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2007 Aaron's 499 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 9 of 36 Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:18:46 Average speed: 154.167 mph Pole speed: 192.069 mph Cautions: 8 for 28 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 42 Green flag passes: 16,788 (102.4 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup results   /   2007 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Jeff Gordon 1 3 1 1 26 7 33 277 244 214 77.3 3 161 83.9 71 37.0 192 126.6 Jimmie Johnson 8 1 2 1 32 8 45 368 323 320 87.0 1 161 83.9 12 6.3 192 117.2 Kurt Busch 26 4 3 1 26 10 19 481 462 408 84.8 2 164 85.4 7 3.6 192 107.3 David Gilliland 2 10 4 2 38 15 6 620 614 334 53.9 2 102 53.1 0 0.0 192 94.4 Jamie McMurray 25 7 5 1 39 14 -8 490 498 220 44.9 2 114 59.4 2 1.0 192 102.2 Kevin Harvick 41 16 6 3 41 15 47 618 571 285 46.1 6 112 58.3 0 0.0 192 85.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 36 12 7 1 40 18 -4 444 448 127 28.6 10 84 43.8 2 1.0 192 78.8 David Stremme 20 22 8 1 42 19 46 460 414 107 23.3 6 78 40.6 1 0.5 192 73.9 Ryan Newman 28 11 9 2 30 13 18 563 545 398 70.7 1 136 70.8 0 0.0 192 89.6 Martin Truex Jr 37 9 10 3 41 17 22 568 546 151 26.6 1 74 38.5 0 0.0 192 81.5 Scott Riggs 9 31 11 9 41 28 -12 254 266 39 15.4 12 16 8.3 0 0.0 192 63.1 Kasey Kahne 30 2 12 1 32 15 9 553 544 324 58.6 3 106 55.2 5 2.6 192 84.2 Jeff Green 34 18 13 1 32 14 5 588 583 313 53.2 3 107 55.7 3 1.6 192 83.6 Matt Kenseth 17 20 14 1 38 16 24 433 409 305 70.4 6 99 51.6 3 1.6 192 74.6 Elliott Sadler 39 25 15 1 39 18 3 537 534 211 39.3 3 84 43.8 1 0.5 192 70.1 Sterling Marlin 4 15 16 1 32 14 -26 498 524 281 56.4 3 98 51.0 16 8.3 192 95.9 David Ragan 10 23 17 1 39 18 -56 444 500 223 50.2 2 87 45.3 2 1.0 192 75.1 Kyle Petty 23 32 18 13 41 29 -29 194 223 8 4.1 7 3 1.6 0 0.0 192 58.5 J.J. Yeley 31 13 19 5 41 24 3 527 524 126 23.9 2 32 16.7 0 0.0 192 62.8 Bobby Labonte 35 38 20 10 41 34 -2 115 117 14 12.2 3 3 1.6 0 0.0 192 44.5 Denny Hamlin 3 5 21 1 31 9 7 426 419 299 70.2 1 149 77.6 48 25.0 192 101.9 Tony Raines 27 27 22 6 41 23 -2 486 488 35 7.2 2 30 15.6 0 0.0 192 52.3 Jeremy Mayfield 18 21 23 5 37 22 -17 549 566 88 16.0 5 22 11.5 0 0.0 192 54.5 Regan Smith 22 29 24 1 37 22 -5 425 430 61 14.4 6 45 23.4 1 0.5 192 57.7 Reed Sorenson 29 33 25 5 42 28 -31 230 261 43 18.7 12 32 16.7 0 0.0 192 48.6 Kenny Wallace 6 14 26 1 39 22 -37 487 524 97 19.9 3 32 16.7 2 1.0 192 62.1 Boris Said 11 35 27 1 42 31 -36 139 175 2 1.4 7 3 1.6 1 0.5 191 48.7 Tony Stewart 32 30 28 1 38 18 39 428 389 265 61.9 3 101 52.6 7 3.6 190 69.0 Greg Biffle 12 34 29 1 37 18 -17 335 352 244 72.8 3 106 55.2 1 0.5 190 67.5 Johnny Sauter 21 24 30 2 37 20 6 576 570 187 32.5 5 50 26.0 0 0.0 190 55.4 Juan Pablo Montoya 24 17 31 4 33 20 -7 601 608 164 27.3 4 53 27.6 0 0.0 187 54.0 David Reutimann 14 19 32 3 39 16 0 505 505 192 38.0 3 91 47.4 0 0.0 184 67.9 Ricky Rudd 5 28 33 2 38 24 17 519 502 243 46.8 1 62 32.3 0 0.0 155 66.2 Jeff Burton 42 8 34 1 41 20 33 458 425 309 67.5 0 98 51.0 2 1.0 151 84.5 Clint Bowyer 40 39 35 7 39 31 0 329 329 74 22.5 2 15 7.8 0 0.0 147 46.8 Ward Burton 15 37 36 15 43 36 -25 32 57 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 144 31.8 Kyle Busch 13 36 37 2 41 28 -5 274 279 120 43.8 12 53 27.6 0 0.0 130 66.6 Joe Nemechek 33 26 38 4 40 29 13 343 330 84 24.5 1 24 12.5 0 0.0 130 54.9 Casey Mears 7 6 39 1 39 21 -24 404 428 258 63.9 1 84 43.8 5 2.6 124 90.6 Dale Jarrett 43 40 40 40 43 40 3 4 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 25.6 Robby Gordon 38 41 41 7 41 39 -5 100 105 34 34.0 3 8 4.2 0 0.0 33 55.9 Carl Edwards 16 42 42 13 42 41 -26 52 78 7 13.5 0 1 0.5 0 0.0 27 43.5 Paul Menard 19 43 43 18 43 42 -24 54 78 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 26.1 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.