Race 2 Win: Pepsi 300

NASCAR Busch Series

Pepsi 300 - Race Notes

2006 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RACE #8 of 35 - Pepsi 300
NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY – LEBANON, TN

Event #: 10th Busch Series race at Nashville.
Date: April 15th, 2006 Race Time: 3:30 P.M., E.T.
Television: FX Radio: MRN
Track Size: 1.333 mile
Race Distance: 300 miles, 225 laps
Track: Banking: Corners - 14 degrees Frontstraight - 9 degrees Backstraight - 6 degrees (Concrete)
Straights: Frontstretch - 2,494 feet Backstretch - 2,203 feet
March 2005 Nashville Winner: Reed Sorenson (first NASCAR Busch Series win)
June 2005 Nashville Winner: Clint Bowyer (first NASCAR Busch Series win)
Nashville Race Winners: Six first-time winners in nine races
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
*First NBS victory

Qualifying at Nashville Superspeedway: Driver Date Speed Time
Track Record: Martin Truex Jr. (C) 4/04 166.515 mph 28.819 sec.
2005 March Race: Reed Sorenson (D) 165.928 mph 28.921 sec.
2005 June Race: - No Time Trials Due to Weather -

Race Speeds at Nashville Superspeedway: Race Record: Jack Sprague (C) 6/02 125.244 mph 2:23:41
2005 March Race: Reed Sorenson (D) 124.436 mph 2:24:37
2005 June Race: Clint Bowyer (C) 122.141 mph 2:27:20

Tennessee has the most active NBS tracks (3): Bristol, Memphis, and Nashville. North Carolina has the most all-time NBS tracks (7): Lowe’s, Rockingham, Asheville Speedway, Caraway Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway and Orange County Speedway; all but Lowe’s no longer hold NBS races

Milestones at Nashville:

First NASCAR Busch Series Start: selected drivers
Driver Date (finish)
John Borneman 6/04 (30th)
Travis Geisler 4/04 (24th)
Frank Kimmel 4/01 (11th) - led four laps
Paul Menard 6/03 (12th)
Jamie Mosley 6/03 (21st)
Dan Pardus 4/01 (35th)
Jerry Robertson 3/05 (33rd)
David Stremme 4/03 (7th)

First NASCAR Busch Series Top Ten: active drivers
Driver Date (finish)
Scott Wimmer 4/01 (3rd)
Kerry Earnhardt 4/02 (8th)
David Reutimann 4/03 (5th)
David Stremme 4/03 (7th)
Clint Bowyer 4/04 (4th)
J.J. Yeley 6/04 (8th)

First NASCAR Busch Series Pole: all-time
Driver Date
Shane Hmiel 4/02
Reed Sorenson 3/05

First NASCAR Busch Series Win - six in nine races
Driver Year (start)
Greg Biffle 4/01 (10th)
Clint Bowyer 6/05 (5th)
Scott Riggs 4/02 (7th)
Jack Sprague 6/02 (90th)
Jason Leffler 6/04 (56th)
Reed Sorenson 3/05 (11th)

NBS Nashville History: At Nashville Speedway USA (1984, 1988, 1989, 1995-2000)

Number of Nashville Races: nine

2000 WINNER: Randy LaJoie (last race there)

Races Won From Pole: None

Most Wins: nine drivers @ one

Most Top Fives: Jack Ingram - three

Most Laps Led: Jeff Green - 381

Most Poles: Casey Atwood - two

Qualifying Record: Sterling Marlin (C) - 113.566 mph, 18.893 sec., 03/96

Race Record: Jeff Green (C) - 83.608 mph, 2hr.16min.52sec., 04/99

Most Laps Led in Nashville Races: Won five of nine, eight finished in the top five
Date Driver Led Finished
4/1/01 Greg Biffle 133 1st
4/13/02 Jason Keller 100 5th
6/08/02 Jack Sprague 144 1st
4/12/03 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 68 10th
6/07/03 Scott Riggs 160 1st
4/10/04 Clint Bowyer 104 4th
6/12/04 Jason Leffler 60 1st
3/28/05 Reed Sorenson 197 1st
6/12/05 Martin Truex Jr. 105 5th

A driver has led 100 more laps in seven of nine Nashville races.

Nashville Superspeedway Performance Leaders:
Races: Jason Keller, Ashton Lewis Jr. - nine
Poles: Martin Truex Jr. - two
Wins: Scott Riggs - two
Top fives: Clint Bowyer - 4
Top 10s: Scott Wimmer, Jason Keller, Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 4
Races Led: Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 6
Laps Led: Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 233
Running at Finish: Jason Keller, Johnny Sauter - seven

Miscellaneous Nashville Superspeedway Stats:
1. Most Cars Starting a Race: 43 cars, all races
2. Most DNFs in a Race: 4/01 - 17 cars
3. Fewest DNFs in a Race: 6/05 - 5 cars
4. Most Laps Led by Winner: 197 laps - 3/05 – Reed Sorenson
5. Most Laps Led by a Non-Winner: 6/05 - Martin Truex Jr. - 105 laps
6. Fewest Laps Led by Winner: 4/04 – Michael Waltrip – two laps
7. Race Top Five All Same Make: 6/04 - Chevy
8. Driver With Most DNFs: Mike Harmon - five
9. Most Starts in Top Five: Bobby Hamilton Jr. - five
10. Average Lead Changes per Race: 11.9
11. Average Leaders Per Race: 7.33
12. Average Cautions Per Race: 7.78

Birthdays:
Kasey Kahne, 26 on 4/10
Adrian Fernandez, 41 on 4/20

Winning Makes at Nashville: (last time)
Chevrolet - 4 (Clint Bowyer, 6/05)
Dodge - 1 (Reed Sorenson, 3/05)
Ford - 3 (Scott Riggs, 6/03)
Pontiac - 1 (David Green, 4/03)

Nashville Fast Fact:
Last season Reed Sorenson won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Nashville (3/05) in his 11th start. He also won his first NBS pole at the same event. Sorenson is the only driver to win a Nashville race from the first place starting position (nine races).

Last season Clint Bowyer won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Nashville (6/05) in his 32nd start.

2006 Busch Series Points Race:

1st place Kevin Harvick finished eighth at Texas. He was second at Bristol and 11th at Atlanta, his only 2006 finish outside the top 10. He has four top fives and six top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 5.7 vs. 1.8 (five races) in 2005. He won the pole and finished seventh in the 4/01 inaugural Nashville race, his only NBS event at the track.

2nd place (-146) Denny Hamlin won the pole and finished 10th at Texas, gaining a position in the standings. He finished fourth at Bristol and gained two positions in the standings. Hamlin was 38th at Atlanta, his first 2006 finish outside the top 20. He has one win (Mexico), one pole (Texas), two top fives and five top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 11.8 vs. 16.0 in 2005. Hamlin finished in the top 10 in both 2005 Nashville races: ninth in the first race and seventh in the second.

3rd place (-199) Clint Bowyer finished 18th at Texas. He was 12th at Bristol and 14th at Atlanta. He has not had a top 10 in three races. Bowyer has one top five and two top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 12.5 vs. 10.1 in 2005. He has finished in the top five in all four of his Nashville races. Bowyer won the fall Nashville race.

4th place (-231) J.J. Yeley finished 42nd (accident) at Texas, his worst finish of 2006, and dropped two positions in the standings. He was 29th at Bristol and eighth at Atlanta. He has one pole (Daytona), two top fives and five top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 14.7 vs. 28.0 in 2005. He has two top 10s in four Nashville races; he finished 38th in the first Nashville race of 2005, eighth in the second.

5th place (-250) Greg Biffle finished second at Texas. In his six 2006 starts, Biffle has one win, four top fives and four top 10s. Average 2006 finish, 11.5 (six races) vs. 13.8 (five races) in 2005.

Top 10 Turnover:
Three of this season’s Top 10 were in the Top 10 after seven races in 2005. One of the top 10 had not competed at this point in 2005 (ninth place Jason Leffler).

2006 Points Spread After Seven Races Compared to 2005:
2005 2006
1st thru 2nd: 81 146
1st thru 5th: 242 250
1st thru 10th: 380 283

Busch Series Milestones:
Jamie McMurray’s next start will be the 125th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.

Ron Hornaday Jr.’s next start will be the 160th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.

Jeff Burton’s next start will be the 250th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.

Kurt Busch won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas in his first NBS start, becoming the fifth driver to do so (including the first NBS race).

Paul Menard made the 75th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career at Texas (finished seventh).

Jay Sauter made the 100th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career at Texas (finished 40th).

Greg Biffle made the 150th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career at Texas (finished second).