Samsung 500 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | Samsung 500 |
| Name of Track: | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | April 15th |
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Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway). The track measures 1.5 miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the quad-oval design, where the front straghtaway juts outward slightly.
The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Lowe's Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Very Fast TrackBased on qualifying speeds in 2004 and 2005, the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph and corner entry speeds over 200 mph.
However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006).
Busy Race SeasonTexas Motor Speedway is home to two NASCAR Nextel Cup races: the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 and the Dickies 500, as well as two Busch Series Races, the O'Reilly 300 and the O'Reilly Challenge and last but not least, the Indy Racing League race, the Bombardier Learjet 500.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.Samsung 500 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for Samsung 500, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Burton | 31 | 2 | $526,766 | 334 | 190 | running | Prilosec OTC |
| 2 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 4 | $357,266 | 334 | 175 | running | DEWALT |
| 3 | Mark Martin | 1 | 6 | $275,583 | 334 | 165 | running | U.S. Army |
| 4 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 1 | $255,811 | 334 | 170 | running | DuPont |
| 5 | Jamie McMurray | 26 | 13 | $173,325 | 334 | 155 | running | Crown Royal |
| 6 | Greg Biffle | 16 | 21 | $160,125 | 334 | 150 | running | 3M / Ameriquest |
| 7 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 1 | 24 | $164,945 | 334 | 146 | running | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker |
| 8 | Juan Montoya | 42 | 16 | $168,375 | 334 | 142 | running | Texaco / Havoline |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 7 | $143,100 | 334 | 138 | running | FedEx Ground |
| 10 | David Stremme | 40 | 14 | $130,175 | 334 | 134 | running | Coors Light |
| 11 | Kurt Busch | 2 | 17 | $157,233 | 334 | 135 | running | Miller Lite |
| 12 | Carl Edwards | 99 | 10 | $129,975 | 334 | 127 | running | Office Depot |
| 13 | Tony Raines | 96 | 27 | $131,325 | 334 | 124 | running | DLP HDTV |
| 14 | Brian Vickers | 83 | 36 | $114,325 | 334 | 126 | running | Red Bull |
| 15 | Paul Menard | 15 | 42 | $113,325 | 333 | 118 | running | Energizer / Menards |
| 16 | Clint Bowyer | 7 | 8 | $123,775 | 333 | 115 | running | Jack Daniel's |
| 17 | Elliott Sadler | 19 | 15 | $131,870 | 333 | 117 | running | Dodge Dealers / UAW |
| 18 | Joe Nemechek | 13 | 25 | $108,325 | 333 | 109 | running | CertainTeed |
| 19 | David Gilliland | 38 | 30 | $137,639 | 332 | 106 | running | M&M's |
| 20 | Kasey Kahne | 9 | 34 | $154,816 | 332 | 103 | running | Dodge Dealers / UAW |
| 21 | Dave Blaney | 22 | 40 | $137,033 | 332 | 100 | running | Caterpillar |
| 22 | Johnny Sauter | 70 | 35 | $102,325 | 332 | 97 | running | Yellow Trans. |
| 23 | Casey Mears | 25 | 33 | $113,175 | 332 | 94 | running | National Guard / GMAC |
| 24 | Robby Gordon | 7 | 23 | $102,625 | 332 | 96 | running | Jim Beam |
| 25 | Tony Stewart | 20 | 9 | $146,861 | 332 | 88 | running | NASCAR Day / The Home Depot |
| 26 | Jeff Green | 66 | 31 | $121,683 | 332 | 85 | running | Best Buy |
| 27 | Scott Riggs | 10 | 39 | $105,925 | 331 | 82 | running | Valvoline / Stanley Tools |
| 28 | Bobby Labonte | 43 | 22 | $133,261 | 331 | 79 | running | Cheerios / Betty Crocker |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | 11 | $140,961 | 331 | 76 | running | Shell / Pennzoil |
| 30 | Dale Jarrett | 44 | 37 | $91,575 | 331 | 73 | running | UPS |
| 31 | Ken Schrader | 21 | 38 | $112,364 | 331 | 70 | running | Motorcraft |
| 32 | Ryan Newman | 12 | 20 | $122,625 | 330 | 67 | running | ALLTEL |
| 33 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | 29 | $118,933 | 321 | 64 | running | Snickers |
| 34 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | 28 | $97,508 | 304 | 61 | running | Panasonic Plasma HDTV |
| 35 | Kyle Petty | 45 | 32 | $94,272 | 291 | 58 | running | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil |
| 36 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 8 | 12 | $128,983 | 288 | 60 | engine | Budweiser |
| 37 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 5 | $100,475 | 262 | 52 | running | Cheez-It / CARQUEST |
| 38 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | 3 | $135,261 | 260 | 49 | Accident | Lowe's |
| 39 | David Ragan | 6 | 19 | $117,025 | 239 | 46 | running | AAA Insurance |
| 40 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | 26 | $89,075 | 197 | 48 | engine | TUMS |
| 41 | Mike Bliss | 49 | 41 | $80,960 | 42 | 40 | Accident | PVA.org |
| 42 | Kenny Wallace | 78 | 43 | $80,865 | 38 | 37 | engine | Furniture Row Racing |
| 43 | J.J. Yeley | 18 | 18 | $108,898 | 1 | 34 | Accident | Interstate Batteries |




