July 10 - After struggling all season, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. managed his first win since the Fall race in Phoenix last year when he won the USG Sheetrock 400. Junior climbed through the field all day, and took on two tires during the last pit stop, putting him ahead of FBG Racing's Matt Kenseth, who had led most of the race. A late caution kept the hard-charging Kenseth, Johnson and Stewart at bay, and Junior took the checkered with a comfortable lead. Clouds of dust were seen nation-wide as bandwagon fans dusted off their Budweiser apparell.