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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 31 BANK OF LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5-Mile Oval 501 M – 334 L – Purse: $5,185,096 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 337 190 * 5 $268,236 Running 2 25 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 337 175 * 5 202,450 Running 3 13 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 337 170 * 5 153,300 Running 4 27 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 337 160 157,341 Running 5 18 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 337 155 127,800 Running 6 34 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar/CatUsed.com 7 29 20 Tony Stewart The Home
Depot Chevrolet 337 146 135,111 Running 8 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 337 142 136,616 Running 9 28 40 David Stremme Target Dodge 337 138 83,800 Running 10 19 55 Michael
Waltrip 11 33 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 337 130 112,083 Running 12 3 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios
Racing/Pink for the Cure Dodge 337 127 117,461 Running 13 39 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 337 124 104,233 Running 14 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 337 131 ** 10 167,586 Running 15 30 84 # AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 16 12 01 Mark
Martin 17 32 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats
Chevrolet 337 112 96,645 Running 18 42 45 Kyle
Petty 19 22 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 337 106 111,058 Running 20 11 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx
Kinko's Chevrolet 337 103 87,200 Running 21 9 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 336 100 83,025 Running 22 17 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Rain-X
Chevrolet 336 97 68,350 Running 23 23 70 Johnny
Sauter Yellow
Transportation Chevrolet 336 94 67,950 Running 24 6 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 336 96 * 5 80,750 Running 25 21 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 335 88 94,989 Running 26 8 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 335 90 * 5 102,383 Running 27 10 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Ford 334 82 82,350 Running 28 1 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 333 84 * 5 122,775 Accident 29 20 00 # David
Reutimann Dominos.com
Toyota 333 76 77,808 Running 30 26 41 Reed
Sorenson 31 41 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV/Queen City
Appliances Chev. 331 70 73,525 Running 32 37 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy/GARMIN
Chevrolet 330 67 70,525 Running 33 24 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 330 64 112,086 Running 34 7 17 Matt Kenseth Carhartt
for Women/DEWALT
Ford 282 66 * 5 115,516 Accident 35 35 21 Bill
Elliott Heinz/Ore-Ida
Ford 282 58 81,339 Running 36 14 10 Scott
Riggs 37 36 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 273 52 96,400 Accident 38 40 7 Robby
Gordon Motorola Digital Audio
Player Ford 270 54 * 5 61,700 Running 39 38 36 Jeremy
Mayfield 360 OTC 40 31 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 231 43 97,275 Running 41 16 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 228 40 79,650 Running 42 43 49 John
Andretti Paralyzed
Veterans of 43 15 4 Ward
Burton State Water Heaters/Lucas
Chevrolet 83 34 61,343 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) #44 Dale
Jarrett, #78 Joe Nemechek, #83 Brian Vickers, #06 Sam
Hornish Jr., #08 Carl Long, #27 Kirk Shelmerdine. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 165,000, Gordon won the Bank of America 500, his 81st career NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver dropped to the
rear for the reason indicated: #18 Yeley (backup car). TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 00 minutes,
58 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 125.868 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .579
second BUD POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (189.394
mph, 28.512 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Clint Bowyer EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Gordon GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (184.124
mph, Lap 196) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Mark Martin NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS:
Jeff Gordon ($10,000)++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: AJ Allmendinger SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Jeff Gordon U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD:
Dave Blaney (28 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (95 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 15 cautions for 62
laps. 2-5
(Car #00-Accident, Turn 4); 22-24 (Car #6-Accident, Frontstretch);
68-71 (Car #41-Accident, Turn 3); 78-80 (Car #96-Accident, Turn 4); 119-122
(Debris); 138-141 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 159-162 (Car #17-Accident, Frontstretch); 177-180 (Car #19-Accident, Backstretch);
191-194 (Car #21 & 25-Accident, Turn 3); 208-214 (Car #49 & 55-Accident,
Frontstretch); 224-227 (Car #17-Accident, Turn 2);
232-234 (Car #48-Accident, Turn 2); 280-283 (Car #10 & 42-Accident, Turn
2); 323-329 (Car #70-Accident, Turn 4 [Red 12:06 Lap 324]); 333-335 (Car #12-Accident,
Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 26 lead changes
among 11 drivers. 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. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 5880 (6) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 5812 (6) 3 –Clint Bowyer 5802 (1) 4 –Tony Stewart 5682 (3) 5 –Carl Edwards 5640 (3) 6 –Kyle Busch 5600 (1) 7 –Kurt Busch 5565 (2) 8 –Kevin Harvick 5552 (1) 9 –Denny Hamlin 5531 (1) 10–Jeff 11–Martin Truex Jr. 5502 (1) 12–Matt Kenseth 5438 (1) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 250 22 Ford 177 6 Dodge 154 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 9 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 226 David Ragan 211 Paul Menard 184 David Reutimann 166 AJ Allmendinger 135 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 7 Mark Martin (#01) 6 Dale Earnardt Jr. (# 8) 5 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 7 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 6 Tony Eury Jr. (# 8) 4 Bob Osborne (#99) 3 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Mark Martin (#01) 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 7 Kevin Harvick (#29)
3 Dave Blaney (#22) 3 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 228 JGR (#20) 170 Hendrick (#48) 159 BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 6 Ryan Newman 5 Jimmie Johnson 3 Clint Bowyer 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Dave Blaney 1 Kurt Busch 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Casey Mears 1 Reed Sorenson 1 Michael Waltrip 1 J.J. Yeley 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 31 Unofficial Race Results for the Bank Of America "500" - Saturday, October 13, 2007 Lowe's Motor Speedway - Concord, NC - 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 337 Laps - 505.5 Miles - Purse: $5,185,096
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