 The race result left Johnson maintaining the lead in the Drivers ' Championship with 6 @,@ 492 points . After the race , Martin who finished fourth , was less optimistic about his championship chances , " We 've still got to go to Homestead and run like this again because we 've still got that threat behind us , Jeff Gordon , especially . " Gordon maintained third with 6 @,@ 323 points , forty @-@ two ahead of Kurt Busch and one @-@ hundred and sixteen in front of Stewart . In the Manufacturers ' Championship , Chevrolet maintained the lead with 256 points . Toyota remained second with 198 points . Ford followed with 161 points , six ahead of Dodge in fourth . 5 @.@ 17 million people watched the race on television . The race took two hours , forty @-@ nine minutes and twenty @-@ six seconds to complete , and the margin of victory was 1 @.@ 033 seconds . 
