# 2006 Dickies 500

The 2006 Dickies 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on November 5, 2006 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad oval, it was the thirty-fourth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. The race was extended to 339 laps because of a green-white-checker finish. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race.

## Background

Texas Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a five degree banking. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, tracks also owned by Speedway Motorsports.

## Qualifying

| Pos | Car # | Driver | Make | Primary Sponsor | Speed | Time | Behind |
| 1 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | GMAC | 196.235 | 27.518 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW | 195.390 | 27.637 | -0.119 |
| 3 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 194.854 | 27.713 | -0.195 |
| 4 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW / Dodge Nitro | 194.812 | 27.719 | -0.201 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 193.833 | 27.859 | -0.341 |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | FedEx Kinko's | 193.562 | 27.898 | -0.380 |
| 7 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Combos | 193.368 | 27.926 | -0.408 |
| 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 193.320 | 27.933 | -0.415 |
| 9 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Menards / MAPEI | 193.126 | 27.961 | -0.443 |
| 10 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 193.098 | 27.965 | -0.447 |
| 11 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | CARQUEST | 193.071 | 27.969 | -0.451 |
| 12 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | Valvoline / Stanley / "Cars" DVD | 192.981 | 27.982 | -0.464 |
| 13 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 192.960 | 27.985 | -0.467 |
| 14 | 7 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 192.898 | 27.994 | -0.476 |
| 15 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 192.713 | 28.021 | -0.503 |
| 16 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 192.665 | 28.028 | -0.510 |
| 17 | 40 | David Stremme | Dodge | Lone Star Steakhouse / Saloon | 192.500 | 28.052 | -0.534 |
| 18 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | Little Debbie | 192.472 | 28.056 | -0.538 |
| 19 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Target / Kraft | 192.431 | 28.062 | -0.544 |
| 20 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | The UPS Store / Toys for Tots | 192.363 | 28.072 | -0.554 |
| 21 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench | 192.102 | 28.110 | -0.592 |
| 22 | 49 | Mike Bliss | Dodge | WhatsOnline.com | 192.089 | 28.112 | -0.594 |
| 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 192.082 | 28.113 | -0.595 |
| 24 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Alltel | 191.755 | 28.161 | -0.643 |
| 25 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 191.741 | 28.163 | -0.645 |
| 26 | 18 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries | 191.598 | 28.184 | -0.666 |
| 27 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Best Buy | 191.374 | 28.217 | -0.699 |
| 28 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | AAA | 191.354 | 28.220 | -0.702 |
| 29 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless | 191.211 | 28.241 | -0.723 |
| 30 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | Caterpillar | 191.178 | 28.246 | -0.728 |
| 31 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | Waste Management | 191.171 | 28.247 | -0.729 |
| 32 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / Sylvania | 191.164 | 28.248 | -0.730 |
| 33 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Racing | 191.029 | 28.268 | -0.750 |
| 34 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 190.867 | 28.292 | -0.774 |
| 35 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Wells Fargo | 190.860 | 28.293 | -0.775 |
| 36 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT | 190.712 | 28.315 | -0.797 |
| 37 | 4 | Ward Burton | Chevrolet | Lucas Oil Products | 190.644 | 28.325 | -0.807 |
| 38 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | NAPA Auto Parts | 190.564 | 28.337 | -0.819 |
| 39 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | National Guard / Charter Communications | 190.040 | 28.415 | -0.897 |
| 40 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Chevrolet | Tide-Downy | 190.040 | 28.415 | -0.897 |
| 41 | 96 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | DLP HDTV | 189.860 | 28.442 | -0.924 |
| 42 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 189.241 | 28.535 | -1.017 |
| 43 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | | 28.520 | |
| Failed to qualify ||||||||
| 44 | 34 | Chad Chaffin | Dodge | MyAutoLoan.com | | 28.453 | |
| 45 | 37 | Bill Elliott | Dodge | R & J Racing | | 28.454 | |
| 46 | 61 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | Oak Gloves / RPM | | 28.538 | |
| 47 | 72 | Mike Skinner | Chevrolet | Dutch Quality Stone | | 28.547 | |
| 48 | 60 | David Ragan | Ford | Pennzoil Platinum | | 28.584 | |
| 49 | 74 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | Sundance Vacations / Royal Admin. | | 28.824 | |
| 50 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | New York Red Bulls | | 29.018 | |

## Race recap

The eighth Chase race, the Dickies 500, was run on November 5, 2006 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Brian Vickers, the last car to qualify, edged Elliott Sadler, next to last to take time, for the pole in this race. After a DNF in Martinsville just two races ago, Jeff Burton lost an engine and fell greater than 67 laps down after more than one hour of repair, Burton finished 38th. Another chaser, Mark Martin spun out after Ken Schrader cut a tire on lap 174, putting Martin a 22nd-place finish. With less than 11 laps to go, chaser Kasey Kahne expired an engine during the 11th caution period and finished 33rd with a 2nd straight DNFs. With few laps to go, Kevin Harvick spun Scott Riggs to cause a caution and the race goes into a Green-white-checker finish. On the final restart, Tony Stewart held off Jimmie Johnson to win at Texas. Following the race, Craig Curione, the front tire carrier for the No. 10 Evernham Dodge driven by Scott Riggs, shoved Kevin Harvick, his wife Delana and NASCAR official John Sacco to the pavement after Harvick was blamed for a late race incident that led to the green-white-checkered finish. Curione was suspended indefinitely and fined $10,000 by NASCAR and fired from Evernham, while Sacco suffered a sprained ankle.

## Results

| POS | ST | # | DRIVER | SPONSOR / OWNER | CAR | LAPS | MONEY | STATUS | LED | PTS |
| 1 | 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 339 | 521361 | running | 278 | 190 |
| 2 | 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 339 | 364236 | running | 1 | 175 |
| 3 | 21 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 339 | 254186 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 11 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Carquest (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 339 | 204250 | running | 2 | 165 |
| 5 | 14 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 339 | 176625 | running | 3 | 160 |
| 6 | 10 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 339 | 187141 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 25 | 42 | Casey Mears | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 339 | 174208 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 339 | 164833 | running | 37 | 147 |
| 9 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 339 | 166586 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Kinko's (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 339 | 121200 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 35 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Wells Fargo (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 339 | 144808 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 36 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt (Jack Roush) | Ford | 339 | 152791 | running | 1 | 132 |
| 13 | 27 | 66 | Jeff Green | Best Buy (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 339 | 130058 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 34 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 339 | 126183 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 15 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Office Depot (Jack Roush) | Ford | 339 | 120050 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 13 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 338 | 138186 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 19 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target / Kraft (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 338 | 108550 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 16 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 338 | 126445 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 41 | 96 | Tony Raines | DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders) | Chevrolet | 338 | 99650 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 26 | 18 | J.J. Yeley | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 338 | 136675 | running | 3 | 108 |
| 21 | 7 | 38 | David Gilliland | Combos (Yates Racing) | Ford | 338 | 126908 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 28 | 6 | Mark Martin | AAA (Jack Roush) | Ford | 338 | 113475 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 22 | 49 | Mike Bliss | WhatsOnline.com (Beth Ann Morgenthau) | Dodge | 338 | 111083 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 17 | 40 | David Stremme | Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 338 | 115722 | running | 1 | 96 |
| 25 | 37 | 4 | Ward Burton | Hefty / Lucas Oil Products (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 338 | 98275 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 42 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Crown Royal (Jack Roush) | Ford | 338 | 141500 | running | 4 | 90 |
| 27 | 1 | 25 | Brian Vickers | GMAC (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 338 | 125175 | running | 5 | 87 |
| 28 | 40 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Tide / Downy (Cal Wells) | Chevrolet | 337 | 96775 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 20 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | The UPS Store / Toys for Tots (Yates Racing) | Ford | 334 | 126150 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 33 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser) | Chevrolet | 333 | 94375 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 12 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline / Stanley / "Cars" DVD (James Rocco) | Dodge | 331 | 93675 | crash | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 30 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 330 | 93475 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers / UAW / Dodge Nitro (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 328 | 131439 | engine | 2 | 69 |
| 34 | 24 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 328 | 138483 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 39 | 16 | Greg Biffle | National Guard (Jack Roush) | Ford | 324 | 113075 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 43 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's / Terry Labonte Tribute (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 316 | 92650 | running | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 2 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 310 | 123441 | running | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 29 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 269 | 118595 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 9 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Menards / MAPEI (Robby Gordon) | Chevrolet | 256 | 92050 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 31 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Waste Management (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 208 | 91850 | crash | 1 | 48 |
| 41 | 32 | 15 | Paul Menard | Menards / Sylvania (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 194 | 91635 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 18 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Little Debbie (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 173 | 118649 | crash | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 38 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts (Doug Bawel) | Dodge | 109 | 91564 | engine | 0 | 34 |
| Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: |||||||||||
| POS | NAME | NBR | SPONSOR | OWNER | CAR | | | | | |
| 44 | Chad Chaffin | 34 | MyAutoLoan.com | Bob Jenkins | Dodge | | | | | |
| 45 | Bill Elliott | 37 | R & J Racing | John Carter | Dodge | | | | | |
| 46 | Kevin Lepage | 61 | Oak Gloves / RPM | Bob Jenkins | Dodge | | | | | |
| 47 | Mike Skinner | 72 | Dutch Quality Stone | Bryan Mullet | Chevrolet | | | | | |
| 48 | David Ragan | 60 | Pennzoil Platinum | Mark Simo | Ford | | | | | |
| 49 | Derrike Cope | 74 | Sundance Vacations / Royal Admin. | Raynard McGlynn | Dodge | | | | | |
| 50 | A.J. Allmendinger | 84 | New York Red Bulls | Dietrich Mateschitz | Dodge | | | | | |

## Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:46:11
* Average Speed: 134.891 miles per hour (217.086 km/h)
* Pole Speed: 196.235
* Cautions: 12 for 51 laps
* Margin of Victory: 0.272 sec
* Lead changes: 23
* Percent of race run under caution: 15%
* Average green flag run: 24 laps