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  1.   Darrell posted:
  11.19.2006 - 1:42 pm
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Finally! The ending to the worst Busch Series season in history. Truly
pathetic that Cup guys think they need the extra testing EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE ALREADY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN NASCAR COMPETITION!!!!

Unoffically, Danny O'Quinn beat John Andretti for ROTY. Not sure how
though. They were tied coming into this race.


  2.   Rusty posted:
  11.19.2006 - 4:21 pm
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How did O'Quinn beat Andretti when they were tied when Andretti finished
16th and O'Quinn finished 35th wtf that makes no sense


  3.   Mk17Ce99 posted:
  11.19.2006 - 5:07 pm
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Sweet burnout by Kenseth, lit the track on fire!


  4.   Altamonteric posted:
  11.19.2006 - 6:09 pm
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Give the nextel cup guys there test sessions back, Johnny Sauter would
have won the Championship if there were no cup guys, He's the only non-
cup regular in the top 10


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  11.19.2006 - 9:01 pm
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Paul Menard is the champion of the Busch Regulars. He is the highest
finishing Busch regular in points. Kenny Wallace fails to finish Top 10
in points for the first time in 10 years.


  6.   BHRfan18 posted:
  11.20.2006 - 3:10 am
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I`m a harvick fan but paul menard was the true champion


  7.   JPM42ROTY2007 posted:
  11.20.2006 - 4:04 am
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1st ever NASCAR lap led for JPM. :)


  8.   Thomas posted:
  11.20.2006 - 7:23 pm
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Thank God this season's over. I can't wait to see what ESPN/ABC's
coverage of the Busch Series will be like in 2007. I'm also anxious
about how that Car of Tomorrow thing will work. I just hope that the
obstinant pinheads who run NASCAR will be willing to scrap it if it
indeed fails.


  9.   Steve posted:
  11.20.2006 - 7:26 pm
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I think it's cool that Danny O'Quinn Jr. won rookie of the year. He was
replaced by David Ragan for two races in September, though he was ahead
of his teammate Todd Kluever in the standings! And folks, John Andretti
is not a rookie. 340 Winston/Nextel Cup starts, in my opinion, are far
too many to be eligible for rookie-of-the-year in the Busch Series. I
accepted Carl Edwards' rookie status in 2005 because he had only 14 Cup
starts. But regardless of how little experience he or she has in a Busch
car, if a driver has more than 50 Cup starts, he or she should not be
eligible.

Aside from O'Quinn being rookie of the year, here are other positive
things from the race:
though he's losing his ride to Marcos Ambrose, Stacy Compton will return
to the Truck Series after 173 consecutive Busch starts (17th)
Matt Kenseth won consecutive Busch races for the second time (he won at
Dover and Charlotte in the fall of 2000)

DNQ list: #80 Robert Richardson, #70 Justin Diercks*, #72 D.J.
Kennington, #0 Kertus Davis, #04 Kraig Kinser, #68 Dawayne Bryan, #49
Morgan Shepherd, #08 Trevor Boys, #05 Brett Rowe


  10.   Darrell posted:
  11.20.2006 - 8:43 pm
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"How did O'Quinn beat Andretti when they were tied when Andretti
finished 16th and O'Quinn finished 35th wtf that makes no sense"

That's what the report on Jayski says. Maybe Andretti conceded so as to
avoid controversy over the fact he was a two-time winner in Cup? I like
both of the candidates, so it doesn't matter to me, but I think
someone's wallets got stuffed at NA$CAR.


  11.   Dan posted:
  11.21.2006 - 6:41 am
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I'm pretty sure they throw out the driver's 12 worst finishes (or
something like that) for the RotY battle. O'Quinn beat Andretti by a
single point for the RotY title. He won't be back in the 50 car with RR
in 2007, though.


  12.   Steve posted:
  12.05.2006 - 2:59 am
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O'Quinn wins rookie of the year, and then Roush doesn't secure a ride
for him for 2007. What's that about?

One positive thing I forgot to mention is that NBC/TNT have NO MORE
BUSCH TELECASTS!!!


  13.   Thomas posted:
  01.22.2007 - 6:17 am
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No more NBC/TNT Busch telecasts is right! I think they take the 15 best
finishes for every driver in contention for ROTY, then they do a bunch
of other weird crap, and then it ultimately comes down to peer-vote done
by members of a board that are appointed by NASCAR. They usually do pick
the driver with the most points. However, the board may have figured
that Danny O'Quinn deserved it more since he is a true rookie. The
NASCAR ROTY points system is probably the most confusing, arbitrary, and
ridiculous points system in all of motorsports (unless you really,
really hate the Cha$e for the Cup.) Ken Schrader said the ROTY points
system makes less sense than Chinese Algebra on an episode of Inside
Nextel Cup.


  14.   CHAD posted:
  01.23.2007 - 1:59 am
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THIS WAS THE LAST BUSCH RACE ON TNT AND NBC


  15.   Steve posted:
  02.05.2007 - 5:10 am
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I hear Danny O'Quinn Jr. may have a 4 or 5 race deal with Mac Hill
Motorsports (#56 Chevrolet) for 2007.

Jayski used to keep track of the Nextel Cup rookie of the year battle,
but if you go to the Rookie of the Year page, he has stated that he will
no longer try to give updates; it's just too confusing. I say the rookie
who scores the most points (according to the regular points) should be
rookie of the year. And I take back what I said about having 50 Cup
starts making you ineligible for Busch ROTY. I think if you have lost
eligibility for rookie status in any one NA$CAR division, that should
apply to all lower divisions as well.


  16.   biffle16 posted:
  04.24.2007 - 2:34 am
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Why didn't Kleuver win Rookie Of The Year, then? He was ahead of O'Quinn
in points.

Greg 38th. :(


  17.   Anonymous posted:
  05.21.2007 - 10:57 pm
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"Why didn't Kleuver win Rookie Of The Year, then? He was ahead of
O'Quinn in points."

You aren't the brightest crayon in the box, are you?


  18.   Anonymous posted:
  05.21.2007 - 11:01 pm
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"but I think someone's wallets got stuffed at NA$CAR."

Oh, for sure Darrell. Jack Roush has money and money = EVIL so that's
all he does is stuff, stuff, stuff those NASCAR pockets! That Rookie of
the Year title sure means a WHOLE lot to Jack, especially since Danny is
one of his long term drivers!

Oh, wait. Didn't he fire Danny?

Oh well! He MUST have paid off NASCAR (or NA$CAR, depending on your
maturity and how close you pay attention) to get Danny that ROTY title
anyway!

:lol: !!!!!


  19.   CHAD posted:
  07.16.2007 - 5:30 pm
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LAST RACE FOR TNT


  20.   Brian posted:
  03.02.2008 - 7:04 pm
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Congrats to Paul Menard on his Championship.....


  21.   samfan08 posted:
  03.09.2008 - 12:05 pm
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For the rookie of the year award, they count the drivers top 17 races as
far as rookie points earned, give each rookie a point for each race they
entered, then have a panel vote. All of these are combined to decide the
rookie of the year.

O'Quinn probably got enough points in the panel voting to overtake
Andretti.


  22.   WillG_46 posted:
  06.22.2008 - 11:11 pm
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Likely the last start for Ashton Lewis.


  23.   SoxFan24 posted:
  10.26.2009 - 4:18 am
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Some of these milestones have already been mentioned but here we go

Last race as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series for 2006 champ
Kevin Harvick as of 2009

Last race as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series for Todd
Kluever as of 2009

Last race as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series for Johnny
Sauter as of 2009

Last race as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series for John
Andretti who won Rookie Of The Year in 2006 as of 2009

Last start for Stacy Compton for the Kingsford 59 team whom he had been
with since 2001. Also last start in the Nationwide Series as of 2009

Last start for Ashton Lewis

Last start for Erin Crocker

Last NASCAR race for the Keith Duesenberg team and Western Union as a
sponsor

Last Nationwide Series race for TNT as of 2009


  24.   AlmirolaFan88 posted:
  05.29.2011 - 12:23 pm
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JJ Yeley & Paul Menard finished ahead of the almighty Kyle Busch in the
final points standings.


  25.   Robert Nelson posted:
  10.23.2012 - 12:49 am
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Using 2006 Formula One points system (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1)

1 Kevin Harvick 195
2 Carl Edwards 116
3 Matt Kenseth 111
4 Denny Hamlin 97
5 Clint Bowyer 87
6 Greg Biffle 69
7 J.J. Yeley 59
8 Jeff Burton 55
9 Paul Menard 42
10 Kurt Busch 42
11 Reed Sorenson 42
12 Kyle Busch 40
13 Kasey Kahne 35
14 Casey Mears 30
15 Tony Stewart 26
16 Mark Martin 24
17 Jamie McMurray 23
18 Dale Earnhardt Jnr. 22
19 Jason Leffler 20
20 Johnny Sauter 19
21 Martin Truex Jnr. 18
22 Ron Hornaday Jnr. 16
23 Ryan Newman 15
24 Brian Vickers 15
25 Robby Gordon 14
26 Dave Blaney 12
27 Burney Lamar 11
28 Mike Wallace 11
29 Jon Wodd 10
30 David Gilliland 10
31 Boris Said 9
32 Stacy Compton 9
33 Danny O'Quinn Jnr. 9
34 Ashton Lewis 8
35 Michael Waltrip 8
36 John Andretti 6
37 Scott Riggs 5
38 Shane Huffman 5
39 David Reutimann 4
40 Scott Wimmer 4
41 Kenny Wallace 3
42 Todd Kluever 2
43 Mark McFarland 2
44 Jimmie Johnson 2
45 David Green 2
46 Jay Sauter 2

Kevin Harvick won by 8 wins and an 8th.


  26.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.30.2013 - 12:31 am
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Mike Skinner's final Busch series' start.


  27.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.07.2014 - 6:16 pm
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Knoxville Nationals winner Kraig Kinser's only attempt to race in the
Busch series ends in a DNQ.


  28.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  08.30.2015 - 9:27 pm
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Owner Update
#43 Ray Evernham


  29.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.26.2016 - 10:46 pm
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The #43 was Mike Curb's team throughout 2006 and always ran Dodges? Why
would Ray own the car for just one race? They had an alliance to put
Crocker in the car but it was still Curb's team and equipment wasn't it?


  30.   Windows Millennium Edition posted:
  04.19.2016 - 9:41 pm
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2006 Busch Series DNQ Count

Drivers:

1. Kertus Davis, Chris Wimmer, Shane Hall, 7

2. Derrike Cope, Jorge Goeters, 6

3. Jerry Robertson, Justin Diercks, 4

4. Caleb Holman, Robert Richardson Jr., 3

5. Jay Sauter, David Gilliland, Stan Silvia Jr., Steadman Marlin, Brad
Teague, Chris Cook, Kevin Conway, Joel Kauffman, Morgan Shepherd,
Stanton Barrett, Eric McClure, John Hayden, Carl Long, Richard Landreth,
D.J. Kennington, Josh Krug, Brett Rowe, 2

6. Kevin Lepage, Chad Chaffin, Larry Hollenbeck, Eduardo Goeters, Jason
White, Marc Mitchell, Jason Keller, AJ Foyt IV, Aaron Fike, David Odell,
Stan Boyd, Kevin Hamlin, Todd Shafer, Eddie Troconis, John Finger,
Dexter Bean, Brad Keselowski, Hermie Sadler, Randy LaJoie, Tim Sauter,
Ron Young, Chuck Barnes Jr., Mike Skinner, Kraig Kinser, Trevor Boys, 1

Car Numbers:

1. #49, 19

2. #23, 11

3. #0, 8

4. #05, #72, #28, 5

5. #12, #70, 4

6. #95, #75, #04, #78, #89, #37, #80, 3

7. #01, #56, #84, #65, #08, #34, #40, #43, #85, #07, 2

8. #62, #14, #36, #71, #63, #68, 1


  31.   Noah posted:
  05.19.2020 - 6:05 pm
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Final Standings if cup drivers were not eligible for points

1. Paul Menard
2. Johnny Sauter -286
3. Kenny Wallace -449
4. John Andretti -513
5. Jason Leffler -521
6. Jon Wood -694
7. Ashton Lewis -699
8. Stacy Compton -736
9. Todd Kluever -771
10. Danny O'Quinn Jr -912


  32.   Bob posted:
  07.01.2020 - 2:05 pm
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No. 1 of Mike Wallace was a Chevrolet as we can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06uJVutbT5o 33:36 and 33:46...also in
the 1:42:25 they shows in the manufacturer table he is listed as a
Chevrolet car....In the official race results in Jayski also shows that
it was a Chevrolet:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160415042212/http://www.jayski.com/busch/next/2006/homestead.htm#results


  33.   Rich posted:
  11.28.2020 - 11:11 am
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This race was the end of an era in several ways: the last Busch series
race that aired on TNT and the Turner networks and the final time the
Homestead-Miami Busch race would air on NBC / TNT that began in 2001.
ESPN2 would air the next eight Homestead events until 2015 when NBC /
NBCSN and NASCAR returned to air races.


  34.   Rich posted:
  04.04.2021 - 7:24 am
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Bill Weber along with Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach were the
commentators. The pit road reporters consisted of Allen Bestwick, Matt
Yocum, Marty Snider and Dave Burns.


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