2005 Pocono 500

2005 Pocono 500
Race details
Race 14 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
The 2005 Pocono 500 program cover, featuring Jimmie Johnson.
The 2005 Pocono 500 program cover, featuring Jimmie Johnson.
Date June 12, 2005
Official name Pocono 500
Location Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 201 laps, 502.5 mi (808.69536 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed 129.177 miles per hour (207.890 km/h)
Attendance 100,000
Pole position
Driver Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Time 53.238
Most laps led
Driver Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 121
Winner
No. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing
Television in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip

The 2005 Pocono 500 was the 14th stock car race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 12, 2005 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular track that holds NASCAR races to this day. The race was held before a crowd of 100,000.[1] Rookie Carl Edwards would win the race under caution, his second of the season and his career after originally starting 29th, proceeding to lead 46 laps. Brian Vickers and Joe Nemechek would take the rest of the podium positions, taking 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held.
  1. ^ "2005 Pocono 500 race results". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28.