2006 Dover 400
The 2006 Dover 400 was the twenty-eighth stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the second in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on September 24, 2006 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, before a crowd of 145,000. The 400-lap race was won by Jeff Burton of the Richard Childress Racing team who started from 19th position. Carl Edwards finished second and Jeff Gordon came in third.

Although Gordon won the pole position, he was immediately passed by Ryan Newman at the start of the race. 27 laps later Carl Edwards took the lead for 21 laps. David Stremme briefly held the lead until Elliott Sadler moved in front of him to claim the position, only to lose it to Matt Kenseth on lap 74. Kenseth led more laps than any other driver (215), during which Reed Sorenson and Greg Biffle also led. Burton close the gap to Kenseth by the 375th lap and battled him for the position over the next 20 laps until he moved ahead on lap 395. Burton maintained the lead for the remaining five laps to win the race. There were ten cautions and twelve lead changes by nine different drivers during the race.

It was Burton's first win of the 2006 season, the 18th of his career, and it ended a 175-race winless streak. The result advanced him to the lead of the Drivers' Championship, six points ahead of Gordon (who moved up to second). Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 42 points ahead of Ford and 45 in front of Dodge with seven races left in the season.
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stock car race
Concept
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2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
EVE
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Chase for the Nextel Cup
EVE
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Dover International Speedway
LOC
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Dover, Delaware
LOC
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Jeff Burton
PER
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Richard Childress Racing
ORG
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Carl Edwards
PER
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Jeff Gordon
PER
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pole position
UNK
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Ryan Newman
PER
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Carl Edwards
PER
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David Stremme
PER
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Elliott Sadler
PER
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Matt Kenseth
PER
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Reed Sorenson
PER
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Greg Biffle
PER
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cautions
UNK
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Drivers' Championship
UNK
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Chevrolet
ORG
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Manufacturers' Championship
UNK
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Ford
LOC
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Dodge
ORG
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2006 Dover 400
EVE
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2006
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