| 2006 Nextel Cup Standings  * as of 11/10/2006 * |
| Rank |
Driver |
Points |
Behind |
Starts |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
DNF |
Laps Raced |
Lap Led |
Earnings |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6157 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 9997 | 824 | $8,576,946 | | 2 | Matt Kenseth | 6140 | -17 | 34 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 10020 | 1131 | $6,351,987 | | 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 6079 | -78 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 9778 | 397 | $5,237,847 | | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 6077 | -80 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 9790 | 418 | $4,065,922 | | 5 | Kevin Harvick | 6052 | -105 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 9980 | 643 | $5,798,231 | | 6 | Jeff Gordon | 6000 | -157 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 9822 | 687 | $5,698,026 | | 7 | Jeff Burton | 5973 | -184 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 9431 | 649 | $4,804,142 | | 8 | Kyle Busch | 5924 | -233 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 9516 | 543 | $4,662,868 | | 9 | Mark Martin | 5904 | -253 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 9875 | 266 | $4,095,098 | | 10 | Kasey Kahne | 5867 | -290 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 9464 | 654 | $5,895,294 | | 11 | Tony Stewart | 4488 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 9477 | 1360 | $7,044,384 | | 12 | Carl Edwards | 4131 | -357 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 9767 | 189 | $4,359,026 | | 13 | Greg Biffle | 3829 | -659 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 9277 | 946 | $4,196,566 | | 14 | Casey Mears | 3762 | -726 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9816 | 3 | $5,217,022 | | 15 | Kurt Busch | 3724 | -764 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 9609 | 272 | $4,809,548 | | 16 | Brian Vickers | 3676 | -812 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 9461 | 126 | $3,758,726 | | 17 | Clint Bowyer | 3635 | -853 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 9730 | 112 | $3,767,787 | | 18 | Ryan Newman | 3536 | -952 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9442 | 125 | $5,144,906 | | 19 | Bobby Labonte | 3445 | -1043 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9560 | 63 | $4,451,198 | | 20 | Scott Riggs | 3371 | -1117 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9497 | 131 | $3,079,141 | | 21 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3371 | -1117 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9488 | 7 | $3,832,053 | | 22 | Dale Jarrett | 3322 | -1166 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9301 | 8 | $4,288,574 | | 23 | Jamie McMurray | 3304 | -1184 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9347 | 154 | $4,794,078 | | 24 | Elliott Sadler | 3297 | -1191 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9215 | 82 | $4,460,807 | | 25 | Reed Sorenson | 3243 | -1245 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9283 | 91 | $3,309,223 | | 26 | Jeff Green | 3104 | -1384 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9552 | 18 | $3,608,546 | | 27 | Dave Blaney | 3080 | -1408 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9902 | 9 | $3,319,627 | | 28 | J.J. Yeley | 3039 | -1449 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9534 | 15 | $4,131,297 | | 29 | Joe Nemechek | 3025 | -1463 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9852 | 10 | $3,898,149 | | 30 | Robby Gordon | 3003 | -1485 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8706 | 8 | $3,021,212 | | 31 | Ken Schrader | 2882 | -1606 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8609 | 11 | $3,944,355 | | 32 | Kyle Petty | 2761 | -1727 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9582 | 4 | $3,495,306 | | 33 | Sterling Marlin | 2742 | -1746 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9428 | 16 | $3,125,359 | | 34 | David Stremme | 2626 | -1862 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9261 | 7 | $3,269,372 | | 35 | Tony Raines | 2406 | -2082 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8148 | 28 | $2,220,205 | | 36 | Michael Waltrip | 2313 | -2175 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8386 | 5 | $2,910,893 | | 37 | Travis Kvapil | 2296 | -2192 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8326 | 4 | $2,718,743 | | 38 | Scott Wimmer | 1685 | -2803 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6661 | 5 | $1,838,833 | | 39 | Jeremy Mayfield | 1647 | -2841 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5738 | 15 | $2,582,057 | | 40 | Kevin Lepage | 1346 | -3142 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5544 | 5 | $1,823,351 | | 41 | Terry Labonte | 1278 | -3210 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4450 | 23 | $1,547,359 | | 42 | David Gilliland | 994 | -3494 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3702 | 0 | $1,333,106 | | 43 | Kenny Wallace | 984 | -3504 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5151 | 1 | $1,386,818 | | 44 | Bill Elliott | 607 | -3881 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1662 | 1 | $929,881 | | 45 | Paul Menard | 552 | -3936 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1382 | 1 | $482,068 | | 46 | Chad Chaffin | 495 | -3993 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2113 | 0 | $757,193 | | 47 | Boris Said | 415 | -4073 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 379 | 10 | $429,000 | | 48 | Brent Sherman | 372 | -4116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1645 | 0 | $637,056 | | 49 | Mike Wallace | 355 | -4133 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 946 | 0 | $519,218 | | 50 | Stanton Barrett Jr. | 343 | -4145 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1861 | 0 | $531,418 | | 51 | Derrike Cope | 317 | -4171 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 848 | 0 | $652,168 | | 52 | Mike Bliss | 301 | -4187 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 847 | 0 | $349,848 | | 53 | Hermie Sadler | 251 | -4237 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 926 | 2 | $716,355 | | 54 | Scott Pruett | 223 | -4265 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 0 | $203,530 | | 55 | Todd Kluever | 187 | -4301 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 586 | 0 | $283,127 | | 56 | Mike Skinner | 184 | -4304 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 630 | 0 | $348,216 | | 57 | Kirk Shelmerdine | 177 | -4311 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 0 | $445,624 | | 58 | Ward Burton | 173 | -4315 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 838 | 0 | $167,025 | | 59 | Todd Bodine | 143 | -4345 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 475 | 0 | $145,875 | | 60 | Mike Garvey | 138 | -4350 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 658 | 0 | $312,210 | | 61 | Jimmy Spencer | 122 | -4366 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 396 | 0 | $122,275 | | 62 | Ron Fellows | 119 | -4369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 0 | $135,772 | | 63 | David Ragan | 88 | -4400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 546 | 0 | $129,610 | | 64 | Brandon Ash | 88 | -4400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 1 | $127,995 | | 65 | Chad Blount | 74 | -4414 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 190 | 0 | $147,678 | | 66 | Morgan Shepherd | 71 | -4417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 0 | $149,407 | | 67 | Eric McClure | 70 | -4418 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 0 | $69,875 | | 68 | Bill Lester | 67 | -4421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 0 | $135,360 | | 69 | P.J. Jones | 55 | -4433 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 0 | $67,610 | | 70 | Carl Long | 40 | -4448 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 0 | $101,433 | | 70 | Ted Christopher | 40 | -4448 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 0 | $67,060 | | 70 | Brian Simo | 40 | -4448 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 0 | $57,460 | | 73 | Tom Hubert | 34 | -4454 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $67,116 | | 73 | Marc Goossens | 34 | -4454 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 0 | $57,537 | | 75 | Johnny Sauter | 0 | -4488 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0 | $85,750 | | 76 | Stephen Leicht | 0 | -4488 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 0 | $62,275 | | 77 | Larry Gunselman | 0 | -4488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $19,883 | | 77 | Larry Foyt | 0 | -4488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $19,833 | | 77 | Andy Belmont | 0 | -4488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $19,808 | | 77 | Randy LaJoie | 0 | -4488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $19,783 |
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