2005 Advance Discount Auto Parts 200

The race began on Saturday, February 12, at 4:10 PM EST.^[3]

As the race began, Bobby Gerhart immediately pulled ahead of Blake Feese for the lead. The attrition began very early on, as Norm Benning's car began leaking oil before the race had even began. On lap 4, the first caution came out for Mark Gibson slamming Robert Richardson Jr. into the wall in turn 4. After a quick green-flag stint, Eddie Mercer crashed hard in turn 4 and was hit by Benny Chastain. Both drivers became the first retirees of the race.

On lap 25, Clair Zimmerman was racing side-by-side with Benning when his car suddenly spun backwards on the tri-oval. The rear end of Zimmerman's car lifted off the ground, and he spun back up the track and slammed the catchfence. The race was red-flagged for 39 minutes to make repairs to the catchfence. A woman was reportedly hit by debris from the crash, though she declined treatment.^[8]

During the caution for Zimmerman's wreck, Blake Feese missed his pit stall and hit one of his crew members and four photographers. Luckily, none of the people appeared to be seriously injured, but Feese was forced to retire for a radiator issue.^[8] Gerhart was also forced to give up the lead to Matt Hagans and Chad McCumbee, who both stayed out under the caution, though Gerhart quickly regained the lead on lap 35. Four laps later, Ed Kennedy was spun from behind by Mark Gibson in turn 1, which sparked a six-car pileup. None of the drivers involved were injured.^[1]

Three laps after the green flag came out, Marc Mitchell's car caught on fire and came to rest in turn 1, causing the fifth caution of the event. It was under this caution that ARCA officials decided to shorten the race to 65 laps, due to the impending Budweiser Shootout.^[1] During the final green-flag stint, Gerhart continued leading as Joey Miller, Todd Kluever, Frank Kimmel, and others battled hard for 2nd.

With two laps to go, Miller was running in 4th when his car broke loose exiting turn 2. Miller's car spun down the track and made slight contact with the right-rear quarter panel of Kluever's car, causing him to slide upside-down and into the path of Larry Foyt, who crashed into him. Kluever, who was still upside-down, was hit by another car and barrel-rolled in the grass as a massive pileup was unfolding on the backstretch. Billy Venturini, one of the many drivers involved in the pileup, was T-boned by Dan Shaver. Shaver was simultaneously slammed from behind, which sent Shaver's car upside-down. The caution came out for the 6th and final time, with Bobby Gerhart being declared the winner.^[1]

Following the race, Venturini and Shaver were both transported to the Halifax Medical Center. Shaver was treated and released, while Venturini was admitted for further evaluation.^[1] He was later diagnosed with injuries to his second vertebrae, the disc below the second vertebrae and ligament damage.^[9] On February 15, Venturini was transported to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, for further observation.^[10] Venturini was fitted with a head and neck Halo, and was released from the hospital on February 19.^[11] He made his return to ARCA at Kentucky Speedway on July 8, 2005.^[12]

Fin[13]	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	5	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet	65	58	Running	250
2	41	46	Frank Kimmel	Clement Racing	Ford	65	0	Running	220
3	9	2	J. J. Yeley	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	65	0	Running	215
4	7	4	Michael Guerity	Cunningham Motorsports	Dodge	65	0	Running	210
5	21	64	Matt Hagans	Hagans Racing	Dodge	65	4	Running	210
6	28	08	T. J. Bell	Hardcore Motorsports	Chevrolet	65	0	Running	200
7	5	9	Joey Miller (R)	Hagans Racing	Dodge	65	0	Running	195
8	26	38	Mike Harmon	Oostlander Racing	Chevrolet	65	0	Running	190
9	20	07	Jeff Spraker	Mark Karnes	Dodge	65	0	Running	185
10	39	84	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	64	0	Running	180
11	3	60	Todd Kluever	Roush Racing	Ford	63	0	Accident	180
12	12	16	Larry Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Dodge	63	0	Accident	170
13	4	7	Kyle Krisiloff (R)	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	165
14	11	25	Billy Venturini	Venturini Motorsports	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	160
15	32	20	Ken Weaver (R)	Ken Weaver Racing	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	155
16	14	75	G. R. Smith	Bob Schacht Motorsports	Ford	63	0	Accident	150
17	19	17	A. J. Hendriksen	ECC Motorsports	Ford	63	0	Accident	145
18	27	78	Doug Reid III	3-D Motorsports	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	140
19	25	49	Dan Shaver	Shaver Motorsports	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	135
20	16	12	Mario Gosselin	Gosselin Racing	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	135
21	38	21	Todd Bowsher	Bowsher Motorsports	Ford	63	0	Accident	125
22	36	11	Chad McCumbee (R)	Fast Track Racing	Chevrolet	63	3	Accident	125
23	40	23	Joe Cooksey	Hixson Motorsports	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	115
24	37	91	Christi Passmore	Christ Passmore Racing	Chevrolet	63	0	Accident	110
25	30	10	Dexter Bean	Fast Track Racing	Pontiac	63	0	Running	105
26	33	33	Robert Richardson Jr.	Richardson Racing	Ford	63	0	Running	100
27	22	3	Marc Mitchell	Kenneth Appling Racing	Pontiac	51	0	Fire	95
28	18	6	Justin Ashburn	Day Enterprise Racing	Chevrolet	49	0	Handling	90
29	6	44	Tim Steele	Lee Leslie Racing	Ford	49	0	Radiator	85
30	35	59	Mark Gibson	Mark Gibson Racing	Pontiac	40	0	Accident	80
31	17	00	Ed Kennedy	Ralph Solhem Racing	Pontiac	39	0	Accident	75
32	31	90	David Ragan (R)	Day Enterprise Racing	Dodge	39	0	Accident	70
33	15	67	Chad Blount	ML Motorsports	Chevrolet	39	0	Accident	65
34	23	13	Johnny Leonard (R)	Florida Motorsports Group	Pontiac	39	0	Accident	60
35	13	8	Bill Eversole	Norm Benning Racing	Dodge	39	0	Accident	55
36	2	94	Blake Feese	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	27	0	Accident	60
37	10	65	Walt Brannen	Brack Maggard Racing	Dodge	26	0	Radiator	45
38	29	62	Clair Zimmerman	Bob Aiello	Pontiac	24	0	Accident	40
39	8	19	Keith Murt	KLM Motorsports	Chevrolet	12	0	Engine	35
40	24	88	Eddie Mercer	Bobby Jones Racing	Dodge	11	0	Accident	30
41	34	98	Benny Chastain	Drew White Motorsports	Pontiac	11	0	Accident	30
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