ORBITZ 300
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Feb. 17, 2007
2.5-Mile Paved Oval
300 M – 120 L – Purse: $2,596,288
1 31 21 Kevin Harvick AutoZone Chevrolet 120 190 * 5 $116,200 Running
2 11 32 Dave Blaney Fan1st.com Toyota 120 170 90,550 Running
3 6 60 Carl Edwards Scott's Ford 120 170 * 5 77,450 Running
4 26 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 120 165 * 5 62,550 Running
5 8 06 Mark Martin Dish Network Ford 120 155 58,000 Running
6 4 11 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 120 155 * 5 53,450 Running
7 20 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Menards/Johns Manville Chevrolet 120 151 * 5 56,575 Running
8 38 33 Tony Stewart Old Spice Chevrolet 120 142 50,300 Running
9 15 20 Denny Hamlin Rockwell Automation Chevrolet 120 138 54,250 Running
10 9 26 Greg Biffle Oreo Double Stuf Ford 120 134 49,025 Running
11 14 55 Robby Gordon Motorola/Verizon Ford 120 130 47,300 Running
12 13 17 Matt Kenseth Arby's Ford 120 132 * 5 51,825 Running
13 36 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevrolet 120 124 62,965 Running
14 18 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford 120 121 55,770 Running
15 3 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford 120 118 57,395 Running
16 37 59 # Marcos Ambrose Kingsford/Bush's Ford 120 115 47,950 Running
17 12 15 Paul Menard Menards/PEAK Chevrolet 120 112 52,920 Running
18 42 77 Bobby Labonte Dollar General Chevrolet 120 109 44,875 Running
19 1 18 Aric Almirola Banquet Chevrolet 120 106 51,950 Running
20 35 25 David Gilliland freecreditreport.com Ford 120 103 47,300 Running
21 28 36 Brent Sherman BIG LOTS Chevrolet 120 105 * 5 48,200 Running
22 2 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 120 102 * 5 53,845 Running
23 32 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevrolet 120 99 * 5 51,495 Running
24 33 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. McDonald's Ford 119 91 45,775 Running
25 43 34 Steve Grissom Scottish Rite/FCP Chevrolet 118 88 45,800 Running
26 24 4 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevrolet 115 85 48,745 Running
27 19 14 # Kyle Krisiloff Clabber Girl Ford 114 82 45,425 Running
28 39 28 # Robert Richardson Jr. Checkers/Rally's Chevrolet 114 79 45,350 Running
29 21 99 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 114 76 50,470 Running
30 34 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge 114 73 45,375 Running
31 27 12 # Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge 114 70 50,475 Running
32 22 27 Ward Burton Winn-Dixie/Kleenex Ford 113 67 45,100 Running
33 7 90 Stephen Leicht CitiFinancial Ford 105 64 50,070 Running
34 23 87 Joe Nemechek Brunton Vineyards/Swig Chevrolet 101 61 42,800 Running
35 41 0 Eric McClure Hefty Chevrolet 99 58 44,650 Running
36 40 88 Shane Huffman U.S. NAVY Chevrolet 86 55 44,575 Running
37 10 5 Kyle Busch Spectracide/Lowe's Chevrolet 82 62 * 10 42,525 Fuel Pump
38 25 41 Reed Sorenson Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge 80 49 42,475 Engine
39 5 10 John Andretti Camping World Toyota 26 46 49,645 Accident
40 16 42 # Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 24 43 44,375 Engine
41 29 9 Kasey Kahne Hellmann's Mayonnaise Dodge 15 40 47,825 Accident
42 30 37 Jamie McMurray Yard-Man Ford 15 37 42,275 Accident
43 17 6 # David Ragan Discount Tire Ford 4 34 44,197 Accident
# Raybestos Rook ie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
Failed to qualify: (6) #24 Casey Mears, #22 David Stremme, #170 Justin Diercks, #1 J.J. Yeley, #23 Brad Keselowski, #252 Brad Teague.
Race Comments: Before and estimated crowd of 100,000 - Kevin Harvick won the ORBITZ 300, posting his 27th career NASCAR Busch Series victory. Before the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: No. 28 Robert Richardson Jr. (engine change).
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 55 minutes, 13 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 156.227 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .460 second
BUSCH POLE AWARD: Aric Almirola (183.741 mph, 48.982 secs.)
CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD: Aric Almirola
FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER AWARD: Brent Sherman (13 places)
MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jon Wood
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Marcos Ambrose
SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kevin Harvick
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jason Leffler (2 laps)
CAUTION FLAGS: 3 cautions for 13 laps: Laps: 5-7 (Cars No. 6, 32 & 47 – Accident, Backstretch); 17-21 (Cars No. 9, 10, 27, 37 & 41 – Accident, Turn 4); 65-69 (Debris).
LAP LEADERS: 16 changes among 10 drivers: Aric Almirola (Pole); Jason Leffler 1-2; Martin Truex Jr. 3-7; Carl Edwards 8-13; Kyle Busch 14-18; Mike Wallace 19; Busch 20-44; Matt Kenseth 45; Busch 46; Kenseth 47; Edwards 48-50; Busch 51-65; Brent Sherman 66; Clint Bowyer 67-69; Edwards 70; Dale Earnhardt Jr. 71-78; Kevin Harvick 79-120.
TOP 10 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES POINTS
(Points) (Wins)
1. Kevin Harvick 190 1 2. Dave Blaney 170 0 3. Carl Edwards 170 0 4. Clint Bowyer 165 0 5. Mark Martin 155 0 6. Martin Truex, Jr 155 0 7. Dale Earnhardt, Jr 151 0 8. Tony Stewart 142 0 9. Denny Hamlin 138 0 10. Greg Biffle 134 0
BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD
Pts Wins
Chevrolet 9 1
Toyota 6 0
Ford 4 0
Dodge 3 0
BUSCH POLE AWARD STANDINGS
Aric Almirola 1
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Drvier Points
Marcos Ambrose 11
Kyle Krisiloff 10
Robert Richardson Jr. 9
Sam Hornish Jr. 8
Juan Pablo Montoya 7
David Ragan 6
Justin Diercks 1
Brad Keselowski 1
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD
Car # Pts.
Jason Leffler 38 1
MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD
Car # Pts.
Jon Wood 47 1
CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD
Car # Pts.
Aric Almirola 18 1
FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER AWARD
Car # Pts.
Brent Sherman 36 1
NEXT EVENT: Feb. 24 – Stater Bros. 300, California Speedway, Fontana, Calif. (300 M) (150 L)
NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (2/19/07)
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NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DRIVER LEADERS
ORBITZ 300
LAST RACE DATE:02/17/07
RACE NUMBER: 1
PRINTOUT DATE:02/19/07
POS DRIVER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 MONEY WON
1 KEVIN HARVICK 190 1 1 1 1 116200
2 DAVE BLANEY 170 1 0 1 1 90550
3 CARL EDWARDS 170 1 0 1 1 77450
4 CLINT BOWYER 165 1 0 1 1 62550
5 MARK MARTIN 155 1 0 1 1 58000
6 MARTIN TRUEX, JR 155 1 0 0 1 53450
7 DALE EARNHARDT, JR 151 1 0 0 1 56575
8 TONY STEWART 142 1 0 0 1 50300
9 DENNY HAMLIN 138 1 0 0 1 54250
10 GREG BIFFLE 134 1 0 0 1 49025
11 MATT KENSETH 132 1 0 0 0 51825
12 ROBBY GORDON 130 1 0 0 0 47300
13 SCOTT WIMMER 124 1 0 0 0 62965
14 TODD KLUEVER 121 1 0 0 0 55770
15 JON WOOD 118 1 0 0 0 57395
16 MARCOS AMBROSE 115 1 0 0 0 47950
17 PAUL MENARD 112 1 0 0 0 52920
18 BOBBY LABONTE 109 1 0 0 0 44875
19 ARIC ALMIROLA 106 1 0 0 0 51950
20 BRENT SHERMAN 105 1 0 0 0 48200
21 DAVID GILLILAND 103 1 0 0 0 47300
22 JASON LEFFLER 102 1 0 0 0 53845
23 MIKE WALLACE 99 1 0 0 0 51495
24 BOBBY HAMILTON, JR 91 1 0 0 0 45775
25 STEVE GRISSOM 88 1 0 0 0 45800
26 REGAN SMITH 85 1 0 0 0 48745
27 KYLE KRISILOFF 82 1 0 0 0 45425
28 ROBERT RICHARDSON, II 79 1 0 0 0 45350
29 DAVID REUTIMANN 76 1 0 0 0 50470
30 STEVE WALLACE 73 1 0 0 0 45375
31 SAM HORNISH 70 1 0 0 0 50475
32 WARD BURTON 67 1 0 0 0 45100
33 STEPHEN LEICHT 64 1 0 0 0 50070
34 KYLE BUSCH 62 1 0 0 0 42525
35 JOE NEMECHEK, III 61 1 0 0 0 42800
36 ERIC MCCLURE 58 1 0 0 0 44650
37 SHANE HUFFMAN 55 1 0 0 0 44575
38 REED SORENSON 49 1 0 0 0 42475
39 JOHN ANDRETTI 46 1 0 0 0 49645
40 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 43 1 0 0 0 44375
41 KASEY KAHNE 40 1 0 0 0 47825
42 JAMIE MCMURRAY 37 1 0 0 0 42275
43 DAVID RAGAN 34 1 0 0 0 44197
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES OWNER LEADERS
ORBITZ 300
LAST RACE DATE:02/17/07
RACE NUMBER: 1
VHCL QUALIFYING
POS # OWNER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 ATTEMPTS
1 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 21 190 1 1 1 1 1
2 32 TODD BRAUN 32 170 1 0 1 1 1
3 60 JACK ROUSH 60 170 1 0 1 1 1
4 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2 165 1 0 1 1 1
5 106 JACK ROUSH 106 155 1 0 1 1 1
6 111 TERESA EARNHARDT 111 155 1 0 0 1 1
7 8 TERESA EARNHARDT 8 151 1 0 0 1 1
8 33 DELANA HARVICK 33 142 1 0 0 1 1
9 20 JOE GIBBS 20 138 1 0 0 1 1
10 126 JACK ROUSH 126 134 1 0 0 1 1
11 17 JACK ROUSH 17 132 1 0 0 0 1
12 155 ROBBY GORDON 155 130 1 0 0 0 1
13 29 RICHARD CHILDRESS 29 124 1 0 0 0 1
14 16 JACK ROUSH 16 121 1 0 0 0 1
15 47 JODI GESCHICKTER 47 118 1 0 0 0 1
16 59 TAD GESCHICKTER 59 115 1 0 0 0 1
17 15 TERESA EARNHARDT 15 112 1 0 0 0 1
18 77 DELANA HARVICK 77 109 1 0 0 0 1
19 18 JOE GIBBS 18 106 1 0 0 0 1
20 36 JOHN MCGILL 36 105 1 0 0 0 1
21 25 EDWARD RENSI 25 103 1 0 0 0 1
22 38 TODD BRAUN 38 102 1 0 0 0 1
23 7 JAMES FINCH 7 99 1 0 0 0 1
24 35 GARY WEISBAUM 35 91 1 0 0 0 1
25 34 FRANK CICCI 34 88 1 0 0 0 1
26 4 BOBBY GINN 4 85 1 0 0 0 1
27 14 GREGORY POLLEX 14 82 1 0 0 0 1
28 28 GENE HAAS 28 79 1 0 0 0 1
29 99 MICHAEL WALTRIP 99 76 1 0 0 0 1
30 66 RUSTY WALLACE 66 73 1 0 0 0 1
31 12 ROGER PENSKE 12 70 1 0 0 0 1
32 27 TAMMY BREWER 27 67 1 0 0 0 1
33 90 ROBERT YATES 90 64 1 0 0 0 1
34 5 RICK HENDRICK 5 62 1 0 0 0 1
35 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 87 61 1 0 0 0 1
36 0 KEITH DUESENBERG 0 58 1 0 0 0 1
37 88 DALE EARNHARDT, JR 88 55 1 0 0 0 1
38 41 CHIP GANASSI 41 49 1 0 0 0 1
39 10 GREGORY POLLEX 10 46 1 0 0 0 1
40 42 FLOYD GANASSI 42 43 1 0 0 0 1
41 9 RAY EVERNHAM 9 40 1 0 0 0 1
42 37 CLARENCE BREWER 37 37 1 0 0 0 1
43 6 JACK ROUSH 6 34 1 0 0 0 1
44 24 RICK HENDRICK 24 31 1 0 0 0 1
45 22 ARMANDO FITZ 22 28 1 0 0 0 1
46 170 MARY LOUISE MILLER 170 25 1 0 0 0 1
47 1 JAMES FINCH 1 22 1 0 0 0 1
48 23 KEITH COLEMAN 23 19 1 0 0 0 1
49 252 JIMMY MEANS 252 16 1 0 0 0 1
