2006 Auto Club 500

Second race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series February 2025 CUST Race 2 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season Auto Club 500 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Fontana/2006-02-26 2006 Auto Club 500 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2015-01-31 2006 02 26 2006 2 36 2006_Auto_Club_500_program_cover.jpeg 200px 2006 Auto Club 500 program cover Auto Club 500 Auto Club SpeedwayFontana, California, U.S. 2.0 3.23 251 502 807.89 250 500 804.672 Temperatures reaching up to 75.2 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/h 147.852 mi/h Kurt Busch Penske Racing 38.485 Greg Biffle Roush Racing 168 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Fox Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds The 2006 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was held on February 26, 2006 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Qualifying PosAuto Club 500 Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup Auto Club Speedway NASCAR 2006 https://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/lineup/2006/auto-club-speedway/auto-club-500/38 2021-06-05 NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet en No. Driver Make Speed Time Behind12Kurt BuschDodge187.08638.4850.000216Greg BiffleFord186.18638.671 -0.186348Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet185.73538.765 -0.280418J. J. YeleyChevrolet185.18038.881 -0.396511Denny HamlinChevrolet184.91938.936 -0.451631Jeff BurtonChevrolet184.87138.946 -0.46175Kyle BuschChevrolet184.80038.961 -0.47681Joe NemechekChevrolet184.75838.970 -0.485924Jeff GordonChevrolet184.72038.978 -0.493106Mark MartinFord184.45039.035 -0.5501112Ryan NewmanDodge184.31839.063 -0.5781220Tony StewartChevrolet184.30339.066 -0.581139Kasey KahneDodge184.21939.084 -0.5991410Scott RiggsDodge184.20939.086 -0.6011529Kevin HarvickChevrolet184.19539.089 -0.6041638Elliott SadlerFord183.76739.180 -0.6951714Sterling MarlinChevrolet183.61339.213 -0.728188Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chevrolet183.57039.222 -0.7371988Dale JarrettFord183.56639.223 -0.7382042Casey MearsDodge183.52439.232 -0.7472119Jeremy MayfieldDodge183.39739.259 -0.7742299Carl EdwardsFord183.36039.267 -0.782231Martin Truex Jr.Chevrolet183.17339.307 -0.8222422Dave BlaneyDodge183.15539.311 -0.8262526Jamie McMurrayFord183.09039.325 -0.8402666Jeff GreenChevrolet183.02039.340 -0.8552743Bobby LabonteDodge183.02039.340 -0.8552825Brian VickersChevrolet182.91339.363 -0.8782941Reed SorensonDodge182.82039.383 -0.8983095Stanton BarrettChevrolet182.80139.387 -0.9023117Matt KensethFord182.58839.433 -0.948327Clint BowyerChevrolet182.48639.455 -0.9703355Michael WaltripDodge182.45439.462 -0.977347Robby GordonChevrolet182.38039.478 -0.9933551Mike GarveyChevrolet182.32039.491 -1.0063678Kenny WallaceChevrolet182.30639.494 -1.0093761Kevin LepageFord182.24239.508 -1.023384Scott WimmerChevrolet182.00739.559 -1.0743945Kyle PettyDodge181.46139.678 -1.1934140David StremmeDodge181.00539.778 -1.2934121Ken SchraderFord179.34140.147 -1.6624249Brent ShermanDodge178.16940.411 -1.9264396Terry LabonteChevrolet181.05939.766 -1.281Failed to qualify or withdrew4432Travis KvapilChevrolet4500Hermie SadlerFord4674Derrike CopeDodge4734Randy LaJoieDodge4889Morgan ShepherdDodgeWD50Jimmy SpencerDodge Summary Body styles and engines were the story of the second race of the Nextel Cup season. Kurt Busch won the pole (187.086 mph) using a 2004 Dodge Intrepid-styled body, as opposed to the new Dodge Charger, which his Penske Racing team believed was aerodynamically superior. Penske teammate Ryan Newman and the #12 team alongside Bobby Labonte and the #43 team ran the Intrepid as well. Others, including Evernham Motorsports drivers Jeremy Mayfield and Kasey Kahne, drove the Charger. On race day, Greg Biffle dominated, leading 168 of the first 218 laps. Biffle won last year's spring race at California, finished second in the fall, and had won the Busch race the day before. Tony Stewart was the fastest Chevy in the early going. He overcame the car falling off the jack on a pit stop and an unscheduled stop for a flat tire to claw his way back among the leaders only to have an engine failure at lap 215, ending a string of 30 straight races without a DNF. Biffle continued up front until lap 226. He reported to the crew that his engine had lost a cylinder and a few laps later, he retired to the garage. This left Matt Kenseth to take the lead and only a late-race caution kept him from pulling away. Smoke and oil from the #4 car of Scott Wimmer brought out a yellow with three laps to go. Kenseth easily held off Jimmie Johnson in the green-white-checker finish to earn his 11th career win. Race results Fin St No. Driver Make Points Bonus Laps Winnings 1 31 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 185 5 251 $324,991 2 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 170 251 $235,936 3 22 99 Carl Edwards Ford 165 251 $165,550 4 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 165 5 251 $166,239 5 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 155 251 $158,970 6 25 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 150 251 $142,375 7 20 42 Casey Mears Dodge 146 251 $140,858 8 4 18 J. J. Yeley * Chevrolet 147 5 251 $140,075 9 10 6 Mark Martin Ford 143 5 251 $104,800 10 7 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 134 251 $105,225 11 18 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 135 5 251 $132,366 12 5 11 Denny Hamlin * Chevrolet 127 251 $104,575 13 9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 129 5 251 $127,261 14 32 7 Clint Bowyer * Chevrolet 121 251 $100,425 15 23 1 Martin Truex Jr. * Chevrolet 118 251 $114,383 16 1 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 120 5 251 $144,558 17 19 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 112 251 $133,050 18 28 25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 109 250 $97,625 19 14 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 106 250 $88,925 20 11 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 103 250 $132,683 21 29 41 Reed Sorenson * Dodge 100 250 $97,875 22 21 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 97 250 $116,916 23 16 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 94 250 $115,083 24 26 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 91 250 $121,058 25 39 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 88 250 $107,333 26 34 7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 85 249 $95,075 27 8 1 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 82 249 $109,820 28 41 21 Ken Schrader Ford 79 249 $109,589 29 15 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 76 249 $116,611 30 24 22 Dave Blaney Dodge 73 249 $91,583 31 27 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 70 249 $116,186 32 17 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 67 249 $88,592 33 40 40 David Stremme * Dodge 64 248 $87,775 34 43 96 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 61 248 $78,625 35 37 61 Kevin Lepage Ford 58 248 $78,425 36 33 55 Michael Waltrip Dodge 55 247 $78,275 37 42 49 Brent Sherman * Dodge 52 247 $78,050 38 35 151 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 49 247 $77,800 39 38 4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 46 246 $77,680 40 30 195 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 43 242 $77,525 41 36 178 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 40 237 $77,400 42 2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 47 10 229 $106,005 43 12 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 39 5 214 $119,453 Failed to qualify: Travis Kvapil (#32), Hermie Sadler (#00), Derrike Cope (#74), Randy LaJoie (#34), Morgan Shepherd (#89) References External links Official results Nextel Cup Series 2006 2006 Daytona 500 2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Auto Club 500 Auto Club 500 Category:NASCAR races at Auto Club Speedway Category:February 2006 sports events in the United States