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2007 Kobalt Tools 500

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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

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	325	233261	running	135	195
2	13	20	Tony Stewart	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	325	165461	running	121	175
3	21	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	325	145016	running	11	170
4	32	31	Jeff Burton	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	325	134516	running	2	165
5	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	325	126200	running	0	155
6	15	07	Clint Bowyer	DirecTV Hot Pass (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	325	87925	running	2	155
7	14	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	325	86625	running	0	146
8	18	1	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	325	109520	running	0	142
9	11	41	Reed Sorenson	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	325	104433	running	1	143
10	4	01	Mark Martin	U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	325	112183	running	0	134
11	17	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	325	110408	running	14	135
12	5	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	325	118561	running	30	132
13	7	40	David Stremme	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	325	75875	running	0	124
14	22	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	325	116133	running	0	121
15	37	26	Jamie McMurray	Irwin Industrial Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	325	83475	running	0	118
16	6	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	325	110911	running	1	120
17	19	13	Joe Nemechek	Ginn Resorts (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	325	70075	running	0	112
18	2	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	325	92670	running	1	114
19	30	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	324	88650	running	0	106
20	39	7	Robby Gordon	Motorola Digital Audio Players (Robby Gordon)	Ford	324	75725	running	0	103
21	9	49	Mike Bliss	ZoneLoans.com (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	324	86783	running	0	100
22	20	18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	324	100233	running	0	97
23	1	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	324	111000	running	0	94
24	28	14	Sterling Marlin	Panasonic Plasma HDTV (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	324	84333	running	0	91
25	36	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	324	117736	running	1	93
26	42	88	Ricky Rudd	Snickers (Yates Racing)	Ford	323	102283	running	0	85
27	35	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	323	88572	running	1	87
28	34	25	Casey Mears	National Guard / GMAC (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	323	78375	running	0	79
29	26	70	Johnny Sauter	Best Buy (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	323	67700	running	0	76
30	27	38	David Gilliland	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	323	95289	running	0	73
31	23	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Quaker State (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	323	67500	running	0	70
32	8	5	Kyle Busch	Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	322	75425	running	0	67
33	38	6	David Ragan	AAA (Jack Roush)	Ford	322	104125	running	0	64
34	40	45	Kyle Petty	National Tire & Battery (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	322	67275	running	0	61
35	41	66	Jeff Green	Yellow Transportation (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	322	75240	running	0	58
36	43	44	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	320	67205	running	0	55
37	29	21	Ken Schrader	Little Debbie Snack Cakes (Wood Brothers)	Ford	318	87384	running	0	52
38	33	96	Tony Raines	DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders)	Chevrolet	318	75885	running	0	49
39	12	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	306	114291	running	0	46
40	24	00	David Reutimann	Domino's (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	295	67060	running	0	43
41	25	16	Greg Biffle	Jackson Hewitt (Jack Roush)	Ford	280	85015	running	0	40
42	31	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	227	67270	crash	5	42
43	10	10	Scott Riggs	Stanley Tools / Valvoline (James Rocco)	Dodge	221	74334	engine	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Ryan Newman	12	engine change
Jeff Green	66	transmission change
Brian Vickers	83	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Scott Wimmer	33	Camping World / RVs.com	Richard Childress	Chevrolet
45	Ward Burton	4	State Water Heaters	Larry McClure	Chevrolet
46	John Andretti	37	Huddle House	Bob Jenkins	Dodge
47	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Michael Waltrip	Toyota
48	Kenny Wallace	78	Furniture Row Racing	Barney Visser	Chevrolet
49	Kevin Lepage	34	Wyndham Atlanta	Bob Jenkins	Dodge
50	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Bill Davis	Toyota
51	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Dietrich Mateschitz	Toyota

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	36	36
	37	40	4	debris	#45
	41	143	103
	144	147	4	debris	#43
	148	223	76
	224	227	4	oil on track	none
	228	230	3
	231	237	7	#00,9,16,83 accident turn 3	#43
	238	270	33
	271	274	4	debris	#29
	275	310	36
	311	314	4	debris	#24
	315	325	11
Percent of race run under caution: 8.3% Average green flag run: 42.6 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jimmie Johnson	1	36	36
Elliott Sadler	37	37	1
Jeff Gordon	38	41	4
Tony Stewart	42	79	38
Jimmie Johnson	80	87	8
Kevin Harvick	88	88	1
Brian Vickers	89	91	3
Kurt Busch	92	96	5
Matt Kenseth	97	97	1
Kurt Busch	98	106	9
Jimmie Johnson	107	132	26
Reed Sorenson	133	133	1
Dave Blaney	134	134	1
Brian Vickers	135	136	2
Jimmie Johnson	137	143	7
Clint Bowyer	144	144	1
Jimmie Johnson	145	154	10
Matt Kenseth	155	164	10
Jimmie Johnson	165	166	2
Jeff Gordon	167	192	26
Tony Stewart	193	194	2
Jimmie Johnson	195	223	29
Dave Blaney	224	224	1
Jimmie Johnson	225	238	14
Tony Stewart	239	270	32
Jeff Burton	271	271	1
Tony Stewart	272	310	39
Jeff Burton	311	311	1
Bobby Labonte	312	312	1
Tony Stewart	313	322	10
Jimmie Johnson	323	325	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Mark Martin	629
2	Jeff Gordon	621	-8
3	Jeff Burton	618	-11
4	Jimmie Johnson	601	-28
5	Matt Kenseth	567	-62
6	Tony Stewart	507	-122
7	Kevin Harvick	482	-147
8	Denny Hamlin	480	-149
9	Clint Bowyer	479	-150
10	Carl Edwards	471	-158
11	David Stremme	463	-166
12	J.J. Yeley	462	-167
13	Elliott Sadler	456	-173
14	Kyle Busch	449	-180
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	443	-186
16	Robby Gordon	433	-196
17	Bobby Labonte	428	-201
18	Ryan Newman	422	-207
19	Joe Nemechek	420	-209
20	Kurt Busch	416	-213
21	David Gilliland	408	-221