Loop Data Statistics Post-Race Report Nextel Open May 21, 2005 Provided by STATS LLC and NASCAR - Thursday, January 22, 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Average Running Position Sum of driver position on each lap - divided by the laps run in the race. Nextel Open Lowe's Motor Speedway May 21, 2005 Car Finish Average Rk. Number Driver Team Pos. Place 1 0 Mike Bliss NetZero/Best Buy 2 1.467 2 77 Travis Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Engines 3 1.800 3 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com 1 4.067 4 41 Casey Mears Target 6 5.167 5 49 Ken Schrader Red Barron Pizza 9 5.367 6 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's 4 7.333 7 7 Robby Gordon Fruit of the Loom 7 7.667 8 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Genuine Parts 8 7.900 9 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops 10 8.567 10 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide 5 10.833 11 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker 12 11.300 12 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar 15 13.100 13 37 Kevin Lepage Underdog 19 14.200 14 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless 11 14.333 15 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline 14 14.400 16 50 Jimmy Spencer Arnold Development Companies 16 15.167 17 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails 17 15.300 18 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light 13 15.600 19 4 Mike Wallace Wide Open Energy Drink 18 18.933 20 60 Derrike Cope Year One 21 19.833 21 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 22 21.100 22 36 Boris Said Centrix Financial 23 21.733 23 66 Hermie Sadler Peak Fitness 20 22.267 24 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Ground 24 24.133 25 92 Eric McClure 26 24.400 26 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B's 25 25.233 27 89 Morgan Shepherd Red Line Oil/Racing with Jesus 27 26.900 28 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline 28 27.900 Provided by STATS LLC and NASCAR - Thursday, January 22, 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Box Score Nextel Open Lowe's Motor Speedway May 21, 2005 Green Flag Passes for the Lead: 9 Green % of # of % of % of Car Mid 3 Laps High Low Avg Pass Green Times Quality Quality Fastest Laps in Laps in Laps Laps Total Driver No. Driver Start Race to Go Finish Pos Pos Pos Diff. Passes Passed Passes Passes Laps Top 15 Top 15 Led Led Laps Rating Pts 25 Brian Vickers 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 1 8 7 8 100.0 3 30 100.0 1 3.3 30 126.1 0 0 Mike Bliss 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 -3 3 6 3 100.0 4 30 100.0 16 53.3 30 136.2 0 77 Travis Kvapil 4 1 4 3 1 4 2 3 9 6 9 100.0 11 30 100.0 13 43.3 30 136.8 0 5 Kyle Busch 2 12 3 4 2 20 7 10 17 7 14 82.4 2 28 93.3 0 .0 30 110.2 0 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 11 15 5 5 4 22 11 12 18 6 12 66.7 0 25 83.3 0 .0 30 98.5 0 41 Casey Mears 3 5 7 6 3 9 5 -2 7 9 7 100.0 1 30 100.0 0 .0 30 116.0 0 7 Robby Gordon 12 8 6 7 6 12 8 6 12 6 12 100.0 0 30 100.0 0 .0 30 101.2 0 21 Ricky Rudd 9 6 9 8 5 15 8 1 20 19 20 100.0 0 30 100.0 0 .0 30 102.0 0 49 Ken Schrader 6 3 8 9 3 9 5 -4 7 11 7 100.0 0 30 100.0 0 .0 30 106.1 0 1 Martin Truex Jr. 8 7 11 10 6 12 9 -1 12 13 12 100.0 1 30 100.0 0 .0 30 98.7 0 31 Jeff Burton 16 17 10 11 9 25 14 13 22 9 14 63.6 0 21 70.0 0 .0 30 87.6 0 43 Jeff Green 14 9 13 12 9 14 11 1 10 9 10 100.0 0 30 100.0 0 .0 30 90.9 0 40 Sterling Marlin 13 18 12 13 8 23 16 4 18 14 10 55.6 0 14 46.7 0 .0 30 81.2 0 42 Jamie McMurray 17 11 15 14 10 21 14 4 15 11 7 46.7 0 18 60.0 0 .0 30 85.5 0 22 Scott Wimmer 15 10 14 15 10 16 13 -1 10 11 10 100.0 0 26 86.7 0 .0 30 87.0 0 50 Jimmy Spencer 10 16 16 16 9 18 15 -10 11 21 7 63.6 0 13 43.3 0 .0 30 78.1 0 07 Dave Blaney 19 14 17 17 10 19 15 -3 11 14 8 72.7 0 16 53.3 0 .0 30 77.2 0 4 Mike Wallace 24 19 19 18 14 24 19 0 11 11 2 18.2 0 1 3.3 0 .0 30 75.5 0 37 Kevin Lepage 7 13 18 19 7 24 14 -9 9 18 3 33.3 0 17 56.7 0 .0 30 80.6 0 66 Hermie Sadler 20 23 21 20 19 26 22 5 14 9 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 30 68.4 0 60 Derrike Cope 21 20 20 21 15 23 20 -6 9 15 1 11.1 0 1 3.3 0 .0 30 68.8 0 45 Kyle Petty 18 21 22 22 17 26 21 1 12 11 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 30 68.9 0 36 Boris Said 22 22 23 23 17 23 22 -8 9 17 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 30 64.7 0 11 Jason Leffler 28 24 24 24 22 28 24 2 6 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 30 60.7 0 Provided by STATS LLC and NASCAR - Thursday, January 22, 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Box Score Glossary Green % of # of % of % of Car Mid 3 Laps High Low Avg Pass Green Times Quality Quality Fastest Laps in Laps in Laps Laps Total Driver No. Driver Start Race to Go Finish Pos Pos Pos Diff. Passes Passed Passes Passes Laps Top 15 Top 15 Led Led Laps Rating Pts 27 Kirk Shelmerdine 25 26 25 25 19 28 25 -10 0 10 0 - 0 0 .0 0 .0 30 58.6 0 92 Eric McClure 23 25 26 26 18 26 24 -8 2 10 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 20 60.8 0 89 Morgan Shepherd 26 27 27 27 25 27 27 0 2 2 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 6 58.7 0 10 Scott Riggs 27 28 28 28 24 28 28 2 3 1 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 .0 2 57.1 0 Column Name Driver Rating: Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race. Fastest Laps: How many times driver had the fastest lap of all drivers Green Passes: Green flag passes for position Green Times Passed: Number of times passed under a green flag Passing Differential: Total passes minues the number of times passed under a green flag Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag Provided by STATS LLC and NASCAR - Thursday, January 22, 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Closers Positions improved in the last 10 percent (3 laps) of the race. Nextel Open Lowe's Motor Speedway May 21, 2005 Car 3 Laps Finish Pos Rk. Number Driver Team To Go Pos. Gained t1 43 Jeff Green Cheerios/Betty Crocker 13 12 1 t1 77 Travis Kvapil Kodak/Jasper Engines 4 3 1 t1 42 Jamie McMurray Texaco/Havoline 15 14 1 t1 41 Casey Mears Target 7 6 1 t1 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Genuine Parts 9 8 1 t1 66 Hermie Sadler Peak Fitness 21 20 1 t1 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops 11 10 1 t1 25 Brian Vickers GMAC/ditech.com 2 1 1 t1 4 Mike Wallace Wide Open Energy Drink 19 18 1 t10 07 Dave Blaney Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails 17 17 0 t10 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Tide 5 5 0 t10 11 Jason Leffler FedEx Ground 24 24 0 t10 92 Eric McClure 26 26 0 t10 45 Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 22 22 0 t10 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline 28 28 0 t10 36 Boris Said Centrix Financial 23 23 0 t10 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Freddie B's 25 25 0 t10 89 Morgan Shepherd Red Line Oil/Racing with Jesus 27 27 0 t10 50 Jimmy Spencer Arnold Development Companies 16 16 0 t20 0 Mike Bliss NetZero/Best Buy 1 2 -1 t20 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless 10 11 -1 t20 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's 3 4 -1 t20 60 Derrike Cope Year One 20 21 -1 t20 7 Robby Gordon Fruit of the Loom 6 7 -1 t20 37 Kevin Lepage Underdog 18 19 -1 t20 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light 12 13 -1 t20 49 Ken Schrader Red Barron Pizza 8 9 -1 t20 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar 14 15 -1 Provided by STATS LLC and NASCAR - Thursday, January 22, 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Driver Rating Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.