Run over 200 laps, the race was the fifteenth in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and took place around the time of the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix that Michael Schumacher would dominate.

"[8] Along with the sponsorship, the Batmobile served as the honorary pace car for the race,[2] while Batman was the grand marshal, and Karen Newman sang the national anthem.

[9] Mark Martin also ran a Batman Begins paint scheme, along with Ricky Craven at the Paramount Health Insurance 200 on the previous day.

Biffle, who led 67 laps, would go on to win his eighth career Cup race and fifth of the season.

Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished the race in 32nd and 17th, respectively, and were knocked out of contention for the 2005 Chase for the Nextel Cup.