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NASCAR Nextel Cup race number 7 of 36
Sunday, April 15, 2007 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:39:41
Average Speed: 143.359 mph
Pole Speed: no time trials

Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Margin of Victory: .410 sec
Attendance: 191,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup results / 2007 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	31	Jeff Burton	Prilosec OTC (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	526,766	running	1	190
3	6	01	Mark Martin	U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	334	275,583	running	0	165
4	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	255,811	running	173	170
7	24	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	164,945	running	0	146
9	7	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	334	143,100	running	0	138
13	27	96	Tony Raines	DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders)	Chevrolet	334	131,325	running	0	124
15	42	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Energizer (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	333	113,325	running	0	118
16	8	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	123,775	running	0	115
18	25	13	Joe Nemechek	CertainTeed / Ginn Resorts (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	333	108,325	running	0	109
22	35	70	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	332	102,325	running	0	97
23	33	25	Casey Mears	National Guard / GMAC (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	332	113,175	running	0	94
25	9	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	332	146,861	running	0	88
26	31	66	Jeff Green	Best Buy (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	332	121,683	running	0	85
29	11	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	331	140,961	running	0	76
34	28	14	Sterling Marlin	Panasonic (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	304	97,508	running	0	61
36	12	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	288	128,983	engine	96	60
37	5	5	Kyle Busch	Cheez-It / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	262	100,475	running	0	52
38	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	260	135,261	crash	0	49
42	43	78	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	38	80,865	engine	0	37
43	18	18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	1	108,898	crash	0	34
8	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	168,375	running	0	142
10	14	40	David Stremme	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Dodge	334	130,175	running	0	134
11	17	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	157,233	running	42	135
17	15	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	333	131,870	running	1	117
20	34	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	332	154,816	running	0	103
27	39	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline / Stanley Tools (James Rocco)	Dodge	331	105,925	running	0	82
28	22	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	331	133,261	running	0	79
32	20	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	330	122,625	running	0	67
35	32	45	Kyle Petty	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	291	94,272	running	0	58
40	26	41	Reed Sorenson	Tums (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	197	89,075	engine	2	48
41	41	49	Mike Bliss	Paralyzed Veterans of America (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	42	80,960	crash	0	40
2	4	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	357,266	running	16	175
5	13	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	173,325	running	0	155
6	21	16	Greg Biffle	3M / Ameriquest (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	160,125	running	0	150
12	10	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	129,975	running	0	127
19	30	38	David Gilliland	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	332	137,639	running	0	106
24	23	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Ford	332	102,625	running	1	96
31	38	21	Ken Schrader	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	331	112,364	running	0	70
33	29	88	Ricky Rudd	Snickers (Yates Racing)	Ford	321	118,933	running	0	64
39	19	6	David Ragan	AAA Insurance (Jack Roush)	Ford	239	117,025	running	0	46
14	36	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Danny Bahar)	Toyota	334	114,325	running	2	126
21	40	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	332	137,033	running	0	100
30	37	44	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	331	91,575	running	0	73

Failed to qualify: David Reutimann (#00), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), John Andretti (#37), A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Michael Waltrip (#55), Ward Burton (#4), Scott Wimmer (#33), Kevin Lepage (#34)

To the back: Kyle Busch (#5) backup car, Robby Gordon (#7) engine change, Dale Jarrett (#44) transmission change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	6	4	#6,18,25,88 accident backstretch	none
	7	44	38
	45	50	6	#49 accident backstretch	#14
	51	116	66
	117	120	4	debris	#83
	121	211	91
	212	216	5	debris	#83
	217	239	23
	240	243	4	#20,48 accident turn 2	#26
	244	252	9
	253	258	6	#5,8,20 accident turn 4	#11
	259	293	35
	294	297	4	debris	#2
	298	334	37
Percent of race run under caution: 9.9% Average green flag run: 37.6 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Gordon	1	45	45
Elliott Sadler	46	46	1
Robby Gordon	47	47	1
Jeff Gordon	48	96	49
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	97	99	3
Brian Vickers	100	101	2
Jeff Gordon	102	153	52
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	154	169	16
Reed Sorenson	170	171	2
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	172	248	77
Kurt Busch	249	290	42
Jeff Gordon	291	317	27
Matt Kenseth	318	333	16
Jeff Burton	334	334	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	1136
2	Jeff Burton	1128	-8
3	Matt Kenseth	1011	-125
4	Jimmie Johnson	955	-181
5	Denny Hamlin	914	-222
6	Clint Bowyer	866	-270
7	Kyle Busch	856	-280
8	Carl Edwards	837	-299
9	Tony Stewart	814	-322
10	Jamie McMurray	805	-331
11	Mark Martin	794	-342
12	David Stremme	779	-357
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	767	-369
14	Kevin Harvick	763	-373
15	Kurt Busch	759	-377
16	Elliott Sadler	756	-380
17	Greg Biffle	738	-398
18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	737	-399
19	Martin Truex, Jr.	671	-465
20	Ryan Newman	656	-480

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