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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 4 KOBALT TOOLS 500 1.54-Mile Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $4,957,097 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 325 195 ** 10 $233,261 Running 2 13 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet 325 175 * 5 165,461 Running 3 21 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 325 170 * 5 145,016 Running 4 32 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 325 165 * 5 134,516 Running 5 16 42 # Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 325 155 126,200 Running 6 15 07 Clint Bowyer DirecTV Hot Pass Chevrolet 325 155 * 5 87,925 Running 7 14 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 325 146 86,625 Running 8 18 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats
Chevrolet 325 142 109,520 Running 9 11 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 325 143 * 5 104,433 Running 10 4 01 Mark
Martin 11 17 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 325 135 * 5 110,408 Running 12 5 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 325 132 * 5 118,561 Running 13 7 40 David
Stremme Coors
Light Dodge 325 124 75,875 Running 14 22 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 325 121 116,133 Running 15 37 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 325 118 83,475 Running 16 6 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 325 120 * 5 110,911 Running 17 19 13 Joe
Nemechek Ginn Resorts Chevrolet 325 112 70,075 Running 18 2 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 325 114 * 5 92,670 Running 19 30 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 324 106 88,650 Running 20 39 7 Robby
Gordon Motorola Digital Audio
Players Ford 324 103 75,725 Running 21 9 49 Mike
Bliss ZoneLoans.com
Dodge 324 100 86,783 Running 22 20 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 324 97 100,233 Running 23 1 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 324 94 111,000 Running 24 28 14 25 36 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 324 93 * 5 117,736 Running 26 42 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers Ford 323 85 102,283 Running 27 35 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
28 34 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 323 79 78,375 Running 29 26 70 Johnny
Sauter Best
Buy Chevrolet 323 76 67,700 Running 30 27 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 323 73 95,289 Running 31 23 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Quaker State
Chevrolet 323 70 67,500 Running 32 8 5 Kyle
Busch Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet 322 67 75,425 Running 33 38 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 322 64 104,125 Running 34 40 45 Kyle
Petty National Tire
& Battery Dodge 322 61 67,275 Running 35 41 66 Jeff
Green Yellow
Transportation Chevrolet 322 58 75,240 Running 36 43 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 37 29 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Snack
Cakes Ford 318 52 87,384 Running 38 33 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 318 49 75,885 Running 39 12 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 306 46 114,291 Running 40 24 00 # David
Reutimann Domino's
41 25 16 Greg
Biffle 42 31 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 43 10 10 Scott
Riggs # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (8) #33 Scott Wimmer;
#4 Ward Burton; #37 John Andretti; #55 Michael Waltrip; #78 Mike Wallace; #34 Kevin Lepage;
#36 Jeremy Mayfield; #84 AJ Allmendinger. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 105,000, Jimmie Johnson got his 25th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory.
Before the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear for the reason
indicated: #12 Newman, #83 Vickers (engine change); #66 Green (transmission
change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 16 minutes,
23 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 152.915 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.311
seconds BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (193.124
mph, 28.707 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Pemberton (crew chief for Mark Martin) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (188.200
mph, Lap 3) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Martin Truex
Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $50,000 at Bristol Motor Speedway, March 25++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Jeff Burton (28 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (135 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 27
laps. 37-40 (Debris); 144-147 (Debris); 224-227 (Oil on track); 231-237 (Car #00,
9, 16 & 83-Accident, Turn 3); 271-274 (Debris); 311-314 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 31 lead changes
among 13 drivers. Ryan Newman (Pole), Jimmie
Johnson 1-36, Elliott Sadler 37, Jeff Gordon 38-41, Tony Stewart 42-79, Johnson
80-87, Kevin Harvick 88, Brian Vickers 89-91, Kurt Busch 92-96, Matt Kenseth 97, Ku. Busch 98-106, Johnson 107-132, Reed Sorenson 133, Dave Blaney 134, Vickers 135-136, Johnson 137-143, Clint Bowyer
144, Johnson 145-154, Kenseth 155-164, Johnson
165-166, J. Gordon 167-192, Stewart 193-194, Johnson 195-223, Blaney 224, Johnson 225-238, Stewart 239-270, Jeff Burton
271, Stewart 272-310, J. Burton 311, Bobby Labonte
312, Stewart 313-322, Johnson 323-325. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Mark Martin 629 (0) 2 –Jeff Gordon 621 (0) 3 –Jeff Burton 618 (0) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 601 (2) 5 –Matt Kenseth 567 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 507 (0) 7 –Kevin Harvick 482 (1) 8 –Denny Hamlin 480 (0) 9 –Clint Bowyer 479 (0) 10–Carl Edwards 471 (0) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 33 3 Ford 27 1 Dodge 16 0 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Mark Martin (#01) 1 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 1 BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS David Gilliland 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Ryan Newman 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 47 David Ragan 46 Paul Menard 31 David Reutimann 26 AJ Allmendinger 4 Brandon Whitt 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Ryan Pemberton (#01) 2 Josh Browne (#19) 1 Todd Parrott (#38) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 Kevin Harvick (#29)
1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 44 Hendrick (#01) 37 Hendrick (#48) 28 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 David Gilliland (#38) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the raceUNOFFICAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Sunday, 3/18/2007 @ 5:55 PM Eastern UNOFFICAL
# = Rookie, Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led Average Speed: 152.915 MPH Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 16 Mins, 23 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.311 Seconds Lead Changes: 31 among 13 drivers Cautions: 6 for 27 laps Attendance: 105,000 NASCAR PR used with permission
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