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2006 UAW-Ford 500

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 8, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:42, 23 September 2016 (UTC)



The 2006 UAW-Ford 500 was an American stock car racing competition which took place on October 8. Held at Talladega Superspeedway, the 188-lap race was the thirtieth in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Brian Vickers of Hendrick Motorsports won the first race of his career; Kasey Kahne finished second, and Kurt Busch came in third. David Gilliland, who had the pole position, was passed immediately by teammate Dale Jarrett. The race lead changed 63 times, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading for the most laps (37). Earnhardt was leading on the final lap when he and Jimmie Johnson crashed after Vickers clipped Johnson's right quarter panel. Vickers (Johnson's teammate) was criticized after the race, since the crash lowered Johnson in the points standings. After the race Jeff Burton maintained his Drivers' Championship points lead, while Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, fifty-one points ahead of Dodge and fifty-two ahead of Ford with six races remaining in the season.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 2010 Sylvania 300
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 * Promoted: 23 November 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: Requesting the date of 8 October 2016, which will be the ten-year anniversary of the race. This is my first TFA nomination; though I promoted the 2010 Sylvania 300 article to FA status, it was nominated at TFA by someone else.
 * Support as nominator. Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:46, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support anniversaries are good... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:12, 20 September 2016 (UTC)