2006 Dollar General 300

NASCAR Busch Series race in 2006 October 2023 2006 Dollar General 300 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2006_Dollar_General_300/B/ 2006 Dollar General 300 October 13, 2006 31 35 Lowe's Motor Speedway.svg Map of Speedway 2006 10 13 2006 Dollar General 300 Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina Tri-oval 1.5 2.4 200 300 482.803 203 305 490.850 Clear 106.999 mph km/h on 70,000 Carl Edwards Roush Racing 28.994 Carl Edwards Roush Racing 123 32 Dave Blaney Braun-Akins Racing TNT Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty The 2006 Dollar General 300 was a NASCAR Busch Series race held on Friday October 13, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the 34th iteration of the event. The race was the 31st race of the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series. The race itself was Friday the 13th fashion as Carl Edwards won the pole and led the most laps but he was taken out with just two laps to go racing for the lead with Casey Mears and he handed the win to Dave Blaney who beat a hard charging Matt Kenseth to take home the win.https://frontstretch.com/2006/10/13/blaney-wins-bizarre-busch-finish/ Dave Blaney Wins 2006 Dollar General 300 at Charlotte in Bizarre Finish October 13, 2006 Background 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 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 04 Eric McClure Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 4 Auggie Vidovich Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 6 David Ragan Roush Racing Ford 8 Tony Stewart Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 12 Mike Skinner FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 14 Ted Musgrave FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 19 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 21 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 23 Brad Keselowski Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 25 Ashton Lewis Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 27 Casey Atwood Brewco Motorsports Ford 32 Dave Blaney Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 42 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 44 David Reutimann FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing Ford 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Ford 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing Ford 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 64 Jamie McMurray Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 66 Scott Wimmer Brewco Motorsports Ford 72 Brad Baker MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Bobby Labonte Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 80 Robert Richardson Jr. Richardson Racing Chevrolet 88 Shane Huffman JR Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 99 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing DodgeOfficial Entry list Qualifying Carl Edwards won the pole with a time of 28.994 and a speed of 186.245 mph.https://frontstretch.com/2006/10/13/edwards-grabs-busch-series-pole/ Carl Edwards Grabs 2006 Dollar General 300 Pole at Charlotte 13 October 2006 October 13, 2006 Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 28.994 186.245 2 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 29.004 186.181 3 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29.038 185.963 4 12 Mike Skinner FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 29.071 185.752 5 42 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 29.113 185.484 6 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 29.199 184.937 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.206 184.893 8 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 29.262 184.539 9 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 29.269 184.495 10 6 David Ragan Roush Racing Ford 29.288 184.376 11 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29.308 184.250 12 64 Jamie McMurray Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 29.312 184.225 13 90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 29.342 184.036 14 21 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.343 184.030 15 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.349 183.992 16 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 29.371 183.854 17 8 Tony Stewart Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 29.401 183.667 18 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.415 183.580 19 77 Bobby Labonte Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 29.420 183.548 20 44 David Reutimann FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 29.491 183.106 21 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 29.449 183.057 22 19 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29.500 183.050 23 32 Dave Blaney Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 29.506 183.013 24 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.508 183.001 25 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 29.560 182.679 26 4 Auggie Vidovich Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 29.569 182.623 27 88 Shane Huffman JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.597 182.451 28 38 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 29.608 182.383 29 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 29.639 182.192 30 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 29.651 182.118 31 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 29.658 182.075 32 23 Brad Keselowski Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 29.757 181.470 33 66 Scott Wimmer Brewco Motorsports Ford 29.784 181.305 34 27 Casey Atwood Brewco Motorsports Ford 29.785 181.299 35 14 Ted Musgrave FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 29.790 181.268 36 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 29.817 181.104 37 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 29.827 181.044 38 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 29.836 180.989 39 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 29.867 180.801 40 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 29.998 180.012 41 1 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge 30.069 179.587 42 99 Michael Waltrip** Michael Waltrip Racing Dodge — — 43 72 Brad Baker* MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 29.811 181.141Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes 44 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 29.833 181.007 45 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 30.217 178.707 46 80 Robert Richardson Jr. Richardson Racing Chevrolet 30.504 177.026 47 04 Eric McClure Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 30.506 177.014 48 49 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Ford 30.583 176.568Official starting grid * – made the field via owners points. ** – Michael Waltrip had to start at the rear of the field for a backup car. Race Pole sitter Carl Edwards led the first lap of the race. The first caution did not take long as it flew on lap 2 for a three car crash in turn 1. It started when David Reutimann was pushing Kasey Kahne and Reutimann bumped Kahne turning Kahne around. Kahne backed into the outside wall and spun down and collected Greg Biffle in the process. Edwards led the field to the restart on lap 7. The second caution flew on lap 14 when Shane Huffman spun all by himself in turn 4 and hit the outside wall drivers side first. The race would restart on lap 19. On lap 21, the third caution would fly when Jimmie Johnson hit the outside wall in turn 4. The race would restart on lap 28. On lap 35, the fourth caution flew when Jeff Burton's car stalled in turn 3 after the carburetor broke. Carl Edwards won the race off of pit road but many others including Jason Leffler did not pit and Leffler led the field to the restart on lap 40. On lap 46, Matt Kenseth took the lead from Leffler and held the lead for the next 51 laps. On lap 95, the 5th caution flew when Reed Sorenson hit the outside wall in turns 1 and 2 after cutting a right front tire. Carl Edwards won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 102. On lap 103, the 6th caution would fly for the big one that occurred off of turn 4 and collected 10 cars. It started when Tony Stewart and David Reutimann both spun almost simultaneously off of turn 4 and caused a chain reaction crash collecting Mike Wallace, Auggie Vidovich, David Ragan, Mike Skinner, Regan Smith, Stacy Compton, Brad Baker, and Michael Waltrip. The race would restart on lap 113. On lap 115, the 7th caution would fly for a hard 3 car crash down the backstretch. It started when Auggie Vidovich spun all by himself off of turn 2 and spun down the track and collected Jeff Burton. Both Vidovich and Burton would hit the inside wall but Vidovich would back into the opening where all the safety trucks go hard enough where it shot his car back across the track right in front of the field. Brad Keselowski, making his 4th Busch Series start, went left to avoid Vidovich but his car spun and he hit the inside wall. A red flag was issued the clean up the mess. The red flag was lifted after about 10 minutes and the race restarted on lap 121. On lap 123, the 8th caution would fly when rookie Danny O'Quinn Jr. spun all by himself off of turn 2 and narrowly missed the inside wall. Final laps The race would restart on lap 127. With around 33 laps to go, green flag pit stops began. With 30 laps to go, Carl Edwards handed the lead to Paul Menard as he went to pit. On the next lap, Menard pitted handing the lead to Jamie McMurray. After everything cycled through, Casey Mears was the new race leader. Mears was looking for his second career Busch Series win after he had won at Chicagoland earlier in the year. But with 18 to go, the 9th caution flew when Jamie McMurray crashed in turn 2. The top 2 cars in Mears and Dave Blaney pitted. During the caution, a controversy ensued. Despite Mears already pitting, Mears was still credited with lead. This made Carl Edwards and his crew upset because they think they should be the leader because Mears had already pitted and Mears should be around the last car on the lead lap which would be around 6th or 7th place and that there was no way he made a legal stop and still be in the lead. Mears' team argued they beat Edwards to the line at the end of pit road which should make them the leader. NASCAR spent 9 caution laps and red flagged the race with 11 to go to check the video to see who was in front when the caution came out. The race was red flagged for six minutes before they eventually said Edwards was the race leader and Mears was in second. The race restarted with 8 to go. Mears attempted to take the lead from Edwards but couldn't. With 7 to go, the 10th caution flew when Jason Leffler crashed in turn 3. The race restarted with 4 laps to go. Mears was all over the rear bumper of Edwards right away. With 3 to go, Mears attempted to pass Edwards on the outside in turns 3 and 4. Edwards got loose in turn 4 and slid up into Mears. Mears got sideways and turned left and collected Edwards in the process and both hit the outside wall head on ending their chances to win. The wreck also collected Danny O'Quinn Jr. Eventually, the wreck would end up having Kevin Harvick clinch the Championship by 775 points over Edwards. The race was red flagged for a short bit. Dave Blaney was the new leader with Matt Kenseth right behind as the wreck would set up a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart, Kenseth laid back and got a good run on Blaney. Blaney would overdrive turns 3 and 4 allowing Kenseth to get to Blaney's inside and the two raced hard side by side for the lead. Kenseth beat Blaney to the line to take the white flag. On the last lap, the two kept racing side by side all around the track. It looked like it was going to be a photo finish. But in the middle of turns 3 and 4, Kenseth got loose and spun around and bringing out the 12th and final caution and giving Dave Blaney the win. The race would be Blaney's first and only win in his Busch Series career and would be the second win for owner Todd Braun in the Busch Series. Michael Waltrip, Stacy Compton, Matt Kenseth, and Danny O'Quinn Jr. rounded out the top 5 while Johnny Sauter, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, and Mike Skinner rounded out the top 10.https://theworldlink.com/sports/dave-blaney-wins-thriller-at-dollar-300/article_fb3aebaa-cf01-54d1-b9e4-dafe2f904c76.html Dave Blaney wins thriller at Dollar 300 14 October 2006 October 14, 2006 Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 32 Dave Blaney Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 203 5 running 185 2 99 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Dodge 203 1 running 175 3 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 203 0 running 165 4 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 203 52 running 165 5 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 203 0 running 155 6 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 202 0 running 150 7 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202 0 running 146 8 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 202 0 running 142 9 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 202 0 running 138 10 12 Mike Skinner FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 202 0 running 134 11 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 202 0 running 130 12 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 202 0 running 127 13 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 201 1 running 129 14 90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 201 0 running 121 15 19 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 201 0 running 118 16 8 Tony Stewart Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 201 0 running 115 17 27 Casey Atwood Brewco Motorsports Ford 201 0 running 112 18 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 201 0 running 109 19 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 200 0 running 106 20 44 David Reutimann FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 200 0 running 103 21 66 Scott Wimmer Brewco Motorsports Ford 200 0 running 100 22 77 Bobby Labonte Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 200 0 running 97 23 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 199 0 running 94 24 14 Ted Musgrave FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 199 0 running 91 25 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 199 0 running 88 26 42 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 198 12 crash 90 27 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 198 123 crash 92 28 38 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 198 8 crash 84 29 1 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge 196 0 running 76 30 72 Brad Baker MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 running 73 31 64 Jamie McMurray Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 182 1 crash 75 32 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 168 0 running 67 33 4 Auggie Vidovich Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 114 0 crash 64 34 23 Brad Keselowski Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 113 0 crash 61 35 21 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 108 0 crash 58 36 6 David Ragan Roush Racing Ford 103 0 crash 55 37 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 101 0 crash 52 38 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 94 0 crash 49 39 88 Shane Huffman JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 0 crash 46 40 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 72 0 crash 43 41 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 42 0 crash 40 42 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 0 crash 37 43 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 7 0 crash 34Official Race results References 2006 Yellow Transportation 300 2006 Sam's Town 250 NASCAR Busch Series 2006 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Category:2006 in sports in North Carolina Category:October 2006 sports events in the United States Category:NASCAR controversies