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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 (501.000 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

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	31	Jeff Burton	Prilosec OTC (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	526766	running	1	190
2	4	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	357266	running	16	175
3	6	01	Mark Martin	U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	334	275583	running	0	165
4	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	255811	running	173	170
5	13	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	173325	running	0	155
6	21	16	Greg Biffle	3M / Ameriquest (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	160125	running	0	150
7	24	1	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	164945	running	0	146
8	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	168375	running	0	142
9	7	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	334	143100	running	0	138
10	14	40	David Stremme	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	130175	running	0	134
11	17	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	157233	running	42	135
12	10	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	129975	running	0	127
13	27	96	Tony Raines	DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders)	Chevrolet	334	131325	running	0	124
14	36	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	334	114325	running	2	126
15	42	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Energizer (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	333	113325	running	0	118
16	8	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	123775	running	0	115
17	15	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	333	131870	running	1	117
18	25	13	Joe Nemechek	CertainTeed / Ginn Resorts (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	333	108325	running	0	109
19	30	38	David Gilliland	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	332	137639	running	0	106
20	34	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	332	154816	running	0	103
21	40	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	332	137033	running	0	100
22	35	70	Johnny Sauter	Yellow Transportation (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	332	102325	running	0	97
23	33	25	Casey Mears	National Guard / GMAC (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	332	113175	running	0	94
24	23	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Ford	332	102625	running	1	96
25	9	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot / NASCAR Day 2007 (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	332	146861	running	0	88
26	31	66	Jeff Green	Best Buy (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	332	121683	running	0	85
27	39	10	Scott Riggs	Valvoline / Stanley Tools (James Rocco)	Dodge	331	105925	running	0	82
28	22	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	331	133261	running	0	79
29	11	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	331	140961	running	0	76
30	37	44	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	331	91575	running	0	73
31	38	21	Ken Schrader	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	331	112364	running	0	70
32	20	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	330	122625	running	0	67
33	29	88	Ricky Rudd	Snickers (Yates Racing)	Ford	321	118933	running	0	64
34	28	14	Sterling Marlin	Panasonic (Bobby Ginn)	Chevrolet	304	97508	running	0	61
35	32	45	Kyle Petty	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	291	94272	running	0	58
36	12	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	288	128983	engine	96	60
37	5	5	Kyle Busch	Cheez-It / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	262	100475	running	0	52
38	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	260	135261	crash	0	49
39	19	6	David Ragan	AAA Insurance (Jack Roush)	Ford	239	117025	running	0	46
40	26	41	Reed Sorenson	Tums (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	197	89075	engine	2	48
41	41	49	Mike Bliss	Paralyzed Veterans of America (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	42	80960	crash	0	40
42	43	78	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	38	80865	engine	0	37
43	18	18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	1	108898	crash	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Kyle Busch	5	backup car
Robby Gordon	7	engine change
Dale Jarrett	44	transmission change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	David Reutimann	00	Domino's Pizza	Michael Waltrip	Toyota
45	Jeremy Mayfield	36	360 OTC	Bill Davis	Toyota
46	John Andretti	37	Camping World / RVs.com	Bob Jenkins	Dodge
47	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Dietrich Mateschitz	Toyota
48	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Michael Waltrip	Toyota
49	Ward Burton	4	State Water Heaters	Larry McClure	Chevrolet
50	Scott Wimmer	33	Holiday Inn	Richard Childress	Chevrolet
51	Kevin Lepage	34	MyAutoLoan.com	Bob Jenkins	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
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

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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
21	Robby Gordon	654	-482