2006 Sony HD 500

2006 Sony HD 500
Race details
Race 25 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	September 3, 2006 (2006-September-03)
Official name	Sony HD 500
Location	California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance	250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	144.462 miles per hour (232.489 km/h)
Attendance	102,000
Pole position
Driver	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports
Laps	130
Winner
No. 9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

The 2006 Sony HD 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 3, 2006 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 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports won the race.

Background

The track, California Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long.^[1] The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
2	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet
3	07	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
4	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford
5	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
7	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford
8	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
9	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet
10	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford

References

↑ "Auto Club Speedway Track Facts". Auto Club Speedway. Retrieved March 22, 2013.

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2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Points races	Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Golden Corral 500 Food City 500 DirecTV 500 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 Subway Fresh 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal 400 Dodge Charger 500 Coca-Cola 600 Neighborhood Excellence 400 Pocono 500 3M Performance 400 Dodge/Save Mart 350 Pepsi 400 USG Sheetrock 400 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Pennsylvania 500 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard AMD at the Glen GFS Marketplace 400 Sharpie 500 Sony HD 500 Chevy Rock & Roll 400
Chase for the Nextel Cup	Sylvania 300 Dover 400 Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods UAW-Ford 500 Bank of America 500 Subway 500 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Dickies 500 Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil Ford 400
Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duels NEXTEL All-Star Challenge

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