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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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2006 - DirecTV 500 Race Results
Race Name - DirecTV 500Date - 4/2/2006Race Track - Martinsville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.526 milesRace Length (Miles) - 263 milesPole Speed - 96.736 mphNumber of Cautions - 16Caution Laps - 87Average Race Speed - 72.741 mphLead Changes - 12Total Race Purse - $4,152,141Race Number - 6 | More Races from 2006 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 3 | Tony Stewart | 20 | The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | 500 | Chevrolet | 288 | $220,786 |
2 | 8 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $153,461 |
3 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Lowes (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 195 | $150,361 |
4 | 29 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | 8 | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt Inc) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $133,416 |
5 | 17 | Kyle Busch | 5 | Kelloggs (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $98,400 |
6 | 7 | Elliott Sadler | 38 | MMs (Yates Racing) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $120,808 |
7 | 26 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $115,011 |
8 | 24 | Brian Vickers | 25 | GMAC (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $85,350 |
9 | 2 | Jamie McMurray | 26 | Irwin Industrial Tools (Jack Roush) | 500 | Ford | 6 | $122,675 |
10 | 11 | Scott Riggs | 10 | Valvoline Stanley Tools (James Rocco) | 500 | Dodge | 0 | $76,700 |
11 | 9 | Kurt Busch | 2 | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | 500 | Dodge | 0 | $111,683 |
12 | 25 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | Target (Chip Ganassi) | 500 | Dodge | 0 | $85,925 |
13 | 30 | Mark Martin | 6 | AAA (Jack Roush) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $90,575 |
14 | 6 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | Ginn Clubs Resorts (Nelson Bowers) | 500 | Chevrolet | 9 | $92,083 |
15 | 28 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | UPS (Yates Racing) | 500 | Ford | 1 | $106,825 |
16 | 15 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Office Depot (Jack Roush) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $89,100 |
17 | 14 | Dave Blaney | 22 | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | 499 | Dodge | 0 | $89,233 |
18 | 4 | Ryan Newman | 12 | Alltel (Roger Penske) | 498 | Dodge | 0 | $114,358 |
19 | 21 | Martin Truex Jr | 1 | Bass Pro Shops Tracker (Dale Earnhardt Inc) | 498 | Chevrolet | 0 | $94,208 |
20 | 18 | JJ Yeley | 18 | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | 497 | Chevrolet | 1 | $109,125 |
21 | 12 | Tony Raines | 96 | DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders) | 497 | Chevrolet | 0 | $67,850 |
22 | 42 | Clint Bowyer | 7 | DirecTV (Richard Childress) | 496 | Chevrolet | 0 | $84,250 |
23 | 22 | Joe Nemechek | 1 | US Army (Nelson Bowers) | 495 | Chevrolet | 0 | $98,245 |
24 | 16 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | DeWalt (Jack Roush) | 493 | Ford | 0 | $113,491 |
25 | 34 | Jeff Green | 66 | Best Buy (Gene Haas) | 491 | Chevrolet | 0 | $90,483 |
26 | 23 | Jeremy Mayfield | 19 | Dodge Dealers UAW (Ray Evernham) | 462 | Dodge | 0 | $100,066 |
27 | 32 | Casey Mears | 42 | Texaco Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | 456 | Dodge | 0 | $103,918 |
28 | 36 | Scott Wimmer | 4 | AERO Exhaust (Larry McClure) | 451 | Chevrolet | 0 | $69,460 |
29 | 33 | Michael Waltrip | 55 | NAPA Auto Parts (Doug Bawel) | 445 | Dodge | 0 | $78,722 |
30 | 37 | Kyle Petty | 45 | Schwans Home Service (Petty Enterprises) | 439 | Dodge | 0 | $77,550 |
31 | 10 | Greg Biffle | 16 | National Guard (Jack Roush) | 436 | Ford | 0 | $86,100 |
32 | 13 | Bobby Labonte | 43 | Cheerios Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | 429 | Dodge | 0 | $105,211 |
33 | 20 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | 426 | Chevrolet | 0 | $92,845 |
34 | 40 | Travis Kvapil | 32 | Tide Downy (Cal Wells) | 403 | Chevrolet | 0 | $65,425 |
35 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 9 | Dodge Dealers UAW (Ray Evernham) | 374 | Dodge | 0 | $102,889 |
36 | 31 | Chad Chaffin | 34 | Oak Gloves Makoto Ginger Dressing (Bob Jenkins) | 345 | Chevrolet | 0 | $65,325 |
37 | 41 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs) | 307 | Chevrolet | 0 | $65,250 |
38 | 38 | David Stremme | 40 | Lone Star Steakhouse Saloon (Chip Ganassi) | 299 | Dodge | 0 | $73,200 |
39 | 35 | Stanton Barrett | 95 | hairofdogcom (Stanton Barrett) | 280 | Chevrolet | 0 | $65,140 |
40 | 19 | Ken Schrader | 21 | Little Debbie (Wood Brothers) | 164 | Ford | 0 | $92,279 |
41 | 39 | Mike Garvey | 51 | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Joe Auer) | 93 | Chevrolet | 0 | $65,015 |
42 | 43 | Chad Blount | 92 | Makoto Ginger Dressing (Bob Jenkins) | 92 | Dodge | 0 | $64,960 |
43 | 27 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Menards (Robby Gordon) | 7 | Chevrolet | 0 | $64,384 |