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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 35 CHECKER AUTO PARTS
500 1-Mile Oval 500 K – 312 M – 312 L – Purse: $4,998,497 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 312 190 * 5 $245,011 Running 2 7 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford 312 170 175,075 Running 3 18 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT NANO Technology Ford 312 175 ** 10 172,291 Running 4 21 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 312 160 156,211 Running 5 13 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 312 160 * 5 141,125 Running 6 34 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 312 150 136,386 Running 7 2 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 312 151 * 5 133,895 Running 8 38 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 312 142 99,475 Running 9 12 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 312 138
114,966 Running 10 3 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 312 134 124,911 Running 11 20 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 312 130 84,975 Running 12 9 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 312 127 109,333 Running 13 11 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 312 124 87,925 Running 14 4 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 312 121 100,183 Running 15 5 70 Johnny
Sauter Yellow
Transportation Chevrolet 312 118 72,850 Running 16 15 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 312 115 84,925 Running 17 14 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 312 112 106,700 Running 18 32 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 312 109 107,036 Running 19 25 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 312 111 * 5 95,258 Running 20 37 40 David
Stremme Wrigley's
Juicy Fruit Dodge 312 103 71,725 Running 21 22 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 22 19 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Johns
Manville Chevrolet 312 97 68,400 Running 23 23 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Ford 312 94 77,475 Running 24 39 7 Robby
Gordon Menards/MAPEI Ford 312 91 67,925 Running 25 29 09 26 28 01 Aric Almirola 27 16 19 Elliott
Sadler Siemens Dodge 311 82 85,695 Running 28 42 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 311 79 94,314 Running 29 36 45 Kyle
Petty Wells 30 26 06 Sam
Hornish, Jr Mobil
1 Dodge 310 73 64,150 Running 31 17 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
32 41 6 # David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 310 67 99,400 Running 33 24 10 Patrick
Carpentier Valvoline/Sears Auto Center Dodge 310 64 72,400 Running 34 43 21 Bill
Elliott Ore-Ida/Heinz
Ford 310 61 82,539 Running 35 33 88 Ricky
Rudd Pedigree Ford 309 58 94,233 Running 36 30 36 Johnny
Benson 360 OTC 37 8 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 291 52 70,925 Running 38 31 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Chevrolet 241 49 62,825 Accident 39 40 66 Jeremy
Mayfield Haas Automation Chevrolet 212 46 82,333 Engine 40 10 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 147 43 109,716 Accident 41 27 27 Jacques
Villeneuve UNICEF 42 1 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 125 42 * 5 87,155 Engine 43 35 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 118 34 107,820 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) #55 Michael Waltrip, #84 AJ Allmendinger, #4
Ward Burton, #49 John Andretti, #44 Dale Jarrett, #00 David Reutimann. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 105,000. Johnson won the Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil,
his 33rd career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the
following driver dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #83 Vickers
(engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 1 minute, 46
seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 102.989 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .870
second BUD POLE AWARD: Carl Edwards (132.773
mph, 27.114 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Carl Edwards DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Manion (crew chief for Martin
Truex Jr.) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Carl Edwards (128.968
mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Ryan Newman NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS:
Jimmie Johnson ($10,000) ++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD:
Kyle Busch (30 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Martin Truex Jr. (72 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 42
laps. 26-28
(Car #38-Spin, Frontstretch); 87-90 (Debris); 98-101
(Car #78-Spin, Turn 4); 109-111 (Debris); 120-124 (Car #8-Accident, Backstretch);
139-143 (Car #27-Accident, Backstretch); 149-154 (Car #9 & 96-Accident, Turn
4); 235-239 (Car #22-Accident, Turn 1); 245-247 (Car #78-Spin, Turn 2); 271-274
(Debris). LAP LEADERS: 10 lead changes
among 6 drivers. Edwards 1-87, Truex 88-138, Kenseth 139-187, Johnson 188-218, Truex
219-220, Sorenson 221, Kenseth 222-235, Newman
236-239, Kenseth 240-269, Truex
270-288, Johnson 289-312. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 6,572 (10) 2 –Jeff Gordon 6,486 (6) 3 –Clint Bowyer 6,331 (1) 4 –Kyle Busch 6,185 (1) 5 –Tony Stewart 6,169 (3) 6 –Matt Kenseth 6,103 (1) 7 –Kevin Harvick 6,093 (1) 8 –Jeff Burton 6,089 (1) 9 –Carl Edwards 6,067 (3) 10–Kurt Busch 6,056 (2) 11–Martin Truex Jr. 6,009 (1) 12–Denny Hamlin 5,973 (1) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 286 26 Ford 199 6 Dodge 172 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 13 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 236 David Ragan 215 Paul Menard 191 David Reutimann 172 AJ Allmendinger 162 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 8 Mark Martin (#01) 6 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 5 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 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 Kevin Manion (# 1) 4 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Mark Martin (#01) 4 Kyle Busch (# 5) 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) 10 Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 9 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 256 Hendrick (#48) 204 JGR (#20) 187 BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 7 Ryan Newman 5 Jimmie Johnson 3 Clint Bowyer 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Greg Biffle 1 Dave Blaney 1 Kurt Busch 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Carl Edwards 1 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Casey Mears 1 Reed Sorenson 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 Michael Waltrip 1 J.J. Yeley 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 35 Unofficial Race Results for the Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented By Pennzoil - Sunday, November 11, 2007 Phoenix International Raceway - Phoenix, AZ - 1 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 312 Laps - 312 Miles - Purse: $4,998,497
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