2007 Samsung 500

Race 7 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:29:41
Average speed of winner: 143.359 mph
Margin of victory: 0.410 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 186.929
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-45, Sadler 46, R. Gordon 47, J. Gordon 48-96, Earnhardt, Jr. 97-99, Vickers 100-101, J. Gordon 102-153, Earnhardt, Jr. 154-169, Sorenson 170-171, Earnhardt, Jr. 172-248, Ku. Busch 249-290, J. Gordon 291-317, Kenseth 318-333, Burton 334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jeff Burton	31	Prilosec OTC	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller		334	1	1	running	526766	190
2	4	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser		334	1	16	running	357266	175
3	6	Mark Martin	01	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ginn	Ryan Pemberton		334	0	0	running	275583	165
4	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		334	4	173	running	255811	170
5	13	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter		334	0	0	running	173325	155
6	21	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Ameriquest	Ford	Roush	Tryson		334	0	0	running	160125	150
7	24	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion		334	0	0	running	164945	146
8	16	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo		334	0	0	running	168375	142
9	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Ford		334	0	0	running	143100	138
10	14	David Stremme	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane		334	0	0	running	130175	134
11	17	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	McCauley		334	1	42	running	157233	135
12	10	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne		334	0	0	running	129975	127
13	27	Tony Raines	96	DLP HDTV	Chevrolet	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas		334	0	0	running	131325	124
14	36	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Richert		334	1	2	running	114325	126
15	42	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Energizer	Chevrolet	DEI	Charpentier		333	0	0	running	113325	118
16	8	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		333	0	0	running	123775	115
17	15	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Browne		333	1	1	running	131870	117
18	25	Joe Nemechek	13	CertainTeed/Ginn Resorts	Chevrolet	Ginn	Sospenzo		333	0	0	running	108325	109
19	30	David Gilliland	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		332	0	0	running	137639	106
20	34	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis		332	0	0	running	154816	103
21	40	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Hamlin		332	0	0	running	137033	100
22	35	Johnny Sauter	70	Yellow Transportation	Chevrolet	Haas	Holly		332	0	0	running	102325	97
23	33	Casey Mears	25	National Guard/GMAC	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Grubb		332	0	0	running	113175	94
24	23	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Ford	Robby Gordon	Erwin		332	1	1	running	102625	96
25	9	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli		332	0	0	running	146861	88
26	31	Jeff Green	66	Best Buy	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		332	0	0	running	121683	85
27	39	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers		331	0	0	running	105925	82
28	22	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Andrews		331	0	0	running	133261	79
29	11	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		331	0	0	running	140961	76
30	37	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Borland		331	0	0	running	91575	73
31	38	Ken Schrader	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Cope		331	0	0	running	112364	70
32	20	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Mike Nelson		330	0	0	running	122625	67
33	29	Ricky Rudd	88	Snickers	Ford	Yates	Hylton		321	0	0	running	118933	64
34	28	Sterling Marlin	14	Panasonic	Chevrolet	Ginn	Labbe		304	0	0	running	97508	61
35	32	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn		291	0	0	running	94272	58
36	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Jr.		288	3	96	engine	128983	60
37	5	Kyle Busch	5	Cheez-It/Carquest	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		262	0	0	running	100475	52
38	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		260	0	0	accident	135261	49
39	19	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig		239	0	0	running	117025	46
40	26	Reed Sorenson	41	Tums	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		197	1	2	engine	89075	48
41	41	Mike Bliss	49	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	BAM	McCall		42	0	0	accident	80960	40
42	43	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy		38	0	0	engine	80865	37
43	18	J.J. Yeley	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Addington		1	0	0	accident	108898	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1136	7	2	0	5	6
2	Jeff Burton	1128	7	0	1	5	6
3	Matt Kenseth	1011	7	0	1	4	5
4	Jimmie Johnson	955	7	0	3	4	4
5	Denny Hamlin	914	7	1	0	2	3
6	Clint Bowyer	866	7	0	0	0	3
7	Kyle Busch	856	7	0	1	2	4
8	Carl Edwards	837	7	0	0	0	2
9	Tony Stewart	814	7	0	0	1	4
10	Jamie McMurray	805	7	0	0	1	4
11	Mark Martin	794	5	0	0	4	5
12	David Stremme	779	7	0	0	0	1
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	767	7	0	0	1	2
14	Kevin Harvick	763	7	0	1	2	2
15	Kurt Busch	759	7	0	0	0	1
16	Elliott Sadler	756	7	0	0	0	1
17	Greg Biffle	738	7	0	0	1	2
18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	737	7	0	0	1	2
19	Martin Truex, Jr.	671	7	0	0	0	2
20	Ryan Newman	656	7	1	0	0	1
21	Robby Gordon	654	7	0	0	0	0
22	J.J. Yeley	650	7	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Labonte	638	7	0	0	0	0
24	David Ragan	635	7	0	0	1	1
25	Tony Raines	631	7	0	0	0	0