2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

The 2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was the third race in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season which took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12, 2006.

2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

Race details
Race 3 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 program cover
Date	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	270 laps, 405 mi (651.784 km)
Scheduled distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather	Cold with temperatures approaching 51.8 °F (11.0 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)[1]
Average speed	133.358 miles per hour (214.619 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing
Time	31.322
Most laps led
Driver	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing
Laps	146
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

Jimmie Johnson doing a burnout after winning the 2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Qualifying

Pos[2]	Car #	Driver	Make	Primary Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard	172.403	31.322	0.000
2	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	172.068	31.383	-0.061
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	171.597	31.469	-0.147
4	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / Ice Age2	171.423	31.501	-0.179
5	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	171.054	31.569	-0.247
6	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	171.027	31.574	-0.252
7	1	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	170.864	31.604	-0.282
8	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	170.816	31.613	-0.291
9	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT Power Tools	170.665	31.641	-0.319
10	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	170.638	31.646	-0.324
11	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Alltel	170.578	31.657	-0.335
12	18	J. J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	170.546	31.663	-0.341
13	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont / Nicorette	170.170	31.733	-0.411
14	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Best Buy	170.154	31.736	-0.414
15	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	170.127	31.741	-0.419
16	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Freight	170.036	31.758	-0.436
17	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios / Betty Crocker	170.009	31.763	-0.441
18	6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	169.966	31.771	-0.449
19	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	169.763	31.809	-0.487
20	7	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	The Sopranos on HBO	169.758	31.810	-0.488
21	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	169.300	31.896	-0.574
22	10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Stanley Tools / Valvoline	169.152	31.924	-0.602
23	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	168.988	31.955	-0.633
24	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	168.840	31.983	-0.661
25	55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	168.829	31.985	-0.663
26	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	168.782	31.994	-0.672
27	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	168.782	31.994	-0.672
28	22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	168.776	31.995	-0.673
29	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	168.497	32.048	-0.726
30	61	Kevin Lepage	Ford	Hooters Hotel Las Vegas	168.329	32.080	-0.758
31	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Wiley X Eyewear	168.287	32.088	-0.766
32	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Harrah's	168.167	32.111	-0.789
33	32	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	Tide	167.999	32.143	-0.821
34	78	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	167.890	32.164	-0.842
35	96	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	167.686	32.203	-0.881
36	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	167.624	32.215	-0.893
37	4	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	167.483	32.242	-0.920
38	42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	167.260	32.285	-0.963
39	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Wells Fargo	167.136	32.309	-0.987
40	40	David Stremme	Dodge	Lone Star Steakhouse / Saloon	166.672	32.399	-1.077
41	49	Brent Sherman	Dodge	Serta	165.487	32.631	-1.309
42	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	163.334	33.061	-1.739
43	34	Chad Chaffin	Chevrolet	Oak Glove Co.	167.343	32.269	-0.947
Failed to qualify or withdrew
44	95	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	hairofdog.com
45	00	Hermie Sadler	Ford	Aaron's Dream Machine
46	02	Brandon Ash	Dodge	Sprinter Trucking, Inc.
47	37	Mike Skinner	Dodge	R & J Racing
48	89	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Victory In Jesus / Dutch Quality Stone
49	64	Randy LaJoie	Dodge	Makoto Ginger Dressing
WD	04	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Dodge
WD	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	MyGuardian911

Race recap

Greg Biffle clocked the fastest lap in qualifying at 172.403 mph.

In the third consecutive race to require a green-white-checker finish, Jimmie Johnson blew past Matt Kenseth on the last corner of the day to get his 20th career victory and second of the season. Kenseth looked like a good bet to cruise to victory before Denny Hamlin and Kenny Wallace wrecked three laps from the end, bunching the field and leading to the overtime finish. Before the lap 268 restart, Kenseth told his crew that his engine felt weak, but he was able to protect the lead until the last corner, where Johnson, who had not led all day, overtook the 17 car on the high side to take the win by a half a car length.

Race results

Fin	St	Driver	Car #	Make	Points	Bonus	Laps	Winnings
1	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	185	5	270	$386,936
2	9	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	180	10	270	$293,116
3	4	Kyle Busch	5	Chevrolet	170	5	270	$204,775
4	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	160		270	$186,714
5	13	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	155		270	$165,686
6	18	Mark Martin	6	Ford	155	5	270	$122,950
7	8	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	146		270	$145,270
8	1	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	147	5	270	$125,025
9	38	Casey Mears	42	Dodge	138		270	$147,383
10	16	Denny Hamlin *	11	Chevrolet	134		270	$109,650
11	29	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	130		270	$138,136
12	32	Robby Gordon	7	Chevrolet	127		270	$101,300
13	7	Joe Nemechek	1	Chevrolet	124		270	$126,295
14	26	Elliott Sadler	38	Ford	126	5	270	$125,758
15	20	Clint Bowyer *	7	Chevrolet	118		270	$105,800
16	6	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	115		270	$126,583
17	12	J. J. Yeley *	18	Chevrolet	112		270	$129,025
18	14	Jeff Green	66	Chevrolet	109		270	$119,508
19	15	Dale Jarrett	88	Ford	106		270	$124,325
20	27	Martin Truex Jr. *	1	Chevrolet	103		270	$113,558
21	2	Tony Stewart	20	Chevrolet	105	5	270	$130,036
22	10	Brian Vickers	25	Chevrolet	102	5	270	$97,150
23	19	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	94		270	$113,625
24	35	Terry Labonte	96	Chevrolet	96	5	270	$83,825
25	24	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge	88		270	$116,016
26	21	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	85		270	$90,225
27	42	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	Chevrolet	82		270	$118,916
28	22	Scott Riggs	10	Dodge	79		270	$82,825
29	39	Kyle Petty	45	Dodge	81	5	270	$104,783
30	17	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	78	5	270	$119,311
31	28	Dave Blaney	22	Dodge	70		269	$90,833
32	37	Scott Wimmer	4	Chevrolet	67		269	$78,975
33	40	David Stremme *	40	Dodge	64		267	$97,272
34	41	Brent Sherman *	49	Dodge	61		266	$78,575
35	25	Michael Waltrip	55	Dodge	58		266	$78,375
36	31	Sterling Marlin	14	Chevrolet	55		258	$78,175
37	30	Kevin Lepage	61	Ford	52		251	$77,950
38	34	Kenny Wallace	178	Chevrolet	PE		250	$77,750
39	33	Travis Kvapil	32	Chevrolet	46		216	$77,550
40	36	Reed Sorenson *	41	Dodge	43		206	$85,300
41	23	Ken Schrader	21	Ford	40		187	$104,314
42	43	Chad Chaffin	34	Chevrolet	37		157	$76,950
43	11	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	34		88	$112,125

Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett (#95), Hermie Sadler (#00), Brandon Ash (#02), Mike Skinner (#37), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Randy LaJoie (#92)