NASCAR Nextel Cup 2005

David Stremme pit stop in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway

The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup began on February 19 with the Daytona 500 . The season ended on November 12th with the NAPA 400 . 2005 was the last season with a high number of points in the drivers' standings because the Chase was introduced from the 2006 season . Rookie of the year was Kyle Busch and the title Most Popular Driver went to Dale Earnhardt junior .

Racing calendar

All races take place in the United States . Races 16 ( Sonoma Raceway ) and 22 ( Watkins Glen International ) are the only ones that do not take place on oval courses .

No.	date	Race (place)	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Most lead laps	Overall leader
01	19th of February	Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway	Jeff Gordon	Kurt Busch	Dale Earnhardt junior	Kyle Busch
02	27th of February	Auto Club 500 Auto Club Speedway	Greg Biffle	Jimmie Johnson	Kurt Busch	Ryan Newman
03	March 13th	UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle Busch	Kurt Busch
04th	March, 20th	Golden Corral 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway	Carl Edwards	Jimmie Johnson	Greg Biffle
05	3rd of April	Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway	Kevin Harvick	Elliott Sadler	Tony Stewart
06th	10th of April	Advance Auto Parts 500 Martinsville Speedway	Jeff Gordon	Kasey Kahne	Mark Martin
07th	17th April	Samsung / RadioShack 500 Texas Motor Speedway	Greg Biffle	Jamie McMurray	Jimmie Johnson
08th	April 23	Subway Fresh 500 Phoenix International Raceway	Kurt Busch	Michael Waltrip	Jeff Burton
09	1st of May	Aaron's 499 Talladega Superspeedway	Jeff Gordon	Tony Stewart	Michael Waltrip
010	May 7th	Dodge Charger 500 Darlington Raceway	Greg Biffle	Jeff Gordon	Kasey Kahne
011	May 14th	Chevy American Revolution 400 Richmond International Raceway	Kasey Kahne	Tony Stewart	Ryan Newman
012	May 29th	Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway	Jimmie Johnson	Bobby Labonte	Carl Edwards
013	June 5th	MBNA RacePoints 400 Dover International Speedway	Greg Biffle	Kyle Busch	Mark Martin
014th	June 12	Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway	Carl Edwards	Brian Vickers	Joe Nemechek
015th	June 19th	Batman Begins 400 Michigan International Speedway	Greg Biffle	Tony Stewart	Mark Martin
016	June 26th	Dodge / Save Mart 350 Infineon Raceway	Tony Stewart	Ricky Rudd	Kurt Busch
017th	2nd July	Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway	Tony Stewart	Jamie McMurray	Dale Earnhardt junior
018th	10th of July	USG Sheetrock 400 Chicagoland Speedway	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Matt Kenseth	Jimmie Johnson
019th	17th July	New England 300 New Hampshire International Speedway	Tony Stewart	Kurt Busch	Bobby Labonte
020th	24th July	Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway	Kurt Busch	Rusty Wallace	Mark Martin
021st	August 7th	Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Tony Stewart	Kasey Kahne	Brian Vickers
022nd	August 14th	Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen Watkins Glen International	Tony Stewart	Robby Gordon	Bob Said
023	August 21	GFS Marketplace 400 Michigan International Speedway	Jeremy Mayfield	Scott Riggs	Matt Kenseth
024	August 27	Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway	Matt Kenseth	Jeff Burton	Greg Biffle
025th	September 4th	Sony HD 500 Auto Club Speedway	Kyle Busch	Greg Biffle	Brian Vickers
026th	September 10	Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway	Kurt Busch	Matt Kenseth	Greg Biffle
027	September 18	Sylvania 300 New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Ryan Newman	Tony Stewart	Matt Kenseth
028	25th of September	MBNA RacePoints 400 Dover International Speedway	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle Busch	Rusty Wallace
029	October 2nd	UAW Ford 500 Talladega Superspeedway	Dale Jarrett	Tony Stewart	Matt Kenseth
030th	9th October	Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods Kansas Speedway	Mark Martin	Greg Biffle	Carl Edwards
031	15th October	UAW-GM Quality 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway	Jimmie Johnson	Kurt Busch	Greg Biffle
032	23rd October	Subway 500 Martinsville Speedway	Jeff Gordon	Tony Stewart	Jimmie Johnson
033	30th of October	Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway	Carl Edwards	Jeff Gordon	Mark Martin
034	November 6th	Dickies 500 Texas Motor Speedway	Carl Edwards	Mark Martin	Matt Kenseth
035	November 13th	Checker Auto Parts 500 Phoenix International Raceway	Kyle Busch	Greg Biffle	Jeff Gordon
036	20th November	Ford 400 Homestead-Miami Speedway	Greg Biffle	Mark Martin	Matt Kenseth

Driver ranking

Item	driver	Victories	Points
01.	Tony Stewart		6533
02.	Gerg Biffle		6498
03.	Carl Edwards		6498
04th	Mark Martin		6428
05.	Jimmie Johnson		6406
06th	Rayn Newman		6359
07th	Matt Kenseth		6352
08th.	Rusty Wallace		6140
09.	Jeremy Mayfield		6073
010.	Kurt Busch		5974
11.	Jeff Gordon		4174
12.	Jamie McMurray		4130
13.	Eliott Sadler		4084
14th	Kevin Harvick		4072
15th	Dale Jarrett		3960
16.	Joe Nemechek		3953
17th	Barin Vickers		3847
18th	Jeff Burton		3803
19th	Dale Earnhardt Jr.		3780
20th	Kyle Busch		3753
21st	Ricky Rudd		3667
22nd	Casey Mears		3637
23.	Regan Smith		670
24.	Bobby Labonte		665
25th	Mark Martin		563
26th	Kurt Busch		557
27.	David Ragan		530
28.	David Gilliland		520
29	Travis Kvapil		512
30th	Casey Mears		511
31.	Landon Cassill		475
32.	AJ Allmendinger		400
33.	Dave Blaney		367
34.	David Reutimann		337
35.	Brian Vickers		213
36.	David Stremme		198
37.	Michael McDowell		153
38.	JJ Yeley		151
39.	Josh Wise		123
40.	Ken Schrader		111
41.	Stephen Easily		107
42.	Michael Waltrip		94
43.	Terry Labonte		94
44.	Scott Speed		89
45.	Tony Raines		71
46.	Scott Riggs		52
47.	Brendan Gaughan		50
48.	Bob Said		34
49.	Bill Elliott		14th
50.	Hermie Sadler		13
51.	Mike Olsen		11
52.	Robby Gordon		11
53.	Mike Skinner		10

Manufacturer rating

Status: After 36 of 36 races

Item	Manufacturer	Victories	Points
1.	Chevrolet	17th	259
2.	ford	16	246
3.	Dodge	3	179

Accident at Daytona International Speedway on July 2, 2005

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