Motor car race
The 2005 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the 26th stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the final race of the regular season, and the 48th iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, September 10, 2005, before a sold-out crowd of 107,000 in Richmond, Virginia , at Richmond International Raceway , a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Kurt Busch of Roush Racing would take control of the race in the late stages of the race to win his 14th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his third and final win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Busch's teammates, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle would finish second and third, respectively.
The ten drivers who would make the second edition of the Chase for the Nextel Cup were Tony Stewart , Greg Biffle , Rusty Wallace , Jimmie Johnson , Kurt Busch , Mark Martin , Jeremy Mayfield , Carl Edwards , Matt Kenseth , and Ryan Newman .[2]
Background [ edit ] The layout of Richmond International Raceway , the venue where the race was at. Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D -shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County . It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series . Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Entry list [ edit ] # Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet NetZero , Best Buy 00 Carl Long McGlynn Racing Chevrolet carloans.com 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet U. S. Army 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge Miller Lite 4 Mike Wallace Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Lucas Oil , MuzikMafia 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's , Delphi 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Reverse Viagra 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet Jim Beam Black 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Jack Daniel's , Drive-By Truckers 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser , 3 Doors Down 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 09 Johnny Sauter Phoenix Racing Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline , Nickelback 11 Terry Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet FedEx Kinko's 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge Alltel 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Post-it Notes , National Guard 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford U. S. Air Force , Motorcraft 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ditech.com , GMAC , Green Day 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford classiclimousine.org , Apex Electric 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench , Gretchen Wilson 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless , Big & Rich 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. PPI Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 34 Joey McCarthy Mach 1 Motorsports Chevrolet Mach 1 Motorsports 37 Tony Raines R&J Racing Dodge Patrón Tequila , BOSpoker 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 39 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Navy "Accelerate Your Life" 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Coors Light 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Target , Lysol 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Texaco , Havoline 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Cheerios , Betty Crocker 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific Brawny 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge Schwan's Home Service 50 Jimmy Spencer Arnold Motorsports Dodge Allied Steel Structures 66 Mike Garvey Peak Fitness Racing Ford Peak Fitness 75 Wayne Anderson Rinaldi Racing Dodge Rinaldi Air Conditioning 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge Kodak , Jasper Engines & Transmissions 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Victory in Jesus , Dutch Quality Stone 92 Hermie Sadler Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet The Bank of Southside Virginia 95 Stanton Barrett Stanton Barrett Motorsports Chevrolet Stanton Barrett Motorsports 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Crown Royal 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford Scotts Winterizer Official entry list
Practice [ edit ] The only 2-hour practice session would start on Friday, September 9, at 12:00 PM EST .[3] Ryan Newman of Penske Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.221 and an average speed of 127.232 miles per hour (204.760 km/h).[4]
Qualifying [ edit ] Qualifying was held on Friday, September 9, at 6:10 PM EST . Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[3]
Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 21.024 and an average speed of 128.425 miles per hour (206.680 km/h).[5]
Kirk Shelmerdine would crash on his second lap coming into turn 3, spinning and hitting the Turn 3-4 wall. While he had set a lap time, the time was not good enough to get him into the race, making Shelmerdine not qualify for the race.[6]
Seven drivers would fail to qualify: Wayne Peterson , Stanton Barrett , Carl Long , Hermie Sadler , Morgan Shepherd , Joey McCarthy , and Kirk Shelmerdine .
Race results [ edit ] Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 5 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 400 185 running 190 $242,900 2 13 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 400 3 running 175 $191,561 3 2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 400 3 running 170 $135,700 4 7 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 10 running 165 $127,800 5 15 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 400 0 running 155 $131,833 6 10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 400 17 running 155 $117,520 7 25 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 146 $126,711 8 14 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 400 6 running 147 $112,025 9 39 11 Terry Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 7 running 143 $82,125 10 1 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 167 running 139 $146,661 11 3 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge 400 1 running 135 $82,325 12 8 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 400 0 running 127 $113,441 13 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 124 $86,525 14 26 4 Mike Wallace Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0 running 121 $71,575 15 31 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 118 $70,750 16 20 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 400 0 running 115 $97,686 17 19 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 0 running 112 $104,741 18 12 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 109 $94,645 19 42 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 400 0 running 106 $68,075 20 29 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 400 0 running 103 $112,808 21 18 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 100 $83,225 22 23 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 399 0 running 97 $102,175 23 17 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 399 0 running 94 $94,433 24 30 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 399 0 running 91 $91,233 25 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 88 $112,466 26 11 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 85 $88,833 27 40 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 399 0 running 82 $78,108 28 36 09 Johnny Sauter Phoenix Racing Dodge 399 0 running 79 $63,225 29 37 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 76 $83,647 30 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 0 running 73 $112,211 31 28 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 396 0 running 70 $93,064 32 43 66 Mike Garvey Peak Fitness Racing Ford 395 0 running 67 $65,225 33 27 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 395 0 running 64 $71,550 34 21 37 Tony Raines R&J Racing Dodge 394 0 running 61 $62,475 35 38 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet 394 1 running 63 $62,350 36 35 50 Jimmy Spencer Arnold Motorsports Dodge 393 0 running 55 $62,200 37 22 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 374 0 running 52 $70,075 38 16 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 366 0 crash 49 $89,164 39 9 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 364 0 crash 46 $95,983 40 32 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 362 0 crash 43 $69,700 41 41 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 358 0 running 40 $89,468 42 34 39 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 321 0 crash 37 $61,435 43 33 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 193 0 crash 34 $61,631 Failed to qualify 44 75 Wayne Anderson Rinaldi Racing Dodge 45 95 Stanton Barrett Stanton Barrett Motorsports Chevrolet 46 00 Carl Long McGlynn Racing Chevrolet 47 92 Hermie Sadler Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 48 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge 49 34 Joey McCarthy Mach 1 Motorsports Chevrolet 50 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford Official race results
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