Failed to qualify: (18)
#49
Mike Bliss; #36 Jeremy Mayfield; #15 Paul Menard; #78 Kenny Wallace;
#34 Kevin Lepage; #74 Derrike Cope; #30 Stanton Barrett; #39 Regan
Smith; #37 Bill Elliott; #71 Frank Kimmel; #72 Brandon Whitt; #58 James
Hylton; #04 Eric McClure;
#27 Kirk Shelmerdine; #4 Ward Burton; #83
Brian Vickers; #23 Mike Skinner; #84 AJ Allmendinger.
Race
Comments: Before
an estimated crowd of 185,000, Kevin Harvick
won the Daytona 500, posting his 11th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
victory and his first in the Daytona 500. Before the green flag the
following drivers dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons
indicated: #00 Reutimann (transmission
change); #18 Yeley (transmission change);
#41 Sorenson (transmission change).
TIME OF
RACE: 3 hours, 22 minutes, 54 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 149.335 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .020
second
BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: David Gilliland (186.320 mph, 48.304 secs.)
CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE
DRIVE-THRU
CHALLENGE AWARD: Mark
Martin (216.620 seconds--total amount of time spent in pits)
COMMIT
LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD: David Gilliland
DIRECTV
CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Todd
Parrott (crew chief for David Gilliland)
DOW
AUTOMOTIVE ‘STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE’ AWARD: Mark
Martin
EA
SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kevin Harvick
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Martin Truex Jr.
(185.674 mph, Lap 58)
MOBIL 1
‘COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE’ AWARD: Mark Martin
NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $20,000 at
California++
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan
SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kevin Harvick
U.S.G.
‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD: Kevin Harvick (33
places)
WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony
Stewart (95 laps)
CAUTION
FLAGS: 6
cautions for 26 laps. 18-20 (Car #60-Spin, Backstretch); 80-83 (Car
#45-Accident, Turn 2); 154-159 (Car #2 & 20-Accident, Turn 4);
175-179 (Car #00, 11, 48, 66 & 96-Accident, Turn 2); 187-190 (Car
#07, 09, 21, 22 & 99-Accident, Frontstretch);
197-200 (Car #8, 26 & 88-Accident, Backstretch [Red Flag-Lap
197,11:39])
LAP
LEADERS: 13 lead
changes among 9 drivers. David Gilliland 1-18,
Kurt Busch 19-48, Tony Stewart 49-80, Kevin Harvick
81-83, Ku. Busch 84-127, Ryan Newman 128, Ku. Busch 129-149,
Stewart 150-152, Kyle Busch 153-156, Martin Truex
Jr. 157-168, Matt Kenseth 169-174, Truex Jr. 175, Mark Martin 176-201, Harvick 202.
++Rollover money awarded at year’s end; amount not included in race
winnings.
NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10
(Wins)
1
–Kevin Harvick
190
(1)
2 –Mark Martin
175
(0)
3 –Jeff Burton
165
(0)
4 –Mike Wallace
160
(0)
5 –David Ragan
155
(0)
6 –David Gilliland
147
(0)
7 –Joe Nemechek
138
(0)
8 –Jeff Gordon
134
(0)
9 –David Stremme
130
(0)
10–J.J.
Yeley
130
(0)
MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
Pts
Wins
Chevrolet
9
1
Ford
6
0
Dodge
4
0
Toyota
2
0
USG
‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD
Car # Pts.
Kevin Harvick
(#29)
1
BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS
David
Gilliland
1
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
David
Ragan
17
Juan
Pablo Montoya
10
David Reutimann
9
AJ Allmendinger
1
Paul
Menard
1
WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD
Car # Pts.
Tony
Stewart
(#20)
1
MOBIL 1
COMMAND PERF. AWARD
Car # Pts.
Mark
Martin
(#01)
1
CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE
DRIVE-THRU
CHALLENGE AWARD
Car # Pts.
Mark
Martin
(#01)
1
DOW
AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF
THE
RACE AWARD
Car # Pts.
Mark
Martin
(#01)
1
CLEVITE
ENGINE BUILDER AWARD
Car # Pts.
Danny
Lawrence
(#29)
15
Hendrick
(#01)
14
Doug
Yates
(#38)
13
Danny
Lawrence
(#31)
13
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP
AWARD
Car # Pts.
Martin Truex Jr.
(# 1)
1
COMMIT
LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD
Car # Pts.
David
Gilliland
(#38)
1
SUNOCO
DIAMOND PERF. AWARD
Car # Pts.
Kevin Harvick
(#29)
1
