 | | Kurt Busch celebrates his first Pocono victory. Credit: Autostock |
July 24, 2005
07:10 PM EDT (23:10 GMT)
Live Points Standings Lap 203: Caution is out. Busch wins the Pennsylvania 500. Lap 202: Kahne is in the wall. He was running fifth. No caution. Lap 202: Green flag. Busch leads.  |
| Results |
| Pennsylvania 500 |
| Pos. |
Driver |
Make |
| 1. |
Kurt Busch |
Ford |
| 2. |
Rusty Wallace |
Dodge |
| 3. |
Mark Martin |
Ford |
| 4. |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
| 5. |
Ryan Newman |
Dodge |
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Lap 198: Caution is out for the 11th time. Waltrip has spun again. We're going to have a green-white-checkered. Lap 197: Green flag. Busch leads. Lap 195: Caution is out. Biffle's tire goes down, Michael Waltrip rear-ends him and backs it into the Tunnel Turn wall. Sterling Marlin is the Lucky Dog. Lap 194: Green flag. Busch leads. Lap 190: Caution is out. Mike Wallace has crashed on the Long Pond straight after help from Jeff Gordon. Nemechek also spun. Jeremy Mayfield is the Lucky Dog. Jimmie Johnson comes in, changes two tiresLap 189: Busch already has a 2.5-second lead. Lap 183: Busch gets back around Wallace for the lead. Lap 183: Martin passes Edwards for third Lap 181: Green flag. Wallace leads Lap 178: Most of the cars on the second half of the lead lap are in for tires. Tony Stewart (12th) is the first car in for service. The rest stay out. Lap 177: Caution was for debris (Kenseth's brake rotor). Lap 177: Busch passes Wallace for the lead, but the caution comes out. Wallace is still technically the leader. Lap 176: Busch is all over Wallace's bumper. Lap 168: Busch gets around Martin for fifth. Lap 167: Green flag. Wallace leads. Martin is the first car with four tires. Lap 164: Everyone comes in for service. Rusty Wallace takes lead with a two tire stop.Martin has a great stop, takes four tires, is nearly hit by Mike GarveyEdwards takes two tires, goes to secondHarvick takes fuel only, goes to thirdMartin will restart fifthLap 163: Joe Nemechek has a flat tire. Caution is our. Tremendous break for the leaders. Matt Kenseth is the Lucky Dog. Lap 160: Martin and Busch have 40 laps on our tires. Waltrip (third) last stopped on Lap 129. Lap 154: Green flag. Martin leads. Lap 151: Leaders stay out. Kevin Harvick (11th) is the first car to make a stop. Most of the cars on the tail end of the lead lap come to pit road.Lap 150: Caution is out. Kyle Busch has backed into the Turn 1 wall hard. Casey Mears is the Lucky Dog. Lap 150: Martin leads Busch by a half-second. Lap 143: Robby Gordon to the garage. Engine. Lap 143: Green flag. Martin leads. Lap 141: Mark Martin stays out, takes lead. The top six (Martin, Busch, Nemechek, Waltrip, Bliss) did not stop. Stewart, J. Gordon, Labonte and Vickers took two tires.Rusty Wallace will forego track position and take four tires.Lap 140: Mark Martin scored as leader. Lap 139: Martin passes Biffle for the lead. Lap 139: Caution is out. Newman and McMurray have tangled. Looks like Newman had a flat tire. Both Newman and McMurray have damage. Jimmie Johnson is the Lucky Dog. Lap 133: Green flag. Biffle leads. Lap 131: Leaders are staying out. Several cars on the tail end of the lead lap are pitting. Lap 130: Caution is out for debris. Kevin Harvick gets the Lucky Dog. Lap 126: Green flag. Biffle leads. Lap 122: Everyone is back on pit road. Greg Biffle and Rusty Wallace take the lead with a two-tire stop. Kurt Busch has problems on the left rear and will fall back to eighth. Joe Nemechek has a tire hit the jack; as a result, he loses 12 spots. Michael Waltrip overshot his pit box and loses four spots. Waltrip was going to take four tires, but he only took two. Biffle came in 11th, Wallace 10th. Kyle Busch also opts for two tires. He was 12th and comes out third.The first driver with four tires is Mark Martin (fourth).Lap 120: Caution is out for debris. Ricky Rudd gets the Lucky Dog. Lap 114: Burton's on pit road with fire coming out of his exhaust. Lap 113: Busch has clinched the five bonus points for leading the most laps. Lap 112: Pit cycle complete. Busch leads Martin by four seconds. Lap 111: Vickers, Waltrip, Edwards, Newman, Leffler, Johnson, Riggs, Gordon in. Lap 111: Kenseth caught speeding on pit road. He will be a lap down. Lap 110: Biffle in. Busch pits, gives up lead to Newman. Loose lugnot on the left front for Busch, who had a 17.5 second stop. Lap 109: Martin, Kahne and McMurray in. Lap 108: Green flag stops begin. Nemechek is the first on pit road. Stewart comes with him. Lap 105: Rusty Wallace is 10th, but he is half a lap down Lap 100: Halfway. Kurt Busch has led all but 10 laps. Lap 92: Kurt Busch leads Ryan Newman by seven seconds. Lap 80: 28 cars on the lead lap. Lap 75: Green flag. Busch leads. Lap 72: Leaders come in for stops. Mike Wallace stays out to lead a lap. Kurt Busch is first in, first out again with a good stop. Looks like four tires all around again. Rusty Wallace is the big loser on the stops -- the left side of the car was up forever, and he will go from fourth to 15th. Newman gains three spots on pit road. Nemechek lost three spots on pit road. Lap 69: Caution is out for debris. Matt Kenseth gets the Lucky Dog. Lap 66: Earnhardt Jr. is two laps down. Lap 63: Kyle Busch has cracked the top 10. Lap 61: Busch puts Johnson a lap down. Lap 60: Busch passes Nemechek for the lead. Lap 59: Rusty Wallace is up to sixth. Lap 55: Green flag. Nemechek leads, but he has six cars ahead of him. They are: Edwards, J. Gordon, Kenseth, Johnson, Burton and Mears. Lap 53: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road for spring changes. He will go a lap down. Lap 51: Yellow-flag stops begin. Looks like everyone is taking four tires this time. Joe Nemechek, who stopped earlier, will take the lead. Busch has already strong stop and will restart second. Martin and Newman are right behind him. Rusty Wallace has a good stop and will restart eighth. Lap 50: Caution is out for Travis Kvapil's blown tire. This will put all those on pit road on the tail end of the lead lap. Lap 50: Jeff Gordon, Rudd, Mears, Johnson, Edwards on pit road. Lap 49: Nemechek, Burton and Jarrett on pit road. They all take four tires. Lap 48: Green flag stops have begun. Harvick is the first car to pit. Mayfield is right behind him. Both take four tires. Lap 47: Johnson still leads the points. Biffle is 27 back, Stewart is third, 30 back. Still 10 drivers in the Chase. Lap 40: Kurt Busch is already upon the rear of the field Lap 37: Ryan Newman is third, but he is 10 seconds back. Lap 33: Joe Nemechek passes Tony Stewart for fourth. Lap 32: Busch has a four-second lead. That is half a straightaway. Lap 28: Kurt Busch has his biggest lead of the race. Mark Martin is second. Ryan Newman is third. Lap 26: Carl Edwards is about to crack the top 10. He started in the rear of the field. Lap 25: Kevin Harvck is 10th, but he is already 12 seconds back. Lap 24: P.J. Jones to the garage. Lap 22: Kurt Busch has led all but one lap. Lap 21: Two-tire update: Jeremy Mayfield is falling like a rock, while Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon are retaining their track position. Lap 20: Travis Kvapil smacks the Turn 3 wall. No caution. Lap 17: Green flag. Kurt Busch leads. Lap 15: Looks like the whole field is coming in for tires. The only driver who stays out is P.J. Jones. Kurt Busch's team gives him a flawless 13.5 second stop, and he retains the lead. Carl Edwards takes two tires and will come out 10th. Looks like Jeremy Mayfield also took two tires, because he came out third. McMurray lost a lot of spots on pit road. He will restart ninth. Dale Jarrett took two tires and will restart fourth. Jeff Gordon also took two tires, so he will restart seventh. Lap 14: Caution is out for the first time. Mike Wallace has a flat left rear. Wallace is trying to get back to pit road. Lap 12: Kirk Shelmerdine to the garage Lap 12: Kasey Kahne is 37th. He started 15th. Lap 11: The field is very spread out. Lap 9: Busch already has a three-second lead Lap 8: Jeff Gordon has not gained any spots. He started 21st. Lap 6: Greg Sacks to the garage Lap 4: Kurt Busch already has a two-second lead Lap 3: Carl Edwards has already gotten up to 29th. He started shotgun. Lap 2: Busch already has a one-second lead Lap 1: Kurt Busch takes lead in Turn 1. Lap 1: Green flag. We're two-wide. 1:40 p.m. - Tony Stewart's team changed a flat rear tire before the green flag. 1:12 p.m. - Richard Petty is driving the Wally's World car. Petty went into Turn 1 at 48 mph. He hit nearly 65 on the backstretch. 1:07 p.m. - "We might be teammates, we might not, His deal starts in '07, and mine is done in 06," Matt Kenseth says of Jamie McMurray. 1:04 p.m. - Tony Stewart says Goodyear wasn't at fault for the rash of tire failures in June. 1:03 p.m. - Weber has on a nice gray tie. Whew. 1:02 p.m. - TNT is on the air. Let's see if Bill Weber has on a pink tie again. | 
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