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2007 Samsung 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 7 of 36 Sunday, April 15, 2007 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 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: 191000 Lead changes: 13 Green flag passes: 1,821 (6.0 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 Burton 2 5 1 1 9 4 3 23 20 23 100.0 27 334 100.0 1 0.3 334 126.8 Matt Kenseth 4 8 2 1 28 6 -6 49 55 31 63.3 8 328 98.2 16 4.8 334 114.1 Mark Martin 6 13 3 2 32 9 -1 50 51 31 62.0 2 324 97.0 0 0.0 334 105.9 Jeff Gordon 1 2 4 1 16 2 3 38 35 38 100.0 65 334 100.0 173 51.8 334 136.3 Jamie McMurray 13 17 5 5 25 13 -3 49 52 29 59.2 4 180 53.9 0 0.0 334 88.5 Greg Biffle 21 9 6 2 23 10 14 54 40 42 77.8 4 313 93.7 0 0.0 334 96.0 Martin Truex Jr 24 11 7 7 25 12 11 65 54 45 69.2 5 270 80.8 0 0.0 334 90.2 Juan Pablo Montoya 16 10 8 4 22 12 15 74 59 61 82.4 15 275 82.3 0 0.0 334 91.2 Denny Hamlin 7 22 9 3 36 17 -9 66 75 28 42.4 18 152 45.5 0 0.0 334 98.3 David Stremme 14 14 10 3 17 11 -2 49 51 47 95.9 2 324 97.0 0 0.0 334 90.4 Kurt Busch 17 4 11 1 31 7 2 66 64 48 72.7 28 323 96.7 42 12.6 334 109.0 Carl Edwards 10 15 12 5 31 11 -6 61 67 40 65.6 6 331 99.1 0 0.0 334 88.3 Tony Raines 27 16 13 2 26 16 -1 47 48 24 51.1 0 168 50.3 0 0.0 334 76.7 Brian Vickers 36 28 14 1 36 18 24 78 54 25 32.1 2 117 35.0 2 0.6 334 72.5 Paul Menard 42 20 15 4 42 20 16 65 49 25 38.5 0 50 15.0 0 0.0 333 72.8 Clint Bowyer 8 23 16 7 34 22 -9 42 51 3 7.1 0 52 15.6 0 0.0 333 72.2 Elliott Sadler 15 18 17 1 34 21 -10 44 54 5 11.4 0 13 3.9 1 0.3 333 61.5 Joe Nemechek 25 21 18 14 30 21 -5 34 39 3 8.8 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 333 66.9 David Gilliland 30 19 19 11 30 20 7 58 51 10 17.2 5 25 7.5 0 0.0 332 73.9 Kasey Kahne 34 30 20 20 36 28 -6 47 53 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 51.3 Dave Blaney 40 25 21 15 40 25 13 53 40 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 332 57.4 Johnny Sauter 35 24 22 3 38 23 9 57 48 13 22.8 0 3 0.9 0 0.0 332 59.6 Casey Mears 33 26 23 6 41 26 19 66 47 13 19.7 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 332 57.1 Robby Gordon 23 31 24 1 42 28 -9 41 50 0 0.0 1 4 1.2 1 0.3 332 47.2 Tony Stewart 9 12 25 3 28 13 -6 46 52 42 91.3 4 243 72.8 0 0.0 332 84.8 Jeff Green 31 29 26 7 33 28 0 72 72 11 15.3 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 332 50.0 Scott Riggs 39 35 27 27 41 33 3 20 17 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 43.0 Bobby Labonte 22 32 28 18 41 31 -14 33 47 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 61.5 Kevin Harvick 11 27 29 8 32 25 -19 44 63 2 4.5 5 16 4.8 0 0.0 331 57.0 Dale Jarrett 37 33 30 19 43 33 -6 30 36 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 42.1 Ken Schrader 38 34 31 28 40 34 8 29 21 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 37.1 Ryan Newman 20 36 32 19 41 32 5 35 30 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 330 48.2 Ricky Rudd 29 37 33 24 41 37 5 16 11 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 321 31.4 Sterling Marlin 28 38 34 26 38 34 -14 28 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 304 38.5 Kyle Petty 32 39 35 28 41 38 3 20 17 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 291 39.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 12 1 36 1 36 9 -12 20 32 20 100.0 52 287 85.9 96 28.7 288 102.8 Kyle Busch 5 6 37 2 42 18 18 56 38 34 60.7 10 169 50.6 0 0.0 262 76.8 Jimmie Johnson 3 3 38 2 38 12 -13 30 43 30 100.0 14 238 71.3 0 0.0 260 94.9 David Ragan 19 40 39 17 43 41 0 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 239 28.0 Reed Sorenson 26 7 40 1 40 24 -15 46 61 30 65.2 14 126 37.7 2 0.6 197 69.4 Mike Bliss 41 41 41 29 41 40 -3 11 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 35.9 Kenny Wallace 43 42 42 34 42 41 -9 4 13 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 26.3 J.J. Yeley 18 43 43 17 43 43 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 28.0 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.