2006 Bank of America 500
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| Race 31 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 14, 2006 | ||
| Location | Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 64.4 °F (18.0 °C); wind speeds up to 10.24 mph (16.48 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 132.142 mph (212.662 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 170,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Evernham Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.203 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | |
| Laps | 134 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
| Booth Announcers | Mark Garrow, Doug Rice | ||
| Turn Announcers | Chuck Carland, Rob Albright | ||
The 2006 Bank of America 500 was the 31st of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fifth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 14, 2006, before a crowd of 175,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway, one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races. The 334-lap race was won by Kasey Kahne of the Evernham Motorsports team, who started from second position. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Jeff Burton came in third.
Although Scott Riggs won the pole position, he was immediately passed by teammate Kahne at the start of the race. Riggs regained the lap twelve laps later, only to lose it to Tony Raines on the 19th lap. Riggs retook the lead on lap 31 and maintained it for the following sixteen laps, until he was passed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. who led the next 31 laps. Kahne moved back into the first position on lap 96, with Raines moving back into the lead on the 123rd lap. Kahne passed Raines to move back into the lead 15 laps later. Johnson moved into the lead on lap 168 and held the position for a total of 72 laps. At the race's final restart on lap 307 Johnson led until he was passed two laps later by Kahne who maintained it to win the race. There was a total of ten cautions and 34 lead changes by thirteen different drivers.
The victory was Kahne's sixth of the season, and the seventh of his career. After the race Burton maintained his lead in the Drivers' Championship, which increased to 45 points over nearest rival Matt Kenseth. Kahne's victory moved him from ninth to eighth, while Jeff Gordon dropped to tenth because his engine failed in the race's closing laps. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 48 points ahead of Dodge and 54 ahead of Ford with five races left in the season.
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