Sorry it took me so long to get this out.
Pos.
Driver
Start
No.
Mfg.
Led
Completed
Status
Pts/Bonus
1
Jamie McMurray
15
#26
Ford
3
160
running
190/5
2
Kyle Busch
11
#5
Chevrolet
20
160
running
175/5
3
Kurt Busch
16
#2
Dodge
45
160
running
170/5
4
Carl Edwards
7
#99
Ford
0
160
running
160/0
5
Jeff Gordon
1
#24
Chevrolet
9
160
running
160/5
6
Greg Biffle
18
#16
Ford
0
160
running
150/0
7
Clint Bowyer
12
#07
Chevrolet
55
160
running
156/10
8
Matt Kenseth
3
#17
Ford
0
160
running
142/0
9
Kasey Kahne
27
#9
Dodge
0
160
running
138/0
10
Jimmie Johnson
4
#48
Chevrolet
0
160
running
134/0
11
David Gilliland
32
#38
Ford
0
160
running
130/0
12
David Ragan
24
#6
Ford
0
160
running
127/0
13
Martin Truex Jr.
10
#1
Chevrolet
0
160
running
124/0
14
Ryan Newman
14
#12
Dodge
0
160
running
121/0
15
Robby Gordon
25
#7
Ford
0
160
running
118/0
16
Jeff Burton
5
#31
Chevrolet
0
160
running
115/0
17
Mark Martin
9
#01
Chevrolet
0
160
running
112/0
18
Johnny Sauter
35
#70
Chevrolet
0
160
running
109/0
19
Casey Mears
21
#25
Chevrolet
11
160
running
111/5
20
J.J. Yeley
17
#18
Chevrolet
0
160
running
103/0
21
Paul Menard
41
#15
Chevrolet
0
160
running
100/0
22
David Stremme
26
#40
Dodge
0
160
running
97/0
23
Dave Blaney
40
#22
Toyota
0
160
running
94/0
24
Bill Elliott
38
#21
Ford
2
160
running
96/5
25
Kenny Wallace
43
#78
Chevrolet
1
160
running
93/5
26
David Reutimann
42
#00
Toyota
0
160
running
85/0
27
Dale Jarrett
37
#44
Toyota
0
160
running
82/0
28
John Andretti
34
#45
Dodge
0
160
running
79/0
29
Brian Vickers
36
#83
Toyota
0
160
running
76/0
30
Joe Nemechek
33
#13
Chevrolet
0
160
running
73/0
31
Ricky Rudd
31
#88
Ford
0
158
running
70/0
32
Juan Pablo Montoya
20
#42
Dodge
0
157
running
67/0
33
Elliott Sadler
22
#19
Dodge
0
153
running
64/0
34
Kevin Harvick
8
#29
Chevrolet
3
147
running
66/5
35
Bobby Labonte
19
#43
Dodge
1
137
running
63/5
36
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13
#8
Chevrolet
0
134
running
55/0
37
Jeff Green
30
#66
Chevrolet
0
131
running
52/0
38
Tony Stewart
6
#20
Chevrolet
0
125
running
49/0
39
Tony Raines
23
#96
Chevrolet
0
120
running
46/0
40
Sterling Marlin
29
#14
Chevrolet
0
114
accident
43/0
41
Scott Riggs
39
#10
Dodge
0
105
engine
40/0
42
Reed Sorenson
28
#41
Dodge
0
103
running
37/0
43
Denny Hamlin
2
#11
Chevrolet
10
99
running
39/5
Posted on 11th July 2007
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Rk
+/-
Driver
Points
Behind
Starts
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
DNF
Laps Raced
Laps Led
1
–
Jeff Gordon
2773
18
4
12
16
1
4990
764
2
–
Denny Hamlin
2496
-277
18
1
7
11
0
5265
721
3
–
Matt Kenseth
2390
-383
18
1
6
12
1
5206
255
4
–
Jimmie Johnson
2366
-407
18
4
9
11
2
5214
681
5
–
Jeff Burton
2345
-428
18
1
6
9
1
5010
27
6
+1
Carl Edwards
2308
-465
18
1
4
6
1
5160
136
7
-1
Tony Stewart
2234
-539
18
0
4
11
3
5142
658
8
+2
Kyle Busch
2190
-583
18
1
4
10
1
5118
155
9
-1
Kevin Harvick
2172
-601
18
1
3
8
0
5247
179
10
-1
Martin Truex Jr.
2157
-616
18
1
4
7
1
5055
333
11
–
Clint Bowyer
2142
-631
18
0
1
9
0
5213
78
12
–
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2040
-733
18
0
3
7
3
5072
302
13
+1
Jamie McMurray
1991
-782
18
1
3
7
1
5097
35
14
-1
Ryan Newman
1979
-794
18
0
3
7
3
4999
210
15
–
Kurt Busch
1919
-854
18
0
3
4
2
5051
359
16
+1
Greg Biffle
1836
-937
18
0
2
5
2
4908
3
17
-1
J.J. Yeley
1804
-969
18
0
1
1
1
4931
11
18
+2
Mark Martin
1774
-999
13
0
4
7
0
3721
45
19
+2
Casey Mears
1761
-1012
18
1
3
4
2
4967
25
20
-2
Bobby Labonte
1743
-1030
18
0
0
1
1
5056
5
21
-2
Juan Pablo Montoya
1729
-1044
18
1
2
3
1
5135
7
22
–
Elliott Sadler
1674
-1099
18
0
0
1
0
5158
36
23
–
David Ragan
1656
-1117
18
0
1
1
1
4961
2
24
–
Robby Gordon
1645
-1128
18
0
0
1
1
5059
49
25
–
David Stremme
1620
-1153
18
0
0
2
2
5167
1
26
–
Kasey Kahne
1617
-1156
18
0
0
2
3
5064
66
27
+5
David Gilliland
1532
-1241
18
0
1
2
4
4557
18
28
–
Sterling Marlin
1506
-1267
18
0
0
0
4
4968
18
29
-2
Reed Sorenson
1503
-1270
18
0
1
2
4
4338
3
30
-1
Jeff Green
1502
-1271
18
0
0
3
2
4854
3
31
-1
Ricky Rudd
1497
-1276
18
0
0
1
3
5132
1
32
-1
Tony Raines
1468
-1305
17
0
0
0
1
5083
1
33
–
Joe Nemechek
1449
-1324
17
0
0
1
3
4505
1
34
–
Johnny Sauter
1412
-1361
17
0
0
1
1
4620
1
35
+1
Dave Blaney
1197
-1576
16
0
0
0
6
4199
35
36
-1
Kyle Petty
1172
-1601
14
0
1
1
0
4452
2
37
–
Scott Riggs
1139
-1634
15
0
0
1
3
4049
0
38
–
Paul Menard
1022
-1751
12
0
0
0
1
3009
1
39
–
Brian Vickers
899
-1874
10
0
1
2
2
2641
84
40
–
Dale Jarrett
835
-1938
13
0
0
0
4
2840
0
41
–
David Reutimann
789
-1984
12
0
0
0
4
3197
0
42
–
Kenny Wallace
652
-2121
9
0
0
0
3
2420
3
43
+2
Bill Elliott
557
-2216
7
0
0
0
1
1482
3
44
-1
Ken Schrader
544
-2229
8
0
0
0
3
2557
2
45
-1
A.J. Allmendinger
464
-2309
8
0
0
0
0
2641
0
46
–
Ward Burton
449
-2324
8
0
0
0
5
1770
0
47
–
Regan Smith
409
-2364
5
0
0
0
0
1599
1
48
–
Jeremy Mayfield
388
-2385
6
0
0
0
1
2131
4
49
–
Boris Said
346
-2427
3
0
0
1
0
503
1
50
–
Mike Bliss
325
-2448
4
0
0
0
1
1362
0
51
+1
John Andretti
259
-2514
4
0
0
0
2
687
0
52
-1
Michael Waltrip
191
-2582
3
0
0
1
0
794
1
53
–
Mike Wallace
160
-2613
1
0
1
1
0
202
0
54
–
P.J. Jones
127
-2646
1
0
0
0
0
110
0
55
–
Ron Fellows
123
-2650
1
0
0
0
0
110
3
56
–
Kevin Lepage
95
-2678
2
0
0
0
1
421
0
57
–
Chad McCumbee
88
-2685
1
0
0
0
0
106
0
58
–
Butch Leitzinger
79
-2694
1
0
0
0
0
110
0
59
–
Jon Wood
76
-2697
1
0
0
0
0
264
0
60
–
Johnny Benson
70
-2703
1
0
0
0
0
397
0
61
–
Terry Labonte
58
-2715
1
0
0
0
0
109
0
62
–
Chad Chaffin
55
-2718
1
0
0
0
0
293
0
62
–
Marc Goossens
55
-2718
1
0
0
0
0
109
0
64
–
Aric Almirola
40
-2733
1
0
0
0
1
46
0
65
–
Derrike Cope
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Frank Kimmel
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Eric McClure
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Kirk Shelmerdine
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Mike Skinner
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Stanton Barrett Jr.
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
Brandon Whitt
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
–
James Hylton
0
-2773
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Posted on 11th July 2007
Under: Nextel Cup Standings | No Comments »
After a long dry spell, Jamie Mcmurray has finally won a race. Beating Kyle Busch by mere inches. Full story here .
Posted on 11th July 2007
Under: NASCAR Nextel Cup News | 1 Comment »
Posted on 11th July 2007
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Here we go again, another car from the Hendrick stables did not pass the post race inspection following Sundays race at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Both the No. 5 Chevrolet of Busch and the No. 70 Chevrolet of Sauter were found to have used unapproved parts and failed to meet the minimum front car heights.
NASCAR said Wednesday that Busch and Sauter were each penalized 25 points and their respective crew chiefs, Alan Gustafson and Robert “Bootie” Barker, were each fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Sept. 19.
In addition, Rick Hendrick, owner of the No. 5, was penalized 25 car owner championship points, as was Joe Custer, owner of the No. 70.
Posted on 7th July 2007
Under: NASCAR Nextel Cup News | No Comments »
I personally think it is a great idea. If drivers and crew chiefs are trying to cheat to gain an advantage, then there is no reason they should be in the race. NASCAR feels that this is an extreme measure and is very reluctant to suspend drivers, but, after a few drivers have been suspended, maybe the others will realize it is not worth it.
Check out the story here .
Posted on 5th July 2007
Under: NASCAR Nextel Cup News | 1 Comment »
It looks like DEI might be looking to fill the shoes of Dale Earnardt Jr . next year with the likes of Kasey Kahne .
Kahne has a clause in his contract that basically states that he can leave Evernham Motorsports at any time if it falls under new ownership, and it sounds like that may happen through a partnership with George Gillett, owner of the Montreal Canadians.
Full story here .
Posted on 5th July 2007
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Pos
St
Driver (Car)
Make
1
11
Denny Hamlin (#11 )
Chevrolet
46
300
Running
190
$235,775
2
8
Jeff Gordon (#24 )
Chevrolet
37
300
Running
175
$203,986
3
9
Martin Truex Jr. (#1 )
Chevrolet
46
300
Running
170
$159,645
4
6
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 )
Chevrolet
64
300
Running
170
$167,058
5
10
Jimmie Johnson (#48 )
Chevrolet
12
300
Running
160
$164,236
6
15
Jeff Green (#66 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
150
$126,458
7
25
Jeff Burton (#31 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
146
$126,041
8
7
Kevin Harvick (#29 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
142
$130,436
9
30
Matt Kenseth (#17 )
Ford
2
300
Running
143
$130,741
10
12
Ryan Newman (#12 )
Dodge
3
300
Running
139
$116,725
11
18
Kyle Busch (#5 )
Chevrolet
48
300
Running
135
$99,750
12
14
Tony Stewart (#20 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
127
$126,136
13
22
Carl Edwards (#99 )
Ford
2
300
Running
129
$90,350
14
4
Johnny Sauter (#70 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
121
$80,500
15
32
David Ragan (#6 )
Ford
0
300
Running
118
$117,325
16
38
Jamie McMurray (#26 )
Ford
0
300
Running
115
$91,200
17
16
Robby Gordon (#7 )
Ford
0
300
Running
112
$77,325
18
31
Bobby Labonte (#43 )
Dodge
0
300
Running
109
$114,461
19
5
Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 )
Dodge
0
300
Running
106
$111,200
20
39
Tony Raines (#96 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
103
$87,525
21
2
Kurt Busch (#2 )
Dodge
10
300
Running
105
$112,633
22
19
J.J. Yeley (#18 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
97
$103,583
23
21
Casey Mears (#25 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
94
$91,025
24
41
Sterling Marlin (#14 )
Chevrolet
0
300
Running
91
$91,333
25
28
Kasey Kahne (#9 )
Dodge
0
300
Running
88
$118,866
26
3
Reed Sorenson (#41 )
Dodge
0
300
Running
85
$98,833
27
24
David Stremme (#40 )
Dodge
0
300
Running
82
$74,350
28
27
David Gilliland (#38 )
Ford
0
299
Running
79
$101,264
29
1
Dave Blaney (#22 )
Toyota
30
299
Running
81
$106,433
30
42
Ricky Rudd (#88 )
Ford
0
299
Running
73
$104,558
31
34
Greg Biffle (#16 )
Ford
0
298
Running
70
$88,625
32
13
Regan Smith (#01 )
Chevrolet
0
298
Running
67
$87,647
33
23
Elliott Sadler (#19 )
Dodge
0
297
Running
64
$89,195
34
36
Bill Elliott (#21 )
Ford
0
297
Running
61
$88,914
35
37
Kevin Lepage (#37 )
Dodge
0
294
Running
58
$69,500
36
43
Chad Chaffin (#49 )
Dodge
0
293
Running
55
$69,275
37
20
Clint Bowyer (#07 )
Chevrolet
0
293
Running
52
$77,075
38
17
David Reutimann (#00 )
Toyota
0
293
Running
49
$68,875
39
35
Paul Menard (#15 )
Chevrolet
0
286
Running
46
$68,750
40
29
Jeremy Mayfield (#36 )
Toyota
0
259
Running
43
$68,600
41
33
Joe Nemechek (#13 )
Chevrolet
0
197
Accident
40
$68,430
42
40
John Andretti (#45 )
Dodge
0
109
Engine
37
$68,305
43
26
Ward Burton (#4 )
Chevrolet
0
4
Engine
34
$68,461
Posted on 2nd July 2007
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Rank
Drivers
Total Pts
Behind
Starts
Poles
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
1
Jeff Gordon
2613
–
17
5
4
11
15
2
Denny Hamlin
2457
156
17
1
1
7
11
3
Matt Kenseth
2248
365
17
0
1
6
11
4
Jimmie Johnson
2232
381
17
0
4
9
10
5
Jeff Burton
2230
383
17
0
1
6
9
6
Tony Stewart
2185
428
17
0
0
4
11
7
Carl Edwards
2148
465
17
0
1
3
5
8
Kevin Harvick
2106
507
17
0
1
3
8
9
Kyle Busch
2040
573
17
0
1
3
9
10
Martin Truex Jr.
2033
580
17
0
1
4
7
11
Clint Bowyer
1986
627
17
1
0
1
8
12
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1985
628
17
0
0
3
7
13
Ryan Newman
1858
755
17
4
0
3
7
14
Jamie McMurray
1801
812
17
1
0
2
6
15
Kurt Busch
1749
864
17
0
0
2
3
16
J.J. Yeley
1701
912
17
1
0
1
1
17
Greg Biffle
1686
927
17
0
0
2
4
18
Bobby Labonte
1680
933
17
0
0
0
1
19
Juan Pablo Montoya
1662
951
17
0
1
2
3
20
Mark Martin
1662
951
12
0
0
4
7
21
Casey Mears
1650
963
17
0
1
3
4
22
Elliott Sadler
1610
1003
17
0
0
0
1
23
David Ragan
1529
1084
17
0
0
1
1
24
Robby Gordon
1527
1086
17
0
0
0
1
25
David Stremme
1523
1090
17
0
0
0
2
26
Kasey Kahne
1479
1134
17
1
0
0
1
27
Reed Sorenson
1466
1147
17
0
0
1
2
28
Sterling Marlin
1463
1150
17
0
0
0
0
29
Jeff Green
1450
1163
17
0
0
0
3
30
Ricky Rudd
1427
1186
17
0
0
0
1
31
Tony Raines
1422
1191
16
0
0
0
0
32
David Gilliland
1402
1211
17
1
0
1
2
33
Joe Nemechek
1376
1237
16
0
0
0
1
34
Johnny Sauter
1328
1285
16
0
0
0
1
35
Kyle Petty
1172
1441
14
0
0
1
1
36
Dave Blaney
1103
1510
15
1
0
0
0
37
Scott Riggs
1099
1514
14
0
0
0
1
38
Paul Menard
922
1691
11
0
0
0
0
39
Brian Vickers
823
1790
9
0
0
1
2
40
Dale Jarrett
753
1860
12
0
0
0
0
41
David Reutimann
704
1909
11
0
0
0
0
42
Kenny Wallace
559
2054
8
0
0
0
0
43
Ken Schrader
544
2069
8
0
0
0
0
44
A.J. Allmendinger
464
2149
8
0
0
0
0
45
Bill Elliott
461
2152
6
0
0
0
0
46
Ward Burton
449
2164
8
0
0
0
0
47
Regan Smith
409
2204
5
0
0
0
0
48
Jeremy Mayfield
388
2225
6
0
0
0
0
49
Boris Said
346
2267
3
0
0
0
1
50
Mike Bliss
325
2288
4
0
0
0
0
51
Michael Waltrip
191
2422
3
0
0
0
1
52
John Andretti
180
2433
3
0
0
0
0
53
Mike Wallac
160
2453
1
0
0
1
1
54
P.J. Jones
127
2486
1
0
0
0
0
55
Ron Fellows
123
2490
1
0
0
0
0
56
Kevin Lepage
95
2518
2
0
0
0
0
57
Chad McCumbee
88
2525
1
0
0
0
0
58
Butch Leitzinger
79
2534
1
0
0
0
0
59
Jon Wood
76
2537
1
0
0
0
0
60
Johnny Benson
70
2543
1
0
0
0
0
61
Terry Labonte
58
2555
1
0
0
0
0
62
Marc Goossens
55
2558
1
0
0
0
0
63
Chad Chaffin
55
2558
1
0
0
0
0
64
Aric Almirola
40
2573
1
0
0
0
0
65
Eric McClure
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
66
Derrike Cope
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
67
David Stremme
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
68
Stanton Barrett
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
69
Kirk Shelmerdine
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
70
James Hylton
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
71
Brandon Whitt
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
72
Scott Wimmer
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
73
Mike Skinner
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
74
Frank Kimmel
0
2613
0
0
0
0
0
Posted on 2nd July 2007
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Denny Hamlin won the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Sunday due to a gamble on his last pit stop. Hamlin and crew took only two tires, enabling Hamlin to hold off Jeff Gordon long enough to win. Hamlin pulled it off, beating the series points leader to the finish line by 0.068 seconds - less than a car length - to earn his third career victory and first since last July at Pocono.
Posted on 2nd July 2007
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