2006 Sharpie 500
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Date
August 26, 2006
Official name
Sharpie 500
Location
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 24 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
 2006 Sharpie 500 program cover, with artwork made by Sam Bass. The painting is called "Moonlight Thunder!" | |||
| Date | August 26, 2006 | ||
| Official name | Sharpie 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.533 miles (0.857 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km) | ||
| Average speed | 90.025 miles per hour (144.881 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Penske Racing South | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 263 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
The 2006 Sharpie 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 26, 2006, at Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 mile (0.857 km) concrete short track, it was the 24th race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth of Roush Racing won the race.
| Pos | Car # | Driver | Make | Speed | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 124.906 | 15.362 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 124.808 | 15.374 | -0.012 |
| 3 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | 124.484 | 15.414 | -0.052 |
| 4 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 124.404 | 15.424 | -0.062 |
| 5 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 124.299 | 15.437 | -0.075 |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | 124.226 | 15.446 | -0.084 |
| 7 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 124.106 | 15.461 | -0.099 |
| 8 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | 124.082 | 15.464 | -0.102 |
| 9 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | 123.922 | 15.484 | -0.122 |
| 10 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | 123.906 | 15.486 | -0.124 |
| 11 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | 123.866 | 15.491 | -0.129 |
| 12 | 49 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | 123.770 | 15.503 | -0.141 |
| 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 123.754 | 15.505 | -0.143 |
| 14 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | 123.714 | 15.510 | -0.148 |
| 15 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | 123.698 | 15.512 | -0.150 |
| 16 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 123.610 | 15.523 | -0.161 |
| 17 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 123.594 | 15.525 | -0.163 |
| 18 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 123.586 | 15.526 | -0.164 |
| 19 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 123.491 | 15.538 | -0.176 |
| 20 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | 123.475 | 15.540 | -0.178 |
| 21 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | 123.467 | 15.541 | -0.179 |
| 22 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | 123.467 | 15.541 | -0.179 |
| 23 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | 123.443 | 15.544 | -0.182 |
| 24 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | 123.380 | 15.552 | -0.190 |
| 25 | 18 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 123.356 | 15.555 | -0.193 |
| 26 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | 123.277 | 15.565 | -0.203 |
| 27 | 7 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 123.213 | 15.573 | -0.211 |
| 28 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Chevrolet | 123.134 | 15.583 | -0.221 |
| 29 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | 123.000 | 15.600 | -0.238 |
| 30 | 34 | Carl Long | Chevrolet | 122.921 | 15.610 | -0.248 |
| 31 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | 122.827 | 15.622 | -0.260 |
| 32 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | 122.717 | 15.636 | -0.274 |
| 33 | 74 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | 122.701 | 15.638 | -0.276 |
| 34 | 96 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | 122.638 | 15.646 | -0.284 |
| 35 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 122.365 | 15.681 | -0.319 |
| 36 | 40 | David Stremme | Dodge | 122.295 | 15.690 | -0.328 |
| 37 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | 122.201 | 15.702 | -0.340 |
| 38 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 122.154 | 15.708 | -0.346 |
| 39 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 122.092 | 15.716 | -0.354 |
| 40 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 121.728 | 15.763 | -0.401 |
| 41 | 1 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 121.428 | 15.802 | -0.440 |
| 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | 121.389 | 15.807 | -0.445 |
| 43 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | 122.451 | 15.670 | -0.308 |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||
| 44 | 61 | Chad Chaffin | Chevrolet | 15.726 | ||
| 45 | 00 | Hermie Sadler | Chevrolet | 15.746 | ||
| 46 | 37 | Mike Skinner | Dodge | 15.759 | ||
| 47 | 09 | Mike Wallace | Dodge | 15.820 | ||
| 48 | 30 | Stanton Barrett | Dodge | |||
| 49 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Dodge | |||
| Official qualifying results | ||||||
Race recap
The Sharpie 500, one of the most popular races on the circuit and NASCAR's twenty-fourth race of the season, was held on August 26, 2006, under the lights on the 0.533-mile Bristol International Speedway. Kurt Busch won the pole for this event. Matt Kenseth won his second straight Nextel Cup race and, along with points leader Jimmie Johnson, clinched a berth in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.