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Auto Club 500 | California Speedway

February 27, 2005 | Race 2 of 36

Overview

Once qualifying is over, the field is set by merging the highest ranked 35 teams in the owner standings with the fastest seven cars not in those 35 positions, in the order of their qualifying speeds. The 43rd position is reserved for a former champion, provided he is not already qualified and satisfies the rulebook's criteria. If unused by a former champion, it goes to the next fastest car in qualifying. The lone exception is the Daytona 500, which uses qualifying and two 150-mile races to determine the field.

Related Information

Driver Standings Official

Schedule

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	5	Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	CARQUEST	188.245	38.248	Leader
2	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	187.740	38.351	-0.103
3	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	187.612	38.377	-0.129
4	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	187.539	38.392	-0.144
5	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Post-it/National Guard	187.003	38.502	-0.254
6	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	USG Sheetrock/DeWalt	186.998	38.503	-0.255
7	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	186.625	38.580	-0.332
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	186.480	38.610	-0.362
9	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	186.461	38.614	-0.366
10	0	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	NetZero Best Buy	186.403	38.626	-0.378
11	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	186.234	38.661	-0.413
12	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline	186.186	38.671	-0.423
13	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	186.124	38.684	-0.436
14	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	185.999	38.710	-0.462
15	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline	185.907	38.729	-0.481
16	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Target	185.883	38.734	-0.486
17	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	185.711	38.770	-0.522
18	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	185.696	38.773	-0.525
19	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	185.653	38.782	-0.534
20	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools	185.615	38.790	-0.542
21	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	185.486	38.817	-0.569
22	91	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Stanley Tools	185.452	38.824	-0.576
23	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	185.447	38.825	-0.577
24	14	John Andretti	Ford	VB/APlus at Sunoco	184.867	38.947	-0.699
25	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Harrah's	184.833	38.954	-0.706
26	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Chevrolet	Tide - Give Kids The World	184.786	38.964	-0.716
27	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	Caterpillar	184.777	38.966	-0.718
28	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	184.677	38.987	-0.739
29	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	184.219	39.084	-0.836
30	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	183.852	39.162	-0.914
31	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	183.828	39.167	-0.919
32	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	183.645	39.206	-0.958
33	4	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products	183.570	39.222	-0.974
34	34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Mach One Inc.	183.043	39.335	-1.087
35	77	Travis Kvapil*	Dodge	Kodak/Jasper Engines	182.997	39.345	-1.097
36	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	182.987	39.347	-1.099
37	43	Jeff Green	Dodge	General Mills Whole Grain	182.932	39.359	-1.111
38	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	182.866	39.373	-1.125
39	11	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	182.597	39.431	-1.183
40	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	181.938	39.574	-1.326
41	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Pedigree	179.029	40.217	-1.969
42	07	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	-	-	-
43	37	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	Carter's Royal Dispos-all	181.507	39.668	-1.420

Did not Qualify
44	192	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports	181.091	39.759	-1.511
45	66	Hermie Sadler	Ford	Peak Fitness	179.991	40.002	-1.754
46	179	Stan Boyd	Chevrolet	Conely Racing	179.941	40.013	-1.765
47	173	Eric McClure*	Chevrolet	ARC Dehooker/joinrfa.com	-	-	-
48	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	Ford	Freddie B's	-	-	-

* Denotes Rookie

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