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| 2006 Nextel Open | 
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| Held on May 20, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC | |
| 30 L, 45 M, 72.42 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 1 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline | Dodge | 30 | 29 | running | |
| 2 | 3 | 66 | Jeff Green | Haas Automation | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 7 | 25 | Brian Vickers | GMAC | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express | Chevy | 30 | 1 | running | |
| 5 | 4 | 18 | J.J. Yeley | Interstate Batteries | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 9 | 40 | David Stremme | Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 5 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 8 | 11 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Ginn Resorts | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 9 | 14 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Jim Beam Black | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 10 | 6 | 21 | Ken Schrader | U.S. Air Force | Ford | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 11 | 17 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | U.S. Army | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 12 | 29 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | M&M's | Ford | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 13 | 19 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Jack Daniels | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 14 | 16 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 15 | 23 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 16 | 18 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Tide, Downy | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 17 | 21 | 49 | Kevin Lepage | State Water Heaters | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 18 | 15 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Furniture Row | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 19 | 12 | 96 | Tony Raines | DLP HDTV | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops, National Wild Turkey Federation | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 21 | 28 | 51 | Mike Garvey | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 22 | 20 | 45 | Kyle Petty | My Coke Rewards | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 23 | 25 | 61 | Chad Chaffin | RoadLoans | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 24 | 22 | 95 | Stanton Barrett | TheRaceSpace.com | Chevy | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 25 | 26 | 30 | Mike Wallace | Pro30.com, Ware Racing | Dodge | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 26 | 24 | 00 | Hermie Sadler | The ACE and TJ Show | Ford | 30 | 0 | running | |
| 27 | 27 | 27 | Kirk Shelmerdine | Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine | Chevy | 23 | 0 | handling | |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Scott Wimmer | AERO Exhaust | Chevy | 19 | 0 | accident | |
| 29 | 10 | 42 | Casey Mears | Texaco, Havoline | Dodge | 3 | 0 | accident |
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 0h:28:11 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 1.232 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 95.801 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 3 for 6 laps - Laps 5-7 (#42 accident frontstretch); Laps 14-16 (#78 spun frontstretch); Lap 20 (end of segment) | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers - Denny Hamlin (1); Scott Riggs (2-30) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |
