2007 UAW-Ford 500

Race 30 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:29:11
Average speed of winner: 143.438 mph
Margin of victory: 0.066 sec.
Lead changes: 42 among 22 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 196.294
Lap leaders: Waltrip pole, Blaney 1, Labonte 2, Vickers 3, Waltrip 4, Labonte 5, R. Gordon 6-8, Vickers 9-11, Hamlin 12-18, Petty 19, Johnson 20, Hamlin 21-24, Sadler 25-26, Hamlin 27-29, Truex 30, Earnhardt, Jr. 31-58, Ky. Busch 59, Vickers 60, Waltrip 61, Green 62, Hamlin 63-87, Waltrip 88, Reutimann 89-90, Earnhardt, Jr. 91-93, Stremme 94, Waltrip 95-97, Hamlin 98, Stewart 99-108, Sadler 109-113, Bowyer 114, Sadler 115-132, Labonte 133, Stewart 134, Vickers 135-137, Harvick 138, Sauter 139-140, Stewart 141-145, Raines 146-150, Newman 151-152, Stewart 153-174, Newman 175-182, Johnson 183-187, J. Gordon 188

Race notes: Last pole for Michael Waltrip. Debut for Jacques Villeneuve. Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Starting grid), Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Earnhardt, Jr. engine failure), Part 16 (Big One), Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20 (Finish), Part 21 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	34	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Pepsi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.051	188	1	1	running	246036	190
2	19	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.133	188	2	6	running	216461	175
3	2	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	188.838	188	1	1	running	180783	170
4	18	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	186.202	188	5	40	running	140975	170
5	16	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	186.663	188	2	10	running	149025	160
6	29	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	185.542	188	0	0	running	114325	150
7	41	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson		188	0	0	running	127933	146
8	11	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.057	188	4	38	running	134736	147
9	14	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	186.761	188	1	5	running	96425	143
10	28	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	185.625	188	0	0	running	114358	134
11	23	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	185.826	188	1	1	running	92625	135
12	39	Johnny Sauter	70	Radioactive Energy	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	184.580	188	1	2	running	98750	132
13	32	Jeff Green	66	GARMIN	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	185.212	188	1	1	running	103383	129
14	31	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	185.323	188	0	0	running	89325	121
15	22	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	185.938	188	0	0	running	115925	118
16	9	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	187.258	188	0	0	running	121891	115
17	33	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	185.061	188	1	1	running	78050	117
18	17	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	186.467	188	0	0	running	105658	109
19	15	Mike Wallace	88	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	186.692	188	0	0	running	108408	106
20	37	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.726	188	1	1	running	125236	108
21	6	Jacques Villeneuve	27	Unicef	Toyota	Bill Davis	Labbe	188.215	188	0	0	running	73325	100
22	5	David Reutimann	00	Burger King	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	188.459	179	1	2	accident	88233	102
23	20	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network/Starz	Ford	Roush	Erwin	186.014	176	0	0	accident	92150	94
24	10	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	McDougall	187.119	175	3	25	accident	94120	96
25	1	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sisco	189.070	175	4	6	accident	88722	93
26	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	185.783	171	0	0	running	120066	85
27	27	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	185.725	167	0	0	running	102239	82
28	12	Kyle Petty	45	American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	186.827	161	1	1	accident	74775	84
29	24	Robby Gordon	7	Camping World	Ford	Robby Gordon	Sospenzo	185.797	161	1	3	running	74625	81
30	38	Aric Almirola	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Ryan Pemberton	184.580	156	0	0	engine	82450	73
31	40	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	184.193	152	0	0	accident	90514	70
32	4	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	188.471	149	0	0	running	71375	67
33	7	John Andretti	49	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	BAM	Dean Johnson	187.798	149	0	0	running	71925	64
34	42	David Ragan	6	AAA Travel	Ford	Roush	Fennig		146	0	0	accident	106625	61
35	8	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Pillsbury Food Service	Dodge	Petty	Randolph	187.284	144	3	3	accident	107561	63
36	36	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	184.890	144	1	1	accident	88475	60
37	35	Jamie McMurray	26	Irwin	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	184.918	144	0	0	accident	78350	52
38	30	Paul Menard	15	Menards/PEAK	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	185.463	144	0	0	accident	70225	49
39	3	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert	188.779	144	4	8	accident	70500	51
40	26	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	185.783	136	2	31	engine	120768	48
41	43	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Burdett	187.658	136	0	0	accident	69810	40
42	13	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	186.816	113	1	1	engine	96025	42
43	21	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	185.956	91	0	0	engine	109840	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	5690	30	6	5	18	24
2	Jimmie Johnson	5681	30	3	6	16	19
3	Clint Bowyer	5627	30	2	1	4	14
4	Tony Stewart	5536	30	0	3	10	21
5	Kevin Harvick	5488	30	0	1	4	12
6	Carl Edwards	5485	30	0	3	8	12
7	Kurt Busch	5475	30	1	2	5	11
8	Kyle Busch	5430	30	0	1	8	16
9	Denny Hamlin	5428	30	1	1	11	16
10	Martin Truex, Jr.	5390	30	0	1	6	11
11	Matt Kenseth	5372	30	0	1	8	17
12	Jeff Burton	5354	30	0	1	7	13
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3421	30	1	0	7	12
14	Ryan Newman	3306	30	4	0	4	12
15	Casey Mears	3305	30	1	1	5	10
16	Greg Biffle	3303	30	0	1	4	9
17	Jamie McMurray	2950	30	1	1	3	8
18	Bobby Labonte	2935	30	0	0	0	3
19	J.J. Yeley	2934	30	1	0	1	3
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	2904	30	0	1	3	5
21	Kasey Kahne	2843	30	2	0	1	6
22	David Ragan	2801	30	0	0	2	2
23	Reed Sorenson	2766	30	1	0	2	5
24	Elliott Sadler	2678	30	0	0	0	2
25	David Stremme	2654	30	0	0	0	2