Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
Ryan is 4th in the standing, where is Jr.? The cup is possible for Newman. Jr. needs a BIG comeback
Jimmie Johnson was victorious in the most caution-filled race in Cup history. Credit: Autostock
Johnson three-peats in crash-filled Coke 600
The Associated Press
May 29, 2005
11:46 PM EDT (03:46 GMT)
CONCORD, N.C. -- Jimmie Johnson slid past Bobby Labonte in the final turn to win the Coca-Cola 600 for the third consecutive year Sunday night. This one was nowhere near as easy as his previous wins.
Unlike his past two dominating victories, Johnson had to come from fourth place to chase down Labonte after a restart with five laps to go. Labonte did his best to hold off Johnson, who needed just three laps around Lowe's Motor Speedway to pull onto the leader's bumper.
Johnson got there on the final lap and edged past coming out of the final turn to grab his second victory of the season.
Labonte, off to a horrid start this season, kicked his car in disgust as he climbed out of it.
Johnson, meanwhile, had a bottle thrown at his car during his victory lap and was slightly booed when he got out of it. He didn't seem to notice as he celebrated with his Hendrick Motorsports crew.
"Three 600s, that's just amazing," said Johnson, the Nextel Cup points leader.
Carl Edwards was third, followed by Jeremy Mayfield and pole-sitter Ryan Newman. Greg Biffle was sixth, Martin Truex Jr. was seventh and Dale Jarrett, Ken Schrader and Rusty Wallace rounded out the top 10.
A year ago, Johnson led 500 of the 600 miles.
This year, he didn't even have the best car of his teammates. But anything was possible in this race, NASCAR's longest of the year. It turned into a demolition derby with a series-record 22 cautions. The numerous wrecks ranged from isolated spins to the downright bizarre.
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Race Results
Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 29, 2005 | Race 12 of 36
Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 5 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 185/5 400 Running
2 34 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries/Madagascar 175/5 400 Running
3 12 #99 Carl Edwards Ford Roundup Extended Control 170/5 400 Running
4 36 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 160/0 400 Running
5 1 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 160/5 400 Running
6 29 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard/Charter Communications 155/5 400 Running
7 30 #1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 151/5 400 Running
8 7 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 142/0 400 Running
9 21 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 143/5 400 Running
10 20 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 139/5 400 Running
11 39 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios/Bugles 130/0 400 Running
12 43 #37 Kevin Lepage Dodge Underdog 127/0 400 Running
13 10 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford Pedigree 129/5 400 Running
14 33 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 121/0 400 Running
15 8 #0 Mike Bliss Chevrolet NetZero Best Buy 118/0 400 Running
16 42 #4 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Lucas/Wide Open Energy Drink 115/0 400 Running
17 37 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 117/5 400 Running
18 38 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 114/5 400 Running
19 28 #10 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Valvoline 106/0 400 Running
20 27 #91 Bill Elliott Dodge Stanley Tools 108/5 400 Running
21 11 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline 100/0 399 Running
22 40 #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless GoPhone 97/0 399 Running
23 32 #22 Scott Wimmer Dodge Caterpillar 94/0 399 Running
24 9 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 91/0 398 Running
25 6 #5 Kyle Busch * Chevrolet CARQUEST 93/5 398 Running
26 4 #9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 90/5 396 Running
27 25 #7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Fruit of the Loom 82/0 393 Running
28 13 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 79/0 390 Out of Race
29 31 #07 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Jack Daniel's Country Cocktail 76/0 385 Running
30 2 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 78/5 382 Out of Race
31 14 #25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC/ditech.com 80/10 379 Out of Race
32 18 #77 Travis Kvapil * Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 72/5 376 Running
33 15 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 64/0 373 Running
34 24 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target 66/5 338 Running
35 16 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft 63/5 305 Out of Race
36 23 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 60/5 245 Out of Race
37 3 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 52/0 245 Out of Race
38 26 #44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's 54/5 245 Out of Race
39 41 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light 46/0 215 Out of Race
40 19 #09 Johnny Sauter Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 43/0 137 Out of Race
41 22 #23 Mike Skinner Dodge AutoManiac 40/0 99 Out of Race
42 17 #50 Jimmy Spencer Dodge Arnold Development Companies 37/0 98 Out of Race
43 35 #97 Kurt Busch Ford Smirnoff Ice/IRWIN 34/0 26 Out of Race
* Denotes Rookie
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2005 Unofficial Driver Standings
After: Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Race 12 of 36
Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 -- Jimmie Johnson 1747 Leader 12 0 2 6 9
2 -- Greg Biffle 1676 -71 12 0 3 4 8
3 +1 Elliott Sadler 1542 -205 12 1 0 1 6
4 +3 Ryan Newman 1530 -217 12 4 0 4 6
5 -2 Jeff Gordon 1516 -231 12 1 3 5 5
6 -- Tony Stewart 1488 -259 12 0 0 3 6
7 +1 Kevin Harvick 1485 -262 12 1 1 3 4
8 +5 Carl Edwards 1459 -288 12 0 1 3 5 <--(piece of s***)
9 -- Jamie McMurray 1451 -296 12 0 0 3 5
10 -5 Kurt Busch 1441 -306 12 0 1 4 6
11 +1 Rusty Wallace 1429 -318 12 0 0 1 5
12 -2 Mark Martin 1423 -324 12 0 0 3 5
13 +3 Jeremy Mayfield 1417 -330 12 0 0 2 2
14 -- Dale Jarrett 1406 -341 12 1 0 1 3
15 -4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1397 -350 12 0 0 3 5
16 -1 Kasey Kahne 1351 -396 12 2 1 4 4
17 +1 Jeff Burton 1325 -422 12 0 0 1 2
18 -1 Michael Waltrip 1295 -452 12 0 0 2 5
19 +1 Joe Nemechek 1226 -521 12 0 0 0 2
20 -1 Sterling Marlin 1214 -533 12 0 0 1 3
21 +2 Scott Riggs 1180 -567 12 1 0 1 3
22 -- Kyle Busch* 1179 -568 12 1 0 2 3
23 -2 Matt Kenseth 1149 -598 12 0 0 0 1
24 +7 Bobby Labonte 1143 -604 12 0 0 1 3
25 -1 Dave Blaney 1138 -609 12 0 0 0 1
26 +2 Ken Schrader 1123 -624 12 0 0 0 2
27 -1 Brian Vickers 1114 -633 12 0 0 1 2
28 -3 Casey Mears 1103 -644 12 0 0 1 2
29 -- Mike Bliss 1098 -649 12 0 0 0 0
30 -- Kyle Petty 1095 -652 12 0 0 0 1
31 +1 Jeff Green 1093 -654 12 0 0 0 0
32 -5 Ricky Rudd 1049 -698 12 0 0 0 2
33 -- Travis Kvapil* 1004 -743 12 0 0 0 1
34 +1 Mike Wallace 968 -779 12 0 0 0 0
35 -1 Scott Wimmer 964 -783 12 0 0 0 0
36 -- Jason Leffler 821 -926 11 0 0 0 0
37 -- Bobby Hamilton Jr. 704 -1043 11 0 0 0 0
38 -- Kevin Lepage 638 -1109 7 0 0 0 1
39 -- Robby Gordon 529 -1218 8 0 0 0 0
40 -- Hermie Sadler 427 -1320 7 0 0 0 0
41 -- Johnny Sauter 416 -1331 6 0 0 0 1
42 +6 Martin Truex Jr. 312 -1435 3 0 0 0 1
43 +2 Bill Elliott 303 -1444 4 0 0 0 0
44 -- Terry Labonte 266 -1481 4 0 0 0 0
45 -3 John Andretti 225 -1522 3 0 0 0 0
46 -3 Boris Said 222 -1525 3 0 0 0 0
47 -- Jimmy Spencer 213 -1534 3 0 0 0 0
48 -2 Stanton Barrett* 183 -1564 3 0 0 0 0
49 +2 Mike Skinner 150 -1597 3 0 0 0 0
50 -1 Randy LaJoie 134 -1613 3 0 0 0 0
51 -1 Kerry Earnhardt 112 -1635 1 0 0 0 0
52 -- Mike Garvey 108 -1639 3 0 0 0 0
53 -- Kenny Wallace 100 -1647 2 0 0 0 0
54 -- Clint Bowyer 97 -1650 1 0 0 0 0
55 -- Morgan Shepherd 85 -1662 2 0 0 0 0
56 -- Shane Hmiel 77 -1670 2 0 0 0 0
57 -- Carl Long 71 -1676 3 0 0 0 0
58 -- Eric McClure* 67 -1680 1 0 0 0 0
59 -- Tony Raines 58 -1689 1 0 0 0 0
60 -- Jeff Fuller 34 -1713 1 0 0 0 0
* Denotes Rookie
Jimmie Johnson was victorious in the most caution-filled race in Cup history. Credit: Autostock
Johnson three-peats in crash-filled Coke 600
The Associated Press
May 29, 2005
11:46 PM EDT (03:46 GMT)
CONCORD, N.C. -- Jimmie Johnson slid past Bobby Labonte in the final turn to win the Coca-Cola 600 for the third consecutive year Sunday night. This one was nowhere near as easy as his previous wins.
Unlike his past two dominating victories, Johnson had to come from fourth place to chase down Labonte after a restart with five laps to go. Labonte did his best to hold off Johnson, who needed just three laps around Lowe's Motor Speedway to pull onto the leader's bumper.
Johnson got there on the final lap and edged past coming out of the final turn to grab his second victory of the season.
Labonte, off to a horrid start this season, kicked his car in disgust as he climbed out of it.
Johnson, meanwhile, had a bottle thrown at his car during his victory lap and was slightly booed when he got out of it. He didn't seem to notice as he celebrated with his Hendrick Motorsports crew.
"Three 600s, that's just amazing," said Johnson, the Nextel Cup points leader.
Carl Edwards was third, followed by Jeremy Mayfield and pole-sitter Ryan Newman. Greg Biffle was sixth, Martin Truex Jr. was seventh and Dale Jarrett, Ken Schrader and Rusty Wallace rounded out the top 10.
A year ago, Johnson led 500 of the 600 miles.
This year, he didn't even have the best car of his teammates. But anything was possible in this race, NASCAR's longest of the year. It turned into a demolition derby with a series-record 22 cautions. The numerous wrecks ranged from isolated spins to the downright bizarre.
Race Results
Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 29, 2005 | Race 12 of 36
Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 5 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 185/5 400 Running
2 34 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries/Madagascar 175/5 400 Running
3 12 #99 Carl Edwards Ford Roundup Extended Control 170/5 400 Running
4 36 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 160/0 400 Running
5 1 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 160/5 400 Running
6 29 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard/Charter Communications 155/5 400 Running
7 30 #1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 151/5 400 Running
8 7 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 142/0 400 Running
9 21 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 143/5 400 Running
10 20 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 139/5 400 Running
11 39 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios/Bugles 130/0 400 Running
12 43 #37 Kevin Lepage Dodge Underdog 127/0 400 Running
13 10 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford Pedigree 129/5 400 Running
14 33 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 121/0 400 Running
15 8 #0 Mike Bliss Chevrolet NetZero Best Buy 118/0 400 Running
16 42 #4 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Lucas/Wide Open Energy Drink 115/0 400 Running
17 37 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 117/5 400 Running
18 38 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 114/5 400 Running
19 28 #10 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Valvoline 106/0 400 Running
20 27 #91 Bill Elliott Dodge Stanley Tools 108/5 400 Running
21 11 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline 100/0 399 Running
22 40 #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless GoPhone 97/0 399 Running
23 32 #22 Scott Wimmer Dodge Caterpillar 94/0 399 Running
24 9 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 91/0 398 Running
25 6 #5 Kyle Busch * Chevrolet CARQUEST 93/5 398 Running
26 4 #9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 90/5 396 Running
27 25 #7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Fruit of the Loom 82/0 393 Running
28 13 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 79/0 390 Out of Race
29 31 #07 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Jack Daniel's Country Cocktail 76/0 385 Running
30 2 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 78/5 382 Out of Race
31 14 #25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC/ditech.com 80/10 379 Out of Race
32 18 #77 Travis Kvapil * Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 72/5 376 Running
33 15 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 64/0 373 Running
34 24 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target 66/5 338 Running
35 16 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft 63/5 305 Out of Race
36 23 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 60/5 245 Out of Race
37 3 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 52/0 245 Out of Race
38 26 #44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's 54/5 245 Out of Race
39 41 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light 46/0 215 Out of Race
40 19 #09 Johnny Sauter Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 43/0 137 Out of Race
41 22 #23 Mike Skinner Dodge AutoManiac 40/0 99 Out of Race
42 17 #50 Jimmy Spencer Dodge Arnold Development Companies 37/0 98 Out of Race
43 35 #97 Kurt Busch Ford Smirnoff Ice/IRWIN 34/0 26 Out of Race
* Denotes Rookie
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2005 Unofficial Driver Standings
After: Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Race 12 of 36
Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 -- Jimmie Johnson 1747 Leader 12 0 2 6 9
2 -- Greg Biffle 1676 -71 12 0 3 4 8
3 +1 Elliott Sadler 1542 -205 12 1 0 1 6
4 +3 Ryan Newman 1530 -217 12 4 0 4 6
5 -2 Jeff Gordon 1516 -231 12 1 3 5 5
6 -- Tony Stewart 1488 -259 12 0 0 3 6
7 +1 Kevin Harvick 1485 -262 12 1 1 3 4
8 +5 Carl Edwards 1459 -288 12 0 1 3 5 <--(piece of s***)
9 -- Jamie McMurray 1451 -296 12 0 0 3 5
10 -5 Kurt Busch 1441 -306 12 0 1 4 6
11 +1 Rusty Wallace 1429 -318 12 0 0 1 5
12 -2 Mark Martin 1423 -324 12 0 0 3 5
13 +3 Jeremy Mayfield 1417 -330 12 0 0 2 2
14 -- Dale Jarrett 1406 -341 12 1 0 1 3
15 -4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1397 -350 12 0 0 3 5
16 -1 Kasey Kahne 1351 -396 12 2 1 4 4
17 +1 Jeff Burton 1325 -422 12 0 0 1 2
18 -1 Michael Waltrip 1295 -452 12 0 0 2 5
19 +1 Joe Nemechek 1226 -521 12 0 0 0 2
20 -1 Sterling Marlin 1214 -533 12 0 0 1 3
21 +2 Scott Riggs 1180 -567 12 1 0 1 3
22 -- Kyle Busch* 1179 -568 12 1 0 2 3
23 -2 Matt Kenseth 1149 -598 12 0 0 0 1
24 +7 Bobby Labonte 1143 -604 12 0 0 1 3
25 -1 Dave Blaney 1138 -609 12 0 0 0 1
26 +2 Ken Schrader 1123 -624 12 0 0 0 2
27 -1 Brian Vickers 1114 -633 12 0 0 1 2
28 -3 Casey Mears 1103 -644 12 0 0 1 2
29 -- Mike Bliss 1098 -649 12 0 0 0 0
30 -- Kyle Petty 1095 -652 12 0 0 0 1
31 +1 Jeff Green 1093 -654 12 0 0 0 0
32 -5 Ricky Rudd 1049 -698 12 0 0 0 2
33 -- Travis Kvapil* 1004 -743 12 0 0 0 1
34 +1 Mike Wallace 968 -779 12 0 0 0 0
35 -1 Scott Wimmer 964 -783 12 0 0 0 0
36 -- Jason Leffler 821 -926 11 0 0 0 0
37 -- Bobby Hamilton Jr. 704 -1043 11 0 0 0 0
38 -- Kevin Lepage 638 -1109 7 0 0 0 1
39 -- Robby Gordon 529 -1218 8 0 0 0 0
40 -- Hermie Sadler 427 -1320 7 0 0 0 0
41 -- Johnny Sauter 416 -1331 6 0 0 0 1
42 +6 Martin Truex Jr. 312 -1435 3 0 0 0 1
43 +2 Bill Elliott 303 -1444 4 0 0 0 0
44 -- Terry Labonte 266 -1481 4 0 0 0 0
45 -3 John Andretti 225 -1522 3 0 0 0 0
46 -3 Boris Said 222 -1525 3 0 0 0 0
47 -- Jimmy Spencer 213 -1534 3 0 0 0 0
48 -2 Stanton Barrett* 183 -1564 3 0 0 0 0
49 +2 Mike Skinner 150 -1597 3 0 0 0 0
50 -1 Randy LaJoie 134 -1613 3 0 0 0 0
51 -1 Kerry Earnhardt 112 -1635 1 0 0 0 0
52 -- Mike Garvey 108 -1639 3 0 0 0 0
53 -- Kenny Wallace 100 -1647 2 0 0 0 0
54 -- Clint Bowyer 97 -1650 1 0 0 0 0
55 -- Morgan Shepherd 85 -1662 2 0 0 0 0
56 -- Shane Hmiel 77 -1670 2 0 0 0 0
57 -- Carl Long 71 -1676 3 0 0 0 0
58 -- Eric McClure* 67 -1680 1 0 0 0 0
59 -- Tony Raines 58 -1689 1 0 0 0 0
60 -- Jeff Fuller 34 -1713 1 0 0 0 0
* Denotes Rookie
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RE: Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
F*CK Jimmie the Johnson!
I'm sick and tired of seeing Jeff Gayordan's little butt-buddy in the winners circle almost every major race![:@]
Doesnt anybody consider it suspicious how the 48 comes flying back from 19th in the time it did and was able to overtake the leaders so damn fast.
And how comes the Lowes sponsored car just happens to win both races at the Lowes Motor Speedway this weekend?!?
Looks like NASCAR is up to their old race-rigging Bullsh*t again!
And another thing, what did chad Knaus mean when he said after the race, "Dont forget to take the chip out'Jimmy"?!?
I'm sick and tired of seeing Jeff Gayordan's little butt-buddy in the winners circle almost every major race![:@]
Doesnt anybody consider it suspicious how the 48 comes flying back from 19th in the time it did and was able to overtake the leaders so damn fast.
And how comes the Lowes sponsored car just happens to win both races at the Lowes Motor Speedway this weekend?!?
Looks like NASCAR is up to their old race-rigging Bullsh*t again!
And another thing, what did chad Knaus mean when he said after the race, "Dont forget to take the chip out'Jimmy"?!?
RE: Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
Regardless of what I think about Jimmie and everything. The finish to the race was awesome. Both LaBonte and Johnson raced clean to the finish.
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RE: Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
good call 40intrepid...i honestly feel that NASCAR looks the other way for the hendrick/DEI/RCR teams..especially at LOWES motor speedway..it is an amazing coincidence that the LOWES car does poorly all race and suddenly is seconds faste rthan everyone else...
and chase, the only reason jimmy didnt spin bobby to win was because he didnt have to.....this time.
and thank you again for showing how poorly the 8 car finished...
and chase, the only reason jimmy didnt spin bobby to win was because he didnt have to.....this time.
and thank you again for showing how poorly the 8 car finished...
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RE: Jimmie Johnson wins the Coca-Cola 600 (Nextel Cup Series)
ORIGINAL: BadStratRT
and thank you again for showing how poorly the 8 car finished...
and thank you again for showing how poorly the 8 car finished...
ORIGINAL: MidnightBlueNeon
Ryan is 4th in the standing, where is Jr.? The cup is possible for Newman. Jr. needs a BIG comeback
Ryan is 4th in the standing, where is Jr.? The cup is possible for Newman. Jr. needs a BIG comeback
I mean come on he just fired his crew chief, now it's his engine guy at DEI. Give him a break lol.
