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2006 Daytona 500
Race details[1][2]
Race 1 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Track layout of the Daytona International Speedway. The track has four corners with one back straightway which links the corners together.
2006 Daytona 500 logo
Date February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 203 laps, 507.5 mi (816.742 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[3]
Average speed 142.734 miles per hour (229.708 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
  • Jeff Burton
Richard Childress Racing
Time 47.581
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing
Duel 2 Winner Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps 32
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Nielsen Ratings
  • 11.3/23 (Final)
  • (20 million viewers)[4]

The 2006 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The 48th Daytona 500 was held on February 19, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, before 200,000 spectators. Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson, won the 203-lap race after starting ninth. Chip Ganassi Racing's Casey Mears and Penske Racing South's Ryan Newman finished second and third, respectively.

Jeff Burton claimed his third career pole position with the quickest qualifying lap, and led the first 18 laps until the first round of pit stops. Tony Stewart led the next 20 laps from the 28th lap. Matt Kenseth led from laps 58 to 80 until Dale Earnhardt Jr. took it on the 86th. Earnhardt led seven times for a total of 32 laps, more than any other driver. Before the last round of pit stops, Johnson took the lead from teammate Brian Vickers on lap 187. After Greg Biffle lost control of his car on the final lap, he led Newman and Mears to win under caution. During the race, there were 11 cautions and a race-record 32 lead changes by 18 different drivers.

Johnson won his first Daytona 500, his first at either Talladega Superspeedway or Daytona International Speedway, and the 19th of his career. The victory occurred after Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended for illegal car modifications, for which he was fined $25,000 and suspended until March 22. Johnson won the first of five races of the 2006 season, en route to his first of seven NASCAR Cup Series championships at the season's finish.

Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 190 points after the season's first race, followed by Mears and Newman with 170 points each. Elliott Sadler and Stewart were fourth and fifth with 165 and 160 points, respectively. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, followed by Dodge with six points and Ford with four points. The race attracted 20 million television viewers, the most watched NASCAR race in terms of average viewership.

  1. ^ "The Race: The Daytona 500". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "2006 Daytona 500". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Weather Information for Daytona Beach, Florida". Old Farmer's Almanac. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup TV Ratings". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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