10-07-2006 | Race 20 - Talladega Superspeedway - October 7, 2006

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Laps	Pts	Bns	Award	Status	Ti. Led	Lps Led
1	1	6	Mark Martin	Scotts Ford	94	190	10	$71,650	Running	4	37
2	12	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	94	170		$49,825	Running
3	19	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE/Germain Motors Toyota	94	170	5	$38,300	Running	1	5
4	4	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	94	165	5	$23,875	Running	1	5
5	25	24	AJ Allmendinger	Bill Davis Racing Toyota	94	160	5	$17,025	Running	1	4
6	14	17	David Reutimann	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	94	150		$16,125	Running
7	2	50	David Ragan	Roush Racing Ford	94	146		$15,375	Running
8	24	59	Chad Chaffin	K & L Chrome Shop Toyota	94	142		$18,425	Running
9	5	23	Johnny Benson	Exide Batteries Toyota	94	143	5	$18,325	Running	2	32
10	18	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	AES HR Solutions Chevrolet	94	134		$15,625	Running
11	26	85	Dennis Setzer	Shell Rotella T Chevrolet	94	130		$16,425	Running
12	34	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Resort Dodge	94	127		$16,240	Running
13	11	10	Terry Cook	Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	94	124		$16,140	Running
14	3	18	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Fastenal Dodge	94	121		$16,040	Running
15	10	14	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford	94	118		$16,440	Running
16	35	1	Robert Richardson #	winyourmortgage.com Chevrolet	94	115		$14,590	Running
17	30	20	Marcos Ambrose #	Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford	94	112		$15,740	Running
18	29	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Energizer Chevrolet	94	109		$15,640	Running
19	6	99	Erik Darnell #	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	94	111	5	$17,515	Running	1	5
20	21	98	Erin Crocker #	Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge	94	103		$15,815	Running
21	13	4	Chase Miller	Dodge Motorsports Dodge	94	100		$15,315	Running
22	31	75	Aric Almirola #	Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet	94	97		$15,215	Running
23	22	21	Bobby East #	State Fair Corndogs/Edy's Dibs Ford	94	94		$15,115	Running
24	9	11	David Starr	Red Horse Racing Toyota	94	91		$15,015	Running
25	16	16	Mike Bliss	Xpress Motorsports Chevrolet	94	88		$13,665	Running
26	15	15	Mike Wallace	GEICO Chevrolet	93	90	5	$12,565	Accident	1	4
27	32	40	Derrike Cope	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	93	82		$12,465	Accident
28	23	46	Joe Nemechek	U.S. Army Chevrolet	93	79		$12,365	Running
29	27	25	Boston Reid #	Woodard Racing Dodge	85	76		$13,265	Accident
30	28	08	Chad McCumbee #	The GPS Store/Garmin Chevrolet	78	78	5	$12,165	Fuel Pump	1	1
31	8	22	Bill Lester	Bill Davis Racing Toyota	56	70		$12,040	Engine
32	33	07	Sean Murphy	AKZO-Nobel/ASI Ltd./Spectrum Chevrolet	50	72	5	$11,940	Engine	1	1
33	7	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	40	64		$11,840	Engine
34	20	04	Scott Lagasse Jr. #	Hemi Dodge Dodge	33	61		$11,815	Engine
35	36	03	Wayne Edwards	Engine Parts Plus Chevrolet	4	58		$11,765	Electrical
36	17	13	Kerry Earnhardt #	ThorSport Chevrolet	4	55		$11,729	Engine

Race Comments	Before an estimated crowd of 80,000, Mark Martin won the John Deere 500, posting his sixth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #22 Lester (transmission change); #16 Bliss (unapproved impound adjustment); #04 Lagasse Jr. (unapproved impound adjustment); #20 Ambrose (drivers meeting); #1 Richardson (unapproved impound adjustment); .
Time of Race 1 hour, 48 minutes, 33 seconds Average Speed 138.207 mph Margin of Victory Under caution
Caution Flags	7 for 23 laps: Laps 24-26 (Debris); 34-37 (Oil on track); 44-47 (#1 spun turn 4); 58-61 (#21 accident turn 4); 81-83 (Debris); 87-90 (#25 accident turn 4); 94-94 (#1,11,15,40 accident turn 3).
Lead Changes	12 among 9 drivers: M. Martin 1-5; J. Benson 6-23; S. Murphy 24; J. Benson 25-38; T. Bodine 39-43; E. Darnell 44-48; A. Allmendinger 49-52; M. Wallace 53-56; M. Martin 57; C. McCumbee 58; M. Martin 59-85; T. Musgrave 86-90; M. Martin 91-94.
Top 10 Driver Points	(1) T. Bodine 3,076; (2) J. Benson 2,963; (3) D. Reutimann 2,821; (4) T. Musgrave 2,795; (5) R. Crawford 2,708; (6) R. Hornaday Jr. 2,665; (7) D. Starr 2,644; (8) T. Cook 2,584; (9) D. Setzer 2,577; (10) M. Bliss 2,574.
Top 5 Rookie Points

Bud Pole Award	Mark Martin (182.320 mph)
Raybestos Rookie of the Race	Robert Richardson #
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award	Chad Chaffin, #59 (17 Places)
Mobil 1 Oil Command Performance Driver of the Race	Ted Musgrave
WIX Filters Lap Leader Award	Johnny Benson, #23 (32 Laps)
Sunoco Diamond Performance Award	Mark Martin
Checkers/Ralley's Double Drive-Thru Challenge	Erik Darnell, #99