2006 DirecTV 500

February 2025 CUST Race 6 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season DirecTV 500 http://racing-reference.info/race/2006_DirecTV_500/W 2006 DirecTV 500 - Racing-Reference.info Racing-Reference.info 2015-05-22http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Martinsville/2006-04-02 Complete weather information Almanac.comhttp://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2006/6/data/results_official.html Official results NASCAR.com 2007-04-11 2007-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20070403002449/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2006/6/data/results_official.html deadhttps://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/News-and-Media/Results-Archive/2006-DIRECTV.aspx 2006 DirecTV 500 - Martinsville Speedway Martinsvillespeedway.com 2015-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910125724/http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/News-and-Media/Results-Archive/2006-DIRECTV.aspx 2015-09-10 dead 2006 04 2 2006 6 36 2006_DirecTV_500_program_cover.png 2006 DirecTV 500 program cover Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia 0.526 0.847 500 263 423.257 Temperatures reaching up to 80.6 F C; wind speeds up to 7 mph km/h 72.741 mi/h 65,000 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 19.575 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing 288 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Fox Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds The 2006 DirecTV 500 was the sixth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was held on April 2, 2006 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Jimmie Johnson won the pole and Tony Stewart led the most laps and won the race.http://nascar.about.com/od/races/a/1martinsville06.htm Tony Stewart Leads Chevrolet To Win the 2006 DirecTV 500 In Exciting Martinsville Shootout NASCAR.about.com 2015-05-22 2015-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402234739/http://nascar.about.com/od/races/a/1martinsville06.htm dead Background thumb|left|Martinsville Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway is a 4-turn short track that is 0.526 mi km long.http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/About-The-Track/About-The-Track.aspx About the Track April 1, 2013 October 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101007095733/http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/About-The-Track/About-The-Track.aspx dead Its turns are banked at 11° while the frontstretch, where the start/finish line is located, is banked 0°. Like the front stretch, the backstraightaway also does not have a banked surface. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km), Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit. The track's layout, characterized by two long straights and tight, flat turns, is frequently compared to shape of a paperclip. Due to its compact dimensions, the venue provides seating in close proximity to the racing surface, with the cars remaining within view of the entire grandstand throughout the event. In a recent poll of race fans by a major publication, Martinsville Speedway was voted as the top bargain in all of Sprint Cup racing as well as the track having the best view of the action. The track is also one of the most modern, with high-rise aluminum chair back seating, corporate and fan suites and state-of-the-art facilities for the media. The race track was built in 1947 and is owned by the International Speedway Corporation. The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 263 mi. Jeff Gordon was the defending race winner, after he won the race in 2005, the previous year. Qualifying St2006-04-01 Qualifying times: DirecTV 500. https://www.crash.net/nascar/results/90293/1/qualifying-times-directv-500 2021-06-04 Crash en 2021-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20210604000717/https://www.crash.net/nascar/results/90293/1/qualifying-times-directv-500 dead No. Driver Make Speed Time Behind148Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet96.73619.5750.000226Jamie McMurrayFord96.69619.58300.008320Tony StewartChevrolet96.63219.59600.021412Ryan NewmanDodge96.56319.61000.03559Kasey KahneDodge96.50919.62100.046614Sterling MarlinChevrolet96.48419.62600.051738Elliott SadlerFord96.44519.63400.059824Jeff GordonChevrolet96.28819.66600.09192Kurt BuschDodge96.11719.70100.1261016Greg BiffleFord95.97619.73000.1551110Scott RiggsDodge95.86419.75300.1781296Tony RainesChevrolet95.83019.76000.1851343Bobby LabonteDodge95.78619.76900.1941422Dave BlaneyDodge95.75219.77600.2011599Carl EdwardsFord95.67019.79300.2181617Matt KensethFord95.63219.80100.226175Kyle BuschChevrolet95.60319.80700.2321818J. J. YeleyChevrolet95.53019.82200.2471921Ken SchraderFord95.48719.83100.2562031Jeff BurtonChevrolet95.44319.84000.265211Martin Truex JrChevrolet95.35719.85800.2832201Joe NemechekChevrolet95.27519.87500.3002319Jeremy MayfieldDodge95.27119.87600.3012425Brian VickersChevrolet95.21819.88700.3122541Reed SorensonDodge95.14619.90200.3272629Kevin HarvickChevrolet95.13219.90500.330277Robby GordonChevrolet95.06519.91900.3442888Dale JarrettFord95.01719.92900.354298Dale Earnhardt JrChevrolet94.85519.96300.388306Mark MartinFord94.70819.99400.4193134Chad ChaffinChevrolet94.54320.02900.4543242Casey MearsDodge94.53820.03000.4553355Michael WaltripDodge94.50520.03700.4623466Jeff GreenChevrolet94.46320.04600.4713595Stanton BarrettChevrolet94.45820.04700.472364Scott WimmerChevrolet94.44420.05000.4753745Kyle PettyDodge94.21420.09900.5243840David StremmeDodge94.20020.10200.5273951Mike GarveyChevrolet94.10620.12200.5474032Travis KvapilChevrolet94.08720.12600.5514111Denny HamlinChevrolet93.91520.16300.5884207Clint BowyerChevrolet93.67320.21500.6404392Chad BlountDodge94.01720.14100.566Failed to qualify4474Derrike CopeDodge4561Kevin LepageFord4678Kenny WallaceChevrolet4749Jimmy SpencerDodge4889Morgan ShepherdDodge4900Hermie SadlerFord Race results Pos Grid No. Driver Make Points Bonus Laps Winnings 1 3 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 190 10 500 $220,786 2 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 170 0 500 $153,461 3 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 170 5 500 $150,361 4 29 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 160 0 500 $133,416 5 17 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 155 0 500 $98,400 6 7 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 150 0 500 $120,808 7 26 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 146 0 500 $115,011 8 24 25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 142 0 500 $85,350 9 2 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 143 5 500 $122,675 10 11 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 134 0 500 $76,700 11 9 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 130 0 500 $111,683 12 25 41 Reed Sorenson* Dodge 127 0 500 $85,925 13 30 6 Mark Martin Ford 124 0 500 $90,575 14 6 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 126 5 500 $92,083 15 28 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 123 5 500 $106,825 16 15 99 Carl Edwards Ford 115 0 500 $89,100 17 14 22 Dave Blaney Dodge 112 0 499 $89,233 18 4 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 109 0 498 $114,358 19 21 1 Martin Truex Jr.* Chevrolet 106 0 498 $94,208 20 18 18 J. 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Yeley* Chevrolet 108 5 497 $109,125 21 12 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 100 0 497 $67,850 22 42 07 Clint Bowyer* Chevrolet 97 0 496 $84,250 23 22 01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 94 0 495 $98,245 24 16 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 91 0 493 $113,491 25 34 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 88 0 491 $90,483 26 23 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 85 0 462 $100,066 27 32 42 Casey Mears Dodge 82 0 456 $103,918 28 36 4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 79 0 451 $69,460 29 33 55 Michael Waltrip Dodge 76 0 445 $78,722 30 37 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 73 0 439 $77,550 31 10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 70 0 436 $86,100 32 13 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 67 0 429 $105,211 33 20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 64 0 426 $92,845 34 40 32 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 61 0 403 $65,425 35 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 58 0 374 $102,889 36 31 34 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet 55 0 345 $65,325 37 41 11 Denny Hamlin* Chevrolet 52 0 307 $65,250 38 38 40 David Stremme* Dodge 49 0 299 $73,200 39 35 95 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 46 0 280 $65,140 40 19 21 Ken Schrader Ford 43 0 164 $92,279 41 39 51 Mike Garvey Chevrolet PE 0 93 $65,015 42 43 92 Chad Blount Dodge 37 0 92 $64,960 43 27 7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 34 0 7 $64,384Sources:http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2006006 NASCAR Race Results at Martinsville - April 2, 2006 [DIRECTV 500] [DriverAverages] Driveraverages.com May 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150522174355/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2006006 May 22, 2015 dead Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#74), Kevin Lepage (#61), Kenny Wallace (#78), Jimmy Spencer (#49), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Hermie Sadler References Nextel Cup Series 2006 2006 Food City 500 2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 DirecTV 500 DirecTV 500 Category:NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway Category:April 2006 sports events in the United States