2006 Sharpie Mini 300

2006 Sharpie Mini 300 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/?orderBy=3&raceId=2006-06&series=B 2006 Sharpie Mini 300 March 25, 2006 6 35 Bristol Motor Speedway map.png Map of Speedway 2006 03 25 2006 Sharpie Mini 300 Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee Short Track 0.533 0.858 300 160 257 Cloudy 71.606 mph km/h on 110,000 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing No qualifying Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing 120 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Fox Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip The 2006 Sharpie Mini 300 was a NASCAR Busch Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on March 25, 2006. The race was the 6th of the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was once again dominated by Cup Series regulars. Kevin Harvick won the pole and led the most laps at 120 but it was Kyle Busch who would win his first ever Busch Series race at Bristol.https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2006/03/26/kyle-busch-logs-1st-bristol-victory/28468575007/ Kyle Busch logs 1st Bristol victory March 25, 2006 But the race was most remembered when Snow fell onto the track during the race that caused a long red flag and would become one of the most remembered red flagged events and one of the craziest weather events in NASCAR history.https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/snow-stops-the-sharpie-mini-300-busch-series-race-after-32-news-photo/98129890 Snow stops the Sharpie Mini 300 Busch Series race after 32 laps at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on March 25, 2006. March 25, 2006 Background The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Jason Keller Phoenix Racing Dodge 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Mark Green Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 05 Brad Teague Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 9 Scott Riggs Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 12 Joel Kauffman (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 14 Tracy Hines (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 23 Chris Wimmer (R) Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 25 Ashton Lewis Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Ford 28 Shane Hall Jay Robinson Racing Ford 32 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 34 Mike Bliss Frank Cicci Racing Chevrolet 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 38 A. J. Foyt IV (R) Braun-Akins Racing Dodge 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 43 Aaron Fike Curb Agajanian Performance Group Dodge 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing Ford 49 Jorge Goeters (R) Jay Robinson Racing Ford 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 58 Kevin Conway Carver Racing Dodge 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing Ford 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 64 Steve Wallace (R) Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 66 Ken Schrader Brewco Motorsports Ford 72 Jerry Robertson MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Burney Lamar (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 88 Mark McFarland (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Matt McCall Robert Yates Racing Ford 99 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing DodgeOfficial Entry list Qualifying Kevin Harvick won the pole after qualifying was cancelled due to snow falling. The starting grid would go by points standings. Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 3 64 Steve Wallace (R) Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 4 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 9 Scott Riggs Evernham Motorsports Dodge 6 33 Ron Hornaday Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 7 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 8 32 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 9 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 10 77 Burney Lamar (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 11 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 12 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 13 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 14 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 15 1 Jason Keller Phoenix Racing Dodge 16 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 17 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 18 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 19 88 Mark McFarland (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 20 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 90 Matt McCall Robert Yates Racing Ford 22 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 23 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 24 66 Ken Schrader Brewco Motorsports Ford 25 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 26 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 27 99 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Dodge 28 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 29 14 Tracy Hines (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 30 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 31 4 Mark Green Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 32 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 33 58 Kevin Conway Carver Racing Dodge 34 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Ford 35 12 Joel Kauffman (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 36 38 A. J. Foyt IV (R) Braun-Akins Racing Dodge 37 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 38 43 Aaron Fike Curb Agajanian Performance Group Dodge 39 34 Mike Bliss Frank Cicci Racing Chevrolet 40 49 Jorge Goeters (R) Jay Robinson Racing Ford 41 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 42 23 Chris Wimmer (R) Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 43 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports ChevroletFailed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew 44 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 45 05 Brad Teague Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 46 72 Jerry Robertson MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 47 28 Shane Hall Jay Robinson Racing FordOfficial Starting grid Race Pole sitter Kevin Harvick led the first lap of the race. On lap 3, Steve Wallace, who was 18 years old and making his second career Busch Series start, took the lead from Harvick. But on lap 6, Harvick took the lead from the 18 year old Wallace. On lap 8, the first caution flew when Kevin Conway crashed in turns 3 and 4 after he got bumped from behind by David Green. The race restarted on lap 16. On lap 20, rookie Todd Kluever would be involved in his first of three incidents of the day in what would become a bad day for Kluever after Kluever tried to sneak under Jason Keller in turn 4 but slid up the track into Keller and both would lose momentum and lose positions while Kluever hit the wall on the frontstretch. On lap 21, the second caution flew when Steve Wallace spun off of turn 4 after contact with Scott Riggs. The race would restart on lap 28 with Kevin Harvick still as the leader. Snow starts falling and red flag On around lap 29, snow started to fall onto the track. The snow would reduce the grip on the track causing cars to slide. Eventually, the third caution flew on lap 30 when Todd Kluever's bad day would continue as Kluever's car lost grip and spun all by itself off of turn four down the frontstretch on the slippery track. While Kluever spun, Ron Hornaday got bumped from behind by Clint Bowyer in almost the same area where Kluever spun causing Hornaday to spin down the frontstretch. Hornaday did a full 360 degree spin and got going again like nothing ever happened. On lap 33, the red flag was shown to dry the track and wait for the snow to stop. During the red flag, drivers, crews, and even the fans in the stands began to have fun in the snow as they made snow angels, had snowball fights, and built snowman. Kyle Busch and his crew began launching snowballs into the stands at the fans including Tony Stewart. Other crew members such as the crew guys of David Green, Stacy Compton, and Aaron Fike were seen chucking snowballs towards the stands from pit road. Reed Sorenson's crew began building a snowman during the red flag. Drivers also found the time to mess with the Fox reporters when Kevin Harvick tried to blind Matt Yocum with his umbrella before Yocum stopped him in the process. Next to Yocum and Harvick, the crew members of Mark McFarland and J. J. Yeley had a snowball fight against each other. One of Burney Lamar's crew guys began taunting the fans to hit him as fans threw snowballs on the track and one fan did hit him right at the top of his helmet and he pointed out the fan as if he's saying "good throw." The sound guys in the booth of Bristol also found some humor of their own. While Dick Berggren was interviewing Scott Riggs, the PA system was playing the Christmas song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks even though Christmas was exactly 4 months ago. While Michael Waltrip was about to get interviewed by Steve Byrnes, fans began throwing snowballs towards Waltrip's way. Waltrip defended the snowballs away with his umbrella like he was in a gladiator war while Byrnes was interviewing him with a few close calls as the snowballs almost hit Waltrip and Byrnes. A fan even found a small rock and threw it at Waltrip's way and it bounced off Waltrip's umbrella and Waltrip was surprised saying "golly that was a rock?!" at the end of his interview. Before Matt Yocum was about to interview Carl Edwards, Edwards drilled Yocum in the face with a snowball. Edwards apologized to Yocum during his interview saying he meant to get him in the shoulder. The crew guys of Mark Green even decided to play some baseball with the snowballs with one pitching and one hitting. While Edwards was getting interviewed by Yocum, the sun began to come out, the snow stopped, and track was starting to dry. Soon, drivers were ordered to get in their cars. While they were getting in their cars, Harvick decided to jokingly taunt Kenny Wallace, who was parked right next to Harvick, and Harvick said something to Wallace that made Wallace laugh hysterically at Harvick. The red flag was soon lifted after an 80-minute red flag. Before the cars started again, Fox decided to post a "Snow Delay Summary" that said "12 drivers interviewed, 1 Kenny Wallace interview (4:40; shortest time ever), 3 Snowball fights, 1 snowman built, 1 Director's text message, 1 bad Jamie McMurray "throw."" Restart of race Kevin Harvick led the field and the race restarted on lap 40 of the race. On lap 61, the fourth caution would fly when Burney Lamar spun in turn 2 after getting bumped by Ken Schrader. Behind them, Joel Kauffman spun after contact with another car. Many cars pitted including Harvick but Michael Waltrip, Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, and Joel Kauffman did not pit and Waltrip led the field to the restart on lap 71. On lap 89, Kevin Harvick took the lead from Waltrip. On lap 97, the 5th caution flew when Joel Kauffman crashed on the backstretch after contact with Ashton Lewis. The race would restart on lap 102 with Harvick still leading. On lap 112, the 6th caution flew for debris when the exhausts flew out of A. J. Foyt IV's car. The race would restart on lap 120 with Harvick leading. During the restart, Denny Hamlin attempted to take the lead from Harvick but couldn't. On lap 123, the 7th caution flew for a 3 car crash in turn 2 involving Mike Bliss, Mark McFarland, and Mike McCall after McFarland spun after contact from Ashton Lewis. The race would restart on lap 130. On lap 141, the 8th caution would fly when Mike McCall spun after contact with the slower car in Joel Kauffman. Denny Hamlin would be the new race leader and he led the field to the restart on lap 148. On lap 176, Greg Biffle took the lead from Hamlin. On lap 193, the 9th caution flew when Jason Leffler blew a right front tire and crashed in turn 4. Carl Edwards was the new race leader and he led the field to the restart on lap 199. On lap 226, the 10th caution would fly for debris. The race would restart on lap 232. On lap 234, the 11th caution would fly for a 4 car crash in turn 2. It started when Ashton Lewis got into Clint Bowyer sending both cars sideways. Lewis then tagged Johnny Sauter sending Sauter sideways and sending cars crashing behind them with those being Paul Menard, Regan Smith, J. J. Yeley, and Chris Wimmer. Final laps The race would restart on lap 242. On lap 244, the 12th caution would fly when Tracy Hines, Reed Sorenson, and Clint Bowyer all crashed in turn 2. The race would restart on lap 250. With 41 laps to go, Greg Biffle took the lead from Carl Edwards. With 32 to go, the 12th and final caution would fly when Todd Kluever's bad day would continue after Kluever hit the wall after contact from Steve Wallace. The race would restart with 27 laps to go. Kyle Busch was all over the rear bumper of Greg Biffle but with 22 to go, Biffle started to pull away. But Busch would soon close in on the rear bumper of Biffle with 15 to go. With 12 to go, Busch passed Biffle for the lead with Harvick right behind Busch. Harvick tried to pull the bump and run on Busch in the last 11 laps but couldn't and Kyle Busch would win his first ever Busch Series race at Bristol and Harvick would finish in 2nd. Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, and Carl Edwards rounded out the top 5 while Scott Riggs, Ron Hornaday, Kenny Wallace, John Andretti, and Johnny Sauter rounded out the top 10.https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/03/26/kyle-busch-wins-busch-race-at-bristol/ Kyle Busch Wins Busch Race at Bristol 26 March 2006 March 26, 2006 In the Cup Series race the following day, Kyle's brother Kurt Busch would win and Kurt would celebrate by doing snow angels on the start finish line as if he was in the Busch Series race in the snow. Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 12 running 185 2 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 120 running 180 3 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 165 4 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 300 29 running 165 5 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 300 65 running 160 6 9 Scott Riggs Evernham Motorsports Dodge 300 0 running 150 7 33 Ron Hornaday Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 300 0 running 146 8 22 Kenny Wallace ppi Racing Ford 300 0 running 142 9 10 John Andretti (R) ppi Racing Ford 300 0 running 138 10 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 300 0 running 134 11 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 130 12 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 0 running 127 13 14 Tracy Hines (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 300 0 running 124 14 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 300 0 running 121 15 1 Jason Keller Phoenix Racing Dodge 300 0 running 118 16 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 300 0 running 115 17 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 300 0 running 112 18 43 Aaron Fike Curb Agajanian Performance Group Dodge 300 0 running 109 19 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 running 106 20 77 Burney Lamar (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 300 0 running 103 21 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 running 100 22 4 Mark Green Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 300 0 running 97 23 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 299 0 running 94 24 90 Matt McCall Robert Yates Racing Ford 299 0 running 91 25 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Ford 299 0 running 88 26 99 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Dodge 299 23 running 90 27 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 298 0 running 82 28 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 298 48 running 84 29 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 298 0 running 76 30 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 296 0 running 73 31 88 Mark McFarland (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 290 0 running 70 32 32 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 289 0 running 67 33 64 Steve Wallace (R) Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 288 3 running 69 34 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 262 0 crash 61 35 38 A. J. Foyt IV (R) Braun-Akins Racing Dodge 257 0 running 58 36 34 Mike Bliss Frank Cicci Racing Chevrolet 237 0 running 55 37 66 Ken Schrader Brewco Motorsports Ford 237 0 running 52 38 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 233 0 crash 49 39 23 Chris Wimmer (R) Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 195 0 crash 46 40 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 175 0 engine 43 41 49 Jorge Goeters (R) Jay Robinson Racing Ford 167 0 too slow 40 42 12 Joel Kauffman (R) FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 128 0 crash 37 43 58 Kevin Conway Carver Racing Dodge 6 0 crash 34Official Race results References 2006 Nicorette 300 2006 O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series 2006 Category:NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway Category:March 2006 sports events in the United States Category:2006 in sports in Tennessee