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Truex wins at Dover

Posted 7:43AM on Sunday 5th June 2005 ( 19 years ago )
DOVER, Del. (AP) Martin Truex Junior grabbed the lead with 70 laps to go and won today's NASCAR Busch series race at Dover International Speedway. He kept the lead for all of four of the remaining laps.

The win is the second straight on The Monster Mile for the series champion and his ninth overall on the tour. He moves into third place in this year's standings, 120 points behind series leader Carl Edwards.

Rookie Reed Sorenson was second, about two seconds behind Truex.


NASCAR-Busch MBNA RacePoints 200 Results
Dover, Del.
Lap length: 1 mile

1. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 200.

2. (6) Reed Sorenson , Dodge, 200.

3. (16) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 200.

4. (17) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 200.

5. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200.

6. (11) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 200.

7. (12) Jason Keller, Ford, 200.

8. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, 200.

9. (8) Kenny Wallace, Ford, 200.

10. (33) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 200.

11. (13) David Green, Ford, 200.

12. (43) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 200.

13. (15) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 200.

14. (7) Ashton Lewis Jr., Ford, 200.

15. (26) Stacy Compton, Ford, 200.

16. (30) Paul Wolfe, Dodge, 200.

17. (22) Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 200.

18. (27) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 200.

19. (3) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 200.

20. (35) Regan Smith, Dodge, 199.

21. (40) Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 199.

22. (24) Stanton Barrett, Chevrolet, 199.

23. (23) Justin Labonte, Chevrolet, 197.

24. (10) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 197.

25. (41) Jeff Fuller, Chevrolet, 196.

26. (38) Aaron Fike, Dodge, 196.

27. (39) Kertus Davis, Chevrolet, 196.

28. (25) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 195.

29. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 193.

30. (37) Steve Grissom, Ford, 192.

31. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 189, engine failure.

32. (34) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 180.

33. (9) David Stremme, Dodge, 161, accident.

34. (29) Tim Fedewa, Dodge, 160, accident.

35. (20) Johnny Sauter, Dodge, 151, accident.

36. (36) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 145, accident.

37. (19) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 138, accident.

38. (32) Jeff Green, Dodge, 70, accident.

39. (42) Donnie Neuenberger, Ford, 69, accident.

40. (14) Jon Wood, Ford, 34, accident.

41. (28) Michel Jourdain Jr., Ford, 33, accident.

42. (18) Scott Lagasse Jr., Dodge, 33, accident.

43. (31) Tyler Walker, Ford, 7, accident.
Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner 97.258 mph.

Time of Race 2 hours, 3 minutes, 23 seconds.

Margin of Victory 2.000 seconds.

Caution Flags 9 for 47 laps.

Lead Changes 10 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders C. Edwards 1; K. Harvick 2-28; S. Barrett 29; K. Harvick 30-59; R. Sorenson 60-66; J. Sauter 67-97; M. Truex Jr. 98-100; K. Harvick 101-129; M. Truex Jr. 130-138; C. Edwards 139-142; M. Truex Jr. 143-200.

Top 10 in Points C. Edwards, 1,930; R. Sorenson, 1,856; M. Truex Jr., 1,810; C. Bowyer, 1,790; K. Wallace, 1,700; A. Lewis Jr., 1,698; G. Biffle, 1,686; D. Hamlin, 1,618; D. Stremme, 1,592; J. Keller, 1,548.

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