2007 Dodge Avenger 500

Race 11 of 36

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:01:51
Average speed of winner: 124.372 mph
Margin of victory: 0.978 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 44 laps
Fastest lap: Clint Bowyer 162.587
Lap leaders: Bowyer 1-16, Edwards 17-34, Hamlin 35-101, Edwards 102-116, Hamlin 117-177, Newman 178-179, Kenseth 180-181, Hamlin 182-221, Newman 222-238, Hamlin 239, Schrader 240-241, Kenseth 242-255, Johnson 256, Kenseth 257-269, Newman 270-289, Hamlin 290-299, Johnson 300-305, Sadler 306, Johnson 307-335, Blaney 336-337, Johnson 338-345, J. Gordon 346-367

Race notes: First pole for Clint Bowyer.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	163.680	367	1	22	running	323286	190
2	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	163.838	367	5	179	running	211550	180
3	12	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	163.289	367	4	44	running	197761	170
4	29	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	162.276	367	3	39	running	159875	165
5	4	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	164.314	367	2	33	running	125475	160
6	26	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	162.555	367	0	0	running	145961	150
7	31	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	161.934	367	3	29	running	143516	151
8	21	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	162.807	367	0	0	running	133033	42
9	1	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	164.987	367	1	16	running	114575	143
10	34	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	161.545	367	0	0	running	127541	134
11	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	162.619	367	0	0	running	112320	130
12	18	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Raker	163.002	367	0	0	running	119108	127
13	28	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Resorts	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe	162.356	367	0	0	running	104433	124
14	37	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton	161.317	367	0	0	running	108308	121
15	2	Greg Biffle	16	Ameriquest	Ford	Roush	Tryson	164.876	367	0	0	running	97700	118
16	3	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	164.430	367	0	0	running	89850	115
17	9	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	163.713	367	0	0	running	125886	112
18	22	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	162.791	367	0	0	running	108183	109
19	13	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	163.186	367	0	0	running	117036	106
20	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	164.073	367	0	0	running	124616	103
21	17	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne	163.045	367	1	1	running	96370	105
22	39	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	160.869	365	0	0	running	100008	97
23	41	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	160.057	365	0	0	running	113575	94
24	6	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	163.876	365	0	0	running	75775	91
25	42	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	159.548	364	0	0	running	87233	88
26	40	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Hylton	160.381	364	0	0	running	105333	85
27	24	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	162.630	363	0	0	running	109425	82
28	35	Joe Nemechek	13	Haier	Chevrolet	Ginn	Sospenzo	161.503	363	0	0	running	69950	79
29	19	Johnny Sauter	70	Haas/Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	162.948	361	0	0	running	69750	76
30	38	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	161.006	361	0	0	engine	100289	73
31	23	Paul Menard	15	Menards/MOEN	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	162.786	358	0	0	running	69325	70
32	27	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Hamlin	162.453	355	1	2	engine	89197	72
33	14	David Reutimann	00	Domino's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	163.175	351	0	0	engine	69925	64
34	30	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	162.260	349	0	0	engine	68850	61
35	11	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	163.299	345	0	0	engine	76600	58
36	20	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	162.915	344	0	0	running	68450	55
37	36	Kyle Busch	5	Carquest/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	161.328	338	0	0	running	86250	52
38	33	Robby Gordon	7	Menards/MAPEI	Ford	Robby Gordon	Erwin	161.742	317	0	0	running	68025	49
39	32	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	161.864	310	0	0	engine	78400	46
40	16	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	163.104	310	0	0	running	75750	43
41	8	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Cope	163.724	254	1	2	accident	87839	45
42	43	Kevin Lepage	37	Long John Silvers	Dodge	Front Row		162.329	127	0	0	transmission	68280	37
43	15	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert	163.153	122	0	0	accident	67382	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1881	11	5	3	9	10
2	Jimmie Johnson	1650	11	0	4	8	8
3	Matt Kenseth	1582	11	0	1	5	8
4	Denny Hamlin	1539	11	1	0	5	6
5	Jeff Burton	1486	11	0	1	5	7
6	Tony Stewart	1375	11	0	0	2	7
7	Kurt Busch	1325	11	0	0	2	3
8	Kevin Harvick	1315	11	0	1	2	5
9	Clint Bowyer	1302	11	1	0	0	5
10	Carl Edwards	1291	11	0	0	1	3
11	Kyle Busch	1281	11	0	1	3	6
12	Jamie McMurray	1214	11	0	0	2	5
13	Ryan Newman	1163	11	1	0	1	4
14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1160	11	0	0	1	4
15	Mark Martin	1159	8	0	0	4	5
16	Greg Biffle	1155	11	0	0	1	2
17	Elliott Sadler	1127	11	0	0	0	1
18	Martin Truex, Jr.	1117	11	0	0	0	3
19	Bobby Labonte	1107	11	0	0	0	1
20	J.J. Yeley	1086	11	0	0	0	0
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	1080	11	0	0	1	2
22	David Stremme	1070	11	0	0	0	2
23	Jeff Green	1031	11	0	0	0	2
24	Tony Raines	997	11	0	0	0	0
25	Sterling Marlin	986	11	0	0	0	0