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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 36 FORD 400 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI 1.5-Mile Oval 400.5 M – 267 L – Purse: $5,310,336 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 4 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT NANO Technology
Ford 267 195 ** 10 $359,941 Running 2 5 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 267 175 * 5 263,808 Running 3 32 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 267 170 * 5 208,000 Running 4 11 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 267 160 181,061 Running 5 10 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot
Ford 267 155 134,025 Running 6 15 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 267 155 * 5 126,720 Running 7 1 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 267 151 * 5 157,736 Running 8 9 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T
Mobility Chevrolet 267 142 119,866 Running 9 6 01 Mark Martin 10 7 6 # David
Ragan AAA Insurance/Show
Your Card Ford 267 139 * 5 127,675 Running 11 30 40 David
Stremme Target
Dodge 267 130 73,100 Running 12 23 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
13 37 16 Greg
Biffle Dish
Network Ford 267 124 86,450 Running 14 25 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 267 126 * 5 78,950 Running 15 33 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 267 118 106,850 Running 16 21 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 267 120 * 5 84,525 Running 17 26 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 18 2 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 266 114 * 5 102,200 Running 19 8 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 266 106 114,661 Running 20 18 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 266 108 * 5 86,550 Running 21 38 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 266 100 100,108 Running 22 27 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 266 97 92,933 Running 23 36 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 266 94 105,411 Running 24 3 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 265 91 113,016 Running 25 35 00 # David
Reutimann Burger
King Toyota 265 88 82,633 Running 26 34 66 Jeremy
Mayfield Best Buy Chevrolet 265 85 87,308 Running 27 41 7 Robby
Gordon Camping World Ford 264 82 67,350 Running 28 43 21 Bill
Elliott Motorcraft Ford 264 79 86,264 Running 29 42 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 264 76 74,850 Running 30 14 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 264 73 112,661 Running 31 24 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 263 70 93,833 Running 32 12 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 263 67 90,414 Running 33 16 09 34 40 45 Kyle
Petty 35 39 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Johns
Manville Chevrolet 262 58 62,600 Running 36 13 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 261 55 107,783 Running 37 29 06 Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 254 52 62,175 Running 38 31 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 250 49 80,320 Running 39 19 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 242 46
69,775 Running 40 28 10 Patrick
Carpentier Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 225 43 69,550 Running 41 22 70 Johnny
Sauter Yellow
Transportation Chevrolet 157 40 61,345 Accident 42 17 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 43 20 36 Johnny
Benson 360 OTC # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) #84 AJ Allmendinger, #49 John Andretti, #78 Joe Nemechek, #55 Michael Waltrip, #4
Todd Bodine, #08 Burney Lamar. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 80,000, Kenseth won the Ford 400, his 16th
career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Johnson finished seventh and won the 2007
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Championship. Prior to the green flag the following
drivers dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #8 Earnhardt Jr.
(transmission change); #06 Hornish
and #36 Benson (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 12
seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.888 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .852
second BUD POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (176.788
mph, 30.545 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Robbie Reiser (crew chief for Matt
Kenseth) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Matt Kenseth EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Matt Kenseth GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (171.135
mph, Lap 260) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS:
Jimmie Johnson ($10,000) ++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Matt Kenseth U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Denny Hamlin (29 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Denny Hamlin (18 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions for 32
laps. 52-57
(Car #5 & 8-Accident, Frontstretch); 59-63 (Car #8-Accident,
Frontstretch); 78-81 (Car #15-Accident, Turn 4);
150-153 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 2); 159-163 (Car #10, 70 & 83-Accident, Backstretch);
194-197 (Car #06-Accident, Turn 3); 255-258 (Car #20-Accident, Turn 3). LAP LEADERS: 25 lead changes
among 11 drivers. Johnson 1, Newman 2-3, Kenseth 4-47,
Ku. Busch 48-49, Newman 50-53, Kenseth 54-63, Ku.
Busch 64-78, Ky. Busch 79, Hamlin 80-85, Kenseth
86-129, Newman 130, Blaney 131, Mears 132, Kenseth 133-149, Truex 150, Kenseth 151-165, Hamlin 166-177, Kenseth
178-193, Truex 194, Kenseth
195-243, Hamlin 244, Blaney 245, Ragan 246, McMurray
247, Truex 248, Kenseth
249-267. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 6,723 (10) 2 –Jeff Gordon 6,646 (6) 3 –Clint Bowyer 6,377 (1) 4 –Matt Kenseth 6,298 (2) 5 –Kyle Busch 6,293 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 6,242 (3) 7 –Kurt Busch 6,231 (2) 8 –Jeff Burton 6,231 (1) 9 –Carl Edwards 6,222 (3) 10–Kevin Harvick 6,199 (1) 11–Martin Truex Jr. 6,164 (1) 12–Denny Hamlin 6,143 (1) Pts Wins Chevrolet 290 26 Ford 208 7 Dodge 178 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 276 David Ragan 252 Paul Menard 221 David Reutimann 207 AJ Allmendinger 190 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 9 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 6 Mark Martin (#01) 6 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 8 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 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 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 4 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 9 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 268 Hendrick (#48) 218 JGR (#20) 187 BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 7 Ryan Newman 5 Jimmie Johnson 4 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 36
Unofficial Race Results for the Ford "400" - Sunday, November 18, 2007 Homestead-Miami Speedway - Homestead, FL - 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 267 Laps - 400.5 Miles - Purse: $5,310,336
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 80,000 - Matt Kenseth won the Ford 400, his 16th career Nextel Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #8 Earnhardt Jr. (transmission change); #06 Hornish, #36 Benson (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (6) 84 AJ Allmendinger #, 49 John Andretti, 78 Joe Nemechek, 55 Michael Waltrip, 4 Todd Bodine, 08 Burney Lamar. Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 02 Mins, 12 Secs. Average Speed: 131.888 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.852 Seconds Caution Flags: 7 for 32 laps: Laps: 52-57 (#5,8 accident frontstretch); 59-63 (#8 accident frontstretch); 78-81 (#15 accident turn 4); 150-153 (#12 spun turn 2); 159-163 (#10,70,83 accident backstretch); 194-197 (#06 accident turn 3); 255-258 (#20 accident turn 3). Lead Changes: 25 among 11 drivers: J. Johnson 1; R. Newman 2-3; M. Kenseth 4-47; Ku. Busch 48-49; R. Newman 50-53; M. Kenseth 54-63; Ku. Busch 64-78; Ky. Busch 79; D. Hamlin 80-85; M. Kenseth 86-129; R. Newman 130; D. Blaney 131; C. Mears 132; M. Kenseth 133-149; M. Truex Jr. 150; M. Kenseth 151-165; D. Hamlin 166-177; M. Kenseth 178-193; M. Truex Jr. 194; M. Kenseth 195-243; D. Hamlin 244; D. Blaney 245; D. Ragan # 246; J. McMurray 247; M. Truex Jr. 248; M. Kenseth 249-267. Budweiser Pole Award : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (176.788 mph) Checkers/Rally's : David Ragan, #6 (247.031 Seconds Commit Lozenges : Jimmie Johnson, #48 DIRECTV : Matt Kenseth, #17 DOW Automotive Strategic Call : Matt Kenseth, #17 EA Sports : Matt Kenseth, #17 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (171.135 mph, Lap 260) Mobil 1 : Kurt Busch, #2 Raybestos Rookie of the Race : David Ragan, #6 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Matt Kenseth, #17 USG Improving the Finish : Denny Hamlin, #11 (29 Places) WIX Lap Leader : Denny Hamlin, #11 (18 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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