2006 Food City 500

February 2025 CUST Race 5 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season Food City 500 Official results of the 2006 Food City 500 https://web.archive.org/web/20070228005153/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2006/5/data/results_official.html 2007-02-28 at NASCAR.com 2006 3 26 2006 5 36 Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee Cold with temperatures approaching 41 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/hWeather information https://web.archive.org/web/20141209154958/http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TN/Bristol/2006-03-26 2014-12-09 at The Old Farmers' Almanac 0.533 0.858 500 266.5 428.89 79.427 mi/h Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Owner points Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing 245 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Fox Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds 2006_Food_City_500_program_cover.jpeg 2006 Food City 500 program cover, featuring Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The 2006 Food City 500 was an event held at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 26, 2006, as the fifth race in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. The race had eighteen cautions and was won by Kurt Busch, who scored his 15th career win and first for Roger Penske. This was Busch's fourth win in the event in six tries and fifth overall at the facility. Qualifying Qualifying was canceled due to extreme weather conditions, so the field was set with the top 35 owners points from 2005, the Champion's Provisional (for Terry Labonte) and seven others, based on qualifying attempts in 2006. As a result, 2005 champion Tony Stewart sat on the pole. Tony Stewart #20 Home Depot Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing Greg Biffle #16 Subway/National Guard Ford Roush Racing Carl Edwards #99 Office Depot Ford Roush Racing Mark Martin#6 AAA Ford Roush Racing Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports Ryan Newman #12 Alltel Dodge Penske Racing Matt Kenseth #17 USG Sheetrock/DeWalt Ford Roush Racing Jamie McMurray #26 Sharpie Ford Roush Racing Kurt Busch #2 Miller Lite Dodge Penske Racing Jeremy Mayfield #19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Evernham Motorsports Jeff Gordon #24 DuPont Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports Casey Mears #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing Elliott Sadler #38 M&M's Ford Robert Yates Racing Kevin Harvick #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing Dale Jarrett #88 UPS Ford Robert Yates Racing Joe Nemechek #01 U.S. Army Chevrolet MB2 Motorsports Brian Vickers #25 GMAC Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Burton #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Jr. #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Inc Kyle Busch #5 Kellogg's Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports Ken Schrader #21 Little Debbie Ford Wood Brothers Reed Sorensen* #41 Target Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Evernham Motorsports J. J. Yeley* #18 AsthmaControl.com Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing Martin Truex Jr.* #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Inc David Stremme* #40 Lone Star Steakhouse Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing Clint Bowyer* #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing Kyle Petty #45 Schwans Dodge Petty Enterprises Jeff Green #66 Best Buy Chevrolet Haas CNC Racing Bobby Labonte #43 Cheerios Dodge Petty Enterprises Brent Sherman* #49 Serta Dodge BAM Racing Dave Blaney #22 Caterpillar Dodge Bill Davis Racing Denny Hamlin* #11 FedEx Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing Michael Waltrip #55 NAPA Dodge Waltrip-Jasper Racing Sterling Marlin #14 Waste Management Chevrolet MB2 Motorsports Terry Labonte*** #96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet Hall of Fame Racing Robby Gordon** #7 Menards Chevrolet Robby Gordon Motorsports Scott Riggs** #10 Valvoline Dodge Evernham Motorsports Kevin Lepage** #61 RoadLoans.com Ford Peak Fitness Racing Scott Wimmer** #4 Aero Exhaust Chevrolet Morgan McClure Motorsports Travis Kvapil** #32 Tide Chevrolet PPI Motorsports Hermie Sadler** #00 Aaron's Ford Michael Waltrip Racing Stanton Barrett** #95 hairofdog.com Chevrolet Stanton Barrett Motorsports Did not qualify DNQ. Kenny Wallace #78 Furniture Row Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing DNQ. Mike Garvey #51 Marathon Oil Chevrolet Competitive Edge Motorsports DNQ. Mike Skinner #37 Dodge R&J Racing DNQ. Derrike Cope #74 Royal Admin Dodge McGlynn Racing DNQ. Morgan Shepherd #89 Dutch Quality Stone Dodge Shepherd Racing Ventures DNQ. Chad Blount #92 Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports DNQ. Chad Chaffin* #34 Kingsport Iron Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports2006-03-25 Qualifying times: Food City 500. https://www.crash.net/nascar/results/90274/1/qualifying-times-food-city-500 2021-06-05 Crash en 2021-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20210605032613/https://www.crash.net/nascar/results/90274/1/qualifying-times-food-city-500 live * Denotes Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate ** Denotes Owner Points required *** Denotes Past Champions Provisional Needed Race recap Qualifying was cancelled on March 24 due to snow, sleet and rain, and the field was set with top 35 owners points from 2005, the Champion's Provisional (for Terry Labonte) and seven others, based on qualifying attempts in 2006. As a result, 2005 champion Tony Stewart sat on the pole. The race featured 18 cautions, and over 100 of the 500 laps were run under the yellow flag. Points leader Jimmie Johnson made contact with the car of Reed Sorenson, which caused a flat tire and put the #48 car several laps down; this would lead to him finishing 30th. Lap 188 saw the most notable wreck of the first half of the race, where Clint Bowyer spun Dave Blaney, causing a chain reaction collecting David Stremme, Brian Vickers, and Michael Waltrip. This brought out a red flag to cleanup. Jeff Gordon spun Martin Truex Jr. out on lap 415, collecting Jeff Burton, Robby Gordon, and J. J. Yeley. Kurt Busch, who had made up two laps lost earlier in the day due to tire problems, used the "bump-and-run" to nudge Matt Kenseth out of the lead with four laps to go. Gordon used the same tactic to take third but on the final lap, Kenseth used the bump and run to spin Gordon out as Busch raced to victory. Gordon finished 21st and was involved in a shoving match with Kenseth on pit road after the race, for which he was put on probation and fined $10,000 by NASCAR. thumb|right|Kurt Busch celebrates after winning the 2006 Food City 500. Besides the dyed between Gordon and Kenseth, there also was bitter rivalry shown between Busch and Kevin Harvick following contact last week at Atlanta. During the pre-race ceremonies and in the drivers meeting, Harvick spent his time taunting Busch for no good reason. Busch ignored his insults and dismissed reporters. Harvick had been complaining about Busch all week and once retorted that Roger Penske (Busch's team owner) would make a fool of himself in hiring Busch. NASCAR warned Busch and Harvick that if they got into a feud on the track, they would get penalized. Busch later won the race and Harvick ended up second. When interviewed, Kevin was not finished and said "I am glad for my second-place spot but seeing Kurt [Busch] up there is terrible. I hate to see him win. He is a big whiner." The win was Busch's fifth in 11 career races at the track and the fifteenth in his career. It was Dodge's first win at Bristol since Richard Petty in 1975. Race results PosGridDriverNo.MakePointsBonusLapsWinnings1 9 Kurt Busch 2 Dodge 185 5 500 $175,8582 14 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet 175 5 500 $160,8863 7 Matt Kenseth 17 Ford 170 5 500 $166,5664 3 Carl Edwards 99 Ford 160 0 500 $122,5755 30 Bobby Labonte 43 Dodge 155 500 $138,8366 4 Mark Martin 6 Ford 150 500 $105,8257 2 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 151 5 500 $105,1508 20 Kyle Busch 5 Chevrolet 147 5 500 $102,4509 6 Ryan Newman 12 Dodge 138 500 $129,25810 23 Kasey Kahne 9 Dodge 134 500 $125,86411 19 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8 Chevrolet 130 500 $124,51612 1 Tony Stewart 20 Chevrolet 137 10 500 $168,88613 13 Elliott Sadler 38 Ford 124 500 $115,73314 33 Denny Hamlin * 11 Chevrolet 121 500 $88,00015 29 Jeff Green 66 Chevrolet 118 500 $113,45816 10 Jeremy Mayfield 19 Dodge 115 500 $115,86617 35 Sterling Marlin 14 Chevrolet 112 500 $101,78318 28 Kyle Petty 45 Dodge 109 500 $107,63319 40 Scott Wimmer 4 Chevrolet 106 500 $85,05020 15 Dale Jarrett 88 Ford 103 500 $119,47521 11 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet 105 5 500 $129,33622 22 Reed Sorenson * 41 Dodge 97 499 $92,35023 32 Dave Blaney 22 Dodge 94 499 $96,68324 21 Ken Schrader 21 Ford 91 499 $111,01425 12 Casey Mears 42 Dodge 88 498 $118,08326 37 Robby Gordon 7 Chevrolet 85 497 $83,30027 36 Terry Labonte 96 Chevrolet 82 497 $80,06028 16 Joe Nemechek 01 Chevrolet 79 495 $109,25529 27 Clint Bowyer * 07 Chevrolet 76 495 $90,80030 5 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 73 487 $128,48631 39 Kevin Lepage 61 Ford 75 5 485 $81,15032 34 Michael Waltrip 55 Dodge 67 481 $88,14733 24 J. J. Yeley * 18 Chevrolet 64 469 $114,07534 18 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet 61 467 $104,84535 8 Jamie McMurray 26 Ford 58 440 $125,27536 26 David Stremme * 40 Dodge 55 435 $86,40037 17 Brian Vickers 25 Chevrolet 52 434 $86,35038 25 Martin Truex Jr. * 1 Chevrolet 49 430 $86,30039 43 Stanton Barrett 95 Chevrolet 46 381 $78,24040 41 Travis Kvapil 32 Chevrolet 43 349 $78,16541 38 Scott Riggs 10 Dodge 40 344 $78,11542 31 Brent Sherman * 49 Dodge 37 302 $78,06043 42 Hermie Sadler 00 Chevrolet 34 96 $77,481 Failed to make field: Chad Chaffin (#34), Mike Skinner (#37), Mike Garvey (#51), Derrike Cope (#74), Kenny Wallace (#78), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Chad Blount (#92). References Nextel Cup Series 2006 2006 Golden Corral 500 2006 DirecTV 500 Food City 500 Food City 500 Category:NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway Food City 500