 Rwendo rwakaitwa musi waOctober 15 paLowes Motor Speedway rwakanga rwakanonoka nokuguma kweSouthern California-Notre Dame mutambo wenhabvu yekoreji uyo waive uchitepfenyurwa paNBC nemaminitsi makumi mana nemashanu uye wakapera mushure mepakati pehusiku EDT nekuda kwemutemo wekupedzisa wakasvibira-chena-checkered. Mujaho wacho wakavhiringidzwa nezvinetso zvakawanda zvematayi, zvakafanana neGran Prix yeUnited States ya2005uko matai airatidzika kuva anozviparadza amene oga oga. Ikoku kwakaparirwa nokugadziriswa kuchangobva kuitika kwenzira uye Goodyear kukundikana kuunza tai yakakwana kunzira. Kunyange zvazvo vatyairi vakanga vachifambisa motokari dzavo ne75 muzana, matai akaramba achiputika pamusana pokupisa kwakanyanya kwaiita matai ekurudyi epamberi. Kunyange mutungamiriri womutsara wenhanho uye pakupedzisira mukwikwidzi Tony Stewart akanga asina kubvisirwa. Pane imwe nguva, NASCAR yakatofunga nezvokumisa nhangemutange yacho, kunyange zvazvo vakaguma vachikanda mureza wokungwarira wokukwikwidza panzvimbo pezvo. Apo utsi hwakapfuura, Jimmie Johnson akakunda mujaho wake wechina wakatevedzana wokubhadhara mapoinzi paLowes ndokupinda mujaho wakaenzana naTony Stewart nokuda kwokutanga kwepamusoro. Stewart, uyo ane kukunda kashanu, anobata tie-breaker uye anochengetedza kutungamirira, achipedza ari wechi25. Vatatu vokutanga vakapedza vakapinda mumakwikwi e2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. 