NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

NASCAR
NEXTEL
CUP

Schedule and
standings

Feb. 10 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)

Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kevin Harvick)

Feb. 25 — Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth)

March 11 — UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson)

March 18 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, Ga. (Jimmie Johnson)

March 25 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch)

April 1 — Goody’s 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)

April 15 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Jeff Burton)

April 21 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Jeff Gordon)

April 29 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Jeff Gordon)

May 5 — Crown Royal 400, Richmond, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)

May 12 — Dodge Avenger 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jeff Gordon)

May 19 — x-NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick)

May 27 — Coca Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Casey Mears)

June 4 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. (Martin Truex Jr.)

June 10 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon)

June 17 — Citizens Bank 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Carl Edwards)

Sunday — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

July 1 — LENOX Industrial Tools 300, Loudon, N.H.

July 7 — Pepsi 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.

July 15 — USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill.

July 29 — Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis.

Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.

Aug. 12 — NEXTEL Cup at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Aug. 19 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 25 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn.

Sept. 2 — NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 500, Fontana, Calif.

Sept. 8 — Chevy Rock-and-Roll 400, Richmond, Va.

Sept. 16 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.

Sept. 23 — Dover 400, Dover, Del.

Sept. 30 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan.

Oct. 7 — UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala.

Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.

Oct. 21 — Subway 500, Martinsville, Va.

Oct. 28 — Georgia 500, Hampton, Ga.

Nov. 4 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas.

Nov. 11 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.

x-non-points race

Driver Standings

1. Jeff Gordon, 2,059

2. Jimmie Johnson, 1,907

3. Matt Kenseth, 1,869

4. Denny Hamlin, 1,842

5. Jeff Burton, 1,704

6. Carl Edwards, 1,584

7. Tony Stewart, 1,573

8. Clint Bowyer, 1,525

9. Kevin Harvick, 1,518

10. Kyle Busch, 1,471

11. Kurt Busch, 1,439

12. Mark Martin, 1,435

13. Martin Truex Jr., 1,427

14. Jamie McMurray, 1,411

15. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,404

16. Ryan Newman, 1,389

17. Bobby Labonte, 1,340

18. Greg Biffle, 1,339

19. J.J. Yeley, 1,313

20. Elliott Sadler, 1,267