UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | March 11th |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | 23 | $415,386 | 267 | 190 | running | Lowe's |
| 2 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 36 | $287,011 | 267 | 180 | running | DuPont / Nicorette |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 17 | $212,225 | 267 | 165 | running | FedEx Kinko's |
| 4 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 37 | $208,941 | 267 | 165 | running | DEWALT |
| 5 | Mark Martin | 1 | 14 | $180,783 | 267 | 160 | running | U.S. Army |
| 6 | Carl Edwards | 99 | 13 | $128,625 | 267 | 155 | running | Office Depot |
| 7 | Tony Stewart | 20 | 25 | $158,436 | 267 | 146 | running | The Home Depot |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | 12 | 39 | $143,225 | 267 | 147 | running | ALLTEL |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 12 | $116,250 | 267 | 143 | running | Kellogg's / CARQUEST |
| 10 | Jamie McMurray | 26 | 33 | $117,825 | 267 | 134 | running | Crown Royal |
| 11 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 8 | 28 | $144,233 | 267 | 135 | running | Budweiser |
| 12 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 1 | 26 | $128,170 | 267 | 132 | running | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker |
| 13 | Bobby Labonte | 43 | 42 | $138,461 | 267 | 129 | running | Cheerios / Betty Crocker |
| 14 | Elliott Sadler | 19 | 3 | $125,170 | 267 | 126 | running | Dodge Dealers / UAW |
| 15 | Jeff Burton | 31 | 5 | $135,716 | 267 | 123 | running | Cingular Wireless |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | 16 | 18 | $111,575 | 266 | 115 | running | 3M / Ameriquest |
| 17 | Robby Gordon | 7 | 38 | $96,375 | 266 | 112 | running | Robby Gordon Motorsports |
| 18 | J.J. Yeley | 18 | 24 | $123,183 | 266 | 114 | running | Interstate Batteries |
| 19 | Tony Raines | 96 | 27 | $104,675 | 266 | 106 | running | DLP HDTV |
| 20 | David Stremme | 40 | 2 | $95,925 | 266 | 103 | running | Coors Light |
| 21 | David Gilliland | 38 | 21 | $119,189 | 265 | 100 | running | M&M's |
| 22 | Juan Montoya | 42 | 4 | $126,950 | 265 | 97 | running | Texaco / Havoline |
| 23 | Scott Riggs | 10 | 6 | $98,725 | 265 | 94 | running | Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper - Valvoline |
| 24 | Kenny Wallace | 78 | 15 | $85,550 | 265 | 91 | running | Furniture Row Racing |
| 25 | Jeff Green | 66 | 29 | $112,308 | 265 | 88 | running | Samsung Four Seasons of Hope |
| 26 | Kurt Busch | 2 | 10 | $120,708 | 265 | 85 | running | Miller Lite |
| 27 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | 20 | $131,286 | 265 | 82 | running | Shell / Pennzoil |
| 28 | Kyle Petty | 45 | 22 | $98,708 | 265 | 79 | running | Wells Fargo |
| 29 | Jon Wood | 21 | 41 | $104,064 | 264 | 76 | running | U.S. Air Force |
| 30 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | 40 | $112,608 | 264 | 73 | running | Snickers |
| 31 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | 7 | $100,533 | 263 | 70 | running | Target |
| 32 | Paul Menard | 15 | 19 | $80,675 | 263 | 67 | running | Johns Manville / Menards |
| 33 | Dale Jarrett | 44 | 43 | $81,425 | 263 | 64 | running | UPS |
| 34 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | 8 | $89,822 | 251 | 66 | engine | Waste Management |
| 35 | Kasey Kahne | 9 | 1 | $138,741 | 251 | 63 | Accident | McDonald's / Dodge Dealers / UAW |
| 36 | Clint Bowyer | 7 | 16 | $87,850 | 239 | 60 | running | Jack Daniel's |
| 37 | David Ragan | 6 | 35 | $115,450 | 236 | 52 | running | AAA |
| 38 | Joe Nemechek | 13 | 9 | $79,425 | 156 | 49 | Accident | CertainTeed |
| 39 | Johnny Sauter | 70 | 32 | $79,225 | 147 | 46 | running | Yellow Trans. |
| 40 | Casey Mears | 25 | 34 | $86,975 | 141 | 43 | running | National Guard / GMAC |
| 41 | Aric Almirola | 180 | 31 | $78,775 | 46 | 40 | Accident | Joe Gibbs Driven |
| 42 | Dave Blaney | 22 | 11 | $86,630 | 17 | 37 | Accident | Caterpillar |
| 43 | Ward Burton | 4 | 30 | $79,452 | 15 | 34 | Accident | State Water Heaters |
