2006 USG Sheetrock 400
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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 18 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
 2006 USG Sheetrock 400 program cover | |||
| Date | July 9, 2006 | ||
| Location | Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.500 miles (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 270 laps, 405 mi (651.784 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 87.8 °F (31.0 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 132.077 mph (212.557 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | 29.728 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | |
| Laps | 112 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 5.2[2] | ||
The 2006 USG Sheetrock 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on July 9, 2006, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The race was the 18th of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing won the pole position with a lap speed of 181.647 mph (292.333 km/h),[3] his second pole of 2006 along with the Daytona 500,[4] marking the first time in his career that he won two poles in the same year.[5] Roush Racing's Matt Kenseth led the most laps, while Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race[5] on a green–white–checkered finish, which extended the race from 267 laps to 270.[6]
| St[7] | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 181.647 | 29.728 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | 181.318 | 29.782 | 00.054 |
| 3 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | 180.687 | 29.886 | 00.158 |
| 4 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 180.421 | 29.930 | 00.202 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 180.391 | 29.935 | 00.207 |
| 6 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | 180.367 | 29.939 | 00.211 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | 179.874 | 30.021 | 00.293 |
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 179.718 | 30.047 | 00.319 |
| 9 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | 179.324 | 30.113 | 00.385 |
| 10 | 18 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 179.319 | 30.114 | 00.386 |
| 11 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | 179.223 | 30.130 | 00.402 |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | 179.206 | 30.133 | 00.405 |
| 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 179.200 | 30.134 | 00.406 |
| 14 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | 178.660 | 30.225 | 00.497 |
| 15 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | 178.636 | 30.229 | 00.501 |
| 16 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | 178.613 | 30.233 | 00.505 |
| 17 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 178.583 | 30.238 | 00.510 |
| 18 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | 178.442 | 30.262 | 00.534 |
| 19 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 178.318 | 30.283 | 00.555 |
| 20 | 40 | David Stremme | Dodge | 178.283 | 30.289 | 00.561 |
| 21 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 178.271 | 30.291 | 00.563 |
| 22 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 178.159 | 30.310 | 00.582 |
| 23 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 178.036 | 30.331 | 00.603 |
| 24 | 00 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet | 178.001 | 30.337 | 00.609 |
| 25 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 177.924 | 30.350 | 00.622 |
| 26 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | 177.690 | 30.390 | 00.662 |
| 27 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 177.643 | 30.398 | 00.670 |
| 28 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | 177.620 | 30.402 | 00.674 |
| 29 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | 177.515 | 30.420 | 00.692 |
| 30 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | 177.480 | 30.426 | 00.698 |
| 31 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | 177.299 | 30.457 | 00.729 |
| 32 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | 177.067 | 30.497 | 00.769 |
| 33 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | 176.997 | 30.509 | 00.781 |
| 34 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 176.933 | 30.520 | 00.792 |
| 35 | 06 | Todd Kluever | Ford | 176.580 | 30.581 | 00.853 |
| 36 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | 176.551 | 30.586 | 00.858 |
| 37 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | 176.505 | 30.594 | 00.866 |
| 38 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 176.471 | 30.600 | 00.872 |
| 39 | 96 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | 175.936 | 30.693 | 00.965 |
| 40 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 175.673 | 30.739 | 01.011 |
| 41 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | 174.650 | 30.919 | 01.191 |
| 42 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | 174.227 | 30.994 | 01.266 |
| 43 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Chevrolet | 176.177 | 30.651 | 00.923 |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||
| 44 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | |||
| 45 | 49 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | |||
| 46 | 61 | Chad Blount | Dodge | |||
| 47 | 04 | Brent Sherman | Ford | |||
| 48 | 51 | Mike Garvey | Chevrolet | |||
| 49 | 74 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | |||
| 50 | 34 | Carl Long | Chevrolet | |||
Race recap
Pole-sitter Jeff Burton led much of the early portion of the race, but Jeff Gordon then took the lead after a strong green-flag pit stop. On lap 68, the first caution flag was flown for debris on the track, shuffling the driver order and giving the lead to Kevin Harvick.[8] With four laps to go,[9] Gordon drove into a slowing[5] Matt Kenseth's rear bumper, spinning him. On the green–white–checkered finish,[8] Gordon led the final laps to win his 75th career Cup Series victory and second of 2006[10] with a 0.461 second lead over Burton, followed by Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr.[11] Points leader Jimmie Johnson, Reed Sorenson, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, and J. J. Yeley closed out the Top 10.[6] Meanwhile, Kenseth was involved in a second wreck and ran out of fuel,[5] but managed to finish the race on the lead lap[6] and finished 22nd.[12]
After the race, the points standings saw Johnson pull away from Kenseth, with the eight-point margin[13] between them increasing to 51, with Johnson leading Kenseth 2,651 points to 2,600. Earnhardt Jr. was third with 2,394 points, Burton had 2,327 points, and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five with 2,303.[14] Mark Martin (2,291), Tony Stewart (2,274), Kyle Busch (2,265), Harvick (2,253) and Gordon (2,219) completed the top ten points standings.[6]
