2007 Ford 400

Race 36 of 36

Homestead
267 laps
Time of race: 3:02:12
Average speed of winner: 131.888 mph
Margin of victory: 0.852 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 32 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson 171.135
Lap leaders: Johnson 1, Newman 2-3, Kenseth 4-47, Ku. Busch 48-49, Newman 50-53, Kenseth 54-63, Ku. Busch 64-78, Ky. Busch 79, Hamlin 80-85, Kenseth 86-129, Newman 130, Blaney 131, Mears 132, Kenseth 133-149, Truex 150, Kenseth 151-165, Hamlin 166-177, Kenseth 178-193, Truex 194, Kenseth 195-243, Hamlin 244, Blaney 245, Ragan 246, McMurray 247, Truex 248, Kenseth 249-267

Race notes: Finale for Johnny Benson, Jr. and Ricky Rudd.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Pre-race), Part 3 (Pre-race), Part 4 (Command), Part 5 (Start), Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Earnhardt, Jr. spin), Part 9 (Menard spin), Part 10, Part 11 (Newman spin), Part 12 (Sauter/Vickers crash), Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 (Stewart spin), Part 17 (Finish), Part 18 (Post-race), Part 19 (Trophy presentation), Part 20 (Season review)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Matt Kenseth	17	DEWALT NANO Technology	Ford	Roush	Reiser	176.074	267	8	214	running	359941	195
2	5	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	175.942	267	2	17	running	263808	175
3	32	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	173.986	267	3	19	running	208000	170
4	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	175.171	267	0	0	running	181061	160
5	10	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	175.370	267	0	0	running	134025	155
6	15	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	174.803	267	3	3	running	126720	155
7	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	176.788	267	1	1	running	157736	151
8	9	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	175.661	267	0	0	running	119866	142
9	6	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Ryan Pemberton	175.850	267	0	0	running	85250	138
10	7	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance/Show Your Card	Ford	Roush	Fennig	175.850	267	1	1	running	126175	139
11	30	David Stremme	40	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	174.048	267	0	0	running	73100	130
12	23	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	174.503	267	2	2	running	98408	132
13	37	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network	Ford	Roush	Erwin	173.661	267	0	0	running	86450	124
14	25	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	174.340	267	1	1	running	78950	126
15	33	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	173.829	267	0	0	running	108350	118
16	21	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	174.554	267	1	1	running	84525	120
17	26	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Burdett	174.340	266	0	0	running	66325	112
18	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	176.569	266	3	7	running	102200	114
19	8	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	175.707	266	0	0	running	114661	106
20	18	Kyle Busch	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	174.582	266	1	1	running	86550	108
21	38	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	172.889	266	0	0	running	100108	100
22	27	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	174.194	266	0	0	running	92933	97
23	36	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Randolph	173.762	266	0	0	running	105411	94
24	3	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	176.350	265	0	0	running	113016	91
25	35	David Reutimann	00	Burger King	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	173.773	265	0	0	running	82633	88
26	34	Jeremy Mayfield	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	173.818	265	0	0	running	87308	85
27	41	Robby Gordon	7	Camping World	Ford	Robby Gordon	Sospenzo	172.243	264	0	0	running	67350	82
28	43	Bill Elliott	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	McSwain	171.795	264	0	0	running	86264	79
29	42	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	151.732	264	0	0	running	74850	76
30	14	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	174.995	264	0	0	running	112661	73
31	24	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	174.368	263	0	0	running	93833	70
32	12	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	175.148	263	0	0	running	90414	67
33	16	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resort	Chevrolet	Finch	Wanke	174.786	263	0	0	running	63950	64
34	40	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	172.331	263	0	0	running	72347	61
35	39	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Johns Manville	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	172.800	262	0	0	running	62600	58
36	13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	175.029	261	0	0	running	107783	55
37	29	Sam Hornish, Jr.	06	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	174.076	254	0	0	running	62175	52
38	31	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	174.020	250	0	0	running	80320	49
39	19	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	174.565	242	0	0	running	69775	46
40	28	Patrick Carpentier	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	McDougall	174.098	225	0	0	running	69550	43
41	22	Johnny Sauter	70	Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	174.531	157	0	0	accident	61345	40
42	17	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Cox	174.774	154	0	0	accident	61045	37
43	20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Labbe	174.560	73	0	0	engine	61147	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	6723	36	4	10	20	24
2	Jeff Gordon	6646	36	7	6	21	30
3	Clint Bowyer	6377	36	2	1	5	17
4	Matt Kenseth	6298	36	0	2	13	22
5	Kyle Busch	6293	36	0	1	11	20
6	Tony Stewart	6242	36	0	3	11	23
7	Kurt Busch	6231	36	1	2	6	14
8	Jeff Burton	6231	36	0	1	9	18
9	Carl Edwards	6222	36	1	3	11	15
10	Kevin Harvick	6199	36	0	1	4	15
11	Martin Truex, Jr.	6164	36	1	1	7	14
12	Denny Hamlin	6143	36	1	1	12	18
13	Ryan Newman	4046	36	5	0	7	15
14	Greg Biffle	3991	36	1	1	5	11
15	Casey Mears	3949	36	1	1	5	10
16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3929	36	1	0	7	12
17	Jamie McMurray	3556	36	1	1	3	9
18	Bobby Labonte	3517	36	0	0	0	3
19	Kasey Kahne	3489	36	2	0	1	8
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	3487	36	0	1	3	6
21	J.J. Yeley	3456	36	1	0	1	3
22	Reed Sorenson	3295	36	1	0	3	6
23	David Ragan	3251	36	0	0	2	3
24	David Stremme	3163	36	0	0	0	3
25	Elliott Sadler	3140	36	0	0	0	2