kansas speedway, race held.
the banquet 400 29th out of 36 scheduled stock car races of 2006 nascar nextel cup series. held on october 1, 2006, in kansas city, kansas @ kansas speedway, 1 of ten intermediate hold nascar races; others atlanta motor speedway, charlotte motor speedway, chicagoland speedway, darlington raceway, homestead-miami speedway, new hampshire motor speedway, kentucky speedway, las vegas motor speedway, , texas motor speedway. standard track @ kansas speedway four-turn d-shaped oval track 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. track s turns banked @ fifteen degrees, while front stretch, location of finish line, 10.4 degrees. stretch, opposite of front, @ 5 degrees.
before race, jeff burton led drivers championship 5,351 points, jeff gordon second , matt kenseth third. denny hamlin , kevin harvick fourth , fifth, , mark martin, dale earnhardt jr., jimmie johnson, kasey kahne , kyle busch rounded out top ten drivers competing 2006 chase nextel cup. chevrolet led manufacturers championship 213 points; ford second on 171 points, dodge close third on 168. martin race s defending champion.
after involved in crash @ previous race (at dover international speedway), kahne said attempt improve position in championship winning races: think have right shot. if things know can, team has done year long, team can come back. gordon said team had been gaining momentum, , stated felt comfortable position. johnson stated attempt lead many laps @ kansas speedway, , felt track achieve result improve position in championship , aimed top starting place.
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