2005 Sony HD 500

2005 Sony HD 500
Race details
Race 25 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	September 4, 2005 (2005-September-04)
Official name	Sony HD 500
Location	California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance	254 laps, 508 mi (817.546 km)
Scheduled Distance	250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	136.356 miles per hour (219.444 km/h)
Attendance	100,000
Pole position
Driver	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	95
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

The 2005 Sony HD 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 4, 2005 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2005 Nextel Cup Series season. The race was extended to 254 laps because of a green-white-checker finish.

Kyle Busch of Hendrick Motorsports won the race for the first time in his career and also became the youngest Cup Series race winner until the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301. Carl Edwards would earn his first pole position during qualifying.^[1]

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
2	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	Ford
3	25	Brian Vickers	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
4	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford
5	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
6	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
7	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford
8	42	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge
9	21	Ricky Rudd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
10	01	Joe Nemechek	MB2 Motorsports	Chevrolet

Preceded by 2005 Sharpie 500	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Season 2005	Succeeded by 2005 Chevy Rock & Roll 400

2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Points races	Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Golden Corral 500 Food City 500 Advance Auto Parts 500 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 Subway Fresh 500 Aaron's 499 Dodge Charger 500 Chevy American Revolution 400 Coca-Cola 600 MBNA RacePoints 400 Pocono 500 Batman Begins 400 Dodge/Save Mart 350 Pepsi 400 USG Sheetrock 400 New England 300 Pennsylvania 500 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Sirius at The Glen GFS Marketplace 400 Sharpie 500 Sony HD 500 Chevy Rock & Roll 400
Chase for the Nextel Cup	Sylvania 300 MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400 UAW-Ford 500 Banquet 400 UAW-GM Quality 500 Subway 500 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Dickies 500 Checker Auto Parts 500 Ford 400
Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duel Nextel All-Star Challenge

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