2007 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:59:39
Average speed of winner: 89.006 mph
Margin of victory: 1.405 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 61 laps
Fastest lap: Kasey Kahne 117.610
Lap leaders: Kahne 1-36, Edwards 37-64, Kahne 65-330, Edwards 331, Kahne 332-334, Edwards 335-357, Earnhardt, Jr. 358, Ku. Busch 359-360, Newman 361-362, Ky. Busch 363-365, J. Gordon 366-367, R. Gordon 368-370, Edwards 371-500

Video links: Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	119.017	500	4	182	running	297050	190
2	1	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	119.805	500	3	305	running	265541	180
3	15	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	118.320	500	0	0	running	180125	165
4	23	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	117.841	500	0	0	running	178386	160
5	17	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	118.189	500	1	1	running	164008	160
6	19	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	118.102	500	1	2	running	145608	155
7	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	119.017	500	1	2	running	139775	151
8	22	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Randolph	117.964	500	0	0	running	144238	142
9	20	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	118.073	500	1	3	running	116875	143
10	34	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network	Ford	Roush	Erwin	117.079	500	0	0	running	120300	134
11	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	117.674	500	0	0	running	125695	130
12	10	Jeff Burton	31	RCR	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	118.730	500	0	0	running	134641	127
13	40	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	116.220	500	0	0	running	131758	124
14	36	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	116.722	500	0	0	running	97700	121
15	29	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	117.358	500	0	0	running	123558	118
16	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil Platinum	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	118.576	500	0	0	running	140561	115
17	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	119.447	500	0	0	running	131050	112
18	11	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	118.694	500	0	0	running	102300	109
19	18	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	118.175	500	1	2	running	137111	111
20	24	Robby Gordon	7	Camping World	Ford	Robby Gordon	Nead	117.761	500	1	3	running	95975	108
21	9	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	118.745	499	0	0	running	142911	100
22	30	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	117.336	498	0	0	running	106425	97
23	16	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sisco	118.262	498	0	0	running	104958	94
24	41	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Turtle Wax Ice	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	116.017	498	0	0	running	90675	91
25	26	Bill Elliott	21	U.S. Air Force	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	117.610	498	0	0	running	110514	88
26	3	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	119.158	498	0	0	running	97525	85
27	39	Jeff Green	66	HAAS Automation/Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	116.510	498	0	0	running	110563	82
28	42	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	115.982	498	0	0	running	96145	79
29	21	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	McDougall	118.051	497	0	0	running	106030	76
30	27	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	117.588	497	0	0	running	114789	73
31	5	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	119.106	496	0	0	running	104123	70
32	32	Kenny Wallace	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	117.207	496	0	0	running	93902	67
33	14	Ward Burton	4	Miccosukee/Food City/State Water	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	118.503	494	0	0	running	85495	64
34	33	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Burdett	117.200	494	0	0	running	84135	61
35	43	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	117.179	491	0	0	running	84000	58
36	35	Aric Almirola	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Ryan Pemberton	116.986	485	0	0	running	91890	55
37	31	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Lax	117.322	481	0	0	running	83755	52
38	8	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Hylton	118.922	478	0	0	accident	114678	49
39	12	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	118.635	452	0	0	accident	131176	46
40	28	John Andretti	49	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	BAM	Dean Johnson	117.552	416	0	0	electrical	83425	43
41	4	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	119.143	414	0	0	accident	119100	40
42	38	Johnny Sauter	70	HAAS Automation/Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	116.623	280	0	0	running	83155	37
43	37	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	116.680	209	0	0	engine	102268	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3582	24	6	4	14	20
2	Tony Stewart	3233	24	0	3	8	17
3	Denny Hamlin	3229	24	1	1	10	14
4	Matt Kenseth	3163	24	0	1	8	15
5	Carl Edwards	3160	24	0	2	6	10
6	Jimmie Johnson	3059	24	0	4	12	14
7	Jeff Burton	3054	24	0	1	6	11
8	Kyle Busch	3024	24	0	1	5	13
9	Clint Bowyer	2944	24	1	0	2	12
10	Kevin Harvick	2888	24	0	1	4	10
11	Martin Truex, Jr.	2887	24	0	1	5	9
12	Kurt Busch	2879	24	0	2	5	8
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2721	24	1	0	5	9
14	Ryan Newman	2704	24	4	0	3	10
15	Greg Biffle	2562	24	0	0	2	7
16	Casey Mears	2458	24	1	1	4	6
17	Bobby Labonte	2406	24	0	0	0	3
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	2375	24	0	1	3	4
19	Jamie McMurray	2371	24	1	1	3	7
20	J.J. Yeley	2296	24	1	0	1	1
21	Mark Martin	2220	17	0	0	4	9
22	David Stremme	2175	24	0	0	0	2
23	Kasey Kahne	2144	24	2	0	1	3
24	Robby Gordon	2141	23	0	0	1	2
25	David Ragan	2139	24	0	0	1	1