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2007 Food City 500 |
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| Held on March 25, 2007 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN | |
| 504 L, 268.632 M, 432.432 KM - Extended by Green-White-Checkered |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 5 | Kyle Busch | CARQUEST Auto Parts, Kellogg's | Chevy | 504 | 29 | running | 190 |
| 2 | 29 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless | Chevy | 504 | 0 | running | 170 |
| 3 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Chevy | 504 | 6 | running | 170 |
| 4 | 40 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell, Pennzoil | Chevy | 504 | 9 | running | 165 |
| 5 | 11 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Jackson Hewitt | Ford | 504 | 0 | running | 155 |
| 6 | 9 | 66 | Jeff Green | Best Buy, Yellow Transportation, Garmin | Chevy | 504 | 0 | running | 150 |
| 7 | 31 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser | Chevy | 504 | 0 | running | 146 |
| 8 | 18 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Jack Daniel's | Chevy | 504 | 0 | running | 142 |
| 9 | 5 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Crown Royal | Ford | 504 | 0 | running | 138 |
| 10 | 16 | 25 | Casey Mears | National Guard, GMAC | Chevy | 504 | 0 | running | 134 |
| 11 | 38 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Arby's, USG | Ford | 504 | 0 | running | 130 |
| 12 | 32 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Office Depot #236 | Ford | 504 | 0 | running | 127 |
| 13 | 33 | 40 | David Stremme | Energizer e2 Lithium | Dodge | 504 | 0 | running | 124 |
| 14 | 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express | Chevy | 504 | 177 | running | 126 |
| 15 | 25 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull | Toyota | 504 | 1 | running | 123 |
| 16 | 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's | Chevy | 503 | 0 | running | 115 |
| 17 | 19 | 49 | Mike Bliss | OBOVO.com | Dodge | 503 | 0 | running | 112 |
| 18 | 14 | 4 | Ward Burton | State Water Heaters, Food City | Chevy | 502 | 0 | running | 109 |
| 19 | 2 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers, UAW | Dodge | 501 | 0 | running | 106 |
| 20 | 26 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | Dodge | 501 | 0 | running | 103 |
| 21 | 27 | 78 | Kenny Wallace | Furniture Row | Chevy | 501 | 0 | running | 100 |
| 22 | 28 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Cheerios, Betty Crocker | Dodge | 501 | 0 | running | 97 |
| 23 | 7 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar | Toyota | 501 | 0 | running | 94 |
| 24 | 17 | 96 | Tony Raines | DLP HDTV, Amazon.com | Chevy | 501 | 0 | running | 91 |
| 25 | 12 | 01 | Regan Smith | U.S. Army | Chevy | 501 | 0 | running | 88 |
| 26 | 41 | 6 | David Ragan | AAA | Ford | 501 | 0 | running | 85 |
| 27 | 3 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge Dealers, UAW | Dodge | 500 | 5 | running | 87 |
| 28 | 15 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Little Debbie | Ford | 500 | 0 | running | 79 |
| 29 | 42 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite | Dodge | 499 | 10 | running | 81 |
| 30 | 21 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Waste Management | Chevy | 499 | 0 | running | 73 |
| 31 | 8 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline | Dodge | 498 | 0 | running | 70 |
| 32 | 36 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Texaco, Havoline | Dodge | 497 | 0 | running | 67 |
| 33 | 34 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Ford | 493 | 0 | running | 64 |
| 34 | 23 | 36 | Jeremy Mayfield | 360 OTC | Toyota | 486 | 1 | running | 66 |
| 35 | 4 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot #1051 | Chevy | 479 | 257 | running | 68 |
| 36 | 37 | 18 | J.J. Yeley | Interstate Batteries | Chevy | 475 | 9 | running | 60 |
| 37 | 13 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats | Chevy | 475 | 0 | running | 52 |
| 38 | 24 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Pedigree | Ford | 453 | 0 | accident | 49 |
| 39 | 22 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel | Dodge | 449 | 0 | accident | 46 |
| 40 | 43 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Red Bull | Toyota | 413 | 0 | running | 43 |
| 41 | 35 | 38 | David Gilliland | M&M's | Ford | 48 | 0 | accident | 40 |
| 42 | 30 | 44 | Dale Jarrett | UPS | Toyota | 42 | 0 | accident | 37 |
| 43 | 39 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target, Fujifilm | Dodge | 21 | 0 | accident | 34 |
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| 37 | Kevin Lepage | Front Row Motorsports | Dodge | DNQ | |||||
| 00 | David Reutimann | Domino's Pizza | Toyota | DNQ | |||||
| 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts | Toyota | DNQ | |||||
| 13 | Joe Nemechek | CertainTeed | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 70 | Johnny Sauter | Yellow Transportation | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 15 | Paul Menard | Peak Antifreeze, Menards | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 3h:16:38 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Jeff Gordon - 15.295 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.064 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 81.969 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 15 for 90 laps - Laps 19-23 (#29,41 accident turn 1); Laps 45-54 (#7,17,38,40,44 accident turn 1); Laps 121-126 (#6,42 accident turn 2); Laps 138-143 (#8,40,42,96 accident backstretch); Laps 150-155 (#21,84 accident turn 1); Laps 163-168 (#6,49 accident turn 2); Laps 227-232 (#36 slow on track); Laps 283-290 (#07,9 accident turn 3); Laps 311-316 (#1,12,25,31,49 accident backstretch); Laps 369-374 (debris pit entrance); Laps 379-382 (#7,43,49,88 accident turn 4); Laps 414-420 (debris turn 4); Laps 422-425 (debris frontstretch); Laps 486-491 (#48 slow on track); Laps 499-502 (#6,9 accident frontstretch) | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 14 among 10 drivers - Jeff Gordon (1-6); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (7-51); J.J. Yeley (52-60); Kurt Busch (61-70); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (71-122); Jeremy Mayfield (123); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (124-194); Elliott Sadler (195-199); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (200-288); Kyle Busch (289-297); Denny Hamlin (298-406); Kevin Harvick (407-415); Brian Vickers (416); Denny Hamlin (417-484); Kyle Busch (485-504) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered | |||||||||
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
| This was the first race for generation 5 car in NASCAR |
