involving Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Hamlin, Harvick, Marlin, McMurray, Kyle Petty and Martin Truex Jr. Gordon drove straight to the garage and others made pit stops, giving the lead to Burton. The race restarted on lap 145, during which many drivers topped up with fuel. Kenseth regained the lead; Vickers passed him on lap 147, with Johnson taking the lead a lap later. That lap Reed Sorenson's engine failed, ending his race.[20]
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Truex Jr. stayed out of pit road, and led the field to the restart on lap 152 before Johnson passed him a lap later. On lap 154 Paul Menard took the lead, with drafting assistance from Earnhardt, before Johnson regained the lead a lap later. Kahne took the lead on lap 158, losing it to Earnhardt on lap 165. A fivecar accident on turn two of lap 173, involving Yeley, Menard, Stewart, Stremme and Hamlin, prompted the fifth caution; none of the leaders made pit stops during this caution.[20] The race restarted on lap 178, with Earnhardt leading Johnson and Vickers. That lap, Burton (in fifth) had a flat left rear tire and lost a lap. The field then formed a single line, with most remaining in that formation for the rest of the race. On the final lap, Johnson and Vickers left turn two with Johnson moving out of line to pass Earnhardt. When Vickers tried to move out with Johnson to provide drafting assistance, he clipped Johnson's right rear quarter panel. Johnson clipped Earnhardt, sending both drivers into the infield. The yellow flag went out and the field was frozen in place, with the order of finish determined by where the drivers were when the caution began. This gave Vickers the victory (the first of his career), although he was booed by the crowd.[20]
Brian Vickers (pictured in 2006) won the race after Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, Vickers' teammate, crashed on the final lap.
Postrace comments Vickers appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first career win in front of the crowd,[22] earning $228,850 for the victory.[23] It is mixed emotions. It is neat to be in Earnhardt was quick to forgive him for the lastlap accident: "He Victory Lane, but the last thing I wanted to do was get into Jimmie and wreck either of those didn't wreck anyone on purpose. He was trying to push the 48. I guys. don't think he thought, 'Oh, here's my chance to knock them both out.' He just got excited trying to push the 48."[21] Johnson was Vickers after the race[21] less sanguine: "We had a great chance to make up some points and got crashed by a teammate ... I was real patient until the white flag was up. I got a good run inside the 8 and got a lot of help from behind — too much help ... Knowing the situation we're all in, I would hope someone would be a little more patient."[21] Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus, was annoyed: "I just don't think [Vickers] has the talent to understand what he has underneath him."[21] Vickers, who would leave Hendrick Motorsports in 2007 for Red Bull Racing Team, said: "I would expect them to be a little upset. Jimmie is my friend, my teammate, and he is running for a championship. But he knows just as well as I do that if I wasn't bumpdrafting, he never would have had a shot to pass Junior."[21] Additionally, he denied that he drove more aggressively because he was leaving.[21] Thirdplace finisher Kurt Busch argued Vickers was in a "Catch22" situation: "He was trying to help his teammate," said Busch, who finished third behind Kasey Kahne. "It just didn't turn out that way. Vickers was doing the best he could to help the 48. He just didn't anticipate the 8 car blocking as long as he did."[21] Vickers would later receive additional security during the next race weekend.[24] The result kept Burton in the lead in the Drivers' Championship.[21][25] After the race, Jeff Gordon (who was involved in the lap137 accident) was less optimistic about his championship chances: "This pretty much does it for us as far as I'm concerned for the championship. You knew exactly that something like that was going to happen."[21] In the Manufacturers' Championship Chevrolet increased its point total to 231; Dodge moved into second place with 180 and Ford was a close third with 179.[11] The race took three hours, ten minutes and twentythree seconds to complete; because it ended under caution, no margin of victory was recorded.[26]
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Qualifying
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Grid No.
Qualifying results Team
Driver
Manufacturer Time
Speed
1
38 David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
49.950 191.712
2
88 Dale Jarrett
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
50.001 191.516
3
48 Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.294 190.400
4
24 Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.347 190.200
5
16 Greg Biffle
Roush Racing
Ford
50.389 190.042
6
5
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.451 189.808
7
14 Sterling Marlin
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
50.527 189.522
8
26 Jamie McMurray Roush Racing
Ford
50.610 189.212
9
25 Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.678 188.958
10 18 J. J. Yeley
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.686 188.928
11 12 Ryan Newman
Penske Racing South
Dodge
50.727 188.775
12 11 Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.758 188.660
13 20 Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.781 188.574
14 29 Kevin Harvick
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
50.786 188.556
15 01 Joe Nemechek
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
50.826 188.408
16 1
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
50.834 188.378
17 99 Carl Edwards
Roush Racing
Ford
50.870 188.245
18 45 Kyle Petty
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
50.886 188.185
19 17 Matt Kenseth
Roush Racing
Ford
50.892 188.163
20 49 Mike Bliss
BAM Racing
Dodge
50.901 188.130
21 55 Michael Waltrip
WaltripJasper Racing
Dodge
50.925 188.041
22 19 Elliott Sadler
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
50.932 188.015
23 21 Ken Schrader
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
50.940 187.986
24 15 Paul Menard
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
50.943 187.975
25 9
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
50.946 187.964
26 78 Kenny Wallace
Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet
50.951 187.945
27 04 Eric McClure
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
50.956 187.927
28 09 Mike Wallace
Phoenix Racing
Ford
50.975 187.857
29 2
Kurt Busch
Penske Racing South
Dodge
50.983 187.827
30 6
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Ford
50.996 187.779
31 42 Casey Mears
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.002 187.757
32 07 Clint Bowyer
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
51.077 187.482
Chevrolet
51.080 187.471
33 8
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Kasey Kahne
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
34 31 Jeff Burton
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
51.083 187.460
35 22 Dave Blaney
Bill Davis Racing
Dodge
51.099 187.401
36 7
Robby Gordon Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.108 187.368
37 66 Jeff Green
Haas CNC Racing
Chevrolet
51.129 187.291
38 40 David Stremme
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.190 187.068
39 43 Bobby Labonte
Petty Enterprises
Chevrolet
51.258 186.820
40 96 Tony Raines
Hall of Fame Racing
Chevrolet
51.318 186.601
Robby Gordon
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41 10 Scott Riggs
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
51.463 186.075
42 41 Reed Sorenson
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.556 185.740
43 74 Derrike Cope
McGlynn Racing
Dodge
51.105 187.379
Failed to qualify 44 32 Travis Kvapil
PPI Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.173 187.130
45 61 Chad Chaffin
Front Row Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.188 187.075
46 4
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
51.244 186.871
MBA Racing
Ford
51.329 186.561
48 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing
Chevrolet
51.545 185.779
49 34 Kevin Lepage
Dodge
51.649 185.405
Todd Bodine
47 00 Hermie Sadler
Front Row Motorsports Source: [2][18]
Race results
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Pos Grid No.
Driver
Race results Team
Manufacturer Laps Points
1 9
25 Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
1851
2 25
9
Kasey Kahne
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
188
1751
3 29
2
Kurt Busch
Penske Racing South
Dodge
188
1701
4 19
17 Matt Kenseth
Roush Racing
Ford
188
1651
5 16
1
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
188
1601
6 14
29 Kevin Harvick
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
188
150
7 37
66 Jeff Green
Hass CNC Racing
Chevrolet
188
146
8 30
6
Roush Racing
Ford
188
1471
9 17
99 Carl Edwards
Roush Racing
Ford
188
138
10 39
43 Bobby Labonte
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
188
134
11 6
5
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
1351
12 2
88 Dale Jarrett
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
188
1321
13 11
12 Ryan Newman
Penske Racing South
Dodge
188
124
14 21
55 Michael Waltrip
WaltripJasper Motorsports
Dodge
188
1261
15 1
38 David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
188
118
16 36
7
Robby Gordon Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
115
17 28
09 Mike Wallace
Phoenix Racing
Ford
188
112
18 15
01 Joe Nemechek
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
188
1141
19 41
10 Scott Riggs
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
188
106
20 40
96 Tony Raines
Hall of Fame Racing
Chevrolet
188
103
21 12
11 Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
188
1051
22 13
20 Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
188
1021
23 33
8
Chevrolet
188
1042
24 3
48 Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
187
961
25 23
21 Ken Schrader
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
187
88
26 20
49 Mike Bliss
BAM Racing
Dodge
187
85
27 34
31 Jeff Burton
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
187
871
28 35
22 Dave Blaney
Bill Davis Racing
Dodge
186
79
29 22
19 Elliott Sadler
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
186
811
30 31
42 Casey Mears
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
185
781
31 27
04 Eric McClure
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
182
70
32 10
18 J. J. Yeley
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
177
67
33 38
40 David Stremme
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
175
64
34 24
15 Paul Menard
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
173
661
35 32
07 Clint Bowyer
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
171
631
36 4
24 Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
167
601
37 8
26 Jamie McMurray Roush Racing
Ford
160
571
38 18
45 Kyle Petty
Dodge
149
49
Martin Truex Jr.
Mark Martin
Kyle Busch
Robby Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
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38 18
45 Kyle Petty
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
149
49
39 42
41 Reed Sorenson
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
147
511
40 7
14 Sterling Marlin
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
145
43
41 5
16 Greg Biffle
Roush Racing
Ford
137
451
42 26
78 Kenny Wallace
Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet
24
37
43 43
74 Derrike Cope
McGlynn Racing
Dodge
9
34
Source: [3][22][26] 1 2
Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Rank +/– Driver Points 1
Jeff Burton
5,598
2
2 Matt Kenseth
5,592 (–6)
3
Mark Martin
5,588 (–10)
4
1 Kevin Harvick
5,565 (–33)
5
3 Denny Hamlin
5,547 (–51)
6
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5,492 (–106)
7
1 Jeff Gordon
8
Jimmie Johnson
5,451 (–147) 5,442 (–156)
9
1 Kasey Kahne
5,413 (–185)
10
1 Kyle Busch
5,413 (–185)
Despite finishing 27th, Jeff Burton remained the Driver's Championship leader after the race with 5,598 points.
Source: [22][23]
Manufacturers' Championship standings Rank +/– Manufacturer Points 1
Chevrolet
231
2
1 Dodge
180 (–51)
3
1 Ford
179 (–52)
Source: [11] Note: Only the top ten positions are included for the driver standings. These drivers qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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The 2006 UAWFord 500 was a stock car racing competition that took place on October 8, 2006. Held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama before 160,000 spectators, the 188lap race was the thirtieth in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the tenrace, seasonending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Brian Vickers of Hendrick Motorsports won the race; Kasey Kahne finished second, and Kurt Busch came in third. David Gilliland, who had the pole position, was passed immediately by teammate Dale Jarrett. The race lead changed 63 times, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading for the most laps (37). Earnhardt was leading on the final lap when he and Jimmie Johnson crashed after Vickers clipped Johnson's right quarter panel. Vickers (Johnson's teammate) was criticized after the race, since the crash lowered Johnson in the points standings. The victory was the first in Vickers' career. After the race Jeff Burton maintained his Drivers' Championship points lead, although that lead decreased significantly because he had a flat tire in the race's final laps. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 51 points ahead of Dodge and 52 ahead of Ford with six races remaining in the season.
2006 UAWFord 500 Race details[1][2][3][4] Race 30 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway Date
October 8, 2006
Official name
UAWFord 500
Location
Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance
188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Weather
Temperatures up to 75.2 °F (24.0 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[5]
Average speed
Pole position Driver Time
Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Practice and qualification 1.3 Race 1.4 Postrace comments 2 Results 2.1 Qualifying 2.2 Race results 3 Standings after the race 4 References
157.602 miles per hour (253.636 km/h)
David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
49.950 Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Laps
37
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Winner No. 25
Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States Network
NBC
Announcers Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. Nielsen Ratings
4.8/10 (Final) 4.3/9 (Overnight)[6] Radio in the United States
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Booth
Joe Moore, Barney Hall
Announcers
Talladega Superspeedway is one of six Turn Mike Bagley, Dan Hubbard, Dave Moody, Jeff [7] superspeedways which host NASCAR races. Announcers Striegle The standard track is a fourturn, 2.66mile (4.28 km) superspeedway.[8] Its turns are banked 33 degrees, and its front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch also has a twodegree bank.[8][9] Before the race Jeff Burton led the Drivers' Championship with 5,511 points, with Denny Hamlin second and Mark Martin third. Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five and Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top ten drivers competing in the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup.[10] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 222 points; Ford was second with 175, and Dodge was a close third with 174 points.[11] Dale Jarrett was the race's defending champion.[12] After the previous race at Talladega (the 2006 Aaron's 499), the track's condition was beginning to deteriorate. Cracks in the third and fourth turns were beginning to cause handling problems with the cars, and a temporary storage unit was built outside the track to accommodate the asphalt needed for resurfacing the track.[13] The entire track, including the skid pad and pit road, was resurfaced,[14] with the work completed shortly before the 2006 UAWFord 500 began.[13] Talladega Superspeedway, where the race was held
Practice and qualification Two 60minute practice sessions were held the Friday before Sunday's race.[4] In the first session Jeff Gordon was the fastest, ahead of Jarrett in second and Robby Gordon in third.[15] David Gilliland placed fourth and Dave Blaney followed in fifth, with Casey Mears, J. J. Yeley, David Stremme, Brian Vickers and Kurt Busch rounding out the top ten.[15] Later that day, Robby Gordon paced the second session, with Bobby Labonte, Hamlin and Tony Stewart in second, third and fourth place.[16] Blaney duplicated his firstsession result in fifth, followed by Yeley, Harvick, Scott Riggs, Ryan Newman and Tony Raines.[16] Fortynine cars were entered in the qualifier,[17] although due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only fortythree could race. Gilliland clinched his first career pole position with a time of 49.950 seconds and was joined on the grid's front row by Jarrett, his Robert Yates Racing teammate.[18] Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five positions,[18] with Travis Kvapil, Chad Chaffin, Todd Bodine, Hermie Sadler, Kirk Shelmerdine and Kevin Lepage failing to qualify.[18] Early practice speeds approached 200 miles per hour (320 km/h). NASCAR had mandated before the qualifier that the holes in the cars' restrictor plates be reduced by 1∕64 inch (0.4 mm), later conceding that David Gilliland of Robert Yates Racing (pictured in 2015) qualified for the pole position with a time of 49.950 seconds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_UAWFord_500
the rule may have affected some teams more than others.[2] According to Gilliland, "They threw a curveball at us this morning with the restrictor plate and (engine builder) Doug Yates wasn't worried at all. He put the supertune on it and the thing ran great."[2] Earnhardt called the 2/11
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reduction in speed unnecessary:[19] "The track is safe ... I don't feel (the late change in plate size) is a very fair situation for everybody. Once you're up around the 190s, what's two miles an hour? I don't see what the big deal is. The speed average is up because the corner speed remains better with the new asphalt. As far as running in a straight line, we're no faster than we've always run here."[2] Despite the mandated change, NASCAR did not schedule an additional practice session.[19]
Race Live television coverage of the race, the thirtieth of thirtysix in the 2006 season, began in the United States at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on NBC. Rev. Mike Jackson gave the invocation at 2:20, followed by the 151st Army Band's rendition of the national anthem. The command for the drivers to start their engines was given by Gary Casteel of the UAW, and no driver had to move to the rear of the grid at the start.[20] The race began at 2:41 p.m. Jarrett passed Gilliland almost immediately to lead the first lap, but lost the lead to Jeff Gordon a lap later. Jamie McMurray passed Gordon for the lead on lap 4; by this time, Gilliland had fallen back to 30th after losing the draft. Three laps later Gordon regained the lead from McMurray, with drafting assistance from Vickers. On lap 18 McMurray reclaimed the lead from Gordon, and they exchanged the lead again two laps later. On lap 24 McMurray reclaimed the lead, and Kenny Wallace made a pit stop with his car smoking.[20] On lap 28, Biffle took the lead from McMurray and Earnhardt moved into the top five. Greenflag pit stops were made from laps 30 to 33, with Biffle maintaining his lead. On lap 35 he was passed by Stewart, who lost the lead to Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch two laps later. On the 38th lap, Earnhardt took the lead. Busch passed him on lap 41, with Earnhardt (in the outside lane) dropping back to seventh. On lap 46 Kenseth passed Kyle Busch for the lead, with Kurt Busch and Earnhardt passing Kenseth five laps later.[20] Earnhardt reclaimed the lead on lap 52, losing it seven laps later to Elliott Sadler. Sadler refueled on the next lap, giving the lead back to Earnhardt. Kenseth took the lead on lap 61, as Earnhardt and others made greenflag pit stops. Kenseth stopped on lap 71 with Biffle and Edwards, with Biffle taking the lead as the pitstop cycle ended. Lap 72 saw the first caution, as Blaney's left rear tire shredded and he made a pit stop. Biffle, Edwards and Sterling Marlin stayed out, while the others stopped.[20] Biffle led the field back up to speed at the restart, and was passed on lap 77 by Jeff Gordon. Three laps later, Sadler made a pit stop with a flat right rear tire. On lap 90 Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Gordon on the next lap. Earnhardt passed Gordon on lap 93, holding the lead for nine laps. Vickers took the lead on lap 102; Earnhardt's left front tire went flat the next lap, costing him a lap. Greenflag pit stops began on lap 107, with Vickers stopping on lap 108 and giving the lead to McMurray. After the pit stops, Vickers regained the lead.[20] On lap 121 Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Jeff Gordon two laps later. Within a lap Gordon lost the draft and fell back to 27th, allowing Kenseth to regain the lead. On lap 127 Clint Bowyer passed Kenseth, holding the lead for two laps until a second yellow flag was displayed due to debris. Hamlin and Michael Waltrip staggered their pit stops, enabling each of them to lead a lap under the caution. Bowyer regained the lead after Waltrip stopped, and the race restarted on lap 134. Kenseth moved back into the lead on the next lap, with Bowyer falling back to tenth.[20] In a multicar accident on the first turn of lap 137 Edwards and Mears collided, involving Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Hamlin, Harvick, Marlin, McMurray, Kyle Petty and Martin Truex Jr. Gordon drove straight to the garage and others made pit stops, giving the lead to Burton. The race restarted on lap 145, during which many drivers topped up with fuel. Kenseth regained the lead; Vickers passed him on lap 147, with Johnson taking the lead a lap later. That lap Reed Sorenson's engine failed, ending his race.[20]
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Truex Jr. stayed out of pit road, and led the field to the restart on lap 152 before Johnson passed him a lap later. On lap 154 Paul Menard took the lead, with drafting assistance from Earnhardt, before Johnson regained the lead a lap later. Kahne took the lead on lap 158, losing it to Earnhardt on lap 165. A fivecar accident on turn two of lap 173, involving Yeley, Menard, Stewart, Stremme and Hamlin, prompted the fifth caution; none of the leaders made pit stops during this caution.[20] The race restarted on lap 178, with Earnhardt leading Johnson and Vickers. That lap, Burton (in fifth) had a flat left rear tire and lost a lap. The field then formed a single line, with most remaining in that formation for the rest of the race. On the final lap, Johnson and Vickers left turn two with Johnson moving out of line to pass Earnhardt. When Vickers tried to move out with Johnson to provide drafting assistance, he clipped Johnson's right rear quarter panel. Johnson clipped Earnhardt, sending both drivers into the infield. The yellow flag went out and the field was frozen in place, with the order of finish determined by where the drivers were when the caution began. This gave Vickers the victory (the first of his career), although he was booed by the crowd.[20]
Brian Vickers (pictured in 2006) won the race after Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, Vickers' teammate, crashed on the final lap.
Postrace comments Vickers appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first career win in front of the crowd,[22] earning $228,850 for the victory.[23] It is mixed emotions. It is neat to be in Earnhardt was quick to forgive him for the lastlap accident: "He Victory Lane, but the last thing I wanted to do was get into Jimmie and wreck either of those didn't wreck anyone on purpose. He was trying to push the 48. I guys. don't think he thought, 'Oh, here's my chance to knock them both out.' He just got excited trying to push the 48."[21] Johnson was Vickers after the race[21] less sanguine: "We had a great chance to make up some points and got crashed by a teammate ... I was real patient until the white flag was up. I got a good run inside the 8 and got a lot of help from behind — too much help ... Knowing the situation we're all in, I would hope someone would be a little more patient."[21] Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus, was annoyed: "I just don't think [Vickers] has the talent to understand what he has underneath him."[21] Vickers, who would leave Hendrick Motorsports in 2007 for Red Bull Racing Team, said: "I would expect them to be a little upset. Jimmie is my friend, my teammate, and he is running for a championship. But he knows just as well as I do that if I wasn't bumpdrafting, he never would have had a shot to pass Junior."[21] Additionally, he denied that he drove more aggressively because he was leaving.[21] Thirdplace finisher Kurt Busch argued Vickers was in a "Catch22" situation: "He was trying to help his teammate," said Busch, who finished third behind Kasey Kahne. "It just didn't turn out that way. Vickers was doing the best he could to help the 48. He just didn't anticipate the 8 car blocking as long as he did."[21] Vickers would later receive additional security during the next race weekend.[24] The result kept Burton in the lead in the Drivers' Championship.[21][25] After the race, Jeff Gordon (who was involved in the lap137 accident) was less optimistic about his championship chances: "This pretty much does it for us as far as I'm concerned for the championship. You knew exactly that something like that was going to happen."[21] In the Manufacturers' Championship Chevrolet increased its point total to 231; Dodge moved into second place with 180 and Ford was a close third with 179.[11] The race took three hours, ten minutes and twentythree seconds to complete; because it ended under caution, no margin of victory was recorded.[26]
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Qualifying
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Grid No.
Qualifying results Team
Driver
Manufacturer Time
Speed
1
38 David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
49.950 191.712
2
88 Dale Jarrett
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
50.001 191.516
3
48 Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.294 190.400
4
24 Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.347 190.200
5
16 Greg Biffle
Roush Racing
Ford
50.389 190.042
6
5
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.451 189.808
7
14 Sterling Marlin
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
50.527 189.522
8
26 Jamie McMurray Roush Racing
Ford
50.610 189.212
9
25 Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.678 188.958
10 18 J. J. Yeley
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.686 188.928
11 12 Ryan Newman
Penske Racing South
Dodge
50.727 188.775
12 11 Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.758 188.660
13 20 Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
50.781 188.574
14 29 Kevin Harvick
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
50.786 188.556
15 01 Joe Nemechek
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
50.826 188.408
16 1
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
50.834 188.378
17 99 Carl Edwards
Roush Racing
Ford
50.870 188.245
18 45 Kyle Petty
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
50.886 188.185
19 17 Matt Kenseth
Roush Racing
Ford
50.892 188.163
20 49 Mike Bliss
BAM Racing
Dodge
50.901 188.130
21 55 Michael Waltrip
WaltripJasper Racing
Dodge
50.925 188.041
22 19 Elliott Sadler
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
50.932 188.015
23 21 Ken Schrader
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
50.940 187.986
24 15 Paul Menard
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
50.943 187.975
25 9
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
50.946 187.964
26 78 Kenny Wallace
Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet
50.951 187.945
27 04 Eric McClure
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
50.956 187.927
28 09 Mike Wallace
Phoenix Racing
Ford
50.975 187.857
29 2
Kurt Busch
Penske Racing South
Dodge
50.983 187.827
30 6
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Ford
50.996 187.779
31 42 Casey Mears
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.002 187.757
32 07 Clint Bowyer
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
51.077 187.482
Chevrolet
51.080 187.471
33 8
Kyle Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Kasey Kahne
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
34 31 Jeff Burton
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
51.083 187.460
35 22 Dave Blaney
Bill Davis Racing
Dodge
51.099 187.401
36 7
Robby Gordon Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.108 187.368
37 66 Jeff Green
Haas CNC Racing
Chevrolet
51.129 187.291
38 40 David Stremme
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.190 187.068
39 43 Bobby Labonte
Petty Enterprises
Chevrolet
51.258 186.820
40 96 Tony Raines
Hall of Fame Racing
Chevrolet
51.318 186.601
Robby Gordon
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41 10 Scott Riggs
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
51.463 186.075
42 41 Reed Sorenson
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
51.556 185.740
43 74 Derrike Cope
McGlynn Racing
Dodge
51.105 187.379
Failed to qualify 44 32 Travis Kvapil
PPI Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.173 187.130
45 61 Chad Chaffin
Front Row Motorsports
Chevrolet
51.188 187.075
46 4
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
51.244 186.871
MBA Racing
Ford
51.329 186.561
48 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing
Chevrolet
51.545 185.779
49 34 Kevin Lepage
Dodge
51.649 185.405
Todd Bodine
47 00 Hermie Sadler
Front Row Motorsports Source: [2][18]
Race results
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Pos Grid No.
Driver
Race results Team
Manufacturer Laps Points
1 9
25 Brian Vickers
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
1851
2 25
9
Kasey Kahne
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
188
1751
3 29
2
Kurt Busch
Penske Racing South
Dodge
188
1701
4 19
17 Matt Kenseth
Roush Racing
Ford
188
1651
5 16
1
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
188
1601
6 14
29 Kevin Harvick
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
188
150
7 37
66 Jeff Green
Hass CNC Racing
Chevrolet
188
146
8 30
6
Roush Racing
Ford
188
1471
9 17
99 Carl Edwards
Roush Racing
Ford
188
138
10 39
43 Bobby Labonte
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
188
134
11 6
5
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
1351
12 2
88 Dale Jarrett
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
188
1321
13 11
12 Ryan Newman
Penske Racing South
Dodge
188
124
14 21
55 Michael Waltrip
WaltripJasper Motorsports
Dodge
188
1261
15 1
38 David Gilliland
Robert Yates Racing
Ford
188
118
16 36
7
Robby Gordon Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
115
17 28
09 Mike Wallace
Phoenix Racing
Ford
188
112
18 15
01 Joe Nemechek
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
188
1141
19 41
10 Scott Riggs
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
188
106
20 40
96 Tony Raines
Hall of Fame Racing
Chevrolet
188
103
21 12
11 Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
188
1051
22 13
20 Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
188
1021
23 33
8
Chevrolet
188
1042
24 3
48 Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
187
961
25 23
21 Ken Schrader
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
187
88
26 20
49 Mike Bliss
BAM Racing
Dodge
187
85
27 34
31 Jeff Burton
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
187
871
28 35
22 Dave Blaney
Bill Davis Racing
Dodge
186
79
29 22
19 Elliott Sadler
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge
186
811
30 31
42 Casey Mears
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
185
781
31 27
04 Eric McClure
MorganMcClure Motorsports Chevrolet
182
70
32 10
18 J. J. Yeley
Joe Gibbs Racing
Chevrolet
177
67
33 38
40 David Stremme
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
175
64
34 24
15 Paul Menard
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Chevrolet
173
661
35 32
07 Clint Bowyer
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
171
631
36 4
24 Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
167
601
37 8
26 Jamie McMurray Roush Racing
Ford
160
571
38 18
45 Kyle Petty
Dodge
149
49
Martin Truex Jr.
Mark Martin
Kyle Busch
Robby Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
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38 18
45 Kyle Petty
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
149
49
39 42
41 Reed Sorenson
Chip Ganassi Racing
Dodge
147
511
40 7
14 Sterling Marlin
Ginn Racing
Chevrolet
145
43
41 5
16 Greg Biffle
Roush Racing
Ford
137
451
42 26
78 Kenny Wallace
Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet
24
37
43 43
74 Derrike Cope
McGlynn Racing
Dodge
9
34
Source: [3][22][26] 1 2
Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Rank +/– Driver Points 1
Jeff Burton
5,598
2
2 Matt Kenseth
5,592 (–6)
3
Mark Martin
5,588 (–10)
4
1 Kevin Harvick
5,565 (–33)
5
3 Denny Hamlin
5,547 (–51)
6
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5,492 (–106)
7
1 Jeff Gordon
8
Jimmie Johnson
5,451 (–147) 5,442 (–156)
9
1 Kasey Kahne
5,413 (–185)
10
1 Kyle Busch
5,413 (–185)
Despite finishing 27th, Jeff Burton remained the Driver's Championship leader after the race with 5,598 points.
Source: [22][23]
Manufacturers' Championship standings Rank +/– Manufacturer Points 1
Chevrolet
231
2
1 Dodge
180 (–51)
3
1 Ford
179 (–52)
Source: [11] Note: Only the top ten positions are included for the driver standings. These drivers qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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