2007 Coca-Cola 600

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2007 Coca-Cola 600
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 12 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Official Logo for the Coca-Cola 600
Date May 27, 2007 (2007-May-27)
Official name Coca-Cola 600
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.414 km)
Distance 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Weather Hot with temperatures approaching 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[4]
Average speed 130.222 miles per hour (209.572 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Penske Racing
Time 29.140
Most laps led
Driver Kurt Busch Penske Racing
Laps 107
Winner
No. 25 Casey Mears Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 4.5/10 (Final)
  • 4.5/9 (Overnight)[5]

The 2007 Coca-Cola 600, the 48th running of the event, was the twelfth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. It was held on May 27, 2007 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, before a crowd of 175,000. The 400-lap race was won by Casey Mears of the Hendrick Motorsports team, after starting from sixteenth position. J.J. Yeley finished second and Kyle Petty came in third.

Ryan Newman won the pole position and the kept the lead for the first ten laps before his Penske Racing South team-mate Kurt Busch moved into the lead on lap eleven. Busch held the lead for 107 laps, the most of any driver in the race, until Brian Vickers moved into the lead after the first round of green-flag pit stops. At the race's final restart on lap 342, Tony Stewart led and maintained the position until he pitted for fuel fifty-one laps later. Mears became the leader after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Denny Hamlin made similar pit stops and held the lead to win the race. There were thirteen cautions and twenty-nine lead changes among fifteen drivers during the race.

It was Mears' first and (as of 2016) the only win the Nextel Cup Series (today the Sprint Cup Series). After the race Jeff Gordon maintained his Drivers' Championship lead, although that lead was reduced as he crashed out in the early part of the race. Chevrolet increased its points advantage in the Manufacturers' Championship, forty-one points ahead of Ford. Dodge moved further ahead of Toyota in the battle for third place, with twenty-four races remaining in the season.

Report

Background

Photograph of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, showing the entire layout of the track. The track has four turns with one backstretch linking the turns together. The pit road splits off from the track on the inside of turn four and rejoins the track at the entry of turn one.
Charlotte Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

The track, Charlotte Motor Speedway, is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway.[6] The standard track at Charlotte Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while both the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch, opposite of the front, have a five degree banking.[7]

Before the race, Jeff Gordon led the Drivers' Championship with 1,881 points, 231 ahead of team-mate Jimmie Johnson in second and a further sixty-eight in front of Matt Kenseth in third. Denny Hamlin was in fourth on 1,539 points, and Jeff Burton was in fifth, fifty-three points behind Hamlin. Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards rounded out the top ten.[8] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 96 points, thirty-five points ahead of their rival Ford in second. Dodge (with 52 points) were ninteteen points ahead of Toyota in the battle for third.[9] Kasey Kahne was the race's defending champion.[10]

In preparation for the race, NASCAR held several test sessions on May 7–8, 2007 for teams to prepare for the May races held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Sessions began at 2:00 p.m. EDT on May 7, and concluded at 9:00 p.m. On May 8, sessions started at 1:00 p.m., and stopped at 9:00 p.m. Eighty-two cars participated in the May 7 afternoon session. Martin Truex, Jr. was quickest with a speed of 180.596 miles per hour (290.641 km/h), and David Stremme had the highest speed of the two days at 187.000 miles per hour (300.947 km/h) in the evening session. Towards the end of the second session, Hamlin lost control of his car and made heavy contact with an outside SAFER barrier; he was evaluated at the Carolinas HealthCare Infield Care Center and was later released to continue testing. During the third session (with 84 cars), Jeremy Mayfield had the fastest speed of 183.667 miles per hour (295.583 km/h), and Kurt Busch set the fastest speed of 185.644 miles per hour (298.765 km/h) in the fourth and final session held in the evening. David Gilliland spun during the final session, but avoided contact with the wall.[11]

There was one change of driver before the race. Starting at the Coca-Cola 600, 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott returned to NASCAR on a part-time schedule for the Wood Brothers Racing team, replacing the team's regular driver Ken Schrader, who drove in the season's first eleven races.[12] Elliott was eligible to use six Champion's Provisional's if the need arose.[13] Elliott was looking forward to returning to racing, "I was pretty honored to get a call from the Wood Brothers to drive the 21 car. I've seen them struggle the last few weeks, being outside the top 35, and it breaks my heart to see them miss races. I hope I can get in the car, get us qualified well every week and see what we can make up in the points battle along the way."[13]

Practice and qualifier

A man in his early thirties, waving his right hand to a crowd of people
Ryan Newman had the thirty-ninth pole of his career.

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: one on Thursday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 50 minutes and the third 60 minutes.[2] In the first practice session, Elliott Sadler was fastest with a time of 29.697 seconds; Kahne was second and Ricky Rudd third. Johnson took fourth with a lap of 29.878 seconds, and Casey Mears placed fifth. Kenseth, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Busch, Scott Riggs and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top ten fastest drivers of the session.[14] Sterling Marlin hit one of the walls lining the track during the session and went to a back-up car. After a similar collision, Michael Waltrip did not need to switch cars.[2]

Although forty-nine cars were entered in the qualifier;[15] according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only forty-three could race.[2] Drivers who set their laps late in qualifying had an advantage as the track was at its coolest. Ryan Newman clinched his thirty-ninth pole position in the Nextel Cup Series,[16] with a time of 29.140 seconds.[17] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kurt Busch, his Penske Racing South team-mate and was the second to last driver to record his lap. Sadler qualified third, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fourth, and Kenseth started fifth. Hamlin, Rudd, Dave Blaney, Bobby Labonte and Stremme rounded out the top ten qualifiers.[16] Jeff Green wrecked his car in the second turn while on a lap and used a provisional to qualify. The six drivers that failed to qualify were Kevin Lepage, David Reutimann (who crashed on his lap) Waltrip (who lost control of his car in the second turn on his second qualifying lap, which tore off a front tire after hitting the inside wall and made contact with the wall a second time before stopping), Mike Bliss, Paul Menard and Ward Burton.[16] Once qualifying had ended, Newman stated there was pressure to achieve Penske's Racing South's first victory at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, "He's only been trying here for like 20 years, so yeah it would be special. It's been something that weighs on the drivers and the teams."[16] He also said he felt he could have recorded a faster lap time and was worried about team-mate Kurt Busch's qualifying form.[18]

On Saturday afternoon in sunny and warm weather conditions,[2] Newman was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.562 seconds, ahead of Sadler and Kurt Busch. Mark Martin (with a lap of 30.614 seconds) was fourth-fastest; Greg Biffle was fifth and Earnhardt sixth. Edwards, Rudd, McMurray and Kahne followed in the top ten.[19] During the session (where teams were scuffing their tyres), Bowyer crashed his car after spinning in turn two in the first minute of the session and went into a back-up car where he set five more lap times.[2][20] Shortly afterward, Nemechek spun after exiting the second turn but avoided damaging his car.[20] Later that day, Edwards paced the final practice session with a time of 30.043 seconds; Biffle was second and Newman third. Sadler was fourth-fastest, ahead of J.J. Yeley and Truex. Kurt Busch was seventh-fastest, Jeff Gordon eighth, Kenseth ninth, and Jeff Burton tenth.[21] Kyle Busch damaged the right-rear quarter of his car after hitting the wall during the session, but did not switch to a back-up car.[2]

Race

American man in his mid-thirties, with a full beard and wearing a black baseball cap with branding for Haas.
Kurt Busch (pictured in 2015) who led the most laps of the race (107).

Live television coverage of the race, the twelfth of thirty-six of the 2007 season, began at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the United States on Fox. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were partly cloudy with the air temperature at 87 °F (31 °C). William K. Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College, in Belmont, North Carolina, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Country and pop music singer LeAnn Rimes performed the national anthem,[22] and Coke Rewards Fan Winners commanded the drivers to start their engines.[2] During the pace laps, three drivers moved to the rear of the field because of unapproved changes: Boywer because he had switched to his back-up car, along with David Ragan and Harvick because both drivers had engine changes.[2][22]

The race began at 5:52 p.m. Newman maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner. After starting from 21st, Jimmie Johnson moved up to 15th position by lap eight. Kurt Busch passed team-mate Newman for the lead three laps later. By the 20th lap, Kurt Busch, Newman, Earnhardt, Kenseth and Yeley were running in the top five positions. Four laps later, Earnhardt got ahead of Newman for second place. Hamlin moved up to third positions by lap 32. Hamlin made up a further position on lap 43 after he passed Earnhardt for second and was 1.2 seconds behind race leader Kurt Busch.[22] The first caution of the race was shown three laps later when Biffle hit the wall at turn two after his right-front tire had been cut.[2] Biffle sustained heavy damage to the right hand side of his car.[22] All drivers elected to make pit stops for tires and fuel during the caution.[2] Kurt Busch (who made a 10.4 second pit stop for fuel and no tires) maintained the lead on the lap-52 restart ahead of Hamlin, Kenseth, Earnhardt and Johnson.[22] One lap later, a multi-car collision occurred on the front stretch when A.J. Allmendinger got loose in turn two and went into Johnson's right-rear quarter panel who had a cut left-rear tire that burst after coming out of turn four, causing Blaney and Stewart to collide, after Stewart slowed to avoid a collision with Johnson.[23] Both drivers slid, collecting Gilliland, Sadler, Juan Pablo Montoya, Green, Bowyer, Truex, Marlin, Johnny Sauter, Kyle Petty and Harvick who all had damage to their cars. The incident triggered the race's second caution.[2] Johnson and Stewart made pit stops to repair the damage to their cars, and both rejoined in 18th and 25th positions respectively.[22]

Kurt Busch led on the lap-62 restart, ahead of Hamlin, Kenseth, Earnhardt, and Gordon.[22] The third caution was prompted on the same lap when Tony Raines got loose and slid sideways into Jeff Gordon, and both drivers slid off into the infield grass; Jeff Gordon went back up towards the outside wall and was hit by Allmendinger which resulted in Jeff Gordon going airborne, with Robby Gordon and Burton caught up in the melee.[2] Gordon was unhurt, and drivers involved in the accidents which caused the second and third cautions pitted for repairs. Kurt Busch maintained his lead at the lap-70 restart, followed by Hamlin and Kenseth.[22] Burton caused the fourth caution eight laps later after heavy contact with the turn three wall.[2][22] During the caution, most of the leaders made pit stops; Newman stopped for a track bar adjustment and had a new shifter ball installed. Kurt Busch and Kenseth chose not to pit and remained the leaders at the lap-83, with Rudd in third place. Ten laps later, Newman reported that his car was "extremely tight" after the adjustments made at his pit stop and was running in eighth. Stewart had moved back up to eleventh and Johnson 13th by lap 96. After 100 laps, Kurt Busch's lead was four seconds over Kenseth, with Brian Vickers following in third, Ragan fourth and Kyle Busch in fifth. Johnson passed Yeley for seventh position eleven laps later.[22]

Photograph of a man in his early-twenties, wearing a blue baseball cap with a black stripe in the center. He is waving to a crowd of people with his right arm.
Brian Vickers (pictured in 2006) led the race after the first round of green-flag pit stops.

Green-flag pit stops began on lap 112, with Kenseth on the same lap for tires and a wedge change. Kurt Busch made his stop two laps later, handing the lead to Vickers for twelve laps. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 126 with an advantage of ten seconds over Johnson by lap 131. Kyle Busch made his pit stop on the next lap, handing the lead for one lap to Johnson. Stewart took over the lead until his stop on lap 133, when Yeley became the race leader. Edwards and Bill Elliott both held the lead in the next two laps. After the pit stops, Vickers regained the lead.[22] On lap 140, Vickers' lead of six seconds was reduced to nothing when the fifth caution was triggered after debris was spotted on the backstretch.[2][22] Most of the leaders elected to make pit stops. Racing resumed on lap 146 with Vickers leading Kyle Busch, Earnhardt, Yeley and Stewart as sunlight began to fade. Earnhardt slowed on lap 154 with a flat tire and pitted for new tires two laps later. Ragan moved back into the top five by lap 160.[22] Ten laps later, debris was spotted in the groove of turn two, causing the sixth caution.[2] During the caution, All of the race leaders made pit stops. Vickers led on the lap-173 restart, followed by Kurt Busch and Martin. Kurt Busch went low and passed Vickers for the lead on lap 175, while Newman drove to his garage three laps later to retire. Vickers retook the lead from Kurt Busch on the 181st lap, and Stewart got ahead of Kyle Busch one lap later. Johnson took the lead from Vickers on lap 185.[22]

On lap 186, Kurt Busch nudged the wall at turn two with his right-rear side and spun on the backstretch, triggering the seventh caution. He regained control of his car to run ninth. Most of the leaders made pit stops.[2][22] Johnson led at the lap-190 restart, followed by Vickers and Kenseth. Johnson held a one-second lead over Vickers by the 200th lap and Carl Edwards had moved in front of Stewart by the same lap. Vickers retook the lead from Johnson on lap 206. Fourteen laps later, the eighth caution was prompted when Edwards had a cut tire,[22] slowed on track, and spun at turn four while driving gingerly to pit road, collecting team-mate Ragan who was run into by Bill Elliott.[2] On lap 222, Vickers reported a power steering problem, while Kyle Busch was losing battery power. Most of the leaders, including Vickers, made pit stops. Kyle Busch had a replacement battery fitted in his car while Vickers topped up with more fluids; both drivers rejoined in twelfth and 13th positions respectively. Johnson led at the lap-227 restart, with Kenseth in second. One lap later, Kenseth passed Johnson to take over first place, while Kyle Busch made heavy contact with the wall on his right side; a caution was not necessitated. Johnson reclaimed the first position from Kenseth on the backstretch on the 245th lap.[22] Kyle Busch's right-front tire was cut on lap and went into the turn four wall on lap 252, causing the ninth caution to be shown.[2][22] During the caution, most of the leaders, including Johnson, chose to make pit stops. Johnson made changes to his left and right rear spring rubber, and Stewart had an adjustment made to his air-pressure.[22]

Semi-profile of a man in his late-twenties, clean shaven and smiling.
Casey Mears won the race which was his first and (as of 2016) the only win in the Nextel Cup Series.

Kyle Busch drove to his garage with a broken brake motor on the 254th lap and Mayfield led the field back up to speed for the restart on the 256th lap, ahead of Kenseth, Vickers, Stewart and Johnson. Mayfield fell down to third place as Kenseth and Vickers moved into first and second places on lap 257. Kenseth held a 2.2 second lead over Stewart (who moved up to second and was closing on Kenseth) by lap 265. The race's tenth caution was necessitated two laps later when Kahne lost control of his car and hit the outside wall at turn two. Most of the leaders, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops. Johnson led the field on the lap-272 restart, followed by Kenseth and Stewart. Four laps later, Kenseth passed Johnson to reclaim the first position. Vickers and Rudd made contact coming out of the fourth turn on lap 281 but no caution was needed. Johnson retook the lead from Kenseth two laps later.[22] Mayfield spun on the front stretch and into the infield grass after attempting to avoid a slower car on lap 290, causing the eleventh caution.[2][22] The leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops for tires under caution. Rudd took over the lead for one lap before pitting on lap 293. Johnson maintained his lead at the lap-297 restart, followed by Kenseth and Earnhardt. Kyle Busch rejoined the race on the same lap.[22] Kurt Busch lost control of his car on the backstretch on lap 298 and spun off and hit the inside wall, causing the twelfth caution to be deployed. He drove to his garage to retire.[2][22]

Johnson led the field back up to speed at the lap-301 restart. Kenseth retook the lead from Johnson on the 311th lap, with Johnson reclaiming the position one lap later. Stewart got ahead of Kenseth for second place on lap 314 and was six-tenths of a second behind race leader Johnson. After receiving a free pass from the tenth caution, Petty was running in ninth by lap 316 and battled Reed Sorenson for eighth. Mears moved up into third position fourteen laps later.[22] The final caution of the race was triggered on lap 337 when Vickers hit the turn two wall, damaging the right-hand side of his car and sustained a cut right-front tire, dropping debris onto the track.[2][22] The leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops; Johnson had a loose lug nut and fell down to tenth position. Stewart led the field on the lap-342 restart, ahead of Mears and Earnhardt. Johnson moved up to fourth by lap 367, while Stewart had a 1.1 second lead over Mears three laps later. Stewart had extended his lead over Mears to 2.7 seconds by the 380th lap.[22]

The second round of green-flag pit stops for fuel began on lap 381, as Earnhardt got ahead of Mears for second on the following lap. Mears lost third place to his team-mate Johnson on lap 390. Johnson made his pit stop on the next lap and avoided a collision with his team-mate Mears. Stewart drove slowly down pit road on the 393rd lap, allowing Earnhardt to move into first before his own stop one lap later. Hamlin took over the lead before his pit stop on lap 395, allowing Mears to take over the first position. By lap 398, Mears held a ten-second lead over Yeley who was closing the gap. Mears maintained his lead for the remaining two laps to win his first race in the Nextel Cup Series and ran out of fuel on his cool-down lap.[22] Yeley finished second, ahead of Petty in third and secured his first top-five finish since the 1997 MBNA 400. Sorenson was fourth and Vickers came in fifth. Stewart, Rudd, Earnhardt, Hamlin and Johnson rounded out the top ten finishers.[2] The race had a total of thirteen cautions and twenty-nine lead changes among fifteen different drivers.[3]

Post-race comments

Mears appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first career win in the Nextel Cup Series, in front of a crowd of 175,000;[3] the win earned him $377,425.[24] Mears was delighted with his victory, saying in the post-race press conference: "This is unbelievable. I'm very, very excited about it and, at the same time, very relieved. I was afraid Darien [Grubb] was going to call me in. I'm glad he didn't. The only way we could win was to gamble and that's what we did."[25] Mears admitted that he had "a fourth place car at best."[26] It was also the first time since 1991 a person with the surname Mears had won in auto racing.[25] Yeley, who finished in second, said, "This is probably the first time in two years of Cup racing I didn't catch the bad break. I've always run into bad luck.",[27] and, "At the end, we were a top-five car at best."[26] Third-place finisher Petty said, "In all honesty, it’s just a race. We didn’t change the world tonight. It feels good to come back and race with these guys. I guess third place was just the cherry on the sundae."[28] Additionally, he also stated he had a car which was capable of a finish in the top ten but admitted he would not have been able to run with the top drivers.[26] Petty also praised Mears for his victory and felt Mears would have similar success over the coming years.[27]

Kurt Busch who led the most laps of any driver (107) was frustrated after his lap 298 crash, "How in the world we can be so strong during the day here and almost in an instant go completely in the opposite direction is beyond my comprehension. We have to get a handle on it sooner or later. I'm frustrated and down right now, but we'll just keep plugging along looking for the answer."[29] Newman who led the first ten laps of the race was happy despite retiring from the race, "We had a good car. We had just gotten the lucky dog and we were going to be one of the 15 cars on the lead lap. Everybody at Penske Racing has been doing a great job. We've just got to keep it up and stay focused."[30] After finishing in fifth place, then the best finish for a Toyota car, Vickers said it was "rough" driving without the use of power steering which cut in and out for him but felt his Red Bull Racing Team had "the best car" for the race.[31] However, Stewart's crew chief Greg Zipadelli was disappointed that his driver could not take the victory, "If we hadn’t had an opportunity to win, I’d say that finishing sixth and leading laps would be awesome, But sitting where we are right now, it seems that everything is stacked against us. We were probably a second- or third-place car at worst, so it’s disappointing.[32] Earnhardt, who finished eighth, said the thought he secured an second-place finish and was unaware that the leaders had made pit stops. Nevertheless, he was happy with the way his team ran the race.[25]

After retiring from the race on lap 220, Bill Elliott blamed himself for the collision with Ragan, saying that he waited too long to react and was heavily committed to drive down the racetrack; he was also unable to get his foot off his brake pedal. Ragan felt that he should have passed Roush Fenway Racing team-mate Edwards who spun up the racetrack, and stated he was attempting to avoid wrecking himself.[33] According to Montoya who was involved in the multi-car collision on the 53rd lap, "I saw a car flying, and as soon as I saw the car flying I checked up. We actually slowed down the car and everything. The ten car or somebody came right in behind us and just pushed us through the whole mess."[34] Jeff Gordon said he was "fine" after the accident and that it "looked a lot worse than it really was", and, "Unfortunate because, man, what an awesome race car we had. I was so proud of Steve Letarte and the guys. When we bring race cars like that to the track, it just makes me have a whole lot of fun. I was having a blast out there and I hate we are out of it. But I am ok."[35] Allmendinger claimed responsibility for causing the crash and asked his spotter to apologize to Johnson's spotter who relayed the message to Johnson via radio.[23]

The result meant Jeff Gordon maintained his lead in the Drivers' Championship with 1,921 points, ahead of team-mate Johnson with 1,789. Kenseth remained in third, with his points advantage over Hamlin reduced to thirty-two. Burton kept fifth and Stewart stayed in sixth. Harvick moved into seventh position, while Edwards made up two positions to be in eighth. Kurt Busch's non-finish meant he slipped to ninth and Bowyer rounded out the top ten.[36] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet (with 105 points) extended its lead to forty-two points over their main rival Ford. Dodge increased their points advantage over Toyota in the battle for third.[9] The race took four hours, thirty-six minutes and twenty-seven seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 9.561 seconds.[24]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying results
Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge 29.140 185.312
2 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing South Dodge 29.179 185.065
3 19 Elliott Sadler Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.189 185.001
4 8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29.247 184.634
5 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.311 184.231
6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29.312 184.225
7 88 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 29.355 183.955
8 22 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Toyota 29.370 183.861
9 43 Bobby Labonte Petty Enterprises Dodge 29.422 183.536
10 40 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 29.423 183.530
11 01 Mark Martin Ginn Racing Chevrolet 29.437 183.443
12 18 J.J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29.458 183.312
13 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.469 183.2431
14 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 28.493 183.094
15 10 Scott Riggs Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.506 183.014
16 25 Casey Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.526 182.890
17 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.557 182.698
18 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.557 182.698
19 38 David Gilliland Robert Yates Racing Ford 29.575 182.587
20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 29.579 182.562
21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.585 182.525
22 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.601 182.426
23 44 Dale Jarrett Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.607 182.389
24 36 Jeremy Mayfield Bill Davis Racing Toyota 29.621 182.303
25 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.624 182.285
26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 29.626 182.272
27 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.627 182.2661
28 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.630 182.248
29 84 A.J. Allmendinger Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 29.630 182.248
30 14 Sterling Marlin Ginn Racing Chevrolet 29.631 182.242
31 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29.637 182.205
32 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.674 181.977
33 13 Joe Nemechek Ginn Racing Chevrolet 29.683 181.922
34 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 29.701 181.812
35 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford 29.781 181.324
36 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 29.828 181.038
37 96 Tony Raines Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet 29.865 180.814
38 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.897 180.620
39 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.926 180.445
40 70 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 30.067 179.599
41 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.776 175.4611
42 66 Jeff Green Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet – –
43 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 29.633 182.229
Failed to qualify
44 15 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29.646 182.149
45 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.795 181.238
46 4 Ward Burton Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 29.821 181.080
47 37 Kevin Lepage Front Row Motorsports Dodge 29.916 180.505
48 49 Mike Bliss BAM Racing Dodge 30.490 177.107
49 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota – –
1 Moved to the back of the grid for changing engines (#6), (#29) and for going to a backup car (#07)
Source:[17]

Race

Race results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Points
1 16 25 Casey Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 1901
2 12 18 J.J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 1751
3 36 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 400 165
4 34 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 400 160
5 26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 400 1601
6 14 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 1551
7 7 88 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 1511
8 4 8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 400 1471
9 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 400 1431
10 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 1391
11 11 01 Mark Martin Ginn Racing Chevrolet 400 130
12 5 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400 1321
13 9 43 Bobby Labonte Petty Enterprises Dodge 399 124
14 37 96 Tony Raines Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet 399 121
15 39 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 399 1231
16 31 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 399 115
17 10 40 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 397 112
18 8 22 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Toyota 397 109
19 28 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 395 106
20 15 10 Scott Riggs Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 394 103
21 27 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 394 100
22 35 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford 393 97
23 18 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 390 94
24 25 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 385 91
25 24 36 Jeremy Mayfield Bill Davis Racing Toyota 382 931
26 33 13 Joe Nemechek Ginn Racing Chevrolet 377 85
27 40 70 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 376 82
28 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 369 79
29 41 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 367 76
30 17 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 357 781
31 29 84 A.J. Allmendinger Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 310 70
32 2 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing South Dodge 296 772
33 30 14 Sterling Marlin Ginn Racing Chevrolet 293 64
34 43 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 289 61
35 19 38 David Gilliland Robert Yates Racing Ford 265 58
36 3 19 Elliott Sadler Evernham Motorsports Dodge 261 55
37 13 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 219 52
38 22 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 218 541
39 1 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge 172 511
40 23 44 Dale Jarrett Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 82 43
41 32 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 61 40
42 42 66 Jeff Green Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 52 37
43 38 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 45 34
Source:[3][24]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13 22.14 22.15 22.16 22.17 22.18 22.19 22.20 22.21 22.22 22.23 22.24 22.25 22.26 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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