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| Auto Club 500 | |||||||||
| California Speedway | |||||||||
| Fontana, California | |||||||||
| 26. Februar 2006 | |||||||||
| Pos | Start | Num | Fahrer | Wagen | Sponsor | Punkte | Bonus | Runden | Ziel |
| 1 | 31 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DeWalt Power Tools | 185 | 5 | 251 | |
| 2 | 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 170 | 0 | 251 | |
| 3 | 22 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 165 | 0 | 251 | |
| 4 | 13 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW | 165 | 5 | 251 | |
| 5 | 6 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless | 155 | 0 | 251 | |
| 6 | 25 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 150 | 0 | 251 | |
| 7 | 20 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Texaco/Havoline | 146 | 0 | 251 | |
| 8 | 4 | 18 | J.J. Yeley * | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries | 147 | 5 | 251 | |
| 9 | 10 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | AAA | 143 | 5 | 251 | |
| 10 | 7 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | 134 | 0 | 251 | |
| 11 | 18 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 135 | 5 | 251 | |
| 12 | 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin * | Chevrolet | FedEx Kinko's | 127 | 0 | 251 | |
| 13 | 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont Hot Hues | 129 | 5 | 251 | |
| 14 | 32 | 07 | Clint Bowyer * | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 121 | 0 | 251 | |
| 15 | 23 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. * | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker | 118 | 0 | 251 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 120 | 5 | 251 | |
| 17 | 19 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS | 112 | 0 | 251 | |
| 18 | 28 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | GMAC | 109 | 0 | 250 | |
| 19 | 14 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | Valvoline/Stanley Tools | 106 | 0 | 250 | |
| 20 | 11 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 103 | 0 | 250 | |
| 21 | 29 | 41 | Reed Sorenson * | Dodge | Energizer e2 Lithium | 100 | 0 | 250 | |
| 22 | 21 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW | 97 | 0 | 250 | |
| 23 | 16 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | Pedigree | 94 | 0 | 250 | |
| 24 | 26 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Best Buy | 91 | 0 | 250 | |
| 25 | 39 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Wells Fargo Financial | 88 | 0 | 250 | |
| 26 | 34 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Jim Beam | 85 | 0 | 249 | |
| 27 | 8 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 82 | 0 | 249 | |
| 28 | 41 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | Little Debbie | 79 | 0 | 249 | |
| 29 | 15 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Icebreakers Ice Cubes | 76 | 0 | 249 | |
| 30 | 24 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | Caterpillar | 73 | 0 | 249 | |
| 31 | 27 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios/Betty Crocker | 70 | 0 | 249 | |
| 32 | 17 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | CENTRIX Auto Finance | 67 | 0 | 249 | |
| 33 | 40 | 40 | David Stremme * | Dodge | Coors Light | 64 | 0 | 248 | |
| 34 | 43 | 96 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | DLP HDTV/Tweeter | 61 | 0 | 248 | |
| 35 | 37 | 61 | Kevin Lepage | Ford | RoadLoans.com | 58 | 0 | 248 | |
| 36 | 33 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | NAPA Auto Parts | 55 | 0 | 247 | |
| 37 | 42 | 49 | Brent Sherman * | Dodge | Serta | 52 | 0 | 247 | |
| 38 | 35 | 151 | Mike Garvey | Chevrolet | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | 49 | 0 | 247 | |
| 39 | 38 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | AERO Exhaust | 46 | 0 | 246 | |
| 40 | 30 | 195 | Stanton Barrett | Chevrolet | hairofdog.com | 43 | 0 | 242 | |
| 41 | 36 | 178 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Racing | 40 | 0 | 237 | |
| 42 | 2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Jackson Hewitt/National Guard | 47 | 10 | 229 | |
| 43 | 12 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 39 | 5 | 214 | |
| * = Rookie | (PE = Post Entry = Teilnahme nach Meldeschluß) | nicht im Ziel = | |||||||
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