2005 New England 300 Race details The 2005 New England 300 program cover, featuring
Kurt Busch , winner of the 2004 race.
Date July 17, 2005 Official name 13th Annual New England 300 Location Loudon, New Hampshire , New Hampshire International Speedway Course Permanent racing facility Distance 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km) Scheduled Distance 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km) Average speed 102.608 miles per hour (165.132 km/h) Attendance 100,000 Driver Hendrick Motorsports Time 29.225 Driver Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Laps 232 No. 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Network TNT Announcers Bill Weber , Benny Parsons , Wally Dallenbach Radio Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 2005 New England 300 was the 19th stock car racing race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and the 13th iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, July 17, 2005, before a crowd of 100,000 in Loudon, New Hampshire at New Hampshire International Speedway , a 1.058 miles (1.703 km) permanent, oval-shaped, low-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. At race's end, Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would dominate the race to take his 22nd career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his third of the season.[ 1] Kurt Busch of Roush Racing and Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
The layout of New Hampshire International Raceway , the venue where the race was held. New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports .
# Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet NetZero , Best Buy 00 Carl Long McGlynn Racing Chevrolet Buyers Choice Auto Warranties 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet U. S. Army 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge Miller Lite 4 Mike Wallace Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Lucas Oil , Wide Open Energy Drink 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Viagra 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet Harrah's 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline 11 Jason Leffler Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet FedEx Ground 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge Alltel 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Post-it Notes , National Guard 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers , UAW 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft Genuine Parts 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ditech.com , GMAC 27 Ted Christopher Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford Freddie B's 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. PPI Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 34 Joey McCarthy Mach 1 Motorsports Chevrolet Mach One Inc. 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge BOSpoker 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Coors Light 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Target 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Texaco , Havoline 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Cheerios , Betty Crocker 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific , Brawny 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge Schwan's Home Service 52 Derrike Cope Rick Ware Racing Dodge Pro30 66 Mike Garvey Peak Fitness Racing Ford Jani-King 75 Wayne Anderson Rinaldi Racing Dodge R & D Theil 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge Kodak , Jasper Engines & Transmissions 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge Cornerstone Bancard , Victory in Jesus 92 Hermie Sadler Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Irwin Industrial Tools 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford Office Depot Official entry list
The first one-hour practice session would take place on Friday, July 15, at 12:10 PM EST .[ 2] Mark Martin of Roush Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.418 and an average speed of 129.472 miles per hour (208.365 km/h).[ 3]
Second and final practice [ edit ] The second and final one-hour practice session would take place on Friday, July 15, at 3:50 PM EST .[ 2] Ryan Newman of Penske Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.086 and an average speed of 130.950 miles per hour (210.744 km/h).[ 3]
Qualifying would take place on Saturday, July 16, at 12:10 PM EST .[ 2]
Brian Vickers of Hendrick Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of 29.225 and an average speed of 130.327 miles per hour (209.741 km/h).[ 4]
Carl Long of McGlynn Racing would crash during his second lap. While he had crashed, he had set a lap time fast enough in the first lap to get him into the race, and therefore was able to still compete, albeit at the rear due to switching to a backup car.[ 4]
Four drivers would fail to qualify: Joey McCarthy , Derrike Cope , Wayne Peterson , and Hermie Sadler .[ 4]
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin[ 5] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 13 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 300 232 running 190 $283,986 2 5 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 300 6 running 175 $205,050 3 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 300 0 running 165 $159,600 4 7 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 running 160 $117,475 5 9 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 155 $111,825 6 2 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 300 18 running 155 $133,600 7 4 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 300 22 running 151 $132,116 8 6 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 300 0 running 142 $113,933 9 24 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 300 0 running 138 $126,508 10 16 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 134 $127,486 11 1 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 10 running 135 $94,300 12 20 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 127 $92,300 13 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 running 124 $122,391 14 25 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 0 running 121 $102,445 15 19 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 300 0 running 118 $90,400 16 34 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 300 0 running 115 $123,858 17 28 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 300 0 running 112 $102,764 18 22 01 Joe Nemechek MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 running 109 $100,108 19 11 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 299 0 running 106 $99,995 20 37 07 Dave Blaney Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 299 0 running 103 $83,400 21 18 0 Mike Bliss Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 299 0 running 100 $73,025 22 8 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 299 0 running 97 $116,261 23 14 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 299 0 running 94 $100,689 24 27 11 Jason Leffler Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 299 1 running 96 $72,225 25 21 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 299 0 running 88 $117,861 26 41 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 299 0 running 85 $71,725 27 30 77 Travis Kvapil Penske Racing Dodge 299 0 running 82 $79,400 28 36 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. PPI Motorsports Chevrolet 299 0 running 79 $87,258 29 42 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 299 1 running 81 $84,983 30 31 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet 299 0 running 73 $70,575 31 15 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 298 1 running 75 $96,311 32 23 10 Scott Riggs MBV Motorsports Chevrolet 298 0 running 67 $86,808 33 26 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 298 0 running 64 $85,447 34 29 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 298 0 running 61 $94,658 35 32 22 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Dodge 297 9 running 63 $74,550 36 33 66 Mike Garvey Peak Fitness Racing Ford 296 0 running 55 $66,325 37 43 37 Kevin Lepage R&J Racing Dodge 296 0 running 52 $66,125 38 40 4 Mike Wallace Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 294 0 running 49 $65,925 39 3 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 233 0 crash 46 $107,291 40 17 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge 145 0 crash 43 $73,650 41 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Dodge 99 0 handling 40 $65,510 42 38 27 Ted Christopher Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Ford 29 0 brakes 37 $65,385 43 35 00 Carl Long McGlynn Racing Chevrolet 8 0 brakes 34 $65,586 Failed to qualify 44 34 Joey McCarthy Mach 1 Motorsports Chevrolet 45 52 Derrike Cope Rick Ware Racing Dodge 46 75 Wayne Anderson Rinaldi Racing Dodge 47 92 Hermie Sadler Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet Official race results
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