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- The 2006 Ford 400 was the thirty-sixth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and the final round of the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on November 19, 2006, in Homestead, Florida, at Homestead–Miami Speedway, before a crowd of 80,000 people. The circuit is an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The 267-lap race was won by Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing, who started from the 22nd position. Martin Truex Jr. finished second for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin was third. Kasey Kahne won the 12th pole position of his career by posting the fastest lap in qualifying and he led the first 18 laps until Kyle Busch passed him. He retook the first position on the 47th lap, and led for a total of 90 laps, more than any other driver. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead after not making a pit stop under a caution period, and held it until Martin Truex Jr. assumed the first position after Earnhardt had a slow pit stop due to a lug nut problem. Biffle passed Riggs for the lead, only ceding it to J. J. Yeley on pit stop rotation, before getting ahead of him with twelve laps to go to win his second race of the season, and the eleventh of his career. There were eleven cautions and fifteen lead changes among ten drivers during the race. The final result of the race meant Jimmie Johnson, the points leader going into the race, won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Drivers' Championship with a 56-point advantage over Matt Kenseth, his nearest rival. Hamlin's third-place finish meant he finished the season as the highest-placed rookie. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet finished with a total of 279 points, 76 ahead of Dodge, and a further point in front of Ford. (en)
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- The 2006 Ford 400 was the thirty-sixth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and the final round of the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on November 19, 2006, in Homestead, Florida, at Homestead–Miami Speedway, before a crowd of 80,000 people. The circuit is an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The 267-lap race was won by Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing, who started from the 22nd position. Martin Truex Jr. finished second for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin was third. (en)
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