7- Robby Gordon 22- Scott Wimmer 40- Sterling Marlin 36- Boris Said Daytona 500 Complete Results The 2005 Daytona 500 was run on Sunday, February 20, 2005. Dale Jarrett won the pole for the race. Top 10 Results 24 - Jeff Gordon 97 - Kurt Busch 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 - Scott Riggs 48 - Jimmie Johnson 6 - Mark Martin 20 - Tony Stewart 40 - Sterling Marlin 37 - Kevin Lepage 2 - Rusty Wallace This race was scheduled for 200 laps but went 203 laps because of a Green-White-Checkered finish. Last career pole for Dale Jarrett. Auto Club 500 Complete Results The Auto Club 500 was run on Sunday, February 27, 2005, and is run over 250 2-mile laps on a D oval at California Speedway, Fontana. Magic Johnson gave the command to drivers to start their engines, and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger waved the green flag, which was taken by 19-year-old Kyle Busch. Busch became the youngest driver to ever take the green flag on pole position. Busch was still leading after the first lap, with Brian Vickers in second place. Before the race, Greg Biffle had promised to reporters and commentators that he would have the lead within 5 laps. He also happened to promise to win the race. Greg Biffle took the lead in only 4 laps, followed by Matt Kenseth in second place, and Biffle was still in the lead after 26 laps when Bill Elliott went into the wall. Biffle was immediately overtaken by Matt Kenseth after the restart. Dale Earnhardt Jr. pitted on lap 38, going down a lap, with problems on his left front tire. Carl Edwards took over the lead around lap 46. On lap 59, Earnhardt – already a lap down – had another problem with his left front tire and the debris brought out the caution a lap later. Ultimately Earnhardt would end up 13 laps behind. Edwards was still in the lead when the caution came out. Kenseth took over the lap during the caution, and Edwards retook it within a lap. Kenseth recaptured the lead at lap 70. Green flag pitstops started on lap 105. However, on lap 107, well before the green flag pitstops had cycled, a caution came out for debris. Joe Nemechek led on the restart on lap 116. Dave Blaney hit the wall on lap 143 leading to the