Race 2 Win: USG Sheetrock 400 - WIX Filters Lap Leader Notes

Nextel Cup Series

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE USG SHEETROCK 400 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE AT CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY, JULY 9, 2006.

Matt Kenseth led four times for 112 laps to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race award in the USG Sheetrock 400. Kenseth took the honor for the second time this season.

Kenseth led the most laps of any driver in the race, the second time he’s accomplished the feat this season. He has now led at least one lap in 13 of the 18 NEXTEL Cup races this season. Kenseth has led 43 times for 640 total laps in 2006.

Kenseth finished 22nd in the USG Sheetrock 400 after he and Jeff Gordon made contact racing for the win on lap 264, three laps from the scheduled finish of the race. Kenseth was also involved in another incident one lap later that brought out the eighth and final caution period of the race. He is second in the NEXTEL Cup Series championship standings, 51 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.

Greg Biffle continues to lead the season-long WIX Filters Lap Leader standings.

Kenseth quotes: “That wasn’t an accident. The last one was an accident, the first one wasn’t. He just ran me over. On the restart he was just hanging back and NASCAR has a rule you can’t hang back two car lengths or one car length, although I’ve never seen it enforced. But he was hanging back because I was a little weak on restarts, and trying to get me and then I could drive away. Or, apparently he was mad because I blocked him on that last restart when he got a run, but I don’t know. It’s just the way it goes, I guess.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS 
Greg Biffle 5 
Tony Stewart 4
Jeff Gordon 3 
Matt Kenseth 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 
Kasey Kahne 1
Jamie McMurray 1 
Denny Hamlin 1 

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE 
EVENT DRIVER
Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (32 laps)
Auto Club 500 Greg Biffle (168 laps)
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Matt Kenseth (146 laps)
Golden Corral 500 Greg Biffle (128 laps)
Food City 500 Tony Stewart (245 laps)
DIRECTV 500 Tony Stewart (288 laps)
Samsung/RadioShack 500 Tony Stewart (99 laps)
Subway Fresh 500 Greg Biffle (151 laps) 
Aaron’s 499 Jeff Gordon (62 laps)
Crown Royal 400 Greg Biffle (54 laps)
Dodge Charger 500 Greg Biffle (170 laps)
Coca-Cola 600 Kasey Kahne (158 laps) 
Neighborhood Excellence 400 Jamie McMurray (95 laps)
Pocono 500 Denny Hamlin (83 laps)
3M Performance 400 Jeff Gordon (50 laps)
Dodge/Save Mart 350 Jeff Gordon (44 laps)
Pepsi 400 Tony Stewart (86 laps)
USG Sheetrock 400 Matt Kenseth (112 laps)