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Nextel All-Star Challenge - Fast Facts
What: 21st Annual NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge
When: Saturday, May 21, 9 p.m. (ET)
Where: Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.
TV: FX, 7 p.m. (ET)
Radio: MRN/XM Satellite
Total purse: $3,216,700
Winner’s purse: $1,004,350
Track configuration: 1.5-mile oval
2004 winner: Matt Kenseth
Most All-Star victories among active drivers: Jeff Gordon, three (1995, ’97, 2001)
Eligibility
- Race winners (drivers and owners) from the previous and current NASCAR NEXTEL Cup seasons.
- Winner of the Nextel Open, a preliminary event for teams not qualified for the all-star event.
- Another Nextel Open driver who wins a fan vote into the all-star event.
- Past event champions.
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champions from the previous 10 seasons (1995-2004) who are active drivers and have competed in at least one series event during the 2004 or 2005 seasons.
Format
- 90 laps/135 miles.
- Three segments: 40 laps, 30 laps, 20 laps.
- No eliminations prior to final segment.
- Mandatory 10-minute pit stop between first and second segments.
- During pit stop, random drawing will determine a field inversion; from six to 12 cars will be inverted for the start of the second segment.
All-Star Win A Championship Preview
Eight times, the winner of the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge has gone on to win the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series championship. Dale Earnhardt accomplished that “double” three times, as has Jeff Gordon.
All-Star/Series Title Sweep Driver
1986 Darrell Waltrip
1987 Dale Earnhardt
1989 Rusty Wallace
1990 Dale Earnhardt
1993 Dale Earnhardt
1995 Jeff Gordon
1997 Jeff Gordon
2001 Jeff Gordon
NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Through The Years:
| Year |
Winner |
Car |
Winnings |
Comment |
| 2004 |
Matt Kenseth |
Ford |
$1,044,000 |
Passed Ryan Newman with three laps to go |
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2003 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet |
$1 million |
Went on next week to win Coca-Cola 600 |
| 2002 |
Ryan Newman |
Ford |
$794,000 |
2nd rookie to win all-star event |
| 2001 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
$515,000 |
Gordon’s 3rd all win – in a back-up car, no less |
| 2000 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
$516,410 |
1st rookie to win all-star event |
| 1999 |
Terry Labonte |
Chevrolet |
$207,500 |
4th two-time all-star champion |
| 1998 |
Mark Martin |
Ford |
$257,500 |
Martin edged Bobby Labonte by 0.424-second |
| 1997 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
$207,500 |
Gordon’s 2nd all-star victory |
| 1996 |
Michael Waltrip |
Ford |
$200,000 |
1st “qualifying race” driver to win all-star event |
| 1995 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
$300,000 |
Gordon wins as Earnhardt, D. Waltrip have last-lap mishap |
| 1994 |
Geoffrey Bodine |
Ford |
$250,000 |
Bodine nipped Sterling Marlin by 0.26-second |
| 1993 |
Dale Earnhardt |
Chevrolet |
$325,000 |
3rd all-star event victory for Earnhardt |
| 1992 |
Davey Allison |
Ford |
$300,000 |
Accident just after race finish sent Allison to hospital |
| 1991 |
Davey Allison |
Ford |
$325,000 |
Flag-to-flag victory for Allison |
| 1990 |
Dale Earnhardt |
Chevrolet |
$325,000 |
Earnhardt 1st two-time all-star champion |
| 1989 |
Rusty Wallace |
Pontiac |
$240,000 |
Late-race bump with Darrell Waltrip added to excitement |
| 1988 |
Terry Labonte |
Chevrolet |
$200,000 |
Seven leaders in 135-lap/3-segment race |
| 1987 |
Dale Earnhardt |
Chevrolet |
$200,000 |
“Pass in the Grass” gives Earnhardt 1st all-star win |
| 1986 |
Bill Elliott |
Ford |
$240,000 |
Race in Atlanta, thus a popular win for Georgia’s Elliott |
| 1985 |
Darrell Waltrip |
Chevrolet |
$200,000 |
Inaugural all-star event had 12-car field – all 1984 winners |
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