2007 Bank of America 500

Race 31 of 36

Charlotte
337 laps
Time of race: 4:00:58
Average speed of winner: 125.868 mph
Margin of victory: 0.579 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 15 for 62 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson 184.124
Lap leaders: Newman 1-9, McMurray 10-16, Johnson 17-22, Petty 23-24, R. Gordon 25, Kenseth 26, McMurray 27-46, Johnson 47-68, Blaney 69, Ku. Busch 70-73, Kenseth 74-89, Johnson 90-119, Kenseth 120-134, Ku. Busch 135, Johnson 136-138, Bowyer 139-143, Ku. Busch 144-151, Johnson 152-159, Bowyer 160-185, Johnson 186-211, J. Gordon 212-224, Bowyer 225-272, J. Gordon 273-280, Ky. Busch 281-284, J. Gordon 285-329, Newman 330-331, J. Gordon 332-337

Video links: First half, Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	188.298	337	4	72	running	268236	190
2	25	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	186.374	337	3	79	running	202450	175
3	13	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	187.188	337	1	4	running	153300	170
4	27	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	186.149	337	0	0	running	157341	160
5	18	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.819	337	0	0	running	127800	155
6	34	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar/CatUsed.com	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	185.452	337	1	1	running	132208	155
7	29	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.842	337	0	0	running	135111	146
8	5	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	188.088	337	0	0	running	136616	142
9	28	David Stremme	40	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	186.034	337	0	0	running	83800	138
10	19	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sisco	186.761	337	0	0	running	95733	134
11	33	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	185.491	337	0	0	running	112083	130
12	3	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Pink for the Cure	Dodge	Petty	Randolph	188.363	337	0	0	running	117461	127
13	39	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	184.628	337	0	0	running	104233	124
14	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	188.990	337	6	95	running	167586	131
15	30	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	185.733	337	0	0	running	69250	118
16	12	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Ryan Pemberton	187.214	337	0	0	running	84550	115
17	32	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	185.637	337	0	0	running	96645	112
18	42	Kyle Petty	45	Tire Kingdom	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	183.617	337	1	2	running	84558	114
19	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	186.516	337	0	0	running	111058	106
20	11	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Kinko's	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	187.402	337	0	0	running	87200	103
21	9	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	187.852	336	0	0	running	83025	100
22	17	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Rain-X	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	186.884	336	0	0	running	68350	97
23	23	Johnny Sauter	70	Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	186.477	336	0	0	running	67950	94
24	6	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	188.075	336	2	27	running	80750	96
25	21	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	186.703	335	0	0	running	94989	88
26	8	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	187.898	335	3	13	running	102383	90
27	10	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	187.585	334	0	0	running	82350	82
28	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	189.394	333	2	11	accident	122775	84
29	20	David Reutimann	00	Dominos.com	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	186.748	333	0	0	running	77808	76
30	26	Reed Sorenson	41	Fuji Film	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	186.323	333	0	0	running	83972	73
31	41	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV/Queen City Appliances	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	183.874	331	0	0	running	73525	70
32	37	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy/GARMIN	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	184.887	330	0	0	running	70525	67
33	24	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.419	330	0	0	running	112086	64
34	7	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt for Women/DEWALT	Ford	Roush	Reiser	188.016	282	3	32	accident	115516	66
35	35	Bill Elliott	21	Heinz/Ore-Ida	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	185.433	282	0	0	running	81339	58
36	14	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	187.078	278	0	0	accident	69950	55
37	36	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	185.427	273	0	0	accident	96400	52
38	40	Robby Gordon	7	Motorola Digital Audio Player	Ford	Robby Gordon	Sospenzo	184.559	270	1	1	running	61700	54
39	38	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Lax	184.672	253	0	0	vibration	61575	46
40	31	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.701	231	0	0	running	97275	43
41	16	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	McDougall	186.884	228	0	0	running	79650	40
42	43	John Andretti	49	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	BAM	Dean Johnson	184.508	205	0	0	accident	61180	37
43	15	Ward Burton	4	State Water Heaters/Lucas	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	186.916	83	0	0	engine	61343	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	5880	31	6	6	19	25
2	Jimmie Johnson	5812	31	3	6	16	19
3	Clint Bowyer	5802	31	2	1	5	15
4	Tony Stewart	5682	31	0	3	10	22
5	Carl Edwards	5640	31	0	3	9	13
6	Kyle Busch	5600	31	0	1	9	17
7	Kurt Busch	5565	31	1	2	5	11
8	Kevin Harvick	5552	31	0	1	4	12
9	Denny Hamlin	5531	31	1	1	11	16
10	Jeff Burton	5514	31	0	1	8	14
11	Martin Truex, Jr.	5502	31	0	1	6	11
12	Matt Kenseth	5438	31	0	1	8	17
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3527	31	1	0	7	12
14	Casey Mears	3405	31	1	1	5	10
15	Ryan Newman	3390	31	5	0	4	12
16	Greg Biffle	3385	31	0	1	4	9
17	Bobby Labonte	3062	31	0	0	0	3
18	J.J. Yeley	3058	31	1	0	1	3
19	Jamie McMurray	3046	31	1	1	3	8
20	Kasey Kahne	2985	31	2	0	1	7
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	2956	31	0	1	3	5
22	David Ragan	2844	31	0	0	2	2
23	Reed Sorenson	2839	31	1	0	2	5
24	David Stremme	2792	31	0	0	0	3
25	Mark Martin	2727	21	0	0	5	10