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2006 Daytona 500
The 2006 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The 48th Daytona 500 was held on February 19, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, before 200,000 spectators. Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson, won the 203-lap race after starting ninth. Chip Ganassi Racing's Casey Mears and Penske Racing South's Ryan Newman finished second and third, respectively.
Jeff Burton claimed his third career pole position with the quickest qualifying lap, and led the first 18 laps until the first round of pit stops. Tony Stewart led the next 20 laps from the 28th lap. Matt Kenseth led from laps 58 to 80 until Dale Earnhardt Jr. took it on the 86th. Earnhardt led seven times for a total of 32 laps, more than any other driver. Before the last round of pit stops, Johnson took the lead from teammate Brian Vickers on lap 187. After Greg Biffle lost control of his car on the final lap, he led Newman and Mears to win under caution. During the race, there were 11 cautions and a race-record 32 lead changes by 18 different drivers.
Johnson won his first Daytona 500, his first at either Talladega Superspeedway or Daytona International Speedway, and the 19th of his career. The victory occurred after Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended for illegal car modifications, for which he was fined $25,000 and suspended until March 22. Johnson won the first of five races of the 2006 season, en route to his first of seven NASCAR Cup Series championships at the season's finish.
Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 190 points after the season's first race, followed by Mears and Newman with 170 points each. Elliott Sadler and Stewart were fourth and fifth with 165 and 160 points, respectively. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, followed by Dodge with six points and Ford with four points. The race attracted 19.355 million television viewers, the most watched NASCAR race in terms of average viewership.
The 48th Daytona 500 was the first of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and was held on February 19, 2006, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. Its standard track is a four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway. Daytona's turns are banked at 31 degrees, and the front stretch—the location of the finish line—is banked at 18 degrees.
NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built the Daytona International Speedway, conceived the Daytona 500. The race was first held in 1959, succeeding shorter races held on beaches around Daytona Beach. It has opened the NASCAR season since 1982, and from 1988, was one of four events that require cars to run restrictor plates. The race is often regarded as NASCAR's most prestigious race because it offers the most prize money in American auto racing. Victory is considered equal to winning either the World Series, the Super Bowl or The Masters. It is often called the "Great American Race" or the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing".
NASCAR held numerous test sessions in preparation for the race on January 9–11 (for teams finishing in an odd-number position in the 2005 car owner points standings) and January 16–18, 2006 (for teams finishing in an even-number position in the 2005 car owner points standings). Every test session began at 9 a.m. EST, stopped for one hour from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. EST, and concluded at 5:00 pm. EST. Jeff Gordon was fastest in the first session with a speed of 187.029 mph (300.994 km/h). Bill Elliott paced the second session with a speed of 187.219 mph (301.300 km/h). Jimmie Johnson led the third session at 186.966 mph (300.893 km/h) and Gordon the fourth at 188.466 mph (303.307 km/h). Matt Kenseth and Gordon led sessions five and six with respective speeds of 188.403 mph (303.205 km/h) and 189.298 mph (304.646 km/h). Kyle Busch and Sterling Marlin paced sessions seven and eight with speeds of 186.629 mph (300.350 km/h) and 187.110 mph (301.124 km/h), while Scott Riggs and Kyle Busch led the ninth and tenth sessions from speeds of 185.345 mph (298.284 km/h) and 188.119 mph (302.748 km/h). Dale Jarrett and Kyle Busch led the final two sessions with respective speeds of 189.215 mph (304.512 km/h) and 190.251 mph (306.179 km/h).
The event featured 58 entrants from 34 different teams. Following a large amount of bump drafting in the Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR implemented two "no zones" at the exit of corners, which series officials and multiple digital cameras would check for drivers attempting to ram their cars into the rear of other vehicles in order to gain an aerodynamic or overtaking advantage. Drivers would face a drive-through penalty or disqualification from the race depending on the severity of the bump. NASCAR's vice-president of competition, Robin Pemberton, stated that bump drafting in turns would no longer be tolerated. He commented, "It crosses over the line when the drivers are in the corner. That is not a good place to bump-draft. A straight line, it's not the best either, but a straight line is far safer than in the corners. There's guys that haven't totally honed the craft of bump drafting."
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2006 Daytona 500
The 2006 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The 48th Daytona 500 was held on February 19, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, before 200,000 spectators. Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson, won the 203-lap race after starting ninth. Chip Ganassi Racing's Casey Mears and Penske Racing South's Ryan Newman finished second and third, respectively.
Jeff Burton claimed his third career pole position with the quickest qualifying lap, and led the first 18 laps until the first round of pit stops. Tony Stewart led the next 20 laps from the 28th lap. Matt Kenseth led from laps 58 to 80 until Dale Earnhardt Jr. took it on the 86th. Earnhardt led seven times for a total of 32 laps, more than any other driver. Before the last round of pit stops, Johnson took the lead from teammate Brian Vickers on lap 187. After Greg Biffle lost control of his car on the final lap, he led Newman and Mears to win under caution. During the race, there were 11 cautions and a race-record 32 lead changes by 18 different drivers.
Johnson won his first Daytona 500, his first at either Talladega Superspeedway or Daytona International Speedway, and the 19th of his career. The victory occurred after Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended for illegal car modifications, for which he was fined $25,000 and suspended until March 22. Johnson won the first of five races of the 2006 season, en route to his first of seven NASCAR Cup Series championships at the season's finish.
Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 190 points after the season's first race, followed by Mears and Newman with 170 points each. Elliott Sadler and Stewart were fourth and fifth with 165 and 160 points, respectively. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, followed by Dodge with six points and Ford with four points. The race attracted 19.355 million television viewers, the most watched NASCAR race in terms of average viewership.
The 48th Daytona 500 was the first of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and was held on February 19, 2006, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. Its standard track is a four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway. Daytona's turns are banked at 31 degrees, and the front stretch—the location of the finish line—is banked at 18 degrees.
NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built the Daytona International Speedway, conceived the Daytona 500. The race was first held in 1959, succeeding shorter races held on beaches around Daytona Beach. It has opened the NASCAR season since 1982, and from 1988, was one of four events that require cars to run restrictor plates. The race is often regarded as NASCAR's most prestigious race because it offers the most prize money in American auto racing. Victory is considered equal to winning either the World Series, the Super Bowl or The Masters. It is often called the "Great American Race" or the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing".
NASCAR held numerous test sessions in preparation for the race on January 9–11 (for teams finishing in an odd-number position in the 2005 car owner points standings) and January 16–18, 2006 (for teams finishing in an even-number position in the 2005 car owner points standings). Every test session began at 9 a.m. EST, stopped for one hour from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. EST, and concluded at 5:00 pm. EST. Jeff Gordon was fastest in the first session with a speed of 187.029 mph (300.994 km/h). Bill Elliott paced the second session with a speed of 187.219 mph (301.300 km/h). Jimmie Johnson led the third session at 186.966 mph (300.893 km/h) and Gordon the fourth at 188.466 mph (303.307 km/h). Matt Kenseth and Gordon led sessions five and six with respective speeds of 188.403 mph (303.205 km/h) and 189.298 mph (304.646 km/h). Kyle Busch and Sterling Marlin paced sessions seven and eight with speeds of 186.629 mph (300.350 km/h) and 187.110 mph (301.124 km/h), while Scott Riggs and Kyle Busch led the ninth and tenth sessions from speeds of 185.345 mph (298.284 km/h) and 188.119 mph (302.748 km/h). Dale Jarrett and Kyle Busch led the final two sessions with respective speeds of 189.215 mph (304.512 km/h) and 190.251 mph (306.179 km/h).
The event featured 58 entrants from 34 different teams. Following a large amount of bump drafting in the Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR implemented two "no zones" at the exit of corners, which series officials and multiple digital cameras would check for drivers attempting to ram their cars into the rear of other vehicles in order to gain an aerodynamic or overtaking advantage. Drivers would face a drive-through penalty or disqualification from the race depending on the severity of the bump. NASCAR's vice-president of competition, Robin Pemberton, stated that bump drafting in turns would no longer be tolerated. He commented, "It crosses over the line when the drivers are in the corner. That is not a good place to bump-draft. A straight line, it's not the best either, but a straight line is far safer than in the corners. There's guys that haven't totally honed the craft of bump drafting."