2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

The 2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500, the seventh race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, was held at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2006. Kasey Kahne became the first driver to win at Texas from the pole.

2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500

Race details
Race 7 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 program cover
Date	April 9, 2006 (2006-04-09)
Location	Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1]
Average speed	137.943 miles per hour (221.998 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports
Time	28.374
Most laps led
Driver	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs
Laps	99
Winner
No. 9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

Qualifying

Pos[2]	Car #	Driver	Make	Primary Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	190.315	28.374	0.000
2	18	J. J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	189.374	28.515	-0.141
3	6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	189.029	28.567	-0.193
4	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Best Buy / SanDisk	189.016	28.569	-0.195
5	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Subway / Nat'l Guard / Little League	188.976	28.575	-0.201
6	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Carhartt	188.910	28.585	-0.211
7	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	188.897	28.587	-0.213
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	188.772	28.606	-0.232
9	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	188.640	28.626	-0.252
10	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios / Betty Crocker	188.594	28.633	-0.259
11	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	188.337	28.672	-0.298
12	7	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's Texas Pride	188.304	28.677	-0.303
13	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	188.219	28.690	-0.316
14	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Alltel	188.068	28.713	-0.339
15	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	188.048	28.716	-0.342
16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	187.977	28.727	-0.353
17	1	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	187.918	28.736	-0.362
18	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	CENTRIX Auto Finance	187.780	28.757	-0.383
19	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	187.754	28.761	-0.387
20	42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	187.748	28.762	-0.388
21	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	187.598	28.785	-0.411
22	10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Stanley Tools / Valvoline	187.422	28.812	-0.438
23	151	Mike Garvey	Chevrolet	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	187.389	28.817	-0.443
24	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Reese's Caramel Cup	187.272	28.835	-0.461
25	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	187.007	28.876	-0.502
26	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / Delphi	186.948	28.885	-0.511
27	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	186.903	28.892	-0.518
28	40	David Stremme	Dodge	Coors Light	186.832	28.903	-0.529
29	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Jim Beam Black	186.748	28.916	-0.542
30	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	186.741	28.917	-0.543
31	22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	186.696	28.924	-0.550
32	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	186.696	28.924	-0.550
33	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	186.580	28.942	-0.568
34	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	186.574	28.943	-0.569
35	61	Kevin Lepage	Ford	RoadLoans.com	186.124	29.013	-0.639
36	96	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	186.066	29.022	-0.648
37	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	185.822	29.060	-0.686
38	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	myguardian911.com	185.624	29.091	-0.717
39	32	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	Tide-Downy	185.567	29.100	-0.726
40	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	185.382	29.129	-0.755
41	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	184.818	29.218	-0.844
42	55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	184.641	29.246	-0.872
43	4	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	184.862	29.211	-0.837
Failed to qualify
44	49	Brent Sherman	Dodge	Serta		29.286
45	92	Chad Blount	Dodge	Fox Collision Centers		29.386
46	78	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing		29.460
47	34	Chad Chaffin	Chevrolet	Holiday Inn DFW Airport West		29.476
48	95	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	hairofdog.com		29.758

Race results

Fin	St	Driver	Car #	Make	Points	Bonus	Laps	Winnings
1	1	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	185	5	334	$530,164
2	6	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	175	5	334	$362,491
3	40	Tony Stewart	20	Chevrolet	175	10	334	$286,386
4	8	Denny Hamlin *	11	Chevrolet	165	5	334	$208,500
5	24	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	160	5	334	$204,511
6	21	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	150		334	$172,220
7	22	Scott Riggs	10	Dodge	146		334	$133,850
8	9	Martin Truex Jr. *	1	Chevrolet	147	5	334	$156,608
9	3	Mark Martin	6	Ford	143	5	334	$151,850
10	10	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	134		334	$164,211
11	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	130		334	$165,161
12	15	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	Chevrolet	127		334	$154,816
13	13	Reed Sorenson *	41	Dodge	124		334	$126,675
14	20	Casey Mears	42	Dodge	121		334	$150,233
15	26	Kyle Busch	5	Chevrolet	118		334	$129,725
16	32	Ken Schrader	21	Ford	115		334	$140,089
17	27	Dale Jarrett	88	Ford	112		334	$143,350
18	4	Jeff Green	66	Chevrolet	114	5	334	$133,833
19	12	Clint Bowyer *	07	Chevrolet	106		333	$116,075
20	29	Robby Gordon	7	Chevrolet	103		333	$109,275
21	28	David Stremme *	40	Dodge	100		333	$127,033
22	11	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	97		332	$148,411
23	17	Joe Nemechek	1	Chevrolet	94		332	$129,070
24	36	Tony Raines	96	Chevrolet	91		332	$97,075
25	30	Terry Labonte	44	Chevrolet	88		332	$95,975
26	42	Michael Waltrip	55	Dodge	85		331	$108,833
27	39	Travis Kvapil	32	Chevrolet	82		331	$105,122
28	43	Scott Wimmer	4	Chevrolet	79		330	$94,075
29	31	Dave Blaney	22	Dodge	76		330	$92,475
30	18	Sterling Marlin	14	Chevrolet	73		329	$89,325
31	34	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge	70		328	$116,891
32	35	Kevin Lepage	61	Ford	67		328	$85,800
33	25	Elliott Sadler	38	Ford	69	5	286	$113,558
34	7	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	61		286	$124,633
35	2	J. J. Yeley *	18	Chevrolet	63	5	270	$118,075
36	37	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	60	5	256	$101,175
37	41	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	52		254	$127,100
38	23	Mike Garvey	151	Chevrolet	49		251	$79,125
39	19	Kyle Petty	45	Dodge	46		248	$87,000
40	14	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	43		200	$124,283
41	38	Derrike Cope	74	Dodge	PE		169	$78,760
42	5	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	42	5	81	$98,860
43	33	Brian Vickers	25	Chevrolet	34		24	$86,847

Failed to qualify: Brent Sherman (#49), Chad Blount (#92), Kenny Wallace (#78), Chad Chaffin (#34), Stanton Barrett (#95).

References

1. "Weather information for the 2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
2. "Qualifying times: Samsung/RadioShack 500". Crash. 2006-04-08. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

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