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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 25 SHARP AQUOS 500 2-Mile Oval 500 M – 250 L – Purse: $6,097,134 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foun. Chevrolet 250 190 * 5 $289,411 Running 2 19 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 250 170 185,450 Running 3 5 5 Kyle Busch Cheez-it/CARQUEST Chevrolet 250 175 ** 10 163,225 Running 4 15 31 Jeff Burton RCR Chevrolet 250 165 * 5 163,491 Running 5 7 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 250 160 * 5 180,433 Running 6 8 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 250 155 * 5 135,345 Running 7 36 17 Matt Kenseth R&L Carriers/DEWALT Ford 250 146 158,941 Running 8 17 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 9 1 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 250 143 * 5 146,308 Running 10 3 9 Kasey
Kahne Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 250 134 148,216 Running 11 11 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Totino's Pizza Rolls Dodge 250 135 * 5 138,361 Running 12 33 6 # David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 250 127 137,475 Running 13 22 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 250 129 * 5 143,286 Running 14 12 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 250 121 141,836 Running 15 13 25 Casey
Mears National Guard/GMAC
Chevrolet 250 123 * 5 111,525 Running 16 38 26 Jamie
McMurray Sharp AQUOS Ford 250 115 104,275 Running 17 10 16 Greg
Biffle Aflac Ford 250 112 109,325 Running 18 18 84 # AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 19 9 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Express
Chevrolet 249 106 108,600 Running 20 24 07 Clint
Bowyer DirecTV Chevrolet 249 103 103,900 Running 21 31 41 Reed
Sorenson Target/Memorex Dodge 249 100 119,083 Running 22 16 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Cromax Pro Chevrolet 249 97 135,011 Running 23 32 66 Jeff
Green Best Buy Chevrolet 249 94 115,533 Running 24 20 15 # Paul
Menard Menards/Johns
Manville Chevrolet 249 91 91,850 Running 25 14 38 David
Gilliland M&M's Ford 249 88 118,189 Running 26 26 21 Bill
Elliott Motorcraft Ford 248 90 * 5 109,589 Running 27 34 96 Tony
Raines DLP HDTV/Best Buy
Chevrolet 248 82 97,825 Running 28 39 45 Kyle
Petty Wells 29 23 18 J.J.
Yeley Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 248 76 117,308 Running 30 41 70 Johnny
Sauter HAAS
Automation/Yellow Chevrolet 248 78 * 5 89,750 Running 31 40 01 Aric Almirola 32 28 00 # David
Reutimann Burger
King Toyota 247 72 * 5 100,308 Running 33 42 42 # Juan
Pablo Montoya Wrigley's Big Red Dodge 247 64 121,625 Running 34 21 40 David
Stremme Target
Dodge 245 61 86,050 Running 35 6 19 Elliott
Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW
Dodge 245 58 104,345 Running 36 27 36 Jeremy
Mayfield 360 OTC 37 43 49 John
Andretti Paralyzed
Veterans of 38 30 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar 39 4 12 Ryan
Newman Kodak Dodge 194 51 * 5 117,875 Engine 40 37 88 Ricky
Rudd Snickers/Generation Max
Ford 179 43 116,783 Accident 41 35 7 Robby
42 25 55 Michael
Waltrip 43 29 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Chevrolet 9 34 85,008 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) #10 Scott Riggs,
#4 Ward Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 85,000, Johnson won the Sharp AQUOS 500, his 28th career NASCAR NEXTEL
Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear
for the reasons indicated: #01 Almirola, #42 Montoya
(engine change) and #96 Raines (transmission change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 48 minutes,
8 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.502 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.868
seconds BUD POLE AWARD: Kurt Busch (182.399
mph, 39.474 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Eury Jr. (crew chief for Dale
Earnhardt Jr.) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch (176.483
mph, Lap 47) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $120,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: David Ragan SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Matt Kenseth (29
places) WIX FILTERS
LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (97 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 43
laps. 10-12
(Oil on track); 17-19 (Debris); 24-26 (Car #19-Spin, Turn 2); 41-45 (Car #55-Accident,
Turn 3); 73-77 (Debris); 87-90 (Car #7-Accident, Frontstretch);
95-97 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 4); 113-116 (Car #18-Spin, Backstretch); 165-168
(Debris); 175-177 (Debris); 181-186 (Car #00, 24, 36, 38 & 88-Accident, Frontstretch). LAP LEADERS: 30 lead changes
among 16 drivers. Kurt Busch 1-10, John Andretti
11-12, Ku. Busch 13-23, Kyle Busch 24-40, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 41, Kyle Petty 42, Bill Elliott 43, Johnny Sauter
44-45, Ky. Busch 46-72, Earnhardt 73, Martin Truex Jr. 74-77, Earnhardt 78,
Ky. Busch 79-80, Earnhardt 81-90, Ryan Newman 91, Earnhardt 92, Ky. Busch 93-112, Jimmie Johnson 113, Ky.
Busch 114-118, Johnson 119-136, Ky. Busch 137-153, Jeff Burton 154, David Reutimann 155, Ky. Busch 156-164, Earnhardt
165, Brian Vickers 166-168, Johnson 169-211, Bobby Labonte 212-215, Tony
Stewart 216-227, Casey Mears 228, Johnson 229-250. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end;
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 3,679 (4) 2 –Tony Stewart 3,362 (3) 3 –Denny Hamlin 3,335 (1) 4 –Carl Edwards 3,330 (2) 5 –Matt Kenseth 3,309 (1) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 3,249 (5) 7 –Jeff Burton 3,219 (1) 8 –Kyle Busch 3,199 (1) 9 –Clint Bowyer 3,047 (0) 10–Martin Truex
Jr. 2,042 (1) 11–Kurt Busch 3,022 (2) 12–Kevin Harvick 3,009 (1) MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 202 18 Ford 138 4 Dodge 131 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 7 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 217 David Ragan 194 Paul Menard 175 David Reutimann 153 AJ Allmendinger 99 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 7 Mark Martin (#01) 5 Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 4 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 6 Tony Stewart (#20) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF
OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 6 Tony Eury Jr. (# 8) 4 Bob Osborne (#99) 2 CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE
AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 3 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 6 Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 3 COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 7 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 178 JGR (#20) 136 JGR (#11) 116 BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 6 Ryan Newman 4 Kasey Kahne 2 Dave Blaney 1 Clint Bowyer 1 Kurt Busch 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jamie McMurray 1 Casey Mears 1 Reed Sorenson 1 J.J. Yeley 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 25 Unofficial Race Results for the Sharp Aquos 500 - Sunday, September 2, 2007 California Speedway - Fontana, CA - 2 Mile banked paved Total Race Length - 250 Laps - 500 Miles - Purse: $6,097,134
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