2006 Crown Royal 400

2006 Crown Royal 400

Race details
Race 10 of 36 in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Richmond International Speedway
Date	May 6, 2006
Location	Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.20 km)
Distance	400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed	97.061 miles per hour (156.205 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing
Time	21.194
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	272
Winner
No. 8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2006 Crown Royal 400, NASCAR's tenth race of the 2006 season was held at Richmond International Raceway on May 6, 2006. Greg Biffle won the pole. This was the second impound race of the 2006 season and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final win driving for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Earnhardt Jr. went win-less in 2007 before joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

Race results

Rookie of the year contenders denoted by *

Fin	St	Driver	Car #	Make	Points	Bonus	Laps	Winnings
1	10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.**	8	Chevrolet	185	5	400	$239,166
2	7	Denny Hamlin *	11	Chevrolet	175	5	400	$165,200
3	8	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	175	10	400	$169,386
4	1	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	165	5	400	$143,300
5	21	Kyle Busch	5	Chevrolet	160	5	400	$113,600
6	18	Tony Stewart	20	Chevrolet	150		400	$139,661
7	9	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	146		400	$100,100
8	14	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	142		400	$120,658
9	32	Sterling Marlin	14	Chevrolet	138		400	$96,783
10	20	Clint Bowyer *	7	Chevrolet	134		400	$91,025
11	2	Mark Martin	6	Ford	135	5	400	$94,525
12	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	127		400	$118,361
13	37	Elliott Sadler	38	Ford	124		400	$106,808
14	23	Scott Riggs	10	Dodge	121		400	$69,250
15	15	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	118		399	$98,270
16	28	Ken Schrader	21	Ford	115		399	$97,564
17	3	Casey Mears	42	Dodge	112		399	$104,833
18	25	Jeff Green	66	Chevrolet	109		399	$93,363
19	31	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	106		399	$112,200
20	19	Dave Blaney	22	Dodge	103		399	$85,808
21	26	Dale Jarrett	88	Ford	100		399	$100,675
22	34	J. J. Yeley *	18	Chevrolet	97		399	$102,950
23	24	Reed Sorenson *	41	Dodge	94		399	$77,025
24	35	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	91		399	$104,761
25	42	Kenny Wallace	178	Chevrolet	88		398	$64,875
26	12	Kyle Petty	45	Dodge	85		398	$87,108
27	36	Travis Kvapil	32	Chevrolet	82		398	$76,772
28	17	Joe Nemechek	1	Chevrolet	79		398	$93,445
29	13	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	76		397	$105,008
30	27	Tony Raines	96	Chevrolet	73		397	$64,300
31	30	Michael Waltrip	55	Dodge	70		397	$66,175
32	38	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge	67		397	$93,541
33	29	David Stremme *	40	Dodge	64		397	$72,375
34	6	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	61		396	$100,514
35	43	Mike Wallace	49	Dodge	58		395	$63,175
36	33	Scott Wimmer	4	Chevrolet	55		389	$63,025
37	4	Brian Vickers	25	Chevrolet	52		387	$70,900
38	11	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	49		351	$109,016
39	39	Robby Gordon	7	Chevrolet	46		345	$62,650
40	16	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	43		286	$110,861
41	22	Martin Truex Jr. *	1	Chevrolet	40		285	$70,385
42	40	Kevin Lepage	61	Ford	37		89	$62,260
43	41	Derrike Cope	74	Dodge	34		11	$62,473

Failed to qualify: Kertus Davis (#89), Chad Chaffin (#34), Stanton Barrett (#95), Hermie Sadler (#00)

References

• Official results