The 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen was the 22nd stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 14, 2005 in Watkins Glen, New York before a crowd of 85,000 at the shortened layout of Watkins Glen International, a permanent road course. The race was extended from 90 to 92 laps due to a green–white–checkered finish caused by an accident including Kurt Busch and Jorge Goeters in the bus stop. At race's end, Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would defend his domination of the race on the final restart to win his 24th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his fifth of the season. To fill out the podium, Robby Gordon of Robby Gordon Motorsports and Boris Said of MB Sutton Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J. D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list No.DriverTeamMake0Mike BlissHaas CNC RacingChevrolet1Paul MenardDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet01Joe NemechekMB2 MotorsportsChevrolet2Rusty WallacePenske RacingDodge4P. J. JonesMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Kyle BuschHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsChevrolet07Dave BlaneyRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet9Kasey KahneEvernham MotorsportsDodge10Scott RiggsMBV MotorsportsChevrolet11Terry LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet12Ryan NewmanPenske RacingDodge15Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet16Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord17Matt KensethRoush RacingFord18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge20Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord22Scott WimmerBill Davis RacingDodge24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Brian VickersHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Tom HubertKirk Shelmerdine RacingFord29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Ron FellowsPPI MotorsportsChevrolet36Boris SaidMB Sutton MotorsportsChevrolet37Anthony LazzaroR&J RacingDodge38Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord39Scott PruettChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge40Sterling Marlin*Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge41Casey MearsChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge42Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge43Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge45Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge50Jorge GoetersArnold MotorsportsDodge52José Luis Ramírez**Rick Ware RacingDodge77Travis KvapilPenske RacingDodge87Chris CookNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet88Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord89Morgan Shepherd**Shepherd Racing VenturesDodge92Johnny MillerFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet97Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord99Carl EdwardsRoush RacingFordOfficial entry list *Marlin would have to sit the weekend out due to attending his father's funeral. While David Stremme would drive the #40 in pre-race activities, he was eventually switched to Scott Pruett for the race after Pruett did not qualify due to qualifying being cancelled.

Practice Originally, two practices were scheduled to occur during race weekend. However, rain would cancel Happy Hour, so only one practice would be run.

First and final practice The first and final practice was held on 1:20 PM EST, and would last one hour and 20 minutes. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 1:12.264 and an average speed of . Pos.No.DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed120Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet1:12.264122.052239Scott PruettChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge1:13.227120.44736Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:13.231120.441Full practice results

Starting lineup Qualifying would occur on Saturday, August 13, at 11:10 AM EST. Drivers would each have two laps to set a fastest lap- whichever lap was fastest would be their official lap time.

However, rain would pour on the track during Anthony Lazzaro's run. After continuous downpour, NASCAR decided to scrap qualifying and make the starting lineup based on the current 2005 owner's points. As a result, Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole. Pos.No.DriverTeamMake120Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet248Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet316Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord42Rusty WallacePenske RacingDodge597Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord66Mark MartinRoush RacingFord712Ryan NewmanPenske RacingDodge819Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord1099Carl EdwardsRoush RacingFord1142Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge1238Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord1329Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1424Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1517Matt KensethRoush RacingFord168Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1701Joe NemechekMB2 MotorsportsChevrolet1831Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1915Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet205Kyle BuschHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet219Kasey KahneEvernham MotorsportsDodge2225Brian VickersHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2318Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet2441Casey MearsChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge2540David StremmeChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge2621Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord270Mike BlissHaas CNC RacingChevrolet2849Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge2945Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge3007Dave BlaneyRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3110Scott RiggsMBV MotorsportsChevrolet3243Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge3377Travis KvapilPenske RacingDodge3422Scott WimmerBill Davis RacingDodge3511Terry LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet364P. J. JonesMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet3732Ron FellowsPPI MotorsportsChevrolet3837Anthony LazzaroR&J RacingDodge397Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsChevrolet4092Johnny MillerFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet4136Boris SaidMB Sutton MotorsportsChevrolet421Paul MenardDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet4350Jorge GoetersArnold MotorsportsDodgeFailed to qualify or withdrew4439Scott PruettChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge4587Chris CookNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet4627Tom HubertKirk Shelmerdine RacingFordWD52José Luis RamírezRick Ware RacingDodgeWD89Morgan ShepherdShepherd Racing VenturesDodgeOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinStNo.DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1120Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet9283running190$269,0062397Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsChevrolet922running175$151,34534136Boris SaidMB Sutton MotorsportsChevrolet920running165$116,46042540Scott PruettChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge920running160$129,8585248Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet922running160$136,596642Rusty WallacePenske RacingDodge920running150$115,923766Mark MartinRoush RacingFord920running146$94,96082225Brian VickersHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet920running142$83,06091701Joe NemechekMB2 MotorsportsChevrolet920running138$99,63810168Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet920running134$117,94811819Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge920running130$97,325121238Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord920running127$105,641131142Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge920running124$76,675141424Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet922running126$111,121151329Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet920running118$109,331162621Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord920running115$92,58917219Kasey KahneEvernham MotorsportsDodge920running112$96,630181517Matt KensethRoush RacingFord920running109$108,471191099Carl EdwardsRoush RacingFord920running106$78,280202945Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge920running103$81,993213422Scott WimmerBill Davis RacingDodge920running100$85,61822988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord920running97$97,298232441Casey MearsChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesDodge920running94$83,428243243Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge920running91$91,496253732Ron FellowsPPI MotorsportsChevrolet920running88$72,27226270Mike BlissHaas CNC RacingChevrolet920running85$62,06527421Paul MenardDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet920running82$58,755283837Anthony LazzaroR&J RacingDodge920running79$61,595294092Johnny MillerFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet920running76$58,37530712Ryan NewmanPenske RacingDodge921running78$103,266313110Scott RiggsMBV MotorsportsChevrolet920running70$69,615322849Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge920running67$60,42533205Kyle BuschHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet920running64$68,225343007Dave BlaneyRichard Childress RacingChevrolet920running61$65,640354350Jorge GoetersArnold MotorsportsDodge911running63$57,500362318Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet860engine55$91,900373511Terry LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet860running52$57,20038316Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord840running49$75,05039597Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord800crash46$109,350403377Travis KvapilPenske RacingDodge760running43$64,775411915Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet711crash45$83,83942364P. J. JonesMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet410crash37$56,505431831Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet310crash34$83,058Official race results

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