2005 Sony HD 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 25 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
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2005 Sony HD 500 program cover with Elliott Sadler | |||
| Date | September 4, 2005 | ||
| Official name | Sony HD 500 | ||
| Location | California Speedway, Fontana, California | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.0 miles (3.219 km) | ||
| Distance | 254 laps, 508 mi (817.547 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 136.356 miles per hour (219.444 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 100,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Racing | ||
| Time | 38.906 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 95 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Kyle Busch | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Joe Moore, Adam Alexander | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2), and Dan Hubbard (3 & 4) | ||
The 2005 Sony HD 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 4, 2005 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 254 laps on the 2-mile (3.2-kilometre) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. The race was extended from 250 laps because of a green–white–checkered finish.
Kyle Busch of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his first career Cup Series victory, becoming the youngest Cup Series race winner at the time; he would hold the record until Joey Logano won the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301. Carl Edwards would earn his first pole position during qualifying.