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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 24 SHARPIE 500 .533-Mile Oval 500 L – 266.5 M
– Purse:
$6,182,147 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 6 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 500 190 * 5 $297,050 Running 2 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 180 ** 10 265,541 Running 3 15 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 500 165 180,125 Running 4 23 20 Tony Stewart The Home
Depot Chevrolet 500 160 178,386 Running 5 17 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 500 160 * 5 164,008 Running 6 19 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite
Dodge 500 155 * 5 145,608 Running 7 7 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 500 151 * 5 139,775 Running 8 22 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 500 142 144,238 Running 9 20 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 500 143 * 5 116,875 Running 10 34 16 Greg
Biffle Dish
Network Ford 500 134 120,300 Running 11 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 500 130 125,695 Running 12 10 31 Jeff Burton RCR
Chevrolet 500 127 134,641 Running 13 40 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 500 124 131,758 Running 14 36 40 David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 500 121 97,700 Running 15 29 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 500 118 123,558 Running 16 13 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Platinum Chevrolet 500 115 140,561 Running 17 2 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 500 112 131,050 Running 18 11 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 500 109 102,300 Running 19 18 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 500 111 * 5 137,111 Running 20 24 7 Robby
Gordon Camping World Ford 500 108 * 5 95,975 Running 21 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 499 100 142,911 Running 22 30 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 498 97 106,425 Running 23 16 55 Michael Waltrip 24 41 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Turtle Wax
Ice Chevrolet 498 91 90,675 Running 25 26 21 Bill
Elliott 26 3 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 498 85 97,525 Running 27 39 66 Jeff
Green HAAS
Automation/Best Buy Chevrolet 498 82 110,563 Running 28 42 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 498 79 96,145 Running 29 21 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 497 76 106,030 Running 30 27 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 497 73 114,789 Running 31 5 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
32 32 45 Kenny
Wallace Wells 33 14 4 Ward
Burton Miccosukee/Food
City/State Water Chev. 494 64 85,495 Running 34 33 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 35 43 84 # AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 36 35 01 Aric Almirola 37 31 36 Jeremy
Mayfield 360 OTC 38 8 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 478 49 114,678 Accident 39 12 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 452 46 131,176 Accident 40 28 49 John
Andretti Paralyzed
Veterans of 41 4 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 414 40 119,100 Accident 42 38 70 Johnny
Sauter HAAS
Automation/Yellow Chevrolet 280 37 83,155 Running 43 37 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx
Freight Chevrolet 209 34 102,268 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) #00 David Reutimann; #78 Sterling Marlin; #83 Brian Vickers; #37
Kevin Lepage; #34 Stanton Barrett. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Edwards won the Sharpie 500, his sixth career NASCAR NEXTEL
Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear
for the reason indicated: #01 Almirola and #11 Hamlin
(engine change). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 59 minutes,
39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 89.006 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.405
second BUD POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (119.805 mph, 16.016 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Kasey Kahne DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Carl Edwards EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Carl Edwards GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kasey Kahne (117.610 mph, Lap 4) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner;
rolls over to $110,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Carl Edwards U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: J.J Yeley (27
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne (305 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 9 cautions for 61
laps. 127-134
(Car #70-Accident, Turn 2); 212-219 (Oil on track); 227-232 (Car #01 & 84-Accident,
Turn 3); 370-377 (Car #6-Spin, Turn 4); 397-402 (Car #6-Spin, Turn 4); 422-427
(Car #6-Spin, Turn 1); 439-443 (Car #7-Spin, Turn 2); 453-462 (Car #88, 48
& 17-Accident, Turn 1); 466-469 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 8 drivers. Kasey Kahne 1-36, Carl Edwards 37-64,
Kahne 65-330, Edwards 331, Kahne
332-334, Edwards 335-357, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 358, Kurt
Busch 359-360, Ryan Newman 361-362, Kyle Busch 363-365, Jeff Gordon 366-367, Robby
Gordon 368-370, Edwards 371-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 3,582 (4) 2
–Tony Stewart 3,233 (3) 3 –Denny Hamlin 3,229 (1) 4 –Matt Kenseth 3,163 (1) 5 –Carl Edwards 3,160 (2) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 3,059 (4) 7 –Jeff Burton 3,054 (1) 8 –Kyle Busch 3,024 (1) 9 –Clint Bowyer 2,944 (0) 10–Kevin Harvick 2,888 (1) 11–Martin Truex
Jr. 2,887 (1) 12–Kurt Busch 2,879 (2) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 193 17 Ford 132 4 Dodge 128 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 216 David Ragan 191 Paul Menard 173 David Reutimann 145 AJ Allmendinger 89 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) 6 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) 7 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 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 Kasey Kahne 2 Dave Blaney 1 Clint Bowyer 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Casey Mears 1 Reed Sorenson 1 J.J. Yeley 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 24
Unofficial Race Results for the Sharpie 500 - Saturday, August 25, 2007 Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN - .53 Mile Paved Total Race Length - Laps - Miles - Purse: $6,182,147
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 160,000 - Carl Edwards won the Sharpie 500, his sixth career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #01 Almirola and #11 Hamlin (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (5) 00 David Reutimann #, 78 Sterling Marlin, 83 Brian Vickers, 37 Kevin Lepage, 34 Stanton Barrett. Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 59 Mins, 39 Secs. Average Speed: 89.006 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.405 Seconds Caution Flags: 9 for 61 laps: Laps: 127-134 (#70 accident turn 2); 212-219 (Oil on track); 227-232 (#01,84 accident turn 3); 370-377 (#6 spun turn 4); 397-402 (#6 spun turn 4); 422-427 (#6 spun turn 1); 439-443 (#7 spun turn 2); 453-462 (#88,48,17 accidne turn 1); 466-469 (Debris). Lead Changes: 12 among 8 drivers: K. Kahne 1-36; C. Edwards 37-64; K. Kahne 65-330; C. Edwards 331; K. Kahne 332-334; C. Edwards 335-357; D. Earnhardt Jr. 358; Ku. Busch 359-360; R. Newman 361-362; Ky. Busch 363-365; J. Gordon 366-367; R. Gordon 368-370; C. Edwards 371-500. Budweiser Pole Award : KASEY KAHNE, #9 (119.805 mph) Checkers/Rally's : CLINT BOWYER, #07 (115.943 seconds) Commit Lozenges : KASEY KAHNE, #9 DIRECTV : KASEY KAHNE, #9 DOW Automotive Strategic Call : CARL EDWARDS, #99 EA Sports : CARL EDWARDS, #99 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : KASEY KAHNE, #9 (117.61 mph, Lap 4) Mobil 1 : DALE EARNHARDT, JR, #8 Raybestos Rookie of the Year : JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, #42 Sunoco Diamond Performance : CARL EDWARDS, #99 USG Improving the Finish : J J YELEY, #18 (27 Places) WIX Lap Leader : KASEY KAHNE, #9 (305 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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