NASCAR Nextel Cup 2006 standings

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NASCAR Nextel Cup 2006 standings

Championship points standings for the NASCAR Nextel Cup 2006

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6475
2.	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	6419
3.	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	6407
4.	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	6397
5.	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated	Chevrolet	6328
6.	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6256
7.	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	6228
8.	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	6183
9.	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	6168
10.	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6027
11.	Tony Stewart	Roush Racing	Ford	4727
12.	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	4428
13.	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	Ford	4075
14.	Casey Mears	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	3914
15.	Brian Vickers	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3906
16.	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing South	Dodge	3900
17.	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	3833
18.	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing South	Dodge	3748
19.	Martin Truex Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated	Chevrolet	3673
20.	Scott Riggs	Valvoline Evernham Racing	Dodge	3619
21.	Bobby Labonte	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	3567
22.	Elliott Sadler	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	3469
23.	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	3463
24.	Reed Sorenson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	3434
25.	Jamie McMurray	Roush Racing	Ford	3405
26.	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	3259
27.	Joe Nemechek	MB2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	3255
28.	Jeff Green	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet	3253
29.	J. J. Yeley	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	3220
30.	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Chevrolet	3163
31.	Ken Schrader	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	3049
32.	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	2928
33.	David Stremme	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	2865
34.	Sterling Marlin	MB2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	2854
35.	Tony Raines	Hall of Fame Racing	Chevrolet	2609
36.	Travis Kvapil	PPI Motorsports	Chevrolet	2451
37.	Michael Waltrip	Waltrip-Jasper Racing	Dodge	2350
38.	Scott Wimmer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1812
39.	Jeremy Mayfield	Phoenix Racing	Dodge	1684
40.	Kevin Lepage	Front Row Motorsports	Dodge Ford	1346
41.	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1303
42.	David Gilliland	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	1178
43.	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	984
44.	Bill Elliott	Michael Waltrip Racing	Chevrolet Dodge	765
45.	Paul Menard	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated	Chevrolet	669
46.	Chad Chaffin	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet Dodge Ford	553
47.	Boris Said	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	415
48.	Mike Bliss	BAM Racing	Dodge	387
49.	Brent Sherman	Sherman Racing	Dodge	372
50.	Mike Wallace	Phoenix Racing	Dodge Ford	355
51.	Stanton Barrett	Ware Racing Enterprises	Dodge Chevrolet	343
52.	Derrike Cope	McGlynn Racing	Dodge	317
53.	Ward Burton	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	252
54.	Hermie Sadler	MBA Racing	Ford Chevrolet	251
55.	Scott Pruett	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	223
56.	Todd Kluever	Roush Racing	Ford	187
57.	Mike Skinner	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Dodge Chevrolet	184
58.	Kirk Shelmerdine	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Chevrolet	177
59.	Todd Bodine	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	143
60.	Mike Garvey	Competitive Edge Motorsports	Chevrolet	138
61.	Jimmy Spencer	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	122
62.	Ron Fellows	PPI Motorsports	Chevrolet	119
63.	David Ragan	No Fear Racing	Ford	88
64.	Brandon Ash	Ash Motorsports	Dodge	88
65.	Chad Blount	Front Row Motorsports	Dodge Chevrolet	74
66.	Morgan Shepherd	Faith Motorsports	Dodge	71
67.	Eric McClure	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	70
68.	Bill Lester	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	67
69.	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	61
70.	P.J. Jones	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	55
71.	Brian Simo	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet	40
72.	Carl Long	Cupp Motor Sports	Chevrolet	40
73.	Ted Christopher	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Chevrolet	40
74.	Tom Hubert	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Chevrolet	34
75.	Marc Goossens	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	34
76.	Brandon Whitt	CJM Racing	Chevrolet	34
77.	Johnny Sauter	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet	0
78.	Stephen Leicht	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Kasey Kahne	6
Most pole positions	Kasey Kahne	6
	Kurt Busch	6
Most podium positions	Tony Stewart	12
Most podium positions without a win	Carl Edwards	5
Youngest driver	Stephen Leicht	19 y/o
Oldest driver	Morgan Shepherd	64 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
96.2%	U.S.A.	Brandon Ash, Stanton Barrett, Greg Biffle, Dave Blaney, Mike Bliss, Chad Blount, Todd Bodine, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Chad Chaffin, Ted Christopher, Derrike Cope, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Bill Elliott, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Scott Riggs, Bobby Labonte, Elliott Sadler, Dale Jarrett, Reed Sorenson, Jamie McMurray, Mike Garvey, David Gilliland, Robby Gordon, Jeff Green, Tom Hubert, Joe Nemechek, J. J. Yeley, Ken Schrader, Kyle Petty, David Stremme, Sterling Marlin, Tony Raines, Travis Kvapil, Michael Waltrip, Scott Wimmer, Jeremy Mayfield, Kevin Lepage, Terry Labonte, Kenny Wallace, Paul Menard, Boris Said, Brent Sherman, Mike Wallace, Stephen Leicht, Hermie Sadler, Scott Pruett, Todd Kluever, Mike Skinner, Kirk Shelmerdine, Jimmy Spencer, David Ragan, Morgan Shepherd, Eric McClure, Bill Lester, P.J. Jones, Brian Simo, Carl Long, Brandon Whitt, Johnny Sauter	75
1.3%	Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	1
1.3%	Belgium	Marc Goossens	1
1.3%	Canada	Ron Fellows	1

Individual driver statistics for the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Ash, Brandon	28 y/o	2	0	0	0
Barrett, Stanton	33 y/o	7	0	0	0
Biffle, Greg	36 y/o	36	2	3	2
Blaney, Dave	43 y/o	36	0	0	0
Bliss, Mike	41 y/o	6	0	0	0
Blount, Chad	26 y/o	2	0	0	0
Bodine, Todd	42 y/o	2	0	0	0
Bowyer, Clint	27 y/o	36	0	1	0
Burton, Jeff	39 y/o	36	1	3	4
Burton, Ward	44 y/o	3	0	0	0
Busch, Kurt	27 y/o	34	1	5	6
Busch, Kyle	21 y/o	36	1	6	1
Chaffin, Chad	37 y/o	10	0	0	0
Christopher, Ted	48 y/o	1	0	0	0
Cope, Derrike	47 y/o	9	0	0	0
Earnhardt Jr., Dale	31 y/o	36	1	6	0
Edwards, Carl	26 y/o	36	0	5	0
Elliott, Bill	50 y/o	10	0	0	0
Fellows, Ron	46 y/o	2	0	0	0
Garvey, Mike	43 y/o	4	0	0	0
Gilliland, David	30 y/o	15	0	0	1
Goossens, Marc	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Gordon, Jeff	34 y/o	36	2	8	2
Gordon, Robby	37 y/o	36	0	0	0
Green, Jeff	43 y/o	36	0	0	0
Hamlin, Denny	25 y/o	36	2	6	3
Harvick, Kevin	30 y/o	36	5	10	1
Hubert, Tom	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Jarrett, Dale	49 y/o	36	0	0	0
Johnson, Jimmie	30 y/o	36	5	11	1
Jones, P.J.	37 y/o	1	0	0	0
Kahne, Kasey	26 y/o	36	6	8	6
Kenseth, Matt	34 y/o	36	4	10	0
Kluever, Todd	27 y/o	4	0	0	0
Kvapil, Travis	30 y/o	31	0	0	0
Labonte, Bobby	42 y/o	36	0	1	0
Labonte, Terry	49 y/o	17	0	1	0
Leicht, Stephen	19 y/o	1	0	0	0
Lepage, Kevin	44 y/o	22	0	0	0
Lester, Bill	45 y/o	2	0	0	0
Long, Carl	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Marlin, Sterling	49 y/o	36	0	0	0
Martin, Mark	47 y/o	36	0	2	0
Mayfield, Jeremy	37 y/o	22	0	0	0
McClure, Eric	27 y/o	1	0	0	0
McMurray, Jamie	29 y/o	36	0	2	0
Mears, Casey	28 y/o	36	0	2	0
Menard, Paul	25 y/o	7	0	0	0
Montoya, Juan Pablo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Nemechek, Joe	42 y/o	36	0	0	0
Newman, Ryan	28 y/o	36	0	2	2
Petty, Kyle	46 y/o	36	0	0	0
Pruett, Scott	46 y/o	2	0	0	0
Ragan, David	20 y/o	2	0	0	0
Raines, Tony	42 y/o	29	0	0	0
Riggs, Scott	35 y/o	35	0	0	2
Sadler, Elliott	31 y/o	36	0	0	1
Sadler, Hermie	37 y/o	7	0	0	0
Said, Boris	43 y/o	4	0	0	1
Sauter, Johnny	28 y/o	1	0	0	0
Schrader, Ken	51 y/o	36	0	0	0
Shelmerdine, Kirk	48 y/o	3	0	0	0
Shepherd, Morgan	64 y/o	2	0	0	0
Sherman, Brent	32 y/o	6	0	0	0
Simo, Brian	46 y/o	1	0	0	0
Skinner, Mike	49 y/o	4	0	0	0
Sorenson, Reed	20 y/o	36	0	0	0
Spencer, Jimmy	49 y/o	2	0	0	0
Stewart, Tony	35 y/o	36	5	12	0
Stremme, David	29 y/o	34	0	0	0
Truex Jr., Martin	26 y/o	36	0	1	0
Vickers, Brian	22 y/o	36	1	2	1
Wallace, Kenny	42 y/o	17	0	0	0
Wallace, Mike	47 y/o	4	0	0	0
Waltrip, Michael	43 y/o	33	0	0	0
Whitt, Brandon	23 y/o	1	0	0	0
Wimmer, Scott	30 y/o	24	0	0	0
Yeley, J. J.	29 y/o	36	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL
1	2006-02-19	Daytona	Johnson	Mears	Newman	Burton	Burton
2	2006-02-26	California	Kenseth	Johnson	Edwards	Busch	Kenseth
3	2006-03-12	Las Vegas	Johnson	Kenseth	Busch	Biffle	Kenseth
4	2006-03-20	Atlanta	Kahne	Martin	Earnhardt Jr.	Kahne	Biffle
5	2006-03-26	Bristol	Busch	Harvick	Kenseth	Stewart	Kenseth
6	2006-04-02	Martinsville	Stewart	Gordon	Johnson	Johnson	Stewart
7	2006-04-09	Texas	Kahne	Kenseth	Stewart	Kahne	Martin
8	2006-04-22	Phoenix	Harvick	Stewart	Kenseth	Busch	Biffle
9	2006-05-01	Talladega	Johnson	Stewart	Vickers		Kenseth
10	2006-05-06	Richmond	Earnhardt Jr.	Hamlin	Harvick	Biffle	Martin
11	2006-05-13	Darlington	Biffle	Gordon	Kenseth	Kahne	Kahne
12	2006-05-28	Charlotte, NC	Kahne	Johnson	Edwards	Riggs	Kahne
13	2006-06-04	Dover	Kenseth	McMurray	Harvick		McMurray
14	2006-06-11	Pocono	Hamlin	Busch	Stewart	Hamlin	Hamlin
15	2006-06-18	Michigan	Kahne	Edwards	Earnhardt Jr.	Kahne	Gordon
16	2006-06-25	Sonoma	Gordon	Newman	Labonte	Busch	Gordon
17	2006-07-01	Daytona	Stewart	Busch	Busch	Said	Stewart
18	2006-07-09	Chicago, IL	Gordon	Burton	Busch	Burton	Kenseth
19	2006-07-16	Loudon, N.H.	Busch	Edwards	Biffle	Newman	Vickers
20	2006-07-23	Pocono	Hamlin	Busch	Gordon	Hamlin	Hamlin
21	2006-08-06	Indianapolis	Johnson	Kenseth	Harvick	Burton	Burton
22	2006-08-13	Watkins Glen	Harvick	Stewart	McMurray	Busch	Stewart
23	2006-08-20	Michigan	Kenseth	Gordon	Stewart	Burton	Kenseth
24	2006-08-26	Bristol	Kenseth	Busch	Earnhardt Jr.	Busch	Burton
25	2006-09-03	California	Kahne	Earnhardt Jr.	Bowyer	Busch	Sadler
26	2006-09-09	Richmond	Harvick	Busch	Kahne	Hamlin	Hamlin
27	2006-09-17	Loudon, N.H.	Harvick	Stewart	Gordon	Harvick	Burton
28	2006-09-24	Dover	Burton	Edwards	Gordon	Gordon	Sorenson
29	2006-10-01	Kansas	Stewart	Mears	Martin		Kahne
30	2006-10-08	Talladega	Vickers	Kahne	Busch	Gilliland	Vickers
31	2006-10-14	Charlotte, NC	Kahne	Johnson	Burton	Riggs	Kahne
32	2006-10-22	Martinsville	Johnson	Hamlin	Labonte	Busch	Gordon
33	2006-10-29	Atlanta	Stewart	Johnson	Earnhardt Jr.	Kenseth	Earnhardt Jr.
34	2006-11-05	Texas	Stewart	Johnson	Harvick	Vickers	Stewart
35	2006-11-12	Phoenix	Harvick	Johnson	Hamlin	Gordon	Johnson
36	2006-11-19	Homestead-Miami	Biffle	Truex Jr.	Hamlin	Kahne	Biffle