2006 Subway Fresh 500

The 2006 Subway Fresh 500, the eighth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, was held at Phoenix International Raceway on April 22, 2006. Kyle Busch won the pole.

2006 Subway Fresh 500

Race details
Race 8 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2006 Subway Fresh 500 program cover, with paintings of Greg Biffle and Joe Nemechek
Date	April 22, 2006 (2006-04-22)
Location	Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Weather	Hot with temperatures approaching 93.9 °F (34.4 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)[1]
Average speed	107.063 miles per hour (172.301 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	26.917
Most laps led
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing
Laps	151
Winner
No. 29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing
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	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / CARQUEST	133.745	26.917	0.000
2	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Subway / National Guard	133.383	26.990	-0.073
3	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	133.299	27.007	-0.090
4	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT	133.205	27.026	-0.109
5	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	133.028	27.062	-0.145
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	132.846	27.099	-0.182
7	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	132.817	27.105	-0.188
8	7	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Sylvania	132.587	27.152	-0.235
9	1	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	132.523	27.165	-0.248
10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	132.397	27.191	-0.274
11	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	Budweiser	132.363	27.198	-0.281
12	42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	132.163	27.239	-0.322
13	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL My Circle	132.163	27.239	-0.322
14	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	132.120	27.248	-0.331
15	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	132.081	27.256	-0.339
16	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Waste Management	132.076	27.257	-0.340
17	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	131.955	27.282	-0.365
18	6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	131.878	27.298	-0.381
19	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	131.829	27.308	-0.391
20	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Pedigree	131.781	27.318	-0.401
21	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios / Betty Crocker	131.738	27.327	-0.410
22	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	131.714	27.332	-0.415
23	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Best Buy	131.685	27.338	-0.421
24	10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Valvoline / Stanley Tools	131.675	27.340	-0.423
25	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	131.608	27.354	-0.437
26	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	131.483	27.380	-0.463
27	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	131.368	27.404	-0.487
28	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW	130.942	27.493	-0.576
29	40	David Stremme	Dodge	Coors Light	130.857	27.511	-0.594
30	18	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	130.842	27.514	-0.597
31	78	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	130.458	27.595	-0.678
32	1	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	130.416	27.604	-0.687
33	4	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	130.416	27.604	-0.687
34	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	130.322	27.624	-0.707
35	95	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	TheRaceSpace.com	130.114	27.668	-0.751
36	96	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	130.077	27.676	-0.759
37	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Prilosec OTC	129.814	27.732	-0.815
38	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Wells Fargo	129.478	27.804	-0.887
39	32	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	Tide-Downy	129.320	27.838	-0.921
40	02	Brandon Ash	Dodge	Sprinter Trucking Inc.	128.843	27.941	-1.024
41	22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	128.411	28.035	-1.118
42	55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	126.613	28.433	-1.516
43	49	Brent Sherman	Dodge	Serta	128.576	27.999	-1.082
Failed to qualify or withdrew
44	34	Chad Chaffin	Chevrolet	Oak Glove Co.		28.031	-1.114
45	51	Mike Garvey	Chevrolet	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil		28.083	-1.166
46	92	Chad Blount	Dodge	Front Row Motorsports		28.150	-1.233
47	61	Kevin Lepage	Chevrolet	RoadLoans.com		28.173	-1.256
48	89	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Victory In Jesus / Dutch Quality Stone		28.233	-1.316
49	52	Steve Portenga	Dodge	Pro30.com / King Taco		28.336	-1.419
WD	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	MyGuardian911.com	0.000	0.000	0.000

Race results

POS[3]	ST	#	DRIVER	SPONSOR / OWNER	CAR	LAPS	MONEY	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	15	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	312	228486	running	10	185
2	3	20	Tony Stewart	The Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	312	211536	running	6	175
3	4	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt   (Jack Roush)	Ford	312	168116	running	1	170
4	5	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot   (Jack Roush)	Ford	312	126685	running	0	160
5	8	07	Clint Bowyer	Sylvania   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	312	122325	running	21	160
6	22	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	312	124189	running	0	150
7	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	127111	running	0	146
8	21	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker   (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	312	117661	running	0	142
9	37	31	Jeff Burton	Prilosec OTC   (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	312	108870	running	0	138
10	19	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	312	124111	running	0	134
11	18	6	Mark Martin	AAA   (Jack Roush)	Ford	311	98425	running	111	135
12	16	14	Sterling Marlin	Waste Management   (Nelson Bowers)	Chevrolet	311	90883	running	0	127
13	14	25	Brian Vickers	GMAC   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	311	80275	running	0	124
14	26	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal   (Jack Roush)	Ford	311	112750	running	0	121
15	2	16	Greg Biffle	Subway / National Guard   (Jack Roush)	Ford	311	102350	running	151	128
16	27	21	Ken Schrader	Motorcraft Genuine Parts   (Wood Brothers)	Ford	311	95389	running	0	115
17	36	96	Tony Raines	DLP HDTV   (Bill Saunders)	Chevrolet	311	65075	running	0	112
18	23	66	Jeff Green	Best Buy   (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	311	91808	running	0	109
19	17	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS   (Yates Racing)	Ford	311	99325	running	0	106
20	12	42	Casey Mears	Texaco / Havoline   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	311	103983	running	0	103
21	39	32	Travis Kvapil	Tide / Downy   (Cal Wells)	Chevrolet	311	80958	running	0	100
22	9	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	311	86233	running	0	97
23	11	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	310	102291	running	0	94
24	7	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite   (Roger Penske)	Dodge	310	103833	running	0	91
25	31	78	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row Racing   (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	310	63075	running	0	88
26	28	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	310	95841	running	0	85
27	41	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar   (Bill Davis)	Dodge	309	75172	running	2	87
28	30	18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	309	99975	running	1	84
29	29	40	David Stremme	Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	308	73175	running	0	76
30	33	4	Scott Wimmer	AERO Exhaust   (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	307	65525	running	0	73
31	38	45	Kyle Petty	Wells Fargo   (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	305	72400	running	0	70
32	43	49	Brent Sherman	Serta   (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	305	61750	running	0	67
33	35	95	Stanton Barrett	TheRaceSpace.com   (Stanton Barrett)	Chevrolet	301	62575	running	0	64
34	6	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	289	61500	running	0	61
35	32	01	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army   (Nelson Bowers)	Chevrolet	283	87720	running	0	58
36	1	5	Kyle Busch	Kellogg's / Carquest   (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	259	84425	running	7	60
37	20	38	Elliott Sadler	Pedigree   (Yates Racing)	Ford	247	89008	running	1	57
38	24	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline / Stanley Tools   (James Rocco)	Dodge	229	60975	running	0	49
39	13	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel My Circle   (Roger Penske)	Dodge	221	106258	crash	0	46
40	34	41	Reed Sorenson	Target   (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	206	68700	running	0	43
41	25	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam   (Robby Gordon)	Chevrolet	116	60560	engine	0	40
42	42	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts   (Doug Bawel)	Dodge	98	60435	crash	0	37
43	40	02	Brandon Ash	Sprinter Trucking, Inc.   (Ed Ash)	Dodge	98	60635	transmission	1	39
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
POS	NAME	NBR	SPONSOR	OWNER	CAR
44	Chad Chaffin	34	Oak Glove Co.	Bob Jenkins	Chevrolet
45	Mike Garvey	51	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Joe Auer	Chevrolet
46	Chad Blount	92	Front Row Motorsports	Bob Jenkins	Dodge
47	Kevin Lepage	61	RoadLoans.com	Bob Jenkins	Chevrolet
48	Morgan Shepherd	89	Victory In Jesus / Dutch Quality Stone	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge
49	Steve Portenga	52	Pro30.com / King Taco	Rick Ware	Dodge
WD	Derrike Cope	74	MyGuardian911.com	Raynard McGlynn	Dodge

Failed to qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34), Mike Garvey (#51), Chad Blount (#92), Kevin Lepage (#61), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Steve Portenga (#52)

References

1. Weather information for the 2006 Subway Fresh 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
2. "Qualifying times: Subway Fresh 500". Crash. 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
3. "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

External links

• Official results

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