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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 25 of 36 in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
 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 2.0 mi (3.23 km) | ||
| Distance | 254 laps, 508 mi (817.546 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 | ||
| 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 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2005 Nextel Cup Series season. The race was extended to 254 laps because of a green-white-checker finish.
Kyle Busch of Hendrick Motorsports won the race for the first time in his career and also became the youngest Cup Series race winner until the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301. Carl Edwards would earn his first pole position during qualifying.[1]