Federated Auto Parts 300 - Race Notes

2006 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RACE #16 of 35 – MEIJER 300 Presented by Oreo
KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY - SPARTA, KENTUCKY

Event #: Sixth Busch Series race at Kentucky.
Date: June 17th, 2006
Race Time: 8:00 P.M.
Television: FX Radio: MRN
Track Size: 1.5 mile tri- oval
Race Distance: 200 laps, 300 miles
Track: Banking: Corners - 14 degrees Straights - 8 degrees on front, 4 degrees on back.
Straights: Frontstretch - 1,662 feet Backstretch - 1,600 feet
2005 Kentucky Race Winner: Carl Edwards (F), started first - only Kentucky won from first
2004 Kentucky Race Winner: Kyle Busch (C)started second
2003 Kentucky Race Winner: Bobby Hamilton Jr. (F) started second
2002 Kentucky Race Winner: Todd Bodine (C) started sixth
2001 Kentucky Race Winner: Kevin Harvick (C) started 11th

Nashville Race Winners: Six first-time winners in 10 races, three of the last four
Date Winner Started
4/1/01 Greg Biffle* 4th
4/13/02 Scott Riggs* 3rd
6/08/02 Jack Sprague* 5th
4/12/03 David Green 7th
6/07/03 Scott Riggs 3rd
4/10/04 Michael Waltrip 22nd
6/12/04 Jason Leffler* 2nd
3/28/05 Reed Sorenson* 1st
6/15/05 Clint Bowyer* 5th
4/16/06 Kevin Harvick 7th
*First NBS victory

Qualifying at Kentucky:
Driver Date Speed Time
2005 Race: Record Carl Edwards (F) 6/05 181.287 mph 29.787 sec.
2004 Race: Martin Truex Jr. (C) 6/04 180.102 mph 29.983 sec.
2003 Race: Stacy Compton (C)* 6/03 176.384 mph 39615 sec.
2002 Race: Scott Riggs (F) 6/02 174.831 mph 30.887 sec.
2001 Race: Jay Sauter (C)* 6/01 171.860 mph 31.421 sec. * First NBS pole

Race Speeds at Kentucky:
Driver Date Speed Time
2005 Race: Carl Edwards (F) 6/05 117.111 mph 2:33:42
Track Record: Bobby Hamilton Jr. (F) 6/03 136.123 mph 2:12:14

New NBS Tracks Since 1995: 12
Track Date First Race Size Winner of First Race
Homestead 1995 1.5 mi Dale Jarrett
California 1997 2.0 mi Matt Kenseth
Las Vegas 1997 1.5 mi Jeff Green*
St. Louis 1997 1.25 mi Elliott Sadler
Texas 1997 1.5 mi Mark Martin
Pikes Peak 1998 1.0 mi Matt Kenseth
Memphis 1999 .75 mi Jeff Green
Phoenix 1999 1.0 mi Jeff Gordon
Nashville Superspeedway 2001 1.33 mi Greg Biffle*
Kentucky Speedway 2001 1.5 mi Kevin Harvick
Chicagoland Speedway 2001 1.5 mi Jimmie Johnson*
Kansas Speedway 2001 1.5 mi Jeff Green
*First NBS Victory

Miscellaneous Kentucky Stats: (2001 - 2005)
1. Most Cars Starting a Race: 43 - all four races
2. Most DNFs in a Race: 2002 - 15
3. Fewest DNFs in a Race: 2003 - 13
4. Most Laps Led by a Winner: 2005 - Carl Edwards - 150 laps
5. Most Laps Led by a Non-Winner: 2003 - Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 107 laps
6. Fewest Laps Led by a Winner: 2004 - Kyle Busch - three
7. Race Top Five All Same Make: None
8. Driver With Most DNFs: Jay Sauter, Regan Smith - three
9. Most Starts in Top Five: Jay Sauter, Scott Riggs, Martin Truex Jr., Bobby Hamilton Jr. - two
10. Average Lead Changes: 10.2
11. Average Leaders: 6.0
12. Average Cautions: 7.4

Kentucky Speedway became the 43rd track at which the NASCAR Busch Series has competed, the 20th Superspeedway. It is the second track in the Bluegrass State that has held a NASCAR Busch Series race. The Louisville Speedway (.354 mile ) hosted two races, 1988 won by Tommy Ellis and 1989 won by Tommy Houston. Kenny Wallace won the pole for the 1989 race. One NASCAR Winston Cup (now NEXTEL Cup) race was contested in Kentucky. On August 29, 1954, Lee Petty won the 200 lap race at the one-half mile dirt Corbin Speedway in Corbin, Kentucky.

Milestones at Kentucky:
First NASCAR Busch Series Start:
Driver Date(finish)
A.J. Alsup 6/01 (43rd)
Blake Feese 6/04 (41st)
Chris Horn 6/05 (43rd)
Ronnie Hornaday III 6/01 (38th)
Travis Kvapil 6/01 (28th)

First NASCAR Busch Series Pole
Driver Year (Finish)
Stacy Compton 6/03 (4th)
Jay Sauter 6/01 (9th)

Top 10 Finishers in the 2005 Kentucky Race: Six started in the top 10.
POS DRIVER START MAKE LAPS LED
1st Carl Edwards 1 F 150
2nd Martin Truex Jr. 3 C 32
3rd Clint Bowyer 16 C 1
4th Reed Sorenson 8 D -
5th Paul Menard 10 C -
6th Sterling Marlin 27 D 5
7th J.J. Yeley 4 C 1
8th Stacy Compton 13 F -
9th Casey Atwood 11 D -
10th Jon Wood 2 F -
Leader of the Most Laps: Carl Edwards
Last Place: Chris Horn, 0 laps, engine
Last Driver on Lead Lap: Brandon Miller, 16th
Most Positions Improved: +20, Tony Raines, 33rd to 13th
Most Positions Lost: -20, Tim Fedewa, 20th to 40th
DNFs: 12 (accident - 7, engine - 3, other - 2)
Est. Attendance: 70,000

Starting Position of Kentucky Winners: Last Year’s Winner Started first.
Start Races
Pole - 1 - Carl Edwards, 2005
2nd - 2
Front Row - 3
3rd - 5th - 0
Top Five - 3
6th - 10th - 1
Top Ten - 4
11th - 20th - 1 - 11th in 2001
21st + - 0
Total 5

Starting all Kentucky Races: three drivers
David Green
Jason Keller
Ashton Lewis Jr.

Kentucky Leaders:
Most top fives: Greg Biffle - three
Most top tens: Greg Biffle, Ashton Lewis Jr. - three each
Most races led: Greg Biffle, Jason Keller - three each
Most laps led: Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 195 Carl Edwards - 150
Most Poles: five drivers - one each

Birthdays:
Phil Parsons, 49 on 6/21.
David Stremme, 29 on 06/19.
Ron Hornaday Jr., 48 on 06/20.

Best 2005 Finish was at Kentucky:
Driver Finish
Casey Atwood 9th
Geoffrey Bodine 22nd
Stacy Compton 8th
Wade Day 29th
Wayne Edwards 36th
Chris Horn 43rd
Jamie Mosley 37th

Kentucky Fast Facts:
No driver has finished in the lead lap in all five Kentucky races.
Carl Edwards’s 2005 victory is the only win from the pole.
The last three Kentucky races have been won from the front row.

2006 Busch Series Points Race:

1st place Kevin Harvick finished third at Nashville. He was 13th at Dover, his worst finish of 2006, and only his second finish outside the top 10 this season. Dover ended a streak of consecutive top 10s at eight. He was seventh at Darlington and won his third race of 2006 at Richmond, the 20th of his NBS career, matching Dale Earnhardt Jr. He finished second at Talladega and won his second consecutive race of the 2006 season at Phoenix. He has nine top fives and 13 top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 5.1 vs. 8.3 (10 races). Harvick won the inaugural Kentucky race, 2001, his only event at the track.

2nd place (-272) Carl Edwards won his second race of 2006 at Nashville (seventh career victory). It was his eighth consecutive top 10 finish. He finished second at Nashville. Edwards won his first race of 2006 at Lowe’s and gained two positions in the standings. He finished eighth at Darlington, but lost a position in the standings (to race winner Hamlin). He has one pole, two wins, eight top fives, and 12 top 10s in 2006. Average 2006 finish, 10.9 vs. 11.5 (14 races) in 2005. Edwards won from the pole at Kentucky last season, his first event at the track. He has one win in three NASCAR Craftsman Truck races at Kentucky.

3rd place (-393) Clint Bowyer finished second at Nashville, his second consecutive top five. He was fourth at Dover. Bowyer finished 36th at Lowe’s and lost a position in the standings. It was his first finish outside the top 30 in 2006. He was 17th at Darlington, seventh at Richmond, fifth at Talladega and 21st at Phoenix. Bowyer has five top fives and seven top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 12.1 vs. 12.0 in 2005. He has two top 10s, 10th (2004) and third (2005), in his two Kentucky races.

4th place (-428) Denny Hamlin finished fourth at Nashville. He was seventh at Dover. Hamlin finished 29th at Lowe’s and lost a position in the standings. He won his second Busch Series race at Darlington and gained a position in the standings. Hamlin finished 10th at Richmond. He was 30th at Talladega and dropped a position in the standings for the second consecutive week. He has two wins (Mexico and Darlington), two poles, five top fives and 10 top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 13.7 vs. 15.7 in 2005. Hamlin started fifth and finished 15th at Kentucky last season, his first race at the track.

5th place (-502) Greg Biffle finished seventh at Nashville and gained two positions in the standings, moving into the top five. He finished eighth at Dover, 12th at Lowe’s and fifth at Darlington. He has six top fives and 10 top 10s in his 13 starts. Average 2006 finish, 9.0 (13 races) vs. 10.7 (12 races) in 2005. In four Kentucky races, Biffle has three second place finishes (2001, 2002, and 2004). He finished 30th (accident) at Kentucky in 2005. Biffle started second and won his only NCTS race at Kentucky, 2000.

The top four drivers in points finished in the top four at Nashville.

Top 10 at Nashville:
Six of the Top 10 had a top 10 finish at Nashville.

Busch Series Milestones:
Aaron Fike made the 50th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career at Nashville, finishing 42nd.
Kyle Busch made the 70th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career at Nashville, finishing 31st.
Randy LaJoie’s next start will be the 350th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.
Jason Keller’s next start will be the 400th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.
Kenny Wallace reached the $6 million mark in career NBS winnings at Nashville.
Martin Truex Jr. is within $25,000 of $6 million career NBS winnings.

Current Busch Series Consecutives:
Category Driver Streak
Races Competed In Ashton Lewis Jr. 165 (started at Pikes Peak, 7/01)
Top Five Finish Carl Edwards three (started at Lowe’s)
Top 10 Finish Carl Edwards eight (started at Nashville)
Running at Finish Kenny Wallace 40 (started at Darlington 1 ’05)
Finish in Lead Lap Kevin Harvick 18 (started at Texas 2 ’05)

Best Raybestos Rookie Finish of 2006:
Burney Lamar’s second place finish at Daytona is the best finish of a Raybestos Rookie in 2006. It was his third NASCAR Busch Series start.

Kentucky Rookies: