2006 NASCAR Busch Series
This has been dubbed by Fox Sports announcer Mike Joy as "Busch Whacking", and many underfunded (or one-car) teams have failed to qualify for these races because of this.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Kertus Davis (#0), Jay Sauter (#01), Kevin Lepage (#56), Chad Chaffin (#05), Larry Hollenbeck (#62), Chris Wimmer (#23).
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Jorge Goeters (#49), Steadman Marlin (#95), Chris Wimmer (#23) This race was held on March 25 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Top Ten results Failed to qualify: Caleb Holman (#75), Brad Teague (#05), Jerry Robertson (#72), Shane Hall (#28) This race was held on April 8 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Kertus Davis (#0), Jorge Goeters (#49), Chris Wimmer (#23) This race was on held April 15 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Jason White (#08) This race was held April 21 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Jay Sauter (#01), Chris Cook (#56), Jorge Goeters (#49), and Marc Mitchell (#23).
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Jason Keller (#34), Jorge Goeters (#28), Shane Hall (#49), Kevin Conway (#40), Joel Kauffman (#12), Kertus Davis (#0), A. J. Foyt IV (#14) This race was held May 12 at Darlington Raceway.
Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#49), Morgan Shepherd (#0), Shane Hall (#28), Caleb Holman (#75) This race was held May 27 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Aaron Fike (#43), David Gilliland (#84), Stanton Barrett (#72), Joel Kauffman (#12), Eric McClure (#04), Kevin Conway (#40), Kertus Davis (#34) This race was held June 3 at Dover International Speedway.
top ten results Failed to qualify: Jerry Robertson (#78), John Hayden (#85) This race was held June 17 at Kentucky Speedway.
[2] Top ten results: Failed to qualify: John Hayden (#85), David Odell (#07), Stan Boyd (#23) This race was held June 24 at The Milwaukee Mile.
Kevin Harvick and Burney Lamar, who finished 22nd, suffered 50 point penalties for unapproved adjustments found on their cars during post-race inspection.
[3] Top ten results Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#49), Justin Diercks (#70), Carl Long (#23) The New England 200 was held July 15 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Richard Landreth (#89) The Busch Silver Celebration 250 was held July 29 at Gateway International Raceway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Brad Teague (#05), Shane Hall (#49), Kevin Hamlin (#12) The Kroger 200 was held August 5 at O'Reilly Raceway Park.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: Todd Shafer (#28) This race was held August 12 at Watkins Glen International.
Failed to qualify: Stan Silva Jr. (#65), Eduardo Troconis (#23), John Finger (#49) This race was held August 19 at Michigan International Speedway.
Failed to qualify: Jerry Robertson (#78), Dexter Bean (#49) This race was held August 25 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Carl Long (#89), Caleb Holman (#75), D. J. Kennington (#72), Brad Keselowski (#23) This race was held September 2 at California Speedway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#49) This race was held September 8 at Richmond International Raceway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Chris Cook (#43), Hermie Sadler (#28), Justin Diercks (#70), Josh Krug (#37), Shane Hall (#49) This race was held September 23 at Dover International Speedway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Randy LaJoie (#37), Steadman Marlin (#95) This race was held October 13 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Top ten results: 203 laps/304.5 miles due to the green-white-checker rule Failed to qualify: Tim Sauter (#36), Kertus Davis (#0), Robert Richardson Jr. (#80), Eric McClure (#04), Derrike Cope (#49) This race was held October 28 at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Ron Young (#71), Stanton Barrett (#95), Chris Wimmer (#0), Shane Hall (#49), Richard Landreth (#89), Chuck Barnes Jr. (#07), Brett Rowe (#05) This race was held on November 4 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Justin Diercks (#70), Robert Richardson Jr. (#80), Jerry Robertson (#78), Derrike Cope (#49), Jorge Goeters (#63) The Arizona.Travel 200 was held November 11 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Failed to qualify: Mike Skinner (#12), D. J. Kennington (#72), Shane Hall (#49), Josh Krug (#37) The Ford 300 was held November 18 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Top ten results: Failed to qualify: Robert Richardson Jr. (#80), Justin Diercks (#70), D. J. Kennington (#72), Kertus Davis (#0), Kraig Kinser (#04), Dawayne Bryan (#68), Morgan Shepherd (#49), Trevor Boys (#08), Brett Rowe (#05) (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.
The rest of the top 10 in the standings would have been Johnny Sauter in 2nd, Kenny Wallace (who finished 11th in points), John Andretti (12th), Jason Leffler (13th), Jon Wood (14th), Ashton Lewis (15th), Stacy Compton (16th), Todd Kluever (17th), and Danny O'Quinn Jr. (19th).
Eventually, O'Quinn Jr., despite being pulled from his ride for two races in favor of David Ragan to prepare him for his full time Cup season in 2007, still managed to hold off Andretti to win the award by only a single point.
