2007 Coca-Cola 600

Race 12 of 36

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:36:27
Average speed of winner: 130.222 mph
Margin of victory: 9.561 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 61 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 178.448
Lap leaders: Newman 1-10, Ku. Busch 11-112, Vickers 113-125, Ky. Busch 126-129, Johnson 130, Stewart 131, Yeley 132, Edwards 133, Elliott 134, Vickers 135-174, Ku. Busch 175-179, Vickers 180-183, Johnson 184-204, Vickers 205-223, Johnson 224-226, Kenseth 227-243, Johnson 244-252, Mayfield 253-255, Kenseth 256-267, Johnson 268-274, Kenseth 275-281, Johnson 282-291, Rudd 292, Johnson 293-296, Kenseth 297-310, Johnson 311-338, Stewart 339-392, Earnhardt, Jr. 393, Hamlin 394, Mears 395-400

Race notes: Only win for Casey Mears.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3 (Opening ceremonies), Part 4 (Start), Part 5, Part 6 (Multi-car crash), Part 7 (J. Gordon crash), Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 (Ragan/Elliott crash), Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20 (Ku. Busch crash), Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24 (Finish), Part 25 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/American Heroes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	182.890	400	1	6	running	367425	190
2	12	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	183.312	400	1	1	running	264733	175
3	36	Kyle Petty	45	Coke Zero	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	181.038	400	0	0	running	208983	165
4	34	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	181.812	400	0	0	running	177783	160
5	26	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert	182.272	400	4	76	running	148525	160
6	14	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	183.094	400	2	55	running	179661	155
7	7	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers Dark	Ford	Yates	Hylton	183.955	400	1	1	running	149933	151
8	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	184.634	400	1	1	running	168058	147
9	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight/Marines	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	184.225	400	1	1	running	136550	143
10	21	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Power of Pride	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	182.525	400	8	83	running	176811	139
11	11	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton	183.443	400	0	0	running	128463	130
12	5	Matt Kenseth	17	R+L Carriers/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	184.231	400	4	50	running	156241	132
13	9	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Chocolate Chex	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	183.536	399	0	0	running	139936	124
14	37	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	180.814	399	0	0	running	111300	121
15	39	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	180.445	399	1	1	running	109950	123
16	31	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	182.205	399	0	0	running	125195	115
17	10	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	183.530	397	0	0	running	97935	112
18	8	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Hamlin	183.861	397	0	0	running	116583	109
19	28	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	182.248	395	0	0	running	103750	106
20	15	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	183.014	394	0	0	running	104525	103
21	27	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	182.266	394	0	0	running	139286	100
22	35	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam Black	Ford	Robby Gordon	Nead	181.324	393	0	0	running	92375	97
23	18	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	182.698	390	0	0	running	136491	94
24	25	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	182.285	385	0	0	running	127566	91
25	24	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	182.303	382	1	3	engine	87375	93
26	33	Joe Nemechek	13	Haier	Chevrolet	Ginn	Sospenzo	181.922	377	0	0	running	86175	85
27	40	Johnny Sauter	70	Radio Active Energy Drink	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	179.599	376	0	0	running	85650	82
28	20	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	182.562	369	0	0	running	124300	79
29	41	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	175.461	367	0	0	running	96000	76
30	17	Kyle Busch	5	Carquest/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	182.698	357	1	4	running	103375	78
31	29	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	182.248	310	0	0	running	84725	70
32	2	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Raker	185.065	296	2	107	accident	126758	77
33	30	Sterling Marlin	14	PEPBOYS Auto	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe	182.242	293	0	0	running	97472	64
34	43	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	182.229	289	0	0	engine	84350	61
35	19	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	182.587	265	0	0	running	111414	58
36	3	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne	185.001	261	0	0	running	112020	55
37	13	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.243	219	0	0	accident	120025	52
38	22	Bill Elliott	21	U.S. Air Force	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	182.426	218	1	1	accident	103249	54
39	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	185.312	172	1	10	engine	156100	51
40	23	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Burdett	182.389	82	0	0	engine	83515	43
41	32	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Department of Defense	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	181.977	61	0	0	accident	130341	40
42	42	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		52	0	0	accident	91325	37
43	38	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network	Ford	Roush	Erwin	180.620	45	0	0	accident	101490	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1921	12	5	3	9	10
2	Jimmie Johnson	1789	12	0	4	8	9
3	Matt Kenseth	1714	12	0	1	5	8
4	Denny Hamlin	1682	12	1	0	5	7
5	Jeff Burton	1577	12	0	1	5	7
6	Tony Stewart	1530	12	0	0	2	8
7	Kevin Harvick	1415	12	0	1	2	5
8	Carl Edwards	1414	12	0	0	1	3
9	Kurt Busch	1402	12	0	0	2	3
10	Clint Bowyer	1378	12	1	0	0	5
11	Kyle Busch	1359	12	0	1	3	6
12	Jamie McMurray	1320	12	0	0	2	5
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1307	12	0	0	1	5
14	Mark Martin	1289	9	0	0	4	5
15	J.J. Yeley	1261	12	0	0	1	1
16	Martin Truex, Jr.	1232	12	0	0	0	3
17	Bobby Labonte	1231	12	0	0	0	1
18	Ryan Newman	1214	12	2	0	1	4
19	Greg Biffle	1189	12	0	0	1	2
20	Elliott Sadler	1182	12	0	0	0	1
21	David Stremme	1182	12	0	0	0	2
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	1159	12	0	0	1	2
23	Tony Raines	1118	12	0	0	0	0
24	Reed Sorenson	1071	12	0	0	1	2
25	Jeff Green	1068	12	0	0	0	2