2007 Food City 500

Race 5 of 36

Bristol
504 laps
Time of race: 3:16:38
Average speed of winner: 81.969 mph
Margin of victory: 0.064 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 15 for 90 laps
Fastest lap: Kyle Busch 113.491
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-6, Stewart 7-51, Yeley 52-60, Ku. Busch 61-70, Stewart 71-122, Mayfield 123, Stewart 124-194, Sadler 195-199, Stewart 200-288, Ky. Busch 289-297, Hamlin 298-406, Harvick 407-415, Vickers 416, Hamlin 417-484, Ky. Busch 485-504

Race notes: Debut for A.J. Allmendinger and Regan Smith. Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Mark Martin.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Kyle Busch	5	CARQUEST/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	123.913	504	2	29	running	179400	190
2	29	Jeff Burton	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	123.570	504	0	0	running	161691	170
3	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	125.453	504	1	6	running	165586	170
4	40	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	122.380	504	1	9	running	154911	165
5	11	Greg Biffle	16	Jackson Hewitt	Ford	Roush	Tryson	124.565	504	0	0	running	111900	155
6	9	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy/Garmin	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	124.622	504	0	0	running	124383	150
7	31	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.	123.269	504	0	0	running	131908	146
8	18	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	123.994	504	0	0	running	98500	142
9	5	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	124.906	504	0	0	running	103700	138
10	16	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb	124.202	504	0	0	running	101750	134
11	38	Matt Kenseth	17	Arby's/DEWALT	Ford	Roush	Reiser	122.521	504	0	0	running	132816	130
12	32	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	123.253	504	0	0	running	96500	127
13	33	David Stremme	40	Energizer/Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	123.229	504	0	0	running	89875	124
14	10	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford	124.573	504	2	177	running	113750	126
15	25	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert	122.937	504	1	1	running	83500	123
16	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	124.824	503	0	0	running	138411	115
17	19	Mike Bliss	49	Obovo.com	Dodge	BAM	McCall	123.970	503	0	0	running	103933	112
18	14	Ward Burton	4	State Water Heaters/Food City	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	124.250	502	0	0	running	85525	109
19	2	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	125.313	501	0	0	running	130591	106
20	26	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	123.666	501	0	0	running	103533	103
21	27	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	123.666	501	0	0	running	82525	100
22	28	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews	123.578	501	0	0	running	123011	97
23	7	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Hamlin	124.768	501	0	0	running	106408	94
24	17	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	124.122	501	0	0	running	94525	91
25	12	Regan Smith	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton	124.508	501	0	0	running	103297	88
26	41	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	121.520	501	0	0	running	122350	85
27	3	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne	125.183	500	1	5	running	103420	87
28	15	Ken Schrader	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Cope	124.242	500	0	0	running	104489	79
29	42	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	119.395	499	1	10	running	118483	81
30	21	Sterling Marlin	14	Waste Management	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe	123.889	499	0	0	running	84475	73
31	8	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	124.759	498	0	0	running	90675	70
32	36	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	122.819	497	0	0	running	114700	67
33	34	Robby Gordon	7	Robby Gordon Off Road Wheels	Ford	Robby Gordon	Erwin	123.103	493	0	0	running	81025	64
34	23	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	123.722	486	1	1	running	80025	66
35	4	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	125.117	479	4	257	running	133911	68
36	37	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington	122.599	475	1	9	running	107833	60
37	13	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	124.331	475	0	0	running	106220	52
38	24	Ricky Rudd	88	Pedigree	Ford	Yates	Hylton	123.714	453	0	0	accident	110858	49
39	22	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson	123.770	449	0	0	accident	111850	46
40	43	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	122.976	413	0	0	running	79700	43
41	35	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	122.937	48	0	0	accident	106864	40
42	30	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Borland	123.324	42	0	0	accident	79565	37
43	39	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	122.482	21	0	0	accident	86932	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	791	5	2	0	3	4
2	Jeff Burton	788	5	0	0	4	4
3	Jimmie Johnson	716	5	0	2	3	3
4	Matt Kenseth	697	5	0	1	3	3
5	Kevin Harvick	647	5	0	1	2	2
6	Kyle Busch	639	5	0	1	1	3
7	Mark Martin	629	4	0	0	3	4
8	Clint Bowyer	621	5	0	0	0	3
9	Denny Hamlin	606	5	0	0	1	1
10	Carl Edwards	598	5	0	0	0	2
11	David Stremme	587	5	0	0	0	0
12	Tony Stewart	575	5	0	0	1	3
13	Elliott Sadler	543	5	0	0	0	1
14	Bobby Labonte	525	5	0	0	0	0
15	J.J. Yeley	522	5	0	0	0	0
16	Greg Biffle	521	5	0	0	1	1
17	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	512	5	0	0	0	1
18	Jamie McMurray	512	5	0	0	0	2
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	510	5	0	0	1	1
20	Kurt Busch	497	5	0	0	0	1
21	Robby Gordon	497	5	0	0	0	0
22	David Ragan	471	5	0	0	1	1
23	Ryan Newman	468	5	1	0	0	1
24	David Gilliland	448	5	1	0	0	1
25	Martin Truex, Jr.	444	5	0	0	0	1