2007 Auto Club 500

Race 2 of 36

Fontana
250 laps
Time of race: 3:36:41
Average speed of winner: 138.451 mph
Margin of victory: 0.679 sec.
Lead changes: 28 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Kasey Kahne 183.150
Lap leaders: J. Gordon pole, Kahne 1-20, Ky. Busch 21-29, Kenseth 30-49, Martin 50, Johnson 51-54, Burton 55, Kenseth 56-65, Stewart 66-74, Burton 75-89, Stewart 90-93, Kenseth 94-115, Stewart 116, Petty 117, Kenseth 118-134, J. Gordon 135, Kenseth 136-143, Stewart 144-157, Bowyer 158-159, Harvick 160, Biffle 161, J. Gordon 162, Kenseth 163-195, Burton 196, Harvick 197-198, Biffle 199, Johnson 200-226, Burton 227, Kenseth 228-250

Race notes: Mark Martin took the points lead from Kevin Harvick.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	25	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt/DEWALT	Ford	Roush	Bolin	182.931	250	7	133	running	342316	195
2	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Cromax Pro	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.735	250	2	2	running	249011	175
3	23	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	183.299	250	2	31	running	212811	170
4	8	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.341	250	4	18	running	173441	165
5	3	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton	185.500	250	1	1	running	171708	160
6	6	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	184.805	250	1	2	running	119875	155
7	18	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	183.627	250	0	0	running	140583	146
8	11	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.148	250	4	28	running	148161	147
9	12	Kyle Busch	5	CARQUEST/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	184.139	250	1	9	running	109525	143
10	15	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert	183.852	250	0	0	running	94400	134
11	17	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	183.650	250	0	0	running	116800	130
12	19	Ryan Newman	12	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	183.533	250	0	0	running	128275	127
13	29	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	182.639	250	0	0	running	124958	124
14	26	Joe Nemechek	13	CertainTeed/Ginn Resorts	Chevrolet	Ginn	Sospenzo	182.871	250	0	0	running	90450	121
15	13	Greg Biffle	16	Ameriquest	Ford	Roush	Tryson	183.932	250	2	2	running	108400	123
16	39	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance So. Cal.	Ford	Roush	Fennig	181.525	250	0	0	running	130075	115
17	4	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	185.424	250	2	3	running	136786	117
18	31	Johnny Sauter	70	Best Buy/Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly	182.593	249	0	0	running	87450	109
19	24	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	183.136	249	0	0	running	90850	106
20	22	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Quaker State	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier	183.323	249	0	0	running	87850	103
21	42	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Ford	Robby Gordon	Erwin	180.212	249	0	0	running	90700	100
22	37	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	181.681	249	1	1	running	104908	102
23	41	Tony Raines	96	DLP HD TV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	181.374	249	0	0	running	99500	94
24	38	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Almquist	181.603	248	0	0	running	105670	91
25	40	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	181.420	248	0	0	running	114314	88
26	9	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.219	248	0	0	running	120475	85
27	34	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Hylton	182.089	248	0	0	running	116233	82
28	28	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	182.723	248	0	0	running	121436	79
29	21	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot/SBON	Ford	Roush	Osborne	183.365	247	0	0	running	92200	76
30	16	Jeff Green	66	Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	183.748	247	0	0	running	106608	73
31	10	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	184.153	246	0	0	running	91275	70
32	43	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Borland		246	0	0	running	80575	67
33	33	David Reutimann	00	Domino's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kerr	182.431	239	0	0	accident	92958	64
34	32	John Andretti	37	Camping World	Dodge	Front Row		182.500	220	0	0	electrical	80150	61
35	27	Sterling Marlin	14	Panasonic	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe	182.857	198	0	0	electrical	89472	58
36	36	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Cope	181.685	160	0	0	engine	98989	55
37	35	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	181.947	134	0	0	running	87550	52
38	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Rodden	185.519	129	1	20	engine	137991	54
39	14	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Hamlin	183.927	112	0	0	engine	87180	46
40	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	185.405	74	0	0	engine	124433	43
41	30	Scott Riggs	10	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Kidd	182.611	16	0	0	accident	86900	40
42	7	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	184.573	14	0	0	engine	105155	37
43	20	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Energizer	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	183.468	7	0	0	accident	86963	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Mark Martin	335	2	0	0	2	2
2	Jeff Burton	330	2	0	0	2	2
3	Jeff Gordon	309	2	1	0	1	2
4	Kevin Harvick	307	2	0	1	1	1
5	David Ragan	270	2	0	0	1	1
6	Clint Bowyer	264	2	0	0	0	1
7	Joe Nemechek	259	2	0	0	0	1
8	J.J. Yeley	251	2	0	0	0	0
9	Kyle Busch	239	2	0	0	0	1
10	David Stremme	236	2	0	0	0	0
11	David Gilliland	235	2	1	0	0	1
12	Matt Kenseth	232	2	0	1	1	1
13	Johnny Sauter	224	2	0	0	0	0
14	Robby Gordon	218	2	0	0	0	0
15	Jimmie Johnson	216	2	0	0	1	1
16	Elliott Sadler	216	2	0	0	0	1
17	Greg Biffle	211	2	0	0	0	0
18	Denny Hamlin	209	2	0	0	0	0
19	Kurt Busch	196	2	0	0	0	1
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	191	2	0	0	0	0
21	Tony Stewart	186	2	0	0	0	1
22	Ryan Newman	181	2	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Labonte	179	2	0	0	0	0
24	Casey Mears	173	2	0	0	0	0
25	Sterling Marlin	170	2	0	0	0	0