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2005 NASCAR

TONY STEWART IS 2005 CHAMPION

• NEW CHAMPION: "I put the team through a lot of hell. But they have never given up on me. We sat down at the end of last year and had a team meeting to see if I was even going to stay with the team, if they wanted me back or not.We just had a heart to heart and so many times this is what teams have to do to get on track. It was just nice to do it right tonight."
• $13,578,168: RECORD TOTAL EARNING FOR STEWART: $6,173,633 points fund + $517,000 contingency awards + prize money
  Previous earnings record: $10,979,757 (Jeff Gordon in 2001)
• CHEVROLET WINS 2005 TITLE - 29th title for Chevrolet since 1952 and 25th in Modern Era (from 1972)

K BUSCH	J GORDON	K MEARS	CHARGER	NASCAR BUSCH	NASCAR TRUCK

2005 NEXTEL CUP - NASCAR

• DAYTONA 500 on Feb. 20, 2005
• Season starts Feb 12 with Daytona Budweiser Shootout
• Season end Nov. 20 at Homestead, FL
• 2005 NASCAR SCHEDULE - 36 races
• 26 races plus final 10 race chase for the title (top 10 drivers and drivers within 400 points of championship leader)
• NEW DRIVER/CREW CHIEF COMBINATION
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Pete Rondeau
  Bobby Labonte & Steve Addington
  Jeremy Mayfield & Slugger Labbe
  Brian Vickers & Lance McGrew

2005 FINAL STANDING: after Miami Nov 20, 2005

• 1 Tony Stewart, 6533, 6 wins *** 2005 CHAMPION ***
• 2 Greg Biffle, +33 points, 6 wins
• 3 Carl Edwards, +33 points, 3 wins
• 4 Mark Martin, 1 win
• 5 Jimmie Johnson, 4 wins
• 6Ryan Newman, 1 win
• 7 Matt Kenseth, 1 win
• 8Rusty Wallace
• 9Jeremy Mayfield, 1 win
• 10 Kurt Busch, 5192, 3 wins

2005 CHASE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP: at start Sept 11, 2005

• 1 Tony Stewart, 5050, 5 wins
  "We haven't finished outside the top 8 in three months now ... We're ready for next week"
• 2 Greg Biffle, 5045, 5 wins
  "We've got so much momentum. Our cars are running fast. I really feel like we are the team to beat."
• 3Rusty Wallace, 5040
  "I'm really happy. Now, it is time to go racing and see what happens."
• 4 Jimmie Johnson, 5035, 2 wins
• 5 Kurt Busch, 5030, 3 wins
• 6 Mark Martin, 5025
• 7Jeremy Mayfield, 5020, 1 win
• 8 Carl Edwards, 5015, 2 wins
• 9 Matt Kenseth, 5015, 1 win
• 10Ryan Newman, 5005

	2004 CHAMPION: Kurt Busch, Roush Racing FORD Age: 26
	2004 RUNNER-UP: Jimmie Johnson CHEVROLET Age: 29
	3RD: Jeff Gordon CHEVROLET Age: 33

RACE RESULT, 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

--------------- CHASE ENDS ---------------

Nov 20: Homestead, Miami

• 1 Greg Biffle 2 Mark Martin 3 Matt Kenseth 4 Carl Edwards 5 Casey Mears 6 Dave Blaney

Nov 13: Phoenix

• 1 Kyle Busch 2 Greg Biffle 3 Jeff Gordon 4 Tony Stewart 5 Bobby Labonte 6 Carl Edwards

Nov 6: Texas

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Jimmie Johnson 3 Carl Edwards 4 Greg Biffle 5 Mark Martin 6 Matt Kenseth

Oct 30: Atlanta Speedway

• 1 Carl Edwards 2 Jeff Gordon 3 Mark Martin 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 Matt Kenseth 6 Jamie McMurray

Oct 23: Martinsville Speedway

• 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Tony Stewart 3 Jimmie Johnson 4 Bobby Labonte 5 Jeff Burton 6 Kurt Busch
• *** CHEVROLET WINS MANUFACTURER TITLE ***

Oct 16: Charlotte

• 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Kurt Busch 3 Greg Biffle 4 Joe Nemechek 5 Mark Martin 6 Casey Mears

Oct 9: Kansas

• 1 Mark Martin 2 Greg Biffle 3 Carl Edwards 4 Tony Stewart 5 Matt Kenseth 6 Jimmie Johnson

Oct 1: Talladega II

• 1 Dale Jarrett 2 Tony Stewart 3 Matt Kenseth 4 Ryan Newman 5 Carl Edwards 6 Brian Vickers

Sept 25: Dover International Speedway

• 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Kyle Busch 3 Rusty Wallace 4 Mark Martin 5 Ryan Newman 6 Elliott Sadler

Sept 18: New Hampshire International Speedway

• 1Ryan Newman 2 Tony Stewart 3 Matt Kenseth 4 Greg Biffle 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6 Rusty Wallace

--------------- CHASE BEGINS ---------------

Sept 11: Richmond

• 1 Kurt Busch 2 Matt Kenseth 3 Greg Biffle 4 Kyle Busch 5 Rusty Wallace 6 Jeremy Mayfield

Sept 4: California Speedway, Fontana

• 1 Kyle Busch 2 Brian Vickers 3 Carl Edwards 4 Tony Stewart 5 Kasey Kahne
  *** at age 20, Kyle Busch is the youngest ever Nascar winner ***

Aug 27: Sharpie 500 in Bristol, Tennessee

• 1 Matt Kenseth 2 Jeff Burton 3 Greg Biffle 4 Ricky Rudd 5 Rusty Wallace 6 Jeff Gordon

Aug 21: Michigan International Speedway

• 1Jeremy Mayfield 2 Scott Riggs 3 Matt Kenseth 4 Carl Edwards 5 Tony Stewart 6 Greg Biffle

Aug 14: Watkins Glen International

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Robby Gordon 3 Boris Said 4 Scott Pruett 5 Jimmie Johnson 6 Rusty Wallace
• Stewart's 5th win from 7: "To win five of the last seven -- that's a pretty good record. But it's not me making the difference, it's Zippy (crew chief Greg Zipadelli) and the guys that are doing it."

Aug 7: Allstate 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Kasey Kahne 3 Brian Vickers
• Stewart's 4th win from 6; he now lead the championship: ""We're on a roll. We got a lot of momentum. This (win) has added a ton of momentum obviously. We're going to a place next week (Watkins Glen) where I won last year. After winning at Sonoma earlier in the year, we got a lot of confidence going in there."

July 24: Pennsylvania 500

• 1 Kurt Busch 2 Rusty Wallace 3 Mark Martin 4 Carl Edwards

July 18: New England 300, New Hampshire International Speedway

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Kurt Busch 3 Bobby Labonte 4 Kyle Busch 5 Greg Biffle 6 Kasey Kahne

July 10: Chicagoland 200

• 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 Matt Kenseth 3 Jimmie Johnson 4 Brian Vickers 5 Tony Stewart 6 Jeremy Mayfield

July 3: Daytona 400, Daytona International Speedway

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Jamie McMurray 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr 4 Rusty Wallace 5 Dale Jarrett, Ford 6 Jimmie Johnson

June 26: Sears Point, Infineon Raceway

• 1 Tony Stewart 2 Ricky Rudd 3 Kurt Busch 4 Rusty Wallace 5 Dale Jarrett 6 Elliott Sadler

June 19: Michigan International Speedway

• 1 Greg Biffle 2 Tony Stewart 3 Mark Martin 4 Matt Kenseth 5 Carl Edwards 6 Joe Nemechek

June 5: Dover International Speedway

• 1 Greg Biffle 2 Kyle Busch 3 Mark Martin 4 Jimmie Johnson 5 Rusty Wallace

May 29: Charlotte, Lowe's Motor Speedway

• 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Bobby Labonte 3 Carl Edwards 4 Jeremy Mayfield 5 Ryan Newman

May 22: All-Star Challenge, Concord, North Carolina *** $1M prize ***

• 1 Mark Martin 2 Elliott Sadler 3 Brian Vickers 4 Jeff Gordon 5 Jimmie Johnson 6 Dale Jarrett

May 14: Richmond International Raceway

• 1Kasey Kahne 2 Tony Stewart 3 Ryan Newman 4 Kyle Busch 5 Kevin Harvick 6 Greg Biffle

May 8: Darlington Raceway

• 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jeff Gordon 3 Kasey Kahne 4 Mark Martin 5 Ryan Newman 6 Jamie McMurray

May 1: Talladega Superspeedway

• 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Tony Stewart 3 Michael Waltrip 4 Jeremy Mayfield 5 Jamie McMurray 6 Elliott Sadler

Apr. 24: Phoenix

• 1 Kurt Busch 2 Michael Waltrip 3 Jeff Burton 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr

Apr. 17: Texas

• 1 Greg Biffle 2 Jamie McMurray 3 Jimmie Johnson 4 Casey Mears 5 Sterling Marlin 6 Michael Waltrip 7 Kurt Busch 8 Ricky Rudd 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 Rusty Wallace

Apr. 10: Martinsville Speedway

• 1 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 3 Mark Martin 4 Ryan Newman 5 Rusty Wallace 6 Sterling Marlin 7 Ricky Rudd 8 Jimmie Johnson 9 Elliott Sadler 10 Joe Nemechek

Apr. 3: Bristol Motor Speedway

• 1 Kevin Harvick 2 Elliot Sadler 3 Tony Stewart 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr 5 Dale Jarrett 6 Jimmie Johnson 7 Travis Kvapil 8 Kyle Petty 9 Greg Biffle 10 Scott Riggs

Mar. 20: Atlanta Motor Speedway

• 1 Carl Edwards 2 Jimmie Johnson 3 Greg Biffle 4 Mark Martin 5 Kasey Kahne 6 Brian Vickers 7 Michael Waltrip 8 Dave Blaney 9 Scott Riggs 10 Elliott Sadler

Mar. 13: Las Vegas Motor Speedway

• 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 Kyle Busch 3 Kurt Busch 4 Jeff Gordon 5 Kevin Harvick 6 Biffle 7 Mears 8 Kenseth 9 Stewart 10 Newman
• JOHNSON: "It was a great performance for Hendrick Motorsports. I think we were all struggling there at the beginning.but we made a lot of adjustments and kept working on the car. I was very good on the short run but as it went in I got looser and looser. Chad (Knaus, crew chief) found something and after that we were railing"

Feb. 27, 2005: Fontana, California Speedway

• 1 Greg Biffle, Ford; 2 Jimmie Johnson 3 Kurt Busch 4 Jamie McMurray 5 Carl Edwards 6 Kevin Harvick 7 Mark Martin 8 Elliott Sadler 9 Ryan Newman 10 Rusty Wallace
  BUSCH SERIES: 1 Mark Martin

Feb. 20, 2005: Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, FL

• 1 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet; 2 Kurt Busch 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr 4 Scott Riggs 5 Jimmie Johnson

Feb. 12, 2005: Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, FL

• 1 Jimmy Johnson, Chevrolet 2 Ryan Newman 3 Jeff Gordon

LAST SEASON: 2004

• 2004 NASCAR CHAMPION: Kurt Busch, Roush Racing, Ford
• 2004 NASCAR MANUFACTURER TITLE: Chevrolet; a record 28th manufacturer title - more than any other manufacturer
• 2004 NASCAR BUSCH TITLE: Martin Turex
  2004 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK TITLE: Bobby Hamilton
• 2004 NASCAR ROOKIE: Kasey Kahne

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