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2007 Kobalt Tools 500 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 4 of 36 Sunday, March 18, 2007 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:16:23 Average speed: 152.915 mph Pole speed: 193.124 mph Cautions: 6 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 1.311 sec Attendance: 105000 Lead changes: 31 Green flag passes: 3,337 (11.2 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 Jimmie Johnson 3 2 1 1 19 2 3 32 29 32 100.0 54 324 99.7 135 41.5 325 143.2 Tony Stewart 13 11 2 1 23 4 18 53 35 53 100.0 50 323 99.4 121 37.2 325 130.0 Matt Kenseth 21 1 3 1 39 7 8 96 88 53 55.2 15 281 86.5 11 3.4 325 112.3 Jeff Burton 32 10 4 1 34 10 24 70 46 47 67.1 13 289 88.9 2 0.6 325 101.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 16 8 5 2 32 10 15 89 74 56 62.9 18 288 88.6 0 0.0 325 103.1 Clint Bowyer 15 4 6 1 34 8 4 68 64 50 73.5 3 311 95.7 2 0.6 325 107.4 Carl Edwards 14 7 7 3 35 10 10 87 77 54 62.1 12 311 95.7 0 0.0 325 101.3 Martin Truex Jr 18 15 8 2 29 12 12 86 74 60 69.8 4 280 86.2 0 0.0 325 90.8 Reed Sorenson 11 9 9 1 26 8 1 37 36 37 100.0 2 323 99.4 1 0.3 325 101.4 Mark Martin 4 14 10 4 25 10 -15 59 74 41 69.5 1 297 91.4 0 0.0 325 90.7 Kurt Busch 17 6 11 1 40 9 10 105 95 64 61.0 8 309 95.1 14 4.3 325 96.9 Jeff Gordon 5 3 12 1 26 9 8 65 57 42 64.6 25 227 69.8 30 9.2 325 113.7 David Stremme 7 18 13 4 37 17 -10 88 98 18 20.5 5 136 41.8 0 0.0 325 84.0 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 22 5 14 2 36 8 5 113 108 63 55.8 4 307 94.5 0 0.0 325 96.1 Jamie McMurray 37 17 15 6 33 18 12 86 74 20 23.3 0 89 27.4 0 0.0 325 76.2 Bobby Labonte 6 21 16 1 43 21 -16 80 96 21 26.3 5 30 9.2 1 0.3 325 67.8 Joe Nemechek 19 19 17 11 33 17 2 79 77 20 25.3 1 66 20.3 0 0.0 325 74.4 Elliott Sadler 2 12 18 1 33 12 -24 80 104 37 46.3 1 269 82.8 1 0.3 325 82.0 Denny Hamlin 30 28 19 5 34 24 -2 102 104 26 25.5 2 5 1.5 0 0.0 324 66.1 Robby Gordon 39 23 20 17 42 23 1 104 103 0 0.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 68.4 Mike Bliss 9 30 21 7 36 24 -11 73 84 8 11.0 0 7 2.2 0 0.0 324 65.5 J.J. Yeley 20 20 22 4 34 21 -5 77 82 23 29.9 0 9 2.8 0 0.0 324 65.2 Ryan Newman 1 25 23 16 43 28 15 83 68 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 51.0 Sterling Marlin 28 26 24 12 38 24 2 80 78 4 5.0 0 4 1.2 0 0.0 324 59.1 Kevin Harvick 36 13 25 1 36 18 13 81 68 33 40.7 2 91 28.0 1 0.3 324 62.6 Ricky Rudd 42 27 26 21 43 29 15 81 66 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 50.6 Dave Blaney 35 29 27 1 36 28 -1 102 103 29 28.4 0 5 1.5 1 0.3 323 53.5 Casey Mears 34 31 28 23 42 32 1 77 76 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 42.0 Johnny Sauter 26 35 29 7 37 32 -9 89 98 17 19.1 0 3 0.9 0 0.0 323 43.5 David Gilliland 27 33 30 13 39 30 -1 80 81 4 5.0 2 1 0.3 0 0.0 323 48.9 Paul Menard 23 36 31 5 38 32 -14 104 118 23 22.1 0 4 1.2 0 0.0 323 40.3 Kyle Busch 8 37 32 2 43 33 -27 70 97 6 8.6 29 18 5.5 0 0.0 322 63.9 David Ragan 38 39 33 10 43 36 -1 84 85 11 13.1 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 322 35.4 Kyle Petty 40 41 34 23 43 39 2 46 44 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 30.0 Jeff Green 41 40 35 24 43 37 -3 68 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 32.6 Dale Jarrett 43 38 36 21 43 38 -8 47 55 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 320 31.7 Ken Schrader 29 43 37 19 43 40 -12 46 58 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 318 29.6 Tony Raines 33 42 38 18 43 38 -10 57 67 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 318 33.4 Kasey Kahne 12 24 39 11 43 28 -17 65 82 6 9.2 6 7 2.2 0 0.0 306 48.7 David Reutimann 24 34 40 21 42 35 -10 67 77 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 295 36.2 Greg Biffle 25 16 41 8 41 21 12 72 60 37 51.4 5 184 56.6 0 0.0 280 65.9 Brian Vickers 31 32 42 1 42 33 18 131 113 35 26.7 2 13 4.0 5 1.5 227 42.3 Scott Riggs 10 22 43 4 43 26 -15 78 93 10 12.8 4 60 18.5 0 0.0 221 61.4 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.