The 2006 Dickies 500 was a

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stock car race held on November 5, 2006 at

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. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad oval, it was the thirty-fourth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. The race was extended to 339 laps because of a green-white-checker finish.

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won the race.

Background

is a four-turn

quad-oval Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost univ ...

track that is long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four

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, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a five degree banking. The track layout is similar to

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and

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, tracks also owned by

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Qualifying

Race recap

The eighth Chase race, the Dickies 500, was run on November 5, 2006 at

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, the last car to qualify, edged

Elliott Sadler Elliott William Barnes Sadler (born April 30, 1975) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Sadler is one of 36 dr ...

, next to last to take time, for the pole in this race. After a DNF in Martinsville just two races ago,

Jeff Burton Jeffrey Tyler Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "the Mayor", is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He is a member of the Burton racing family. He scored 23 career victories in the NASCAR ...

lost an engine and fell greater than 67 laps down after more than one hour of repair, Burton finished 38th. Another chaser,

Mark Martin Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959), nicknamed "the Kid", is an American former stock car racing driver. He most notably drove the No. 6 Ford Motor Company, Ford for Roush Racing for the majority of his career. From 1989 to 2009, Martin wo ...

spun out after

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cut a tire on lap 174, putting Martin a 22nd-place finish. With less than 11 laps to go, chaser

Kasey Kahne Kasey Kenneth Kahne (; born April 10, 1980) is an American professional dirt track racing and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing. Currently, K ...

expired an engine during the 11th caution period and finished 33rd with a 2nd straight DNFs. With few laps to go,

Kevin Harvick Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for '' NASCAR on Fox''. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang for Stewa ...

spun

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to cause a caution and the race goes into a Green-white-checker finish. On the final restart,

held off

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to win at Texas. Following the race, Craig Curione, the front tire carrier for the No. 10 Evernham Dodge driven by

, shoved Kevin Harvick, his wife Delana and NASCAR official John Sacco to the pavement after Harvick was blamed for a late race incident that led to the green-white-checkered finish. Curione was suspended indefinitely and fined $10,000 by NASCAR and fired from Evernham, while Sacco suffered a sprained ankle.

Results

Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:46:11 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: 196.235 * Cautions: 12 for 51 laps * Margin of Victory: 0.272 sec * Lead changes: 23 * Percent of race run under caution: 15% * Average green flag run: 24 laps

References

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