Kevin Harvick signed a three-year contract extension earlier in the day with RCR, then went out and won his third Busch race. Credit: Autostock

Harvick holds off Burton in RCR battle at RIR
Points leader posts third Busch Series win in past four races
The Associated Press
May 6, 2006

RICHMOND, Va. -- Points leader Kevin Harvick passed Paul Menard with 48 laps to go and held off a late challenge from teammate Jeff Burton on Friday night to win the rain-delayed Circuit City 250 at Richmond International Raceway.

Harvick won for the third time in the last four Busch Series races to push his career victory total to 20. Last week at Talladega, he finished second.

"This is really awesome," Harvick said, calling the streak the best of his career.

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Unofficial Race Results
Circuit City 250 presented by FUNAI
Richmond International Raceway
May 5, 2006
Race 11 of 35

Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 10 #21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet U.S. Coast Guard 185/5 250 Running
2 8 #29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 170/0 250 Running
3 6 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ameriquest Mortgage 165/0 250 Running
4 3 #16 Greg Biffle Ford Ameriquest Mortgage 160/0 250 Running
5 4 #139 Ryan Newman Dodge Mobil Clean 5000 160/5 250 Running
6 14 #60 Carl Edwards Ford Henkel 150/0 250 Running
7 2 #2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet ACDelco 146/0 250 Running
8 27 #11 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards/Pittsburgh Paints 147/5 250 Running
9 13 #5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe's/SPS Triazicide 138/0 250 Running
10 15 #20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 134/0 250 Running
11 23 #00 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Transportation 130/0 250 Running
12 16 #27 David Green Ford Kleenex/Eckerd Drugs 127/0 250 Running
13 38 #1 Mike Wallace Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 124/0 250 Running
14 25 #33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Outdoor Channel 121/0 250 Running
15 18 #4 Mark Green Dodge GEICO/Brymak 118/0 250 Running
16 21 #66 Scott Wimmer Ford Yard-Man 115/0 250 Running
17 7 #01 Jay Sauter Chevrolet Western Union 112/0 250 Running
18 32 #90 Elliott Sadler Ford CitiFinancial 109/0 250 Running
19 26 #10 John Andretti* Ford Freedom Rds/Campng Wld/RVs.com 106/0 250 Running
20 42 #50 Danny O'Quinn Jr.* Ford Stonebridge Life Insurance 103/0 250 Running
21 17 #35 Regan Smith Ford McDonald's 100/0 250 Running
22 11 #06 Todd Kluever* Ford 3M 97/0 250 Running
23 39 #22 Kenny Wallace Ford AutoZone 94/0 250 Running
24 1 #138 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Great Clips 96/5 250 Running
25 37 #99 Michael Waltrip Dodge Cottman Transmission 88/0 250 Running
26 33 #25 Ashton Lewis Ford U.S. Marines 85/0 250 Running
27 24 #77 Burney Lamar* Chevrolet Dollar General 82/0 250 Running
28 20 #64 Steve Wallace Dodge Jackson Roscoe Foundation 79/0 250 Running
29 43 #178 Jerry Robertson Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 76/0 250 Running
30 35 #184 David Gilliland* Chevrolet Hype Manufacturing 73/0 250 Running
31 31 #18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Vigoro Ultra Turf/Home Depot 70/0 249 Running
32 12 #19 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Husqvarna 67/0 246 Running
33 40 #175 Caleb Holman Chevrolet Food Country USA/Lays 64/0 246 Running
34 22 #88 Mark McFarland* Chevrolet U.S. Navy 61/0 244 Running
35 29 #43 Aaron Fike Dodge Curb Records 58/0 235 Running
36 9 #41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Discount Tire 55/0 228 Out of Race
38 36 #47 Jon Wood Ford Armor All/Kroger 49/0 205 Running
39 34 #36 Tim Sauter Chevrolet Lester Buildings 46/0 203 Out of Race
40 5 #9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Lipton Tea 53/10 192 Out of Race
41 30 #131 Steve Park Chevrolet Whelen Engineering 40/0 144 Out of Race
42 41 #72 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Vector Security 37/0 119 Out of Race
43 28 #270 Justin Diercks Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach 34/0 48 Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie

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2006 Unofficial Driver Standings
After: Circuit City 250 presented by FUNAI
Richmond International Raceway
Race 11 of 35

Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 -- Kevin Harvick 1799 Leader 11 0 3 8 10
2 -- Clint Bowyer 1486 -313 11 0 0 3 5
3 -- Carl Edwards 1417 -382 11 1 0 5 8
4 -- Denny Hamlin 1381 -418 11 2 1 3 7
5 +1 Paul Menard 1359 -440 11 0 0 1 6
6 +1 Kyle Busch 1340 -459 11 1 1 3 5
7 +1 Greg Biffle 1314 -485 9 0 1 5 7
8 -3 J.J. Yeley 1294 -505 11 2 0 3 6
9 +1 Johnny Sauter 1241 -558 11 0 0 0 3
10 -1 Jon Wood 1192 -607 11 0 0 1 2
11 +1 Jason Leffler 1188 -611 11 2 0 0 2
12 +1 Burney Lamar* 1167 -632 11 0 0 1 3
13 -2 Reed Sorenson 1153 -646 11 0 0 1 3
14 -- Kenny Wallace 1127 -672 11 0 0 0 2
15 +5 Matt Kenseth 1086 -713 7 1 0 5 7
16 -- Michael Waltrip 1084 -715 11 0 0 0 1
17 -- Ashton Lewis 1072 -727 11 0 0 0 0
18 -- Mark McFarland* 1038 -761 11 0 0 0 1
19 -- Danny O'Quinn Jr.* 1031 -768 11 0 0 0 0
20 +1 John Andretti* 1016 -783 11 0 0 0 1
21 -6 Jamie McMurray 1005 -794 8 0 0 1 5
22 -- Todd Kluever* 993 -806 11 0 0 0 1
23 +1 David Green 979 -820 11 0 0 0 1
24 +2 Regan Smith 917 -882 11 0 0 0 0
25 -2 Jason Keller 871 -928 8 0 0 0 0
26 +2 Mark Green 852 -947 10 0 0 0 1
27 -2 Stacy Compton 844 -955 10 0 0 0 0
28 -1 Tim Sauter 821 -978 11 0 0 0 0
29 -- Aaron Fike 790 -1009 11 0 0 0 0
30 +1 Jeff Burton 758 -1041 5 0 1 3 4
31 -1 Jay Sauter 744 -1055 9 0 0 0 0
32 +1 Kasey Kahne 607 -1192 5 0 1 2 2
33 -1 Tracy Hines* 575 -1224 8 0 0 0 0
34 -- Brian Vickers 521 -1278 4 0 0 1 3
35 -- Joel Kauffman* 506 -1293 8 0 0 0 0
36 -- Casey Mears 470 -1329 4 0 0 1 2
37 -- Ken Schrader 456 -1343 6 0 0 0 0
38 +4 Ron Hornaday 437 -1362 4 0 0 0 1
39 -1 Anthony Foyt 400 -1399 7 0 0 0 0
40 +4 Elliott Sadler 395 -1404 5 0 0 0 0
41 +12 Ryan Newman 381 -1418 3 0 0 2 2
42 +5 Scott Wimmer 374 -1425 3 0 0 0 1
43 +9 Mike Wallace 360 -1439 3 0 0 0 0
44 -5 Kurt Busch 355 -1444 2 0 1 2 2
45 -5 Tony Stewart 338 -1461 3 0 1 1 1
46 -5 Scott Riggs 332 -1467 3 0 0 0 1
47 -4 Mike Bliss 316 -1483 4 0 0 0 0
48 -3 Kertus Davis 284 -1515 6 0 0 0 0
49 -3 Stephen Leicht 282 -1517 3 0 0 0 0
50 +4 Steve Wallace 275 -1524 3 0 0 0 0
51 +6 David Gilliland* 259 -1540 4 0 0 0 0
52 -4 Paul Tracy 256 -1543 4 0 0 0 0
53 -4 Jorge Goeters* 252 -1547 3 0 0 0 0
54 -4 Mark Martin 246 -1553 2 0 0 1 1
55 -4 Kevin Lepage 246 -1553 3 0 0 0 0
56 -1 Martin Truex Jr. 190 -1609 1 0 1 1 1
57 -1 Steadman Marlin 186 -1613 3 0 0 0 0
58 -- Donnie Neuenberger 180 -1619 3 0 0 0 0
59 -- Boris Said 175 -1624 1 1 0 1 1
60 -- Kevin Conway* 174 -1625 3 0 0 0 0
61 -- Chad Chaffin 152 -1647 2 0 0 0 0
62 -- Marc Goossens 143 -1656 1 0 0 0 1
63 +7 Stanton Barrett 137 -1662 2 0 0 0 0
64 -1 David Reutimann 137 -1662 2 0 0 0 0
65 -1 Carlos Contreras 135 -1664 1 0 0 0 0
66 -1 Matt McCall 128 -1671 2 0 0 0 0
67 -1 Adrian Fernandez 127 -1672 1 0 0 0 0
68 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 122 -1677 1 0 0 0 0
69 +16 Jerry Robertson 119 -1680 2 0 0 0 0
70 +5 Steve Park 113 -1686 2 0 0 0 0
71 -3 Steve Grissom 105 -1694 1 0 0 0 0
72 -3 Chris Cook 103 -1696 1 0 0 0 0
73 -2 Chris Wimmer* 89 -1710 2 0 0 0 0
74 -2 David Odell 88 -1711 1 0 0 0 0
75 -1 Ryan Moore 76 -1723 1 0 0 0 0
76 -3 Rogelio Lopez 76 -1723 1 0 0 0 0
77 -1 Patrick Goeters 70 -1729 1 0 0 0 0
78 -- Aric Almirola 67 -1732 1 0 0 0 0
79 -2 Ron Fellows 64 -1735 1 0 0 0 0
80 -- Caleb Holman 64 -1735 1 0 0 0 0
81 -3 Jeremy Mayfield 63 -1736 1 0 0 0 0
82 -3 Spencer Clark 58 -1741 1 0 0 0 0
83 -3 Michel Jourdain Jr. 54 -1745 1 0 0 0 0
84 -3 Todd Bodine 52 -1747 1 0 0 0 0
85 -3 Erin Crocker 52 -1747 1 0 0 0 0
86 -3 Jimmy Morales 46 -1753 1 0 0 0 0
87 -1 Derrike Cope 43 -1756 1 0 0 0 0
88 -4 Joe Nemechek 43 -1756 1 0 0 0 0
89 -2 Randy LaJoie 40 -1759 1 0 0 0 0
90 -2 Shane Hall 40 -1759 1 0 0 0 0
91 -2 Carlos Pardo 37 -1762 1 0 0 0 0
92 -2 Justin Ashburn 37 -1762 1 0 0 0 0
93 -2 Scott Lynch 34 -1765 1 0 0 0 0
94 -- Justin Diercks 34 -1765 1 0 0 0 0
95 -3 Randy MacDonald 0 -1799 1 0 0 0 0

* Denotes Rookie