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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 23 3M
PERFORMANCE 400 2-Mile Oval 400 M – 200 L
– Purse:
$5,138,579 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 15 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 203 195 ** 10 $190,108 Running 2 14 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 203 170
151,245 Running 3 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 203 170 * 5 175,761 Running 4 21 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 203 165 * 5 152,491 Running 5 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Kinko's Chevrolet 203 155 109,650 Running 6 17 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar 7 13 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 203 146 93,150 Running 8 18 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 9 4 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 203 138 120,036 Running 10 35 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 203 134 135,411 Running 11 29 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 203 130 94,625 Running 12 39 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 203 132 * 5 121,508 Running 13 6 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 203 124 94,350 Running 14 19 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T Mobility
Chevrolet 203 121 114,891 Running 15 28 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 203 118 124,336 Running 16 34 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 203 120 * 5 110,150 Running 17 9 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's
Chevrolet 203 112 85,625 Running 18 25 6 # David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 203 109 117,200 Running 19 2 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Ford 203 111 * 5 97,225 Running 20 27 4 Ward
Burton State Water
Heaters/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 203 108 * 5 76,500 Running 21 20 40 David
Stremme Tums
Dodge 202 100 76,125 Running 22 40 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 202 97 99,983 Running 23 12 00 # David
Reutimann Dominos.com
Toyota 202 94 87,108 Running 24 30 7 Robby
Gordon Jim Beam Ford 202 96 * 5 75,300 Running 25 31 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 202 88 103,333 Running 26 26 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 202 85 109,100 Running 27 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 202 87 * 5 135,236 Running 28 24 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 202 79 101,264 Running 29 41 70 Johnny Sauter Yellow Transportation Chevrolet 202 76 73,775 Running 30 36 26 Jamie
McMurray Irwin Industrial Tools Ford 202 73 82,400 Running 31 3 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 201 70 117,841 Running 32 5 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 201 67 91,745 Running 33 22 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 201 64 104,808 Running 34 37 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 201 61 78,225 Running 35 23 21 Bill
Elliott Little
Debbie Ford 201 58 89,289 Running 36 43 10 Scott
Riggs Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper/Valvoline Dodge 201 55 78,025 Running 37 16 49 John
Andretti Paralyzed
Veterans of 38 33 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 200 49 87,422 Running 39 38 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Sylvania
Chevrolet 167 46 69,825 Running 40 11 55 Michael
Waltrip 41 42 45 42 10 01 Mark
Martin 43 32 08 Joe
Nemechek R
& J Racing Dodge 92 34 68,724 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) #36 Jeremy
Mayfield; #44 Dale Jarrett; #78 Scott Wimmer; #37
Kevin Lepage; #84 AJ Allmendinger. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 40,000 (originally 145,000 on Aug. 17), Kurt Busch won the
twice-postponed (due to inclement weather on Aug. 17 and 18) 3M Performance
400, his 17th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the
following drivers dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #31 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 28 minutes,
11 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 117.012 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .495
second BUD POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (189.026
mph, 38.090 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jeff Gordon DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Chad Knaus (crew chief for Jimmie
Johnson) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Greg Biffle (186.824 mph, Lap 19) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $100,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Tony Stewart (25 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jeff Gordon (25 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 37
laps. 1-12
(Competition [Red 32:16-Lap 9]); 15-17 (Car #42 & 45-Spin, Turn 4); 32-34 (Competition);
89-92 (Oil on track); 95-99 (Car #55 & 08-Accident, Turn 2); 177-180
(Debris); 190-193 (Car #24-Spin, Frontstretch);
200-201 (Car #16-Spin, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 18 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-12, Greg Biffle 13-32,
Robby Gordon 33-34, J. Gordon 35-47, Jimmie Johnson 48-62, Brian Vickers 63-65,
Matt Kenseth 66, Vickers 67-73, Kenseth
74-88, Vickers 89, Kenseth 90-100, Kurt Busch 101-103,
Kenseth 104-107, Ku. Busch 108-129, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 130, Ward Burton 131-134, Ku. Busch 135-168,
Ryan Newman 169-170, Ku. Busch 171-203. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 3,471 (4) 2 –Denny Hamlin 3,195 (1) 3 –Matt Kenseth 3,117 (1) 4 –Tony Stewart 3,073 (3) 5 –Carl Edwards 2,970 (1) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 2,959 (4) 7 –Jeff Burton 2,927 (1) 8 –Kyle Busch 2,881 (1) 9 –Clint Bowyer 2,779 (0) 10–Kevin Harvick 2,773 (1) 11–Martin Truex
Jr. 2,757 (1) 12–Kurt Busch 2,724 (2) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 189 17 Ford 123 3 Dodge 122 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 213 David Ragan 190 Paul Menard 170 David Reutimann 144 AJ Allmendinger 80 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 7 Mark Martin (#01) 5 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 4 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 5 Tony Eury Jr. (# 8) 3 Bob Osborne (#99) 2 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 5 Kevin Harvick (#29)
3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 178 JGR (#20) 136 JGR (#11) 116 BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 6 Ryan Newman 4 Dave Blaney 1 Clint Bowyer 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Casey Mears 1 Reed Sorenson 1 J.J. Yeley 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 23 Unofficial Race Results for the 3M Performance "400" - Sunday, August 19, 2007 Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI - 2 Mile Paved Total Race Length - Laps - Miles - Purse: $
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