2007 Aaron's 499

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
192 laps
Time of race: 3:18:46
Average speed of winner: 154.167 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 42 among 20 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 26 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 199.371
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1, Marlin 2-5, J. Gordon 6-12, Marlin 13-18, Johnson 19, Marlin 20, Johnson 21-24, Marlin 25-28, Johnson 29-30, Marlin 31, Johnson 32-33, Green 34-36, Stewart 37-43, J. Gordon 44-46, J. Burton 47-48, J. Gordon 49-63, Hamlin 64-67, J. Gordon 68-73, Biffle 74, Kenseth 75, J. Gordon 76-80, Ku. Busch 81-85, Earnhardt, Jr. 86-87, Ku. Busch 88-89, Johnson 90-91, Kahne 92-93, Johnson 94, Kahne 95-97, Mears 98-102, Kenseth 103, J. Gordon 104-118, Stremme 119, J. Gordon 120-125, Smith 126, Said 127, Wallace 128-129, J. Gordon 130-134, Sadler 135, Ragan 136-137, Kenseth 138, Hamlin 139-182, McMurray 183-184, J. Gordon 185-192

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	192.069	192	10	71	running	355511	195
2	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	190.757	192	6	12	running	251736	175
3	26	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Raker	189.635	192	2	7	running	212483	170
4	2	David Gilliland	38	M&M's Dark	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	192.069	192	0	0	running	182689	160
5	25	Jamie McMurray	26	Sharp Vikuiti	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	189.639	192	1	2	running	134675	160
6	41	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.882	192	0	0	running	164536	150
7	36	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	188.389	192	1	2	running	149233	151
8	20	David Stremme	40	Wrigley's Winterfresh	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	189.974	192	1	1	running	106025	147
9	28	Ryan Newman	12	Kodak	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	189.429	192	0	0	running	133450	138
10	37	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	188.370	192	0	0	running	126495	134
11	9	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	190.465	192	0	0	running	107050	130
12	30	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	188.935	192	2	5	running	138891	132
13	34	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	188.448	192	1	3	running	120933	129
14	17	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	190.151	192	3	3	running	137641	126
15	39	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne	187.313	192	1	2	running	110770	123
16	4	Sterling Marlin	14	Ginn Resorts	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe	191.023	192	5	16	running	107983	120
17	10	David Ragan	6	AAA Travel	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.393	192	1	1	running	127100	117
18	23	Kyle Petty	45	National Tire & Battery	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	189.714	192	0	0	running	103083	109
19	31	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	188.872	192	0	0	running	116033	106
20	35	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Spiderman 3	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	188.422	192	0	0	running	127111	103
21	3	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	191.551	192	2	48	running	102550	105
22	27	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	189.597	192	0	0	running	96425	97
23	18	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	190.098	192	0	0	running	83075	94
24	22	Regan Smith	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton	189.785	192	1	1	running	104258	96
25	29	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	189.223	192	0	0	running	101947	88
26	6	Kenny Wallace	78	National Day of Prayer/Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	190.909	192	1	2	running	83325	90
27	11	Boris Said	60	SOBE No Fear Energy Drink	Ford	Simo	Stoddard	190.393	191	1	1	running	80775	87
28	32	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	188.675	190	1	7	accident	127761	84
29	12	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Tryson	190.306	190	1	1	accident	97025	81
30	21	Johnny Sauter	70	Yellow Fleet Pride	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	189.940	190	0	0	accident	79325	73
31	24	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	189.665	187	0	0	running	115750	70
32	14	David Reutimann	00	Domino's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	190.204	184	0	0	engine	78525	67
33	5	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Hylton	190.924	155	0	0	running	110458	64
34	42	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	186.579	151	1	2	running	118266	66
35	40	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.101	147	0	0	running	86125	58
36	15	Ward Burton	4	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	190.177	144	0	0	engine	78725	55
37	13	Kyle Busch	5	Carquest/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	190.234	130	0	0	accident	95800	52
38	33	Joe Nemechek	13	CertainTeed/Ginn Resorts	Chevrolet	Ginn	Sospenzo	188.493	130	0	0	accident	77450	49
39	7	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	190.787	124	1	5	accident	85250	51
40	43	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Borland	185.650	38	0	0	engine	77000	43
41	38	Robby Gordon	7	Menards/MAPEI	Ford	Robby Gordon	Erwin	188.304	33	0	0	engine	76800	40
42	16	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	190.162	27	0	0	engine	84630	37
43	19	Paul Menard	15	Menards	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	190.079	22	0	0	engine	76737	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1521	9	4	2	7	8
2	Jeff Burton	1318	9	0	1	5	6
3	Matt Kenseth	1292	9	0	1	5	6
4	Jimmie Johnson	1290	9	0	3	6	6
5	Denny Hamlin	1189	9	1	0	3	4
6	Tony Stewart	1078	9	0	0	2	5
7	Jamie McMurray	1059	9	0	0	2	5
8	Kyle Busch	1054	9	0	1	2	5
9	Kevin Harvick	1052	9	0	1	2	4
10	Kurt Busch	1038	9	0	0	1	2
11	Clint Bowyer	1021	9	0	0	0	3
12	Carl Edwards	1004	9	0	0	0	2
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	994	9	0	0	1	3
14	David Stremme	960	9	0	0	0	2
15	Elliott Sadler	940	9	0	0	0	1
16	Greg Biffle	931	9	0	0	1	2
17	Mark Martin	921	6	0	0	4	5
18	Martin Truex, Jr.	908	9	0	0	0	3
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	901	9	0	0	1	2
20	Bobby Labonte	883	9	0	0	0	1
21	J.J. Yeley	856	9	0	0	0	0
22	Tony Raines	849	9	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Green	843	9	0	0	0	2
24	Ryan Newman	843	9	1	0	0	2
25	David Gilliland	818	9	1	0	1	2