Matt Kenseth gained race GFS Marketplace 400 of east Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR Sunday, in Michigan International Speedway before a multitude considered in 145,000 fans.
Kenseth (no. 17 DeWalt Ford), who gained $221.091,00 dollars in prizes, finished with 0,622 seconds of advantage on Jeff Gordon (no. 24 DuPont Chevrolet) to mark victory 13 in its race in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR, its starting no. 243. This was his third victory in 2006, also it won in California and Dover.
Kenseth went to place 46 in the list of NASCAR winners for all time to be tied with Tim Richmond and Dick Rathmann. Kenseth registered his second victory in Michigan International Speedway and 11ª in superspeedway. Its last victory in Michigan was in June of 2002.
Kenseth gained the race from the third departure site and fixed his 13º result between first to 23 the 10 races this season. Kenseth follows in second in the scores, now with 475 points in front of 11º place of Kasey Kahne.
Kenseth headed the greater amount of returns by third occasion in the 2006 and for the first time from Chicagoland, it makes five races. Kenseth led six times by 87 returns including the 32 end in the GFS Marketplace 400.
This was victory 93 of the equipment proprietor Roush Jack in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR. Roush registered nine victories in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR in Michigan. Jack Roush Racing gained at least one race every season from 1997 to 2006, in 10 years consecutive.
Jeff Gordon (no. 24 DuPont Chevrolet) secondly was followed of Tony Stewart (no. 20 The Home Depot Chevrolet), Kasey Kahne (no. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) and Mark Martin (6 no. AAA Ford) completed the five first positions.

Time of race - 2 hours, 57 minutes, 39 seconds
Returns: 200
Average of speed - 217,371 Km/h (135,097 mph)
Margin of victory - 0,622 seconds
Inexperienced Raybestos of the Race - Reed Sorenson

Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR continues with race no. 24 of its calendar of 36 competitions, the 26 of August in the Motor Bristol Speedway, an oval of 0,858 km (0,533 miles) in Bristol, Tenesí.

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