 | | Tony Stewart celebrates his second consecutive Pepsi 400 victory. Credit: CIA Stock Photo |
July 3, 2006 10:49 AM EDT (14:49 GMT)
Lap 160: Checkered flag -- Tony Stewart gets his 26th Cup win. Lap 159: Caution -- Tony Stewart wins! Lap 159: White flag -- Tony Stewart leads.  |  | | Credit: Autostock |
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| Official Results |
| Pepsi 400 |
| Pos. |
Driver |
Make |
| 1. |
T. Stewart |
Chevrolet |
| 2. |
Ky. Busch |
Chevrolet |
| 3. |
Ku. Busch |
Dodge |
| 4. |
B. Said |
Ford |
| 5. |
M. Kenseth |
Ford |
| 6. |
E. Sadler |
Ford |
| 7. |
C. Mears |
Dodge |
| 8. |
J. McMurray |
Ford |
| 9. |
K. Harvick |
Chevrolet |
| 10. |
C. Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
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Lap 158: Lead change -- Tony Stewart takes the lead with help from Kyle Busch. Lap 157: Green flag -- Boris Said leads. Lap 154: Caution: Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin and J. J Yeley involved. Gordon's night is over. Lap 152: Green flag -- Boris Said leads with Casey Mears second. Lap 150: Boris Said, who it appears stayed out, takes the lead Lap 149: Pit stops -- Greg Biffle and McMurray take two tires> Tony Stewart gets four tires and makes light contact with Kevin Harvick exiting pit road. Lap 148: Caution: Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte crash. Lap 140: With 20 to go, Kurt Busch and Bobby Labonte are fighting for third behind Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth. Lap 129: Jeff Gordon had a look at the lead, but Matt Kenseth gave Tony Stewart some drafting help to keep the No. 20 in front. Lap 128: Brian Vickers and Sterling Marlin make stops, as they cycle through. Tony Stewart now leads. Lap 127: Kevin Harvick, Dale Jarrett and others make stops, giving the lead back to Brian Vickers. Lap 126: Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and several others make what they hope will be their final stops. Lap 125: Leader Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards make stops. Stewart calls for no adjustments. Lap 124: Green-flag stops -- J.J. Yeley, Michael Waltrip, Kasey Kahne make stops. Lap 113: Brian Vickers, leading just two laps ago, is now 15th. Lap 111: Lead change -- Tony Stewart marches back up to the lead with Matt Kenseth second. Lap 110: Matt Kenseth has gained 30 spots since the most recent restart. Lap 106: Carl Edwards breaks up the Hendrick party by slipping into fourth. Lap 102: The four Hendrick cars have the top four spots. Brian Vickers is followed by Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch. Lap 99: Lead change -- Brian Vickers takes the lead back. Lap 98: Lead change -- Brian Vickers takes the lead briefly, but Jeff Gordon takes it back. Lap 96: Tony Stewart goes to the second spot. Lap 95: Lead change -- Jeff Gordon takes the top spot. Lap 94: Lead change -- J. J. Yeley takes the lead, as Earnhardt Jr. got shuffled back to fifth. Lap 93: Green flag -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads. Lap 91: Lead change -- Dale Eanrhardt Jr., who didn't pit, takes the lead. Lap 90: Pit stops -- Tony Stewart takes fuel only as traffic gets tight on pit road. Matt Kenseth gets blocked in, Elliott Sadler and Martin Truex Jr. collide on pit road. Jeff Gordon takes the lead. Lap 88: Caution -- Debris Lap 87: Leader David Stremme pits, giving the lead to Matt Kenseth as stops have cycled through. Lap 86: Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his stop, giving the lead to David Stremme. Lap 85: More stops. Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead. Lap 83: Carl Edwards stops, giving the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Lap 82: Leader Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin and others make stops. Carl Edwards inherits the lead. Lap 81: Boris Said, Jeremy Mayfield, Elliott Sadler, Mark Martin and others make stops Lap 80: Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray, Mike Wallace, Ryan Newman and others make scheduled stops. Lap 77: Sterling Marlin heads to the pits. Lap 75: Green-flag pit stops begin -- Martin Truex Jr. makes a four-tire stop. Lap 69: Michael Waltrip pits with heavy damage to the right side of his car after getting a bit too high on the racetrack. Lap 67: The top five drivers (Stewart, Johnson, Sadler, Biffle and Edwards) are separating form the pack. Lap 52: All three Ganassi cars stop, ending the green-flag stops. Tony Stewart is the leader. Lap 51: Dale Jarrett stops, giving Reed Sorenson the top spot. Lap 49: Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his scheduled stop and makes what Matt Yocum calls a "significant track-bar adjustment." Robby Gordon also stops, giving the lead to Dale Jarrett. Lap 47: Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray, Ken Schrader, Boris Said and others make their stops. Robby Gordon gets the lead. Lap 46: Leader Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch make their stops. Carl Edwards inherits the lead. Lap 45: Mike Wallace, Ryan Newman and Bobby Labonte make green-flag pit stops. Lap 43: Michael Waltrip pits, believing he may have a tire down. Lap 41: Green flag pit stops begin -- Martin Truex Jr. stops. Lap 37: Kirk Shelmerdine is in the garage. Lap 36: Matt Kenseth says he feels a vibration and that it might be a loose wheel. Lap 35: Kurt Busch complains of a battery problem Lap 33: Lead change -- Tony Stewart breezes by Jeff Gordon for the lead, as Gordon complains that his car is tight. Lap 32: Tony Stewart moves into second while Jimmie Johnson falls to third. Lap 29: Teammates now run 1-2, as Jimmie Johnson goes to the runner-up spot behind Jeff Gordon. Lap 26: Lead change -- Matt Kenseth leads briefly but Gordon fights back to the front. Lap 24: Matt Kenseth moves to second and Jimmie Johnson slips into third. Meanwhile, Tony Stewart is shuffled back to sixth. Lap 21: Green flag -- Jeff Gordon leads with Tony Stewart second. Lap 19: Mears spends extra time on pit road for repairs Lap 16: Caution -- Jeff Burton checks up, Casey Mears makes contact with him and spins. The same two cars were involved in a practice incident on Thursday. Lap 14: Lead change -- Jeff Gordon leads with Tony Stewart second. Lap 13: Lead change -- Greg Biffle leads with Jeff Gordon second. Lap 12: Green flag -- Martin Truex Jr. leads. Lap 11: Travis Kvapil makes a second trip down pit road for more adjustments. Lap 10: Pit stops -- Tony Stewart takes two tires, Martin Truex Jr. takes the win off of pit road after taking just fuel. Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson takes four tires. Lap 8: Caution -- A beach ball finds its way on the backstretch. Lap 4: David Stremme dips below the yellow line, gains positions, but gives them back, avoiding a penalty. Lap 1: Lead change -- Tony Stewart leads the opening lap with polesitter Boris Said second. 8:18 p.m. -- Green flag: Boris Said leads. 8:05 p.m. -- Brandon Routh, who plays Superman in the new movie, gives the command to start engines. 8:00 p.m. -- We're now five minutes past the scheduled green-flag time. We're still waiting for the command to start engines. 7:59 p.m. -- Ryan Smithson reports that Kasey Kahne and Michael Waltrip will go to the rear of the field after making unapproved adjustments to their machines. 7:55 p.m. -- Eddie Sloan, lead singer of the group "Crossfade," sings the national anthem. 7:53 p.m. -- Vice President Dick Cheney: "We're grateful above all to the people that defend us." 7:38 p.m. -- Wow, Chris Myers just gave us a plug, asking Jeff Gordon if he's registered on NASCAR.COM for restrictor plates. 7:33 p.m. -- Steve Byrnes just said "humble dude." 7:30 p.m. -- FOX is on the air for the final time this season. It appears they've watched too much Entourage. 5:45 p.m. -- Vice President Dick Cheney attends the pre-race drivers' meeting. |