Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: In Hamlin 's first restrictor plate race as a Nextel Cup driver , he beat all the previous year 's ( 2005 season ) pole winners in the 70-lap 2006 Budweiser Shootout .
Simplified: In Hamlin 's first race as a Nextel Cup driver , he won the 70-lap 2006 Budweiser Shootout .