| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 30 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
 The 2005 Banquet 400 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace and Carl Edwards. | |||
| Date | October 9, 2005 | ||
| Official name | Fifth Annual Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods | ||
| Location | Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Average speed | 137.774 miles per hour (221.726 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 125,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Racing | ||
| Time | 29.858 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
| Laps | 139 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 2005 Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods was the 30th stock car racing race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the fourth race of the 2005 Chase for the Nextel Cup, and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 9, 2005, before a crowd of 125,000 in Kansas City, Kansas, at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 267 laps to complete. At race's end, Mark Martin of Roush Racing would take control of the race in the late stages to win his 35th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, teammates Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards would finish second and third, respectively.
The race was the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut for Denny Hamlin.
- ^ "Martin grabs Cup win at Kansas Speedway". Deseret News. Associated Press. 2005-10-10. Retrieved 2021-11-25.