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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 5 .533-Mile Oval 500 L – 266.5 M – Purse: $5,551,106 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 20 5 Kyle Busch CARQUEST/Kellogg's
Chevrolet 504 190 * 5 $173,400 Running 2 29 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 504 170 161,691 Running 3 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 504 170 * 5 165,586 Running 4 40 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 504 165 * 5 154,911 Running 5 11 16 Greg Biffle 6 9 66 Jeff Green Best
Buy/Garmin Chevrolet 504 150 125,383 Running 7 31 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 504 146 131,908 Running 8 18 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 504 142 99,000 Running 9 5 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 504 138 103,800 Running 10 16 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 504 134 101,850 Running 11 38 17 Matt
Kenseth Arby's/DEWALT Ford 504 130 132,816 Running 12 32 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 504 127 96,600 Running 13 33 40 David
Stremme Energizer/Coors
Light Dodge 504 124 89,975 Running 14 10 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 504 126 * 5 113,750 Running 15 25 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 16 6 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 503 115 138,411 Running 17 19 49 Mike
Bliss Obovo.com Dodge 503 112 104,033 Running 18 14 4 Ward
Burton State Water
Heaters/Food City Chevrolet 502 109 85,525 Running 19 2 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 501 106 130,591 Running 20 26 45 Kyle
Petty 21 27 78 Kenny
Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 501 100 86,325 Running 22 28 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty
Crocker Dodge 501 97 123,011 Running 23 7 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
24 17 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 501 91 94,525 Running 25 12 01 Regan
Smith 26 41 6 # David
Ragan AAA Ford 501 85 122,350 Running 27 3 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 500 87 * 5 103,420 Running 28 15 21 Ken
Schrader Little Debbie Snack
Cakes Ford 500 79 104,489 Running 29 42 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 499 81 * 5 118,483 Running 30 21 14 31 8 10 Scott
Riggs Valvoline/Stanley
Tools Dodge 498 70 90,675 Running 32 36 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 497 67 114,700 Running 33 34 7 Robby
Gordon Robby Gordon Off Road Wheels Ford 493 64 81,025 Running 34 23 36 Jeremy
Mayfield 360 OTC 35 4 20 Tony
Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 479 68 ** 10 133,911 Running 36 37 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 475 60 * 5 107,833 Running 37 13 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 475 52 106,220 Running 38 24 88 Ricky
Rudd Pedigree Ford 453 49 110,858 Accident 39 22 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 449 46 111,850 Accident 40 43 84 # AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 41 35 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 48 40 106,864 Accident 42 30 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 43 39 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 21 34 86,932 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (6) #37 Kevin Lepage,
#00 David Reutimann, #55 Michael Waltrip,
#13 Joe Nemechek, #70 Johnny Sauter,
#15 Paul Menard. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Kyle Busch got his fourth career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 16 minutes,
38 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 81.969 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: .064 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (125.453
mph, 15.295 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jeff Gordon DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Larry Carter (crew chief for Jamie McMurray) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Kyle Busch EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kyle Busch GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch (113.491
mph, Lap 487) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Green NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $60,000 at Martinsville Speedway, April 1++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Kevin Harvick (36
places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (257 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 15 cautions for 90
laps. 19-23 (Car #41-Spin, Turn 2); 45-54 (Car #7, 38, 40 & 44-Accident, Turn
2); 121-126 (Car #6-Spin, Turn 2); 138-143 (Car #42-Spin, Backstrech);
150-155 (Car #84-Accident, Turn 1); 163-168 (Car #6-Spin, Turn 2); 227-232 (Car
#36-Accident, Turn 2); 283-290 (Car #9-Accident, Turn 4); 311-316 (Car #1 &
12-Accident, Turn 2); 369-374 (Debris); 379-382 (Car #7, 43, 49 & 88-Accident,
Turn 4); 414-420 (Debris); 422-425 (Debris); 486-491 (Debris); 499-502 (Car #6-Spin,
Frontstretch). LAP LEADERS: 14 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-6, Tony Stewart 7-51, J.J. Yeley
52-60, Kurt Busch 61-70, Stewart 71-122, Jeremy Mayfield 123, Stewart 124-194,
Elliott Sadler 195-199, Stewart 200-288, Kyle Busch 289-297, Denny Hamlin
298-406, Kevin Harvick 407-415, Brian Vickers 416,
Hamlin 417-484, Kyle Busch 485-504. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 791 (0) 2 –Jeff Burton 788 (0) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 716 (2) 4 –Matt Kenseth 697 (1) 5 –Kevin Harvick 647 (1) 6 –Kyle Busch 639 (1) 7 –Mark Martin 629 (0) 8 –Clint Bowyer 621 (0) 9 –Denny Hamlin 606 (0) 10–Carl Edwards 598 (0) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 42 4 Ford 33 1 Dodge 20 0 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Jeff Green (#66) 1 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 1 BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff Gordon 2 David Gilliland 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Ryan Newman 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 57 David Ragan 57 Paul Menard 32 David Reutimann 27 AJ Allmendinger 13 Brandon Whitt 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Ryan Pemberton (#01) 2 Josh Browne (#19) 1 Larry Carter (#26) 1 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’
AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kevin Harvick (#29)
2 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 62 RCR (#31) 40 Roush Fenway (#17) 37 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Kyle Busch (# 5) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 5 Unofficial Race Results for the Food City "500" - Sunday, March 25, 2007 Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN - .53 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 504 Laps - 268.63 Miles - Purse: $5,551,106
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