The 2006 AMD at The Glen was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race that was held on August 13, 2006, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45 mile (3.942 km) road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race.
There were only five drivers eliminated from the race; all due to racing accidents.[1]
Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.
Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after a fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.
The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.
| Pos[2] | Car # | Driver | Make | Primary Sponsor | Speed | Time | Behind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 122.966 | 71.727 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW / SRT | 121.845 | 72.387 | -0.660 | |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | ALLTEL Fastap | 121.642 | 72.508 | -0.781 | |
| 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 121.432 | 72.633 | -0.906 | |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 121.172 | 72.789 | -1.062 | |
| 6 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Jim Beam | 121.144 | 72.806 | -1.079 | |
| 7 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench | 120.779 | 73.026 | -1.299 | |
| 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 120.614 | 73.126 | -1.399 | |
| 9 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | 120.609 | 73.129 | -1.402 | |
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | FedEx Express | 120.497 | 73.197 | -1.470 | |
| 11 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 120.290 | 73.323 | -1.596 | |
| 12 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | M&M's | 120.277 | 73.331 | -1.604 | |
| 13 | 40 | Scott Pruett | Dodge | Lone Star Steakhouse / Saloon | 120.229 | 73.360 | -1.633 | |
| 14 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 120.105 | 73.436 | -1.709 | |
| 15 | 61 | Boris Said | Ford | SOBE - No Fear | 120.080 | 73.451 | -1.724 | |
| 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless | 120.059 | 73.464 | -1.737 | |
| 17 | 42 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 120.000 | 73.500 | -1.773 | |
| 18 | 32 | Ron Fellows | Chevrolet | Tide-Downy | 119.865 | 73.583 | -1.856 | |
| 19 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | GMAC | 119.777 | 73.637 | -1.910 | |
| 20 | 6 | Mark Martin | Ford | AAA | 119.650 | 73.715 | -1.988 | |
| 21 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 119.530 | 73.789 | -2.062 | |
| 22 | 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | Best Buy Teach | 119.422 | 73.856 | -2.129 | |
| 23 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | Little Debbie | 119.383 | 73.880 | -2.153 | |
| 24 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 119.312 | 73.924 | -2.197 | |
| 25 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Dodge | Caterpillar | 119.291 | 73.937 | -2.210 | |
| 26 | 18 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries | 119.276 | 73.946 | -2.219 | |
| 27 | 90 | Marc Goossens | Ford | CitiFinancial | 119.204 | 73.991 | -2.264 | |
| 28 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Chevrolet | Morgan-McClure | 119.189 | 74.000 | -2.273 | |
| 29 | 96 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | DLP HDTV | 119.083 | 74.066 | -2.339 | |
| 30 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT | 119.072 | 74.073 | -2.346 | |
| 31 | 19 | Bill Elliott | Dodge | Dodge Dealers / UAW / SRT | 119.033 | 74.097 | -2.370 | |
| 32 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | Valvoline / Stanley Tools | 118.974 | 74.134 | -2.407 | |
| 33 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Dodge | NAPA Auto Parts | 118.903 | 74.178 | -2.451 | |
| 34 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / Quaker State | 118.823 | 74.228 | -2.501 | |
| 35 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 118.595 | 74.371 | -2.644 | |
| 36 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 118.595 | 74.371 | -2.644 | |
| 37 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 118.502 | 74.429 | -2.702 | |
| 38 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Petty Enterprises | 118.367 | 74.514 | -2.787 | |
| 39 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS | 118.202 | 74.618 | -2.891 | |
| 40 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Target | 117.093 | 75.325 | -3.598 | |
| 41 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Subway / National Guard | 86.583 | 101.868 | -30.141 | |
| 42 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | Ginn Clubs & Resorts | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| 43 | 34 | Brian Simo | Chevrolet | Front Row Motorsports | 118.786 | 74.251 | -2.524 | |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||||
| 44 | 49 | Chris Cook | Dodge | DSI | 74.367 | |||
| 45 | 78 | Max Papis | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Racing | 74.400 | |||
| 46 | 27 | Tom Hubert | Ford | Kirk Shelmerdine Racing | 74.636 | |||
| 47 | 37 | David Murry | Dodge | Upstate N.Y. Dodge Dealers Assn. | 75.126 | |||
| 48 | 72 | Dale Quarterley | Dodge | Dutch Quality Stone | 75.518 | |||
| 49 | 92 | Johnny Miller | Chevrolet | Front Row Motorsports | 75.627 | |||
| 50 | 02 | Brandon Ash | Dodge | Sprinter Trucking, Inc. | 75.894 | |||
Kurt Busch had the pole position for this race, in Penske Racing's #2 Miller Lite-sponsored Dodge. Busch was seeking his first road course win of his Cup career, following numerous near-misses and his Busch win the previous day. Busch controlled the race early before being penalized for coming onto pit road when it closed due to an untimely caution. Busch was sent to the rear of the field and the race then got controlled by Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick who passed Tony during the final 3 laps to win the race.
It was Harvick's first road course win of his career and the top-ten also ended with some road course aces finishing in the top ten; Robby Gordon finished fourth in his own car and Scott Pruett, a non-regular, finished in the top-ten substituting for David Stremme in Chip Ganassi's #40 Coors Light-sponsored Dodge.
Post-race penalties were handed out in the aftermath of a final-lap incident between Boris Said and Ryan Newman. After Said and Newman tangled in the "inner-loop", several cars made attempts to avoid the collision. Said was penalized for "rough-driving" with his incident with Newman and for skipping the bus-stop, sending him from 6th place to 31st. Ron Fellows, who originally finished 10th, was sent to 32nd after also skipping the bus-stop. Michael Waltrip was sent from 15th place to the last driver one lap down after making avoidable contact with Kyle Busch on the final lap, and then skipping the bus-stop.
| POS[3] | ST | DRIVER | SPONSOR / OWNER | CAR | LAPS | MONEY | STATUS | LED | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 90 | 223161 | running | 28 | 185 |
| 2 | 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 90 | 210986 | running | 7 | 175 |
| 3 | 24 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Crown Royal (Jack Roush) | Ford | 90 | 163225 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Jim Beam (Robby Gordon) | Chevrolet | 90 | 108100 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 21 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Office Depot (Jack Roush) | Ford | 90 | 110725 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 13 | 40 | Scott Pruett | Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 90 | 114108 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 12 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | M&M's (Yates Racing) | Ford | 90 | 107533 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 3 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel Fastap (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 90 | 116708 | running | 7 | 147 |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 90 | 88025 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 90 | 78850 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 90 | 97445 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 40 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 90 | 83975 | running | 2 | 132 |
| 13 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 90 | 113736 | running | 1 | 129 |
| 14 | 14 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 90 | 85700 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 22 | 66 | Jeff Green | Best Buy Teach (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 90 | 91233 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 19 | 25 | Brian Vickers | GMAC (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 90 | 73500 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 90 | 110111 | running | 1 | 117 |
| 18 | 11 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 90 | 99966 | running | 1 | 114 |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 90 | 117333 | running | 38 | 116 |
| 20 | 20 | 6 | Mark Martin | AAA (Jack Roush) | Ford | 90 | 81700 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 30 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt (Jack Roush) | Ford | 90 | 106916 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 2 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers / UAW / SRT (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 90 | 103189 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 32 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline / Stanley Tools (James Rocco) | Dodge | 90 | 64700 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 36 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 90 | 100411 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 28 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 90 | 63650 | running | 3 | 93 |
| 26 | 39 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS (Yates Racing) | Ford | 90 | 95075 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 31 | 19 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers / UAW / SRT (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 90 | 92666 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 35 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 90 | 84583 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 34 | 15 | Paul Menard | Menards / Quaker State (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 90 | 59250 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 38 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 90 | 82258 | running | 1 | 78 |
| 31 | 15 | 60 | Boris Said | SOBE - No Fear (Mark Simo) | Ford | 90 | 58950 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 18 | 32 | Ron Fellows | Tide / Downy (Cal Wells) | Chevrolet | 90 | 70797 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 26 | 18 | J.J. Yeley | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 90 | 94125 | running | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 23 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Little Debbie (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 89 | 85689 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 17 | 42 | Casey Mears | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 89 | 92483 | running | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 33 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts (Doug Bawel) | Dodge | 89 | 58150 | running | 1 | 60 |
| 37 | 29 | 96 | Terry Labonte | DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders) | Chevrolet | 81 | 58025 | running | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 41 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Subway / National Guard (Jack Roush) | Ford | 75 | 78075 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 42 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Ginn Clubs & Resorts (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 64 | 57750 | crash | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 25 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 61 | 57600 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 43 | 34 | Brian Simo | Front Row Motorsports (Bob Jenkins) | Chevrolet | 61 | 57460 | crash | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 37 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 61 | 83680 | crash | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 27 | 90 | Marc Goossens | CitiFinancial (Yates Racing) | Ford | 58 | 57537 | crash | 0 | 34 |
| Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: | ||||||||||
| POS | NAME | NBR | SPONSOR | OWNER | CAR | |||||
| 44 | Chris Cook | 49 | DSI | Beth Ann Morgenthau | Dodge | |||||
| 45 | Max Papis | 78 | Furniture Row Racing | Barney Visser | Chevrolet | |||||
| 46 | Tom Hubert | 27 | Kirk Shelmerdine Racing | Kirk Shelmerdine | Ford | |||||
| 47 | David Murry | 37 | Upstate N.Y. Dodge Dealers Assn. | John Carter | Dodge | |||||
| 48 | Dale Quarterley | 72 | Dutch Quality Stone | Bryan Mullet | Dodge | |||||
| 49 | Johnny Miller | 92 | Front Row Motorsports | Bob Jenkins | Chevrolet | |||||
| 50 | Brandon Ash | 02 | Sprinter Trucking, Inc. | Ed Ash | Dodge | |||||