Dodge Charger 500

Darlington Raceway — May 13, 2006

Greg Biffle

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Greg Biffle won the 2006 Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 13, 2006, leading 170 of 367 laps. Jeff Gordon finished second; Matt Kenseth rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

2006

Winner

Greg Biffle

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Greg Biffle			367	—	Running	170	190
2	12	+10	Jeff Gordon			367	—	Running	5	175
3	31	+28	Matt Kenseth			367	—	Running	64	170
4	25	+21	Jimmie Johnson			367	—	Running	81	165
5	22	+17	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.			367	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Ryan Newman		Dodge	367	—	Running	2	155
7	29	+22	Kyle Busch			367	—	Running	1	151
8	17	+9	Mark Martin			367	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	Jeff Burton			367	—	Running	—	138
10	5	-5	Denny Hamlin			367	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Reed Sorenson		Dodge	367	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Tony Stewart			367	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	Robby Gordon			367	—	Running	1	129
14	39	+25	Martin Truex, Jr.			367	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Ken Schrader			366	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Joe Nemechek			366	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Casey Mears		Dodge	366	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Kyle Petty		Dodge	366	—	Running	—	109
19	10	-9	Kurt Busch		Dodge	366	—	Running	—	106
20	42	+22	Tony Raines		Dodge	366	—	Running	—	103
21	1	-20	Kasey Kahne		Dodge	366	—	Running	41	105
22	11	-11	Bobby Labonte		Dodge	366	—	Running	—	97
23	3	-20	Clint Bowyer			365	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Dale Jarrett			365	—	Running	1	96
25	4	-21	David Stremme		Dodge	365	—	Running	—	88
26	26	—	J.J. Yeley			365	—	Running	—	85
27	32	+5	Dave Blaney		Dodge	364	—	Running	1	87
28	27	-1	Sterling Marlin			364	—	Running	—	79
29	6	-23	Elliott Sadler			364	—	Running	—	76
30	18	-12	Travis Kvapil			364	—	Running	—	73
31	19	-12	Scott Riggs			363	—	Running	—	70
32	28	-4	Jeff Green			363	—	Running	—	67
33	38	+5	Scott Wimmer			363	—	Running	—	64
34	43	+9	Terry Labonte			361	—	Running	—	61
35	37	+2	Michael Waltrip		Dodge	359	—	Running	—	58
36	41	+5	Kevin Lepage		Dodge	353	—	Running	—	55
37	14	-23	Kevin Harvick			350	—	Running	—	52
38	30	-8	Jeremy Mayfield		Dodge	346	—	Running	—	49
39	7	-32	Carl Edwards			281	—	DNF	—	46
40	—	—	Stanton Barrett	Stanton Barrett		200	—	Oil Pump	—	43
41	8	-33	Brian Vickers			246	—	DNF	—	40
42	15	-27	Jamie McMurray			223	—	DNF	—	37
43	33	-10	Derrike Cope		Dodge	11	—	DNF	—	34

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 6 matched drivers, the model averaged 5.3 positions off — better than the season average of 8.5. Good

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
4	Jimmie Johnson	19.9	4	+15.9	Moderate
7	Kyle Busch	17.0	7	+10.0	Coinflip
10	Denny Hamlin	8.2	10	-1.8	High Confidence
14	Martin Truex, Jr.	15.4	14	+1.4	Coinflip
17	Casey Mears	16.9	17	-0.1	Coinflip
26	J.J. Yeley	28.8	26	+2.8	High Confidence

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.

Historical Context

Greg Biffle: has 27 career starts at Darlington Raceway with a 13.9 avg finish (3 wins) — the model may have underweighted this track history.
Denny Hamlin: was the model’s top pick based on 41 career starts at Darlington Raceway with a 7.6 avg finish (10 wins), finishing P10 on the day.
Jimmie Johnson: was the biggest surprise, finishing P4 vs predicted P20. Track history: 29 starts, 16.0 avg finish.

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