NASCAR: Michigan, Round 23

18th August 2007 * - 3M Performance 400


* Race delayed to the 21st due to rain

Practice 1

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 38.391 0.000 0.000 187.544 0.000 0.000 2. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 38.394 0.003 0.003 187.529 0.015 0.015 3. 40 David Stremme Dodge 38.467 0.073 0.076 187.173 0.356 0.371 4. 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 38.518 0.051 0.127 186.926 0.247 0.618 5. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 38.599 0.081 0.208 186.533 0.393 1.011 6. 99 Carl Edwards Ford 38.604 0.005 0.213 186.509 0.024 1.035 7. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 38.609 0.005 0.218 186.485 0.024 1.059 8. 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 38.618 0.009 0.227 186.442 0.043 1.102 9. 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 38.630 0.012 0.239 186.384 0.058 1.160 10. 16 Greg Biffle Ford 38.653 0.023 0.262 186.273 0.111 1.271 11. 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 38.677 0.024 0.286 186.157 0.116 1.387 12. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 38.683 0.006 0.292 186.128 0.029 1.416 13. 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 38.710 0.027 0.319 185.999 0.129 1.545 14. 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet 38.713 0.003 0.322 185.984 0.015 1.560 15. 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 38.719 0.006 0.328 185.955 0.029 1.589 16. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 38.732 0.013 0.341 185.893 0.062 1.651 17. 38 David Gilliland Ford 38.752 0.020 0.361 185.797 0.096 1.747 18. 00 David Reutimann* Toyota 38.763 0.011 0.372 185.744 0.053 1.800 19. 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge 38.802 0.039 0.411 185.557 0.187 1.987 20. 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 38.830 0.028 0.439 185.424 0.133 2.120 21. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 38.837 0.007 0.446 185.390 0.034 2.154 22. 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 38.853 0.016 0.462 185.314 0.076 2.230 23. 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 38.859 0.006 0.468 185.285 0.029 2.259 24. 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 38.897 0.038 0.506 185.104 0.181 2.440 25. 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 38.919 0.022 0.528 185.000 0.104 2.544 26. 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 38.930 0.011 0.539 184.947 0.053 2.597 27. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 39.024 0.094 0.633 184.502 0.445 3.042 28. 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 39.026 0.002 0.635 184.492 0.010 3.052 29. 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 39.026 0.000 0.635 184.492 0.000 3.052 30. 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 39.071 0.045 0.680 184.280 0.212 3.264 31. 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota 39.082 0.011 0.691 184.228 0.052 3.316 32. 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet 39.082 0.000 0.691 184.228 0.000 3.316 33. 6 David Ragan* Ford 39.111 0.029 0.720 184.091 0.137 3.453 34. 49 John Andretti Dodge 39.134 0.023 0.743 183.983 0.108 3.561 35. 78 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 39.138 0.004 0.747 183.964 0.019 3.580 36. 7 Robby Gordon Ford 39.143 0.005 0.752 183.941 0.023 3.603 37. 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota 39.182 0.039 0.791 183.758 0.183 3.786 38. 21 Bill Elliott Ford 39.226 0.044 0.835 183.552 0.206 3.992 39. 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 39.317 0.091 0.926 183.127 0.425 4.417 40. 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 39.341 0.024 0.950 183.015 0.112 4.529 41. 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 39.355 0.014 0.964 182.950 0.065 4.594 42. 15 Paul Menard* Chevrolet 39.363 0.008 0.972 182.913 0.037 4.631 43. 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 39.394 0.031 1.003 182.769 0.144 4.775 44. 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 39.430 0.036 1.039 182.602 0.167 4.942 45. 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 39.474 0.044 1.083 182.398 0.204 5.146 46. 208 Joe Nemechek Dodge 39.492 0.018 1.101 182.315 0.083 5.229 47. 45 Chad McCumbee Dodge 39.603 0.111 1.212 181.804 0.511 5.740 48. 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge 39.647 0.044 1.256 181.603 0.201 5.941

Starting Line-up

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 38.090 0.000 0.000 189.026 0.000 0.000 2. 16 Greg Biffle Ford 38.159 0.069 0.069 188.684 0.342 0.342 3. 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 38.193 0.034 0.103 188.516 0.168 0.510 4. 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 38.271 0.078 0.181 188.132 0.384 0.894 5. 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 38.293 0.022 0.203 188.024 0.108 1.002 6. 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 38.322 0.029 0.232 187.882 0.142 1.144 7. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 38.323 0.001 0.233 187.877 0.005 1.149 8. 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 38.426 0.103 0.336 187.373 0.504 1.653 9. 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 38.432 0.006 0.342 187.344 0.029 1.682 10. 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet 38.452 0.020 0.362 187.246 0.098 1.780 11. 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 38.494 0.042 0.404 187.042 0.204 1.984 12. 00 David Reutimann* Toyota 38.534 0.040 0.444 186.848 0.194 2.178 13. 99 Carl Edwards Ford 38.548 0.014 0.458 186.780 0.068 2.246 14. 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 38.555 0.007 0.465 186.746 0.034 2.280 15. 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 38.590 0.035 0.500 186.577 0.169 2.449 16. 49 John Andretti Dodge 38.617 0.027 0.527 186.446 0.131 2.580 17. 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 38.628 0.011 0.538 186.393 0.053 2.633 18. 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 38.660 0.032 0.570 186.239 0.154 2.787 19. 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 38.663 0.003 0.573 186.225 0.014 2.801 20. 40 David Stremme Dodge 38.665 0.002 0.575 186.215 0.010 2.811 21. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 38.672 0.007 0.582 186.181 0.034 2.845 22. 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 38.675 0.003 0.585 186.167 0.014 2.859 23. 21 Bill Elliott Ford 38.684 0.009 0.594 186.124 0.043 2.902 24. 38 David Gilliland Ford 38.721 0.037 0.631 185.946 0.178 3.080 25. 6 David Ragan* Ford 38.733 0.012 0.643 185.888 0.058 3.138 26. 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge 38.750 0.017 0.660 185.807 0.081 3.219 27. 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet 38.795 0.045 0.705 185.591 0.216 3.435 28. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 38.829 0.034 0.739 185.428 0.163 3.598 29. 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 38.829 0.000 0.739 185.428 0.000 3.598 30. 7 Robby Gordon Ford 38.842 0.013 0.752 185.366 0.062 3.660 31. 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 38.848 0.006 0.758 185.338 0.028 3.688 32. 208 Joe Nemechek Dodge 38.852 0.004 0.762 185.319 0.019 3.707 33. 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 38.906 0.054 0.816 185.061 0.258 3.965 34. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 38.930 0.024 0.840 184.947 0.114 4.079 35. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 38.961 0.031 0.871 184.800 0.147 4.226 36. 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 38.963 0.002 0.873 184.791 0.009 4.235 37. 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 39.001 0.038 0.911 184.611 0.180 4.415 38. 15 Paul Menard* Chevrolet 39.035 0.034 0.945 184.450 0.161 4.576 39. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 39.041 0.006 0.951 184.421 0.029 4.605 40. 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 39.061 0.020 0.971 184.327 0.094 4.699 41. 70 Johnny Sauter+ Chevrolet 39.207 0.146 1.117 183.641 0.686 5.385 42. 45 Chad McCumbee+ Dodge 39.871 0.664 1.781 180.582 3.059 8.444 43. 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 38.988 DNQ 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 39.046 DNQ 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota 39.117 DNQ 78 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 39.185 DNQ 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge 39.220 DNQ 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota 39.291 * Series rookie + Set by owner points

Practice 2

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 99 Carl Edwards Ford 38.214 0.000 0.000 188.413 0.000 0.000 2. 16 Greg Biffle Ford 38.296 0.082 0.082 188.009 0.404 0.404 3. 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 38.416 0.120 0.202 187.422 0.587 0.991 4. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 38.461 0.045 0.247 186.403 1.019 2.010 5. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 38.468 0.007 0.254 187.169 -0.766 1.244 6. 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 38.522 0.054 0.308 186.906 0.263 1.507 7. 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 38.523 0.001 0.309 185.715 1.191 2.698 8. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 38.532 0.009 0.318 186.858 -1.143 1.555 9. 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 38.599 0.067 0.385 186.533 0.325 1.880 10. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 38.656 0.057 0.442 185.773 0.760 2.640 11. 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 38.674 0.018 0.460 184.871 0.902 3.542 12. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 38.725 0.051 0.511 185.926 -1.055 2.487 13. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 38.787 0.062 0.573 185.629 0.297 2.784 14. 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet 38.797 0.010 0.583 185.581 0.048 2.832 15. 7 Robby Gordon Ford 38.812 0.015 0.598 185.510 0.071 2.903 16. 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 38.835 0.023 0.621 185.400 0.110 3.013 17. 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge 38.871 0.036 0.657 185.228 0.172 3.185 18. 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 38.878 0.007 0.664 183.341 1.887 5.072 19. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 38.914 0.036 0.700 184.957 -1.616 3.456 20. 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 39.090 0.176 0.876 184.190 0.767 4.223 21. 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 39.097 0.007 0.883 184.157 0.033 4.256 22. 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 39.107 0.010 0.893 184.110 0.047 4.303 23. 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 39.119 0.012 0.905 184.054 0.056 4.359 24. 38 David Gilliland Ford 39.139 0.020 0.925 183.960 0.094 4.453 25. 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 39.144 0.005 0.930 183.936 0.024 4.477 26. 6 David Ragan* Ford 39.159 0.015 0.945 183.866 0.070 4.547 27. 21 Bill Elliott Ford 39.159 0.000 0.945 183.866 0.000 4.547 28. 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 39.216 0.057 1.002 183.598 0.268 4.815 29. 40 David Stremme Dodge 39.241 0.025 1.027 183.482 0.116 4.931 30. 15 Paul Menard* Chevrolet 39.300 0.059 1.086 183.206 0.276 5.207 31. 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 39.309 0.009 1.095 183.164 0.042 5.249 32. 49 John Andretti Dodge 39.336 0.027 1.122 183.038 0.126 5.375 33. 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 39.421 0.085 1.207 182.644 0.394 5.769 34. 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 39.444 0.023 1.230 182.537 0.107 5.876 35. 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 39.482 0.038 1.268 182.362 0.175 6.051 36. 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 39.556 0.074 1.342 182.020 0.342 6.393 37. 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 39.590 0.034 1.376 181.864 0.156 6.549 38. 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 39.632 0.042 1.418 181.671 0.193 6.742 39. 00 David Reutimann* Toyota 39.634 0.002 1.420 181.662 0.009 6.751 40. 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet 39.661 0.027 1.447 181.538 0.124 6.875 41. 45 Chad McCumbee Dodge 39.831 0.170 1.617 180.764 0.774 7.649 42. 208 Joe Nemechek Dodge 39.955 0.124 1.741 180.203 0.561 8.210 43. 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 40.088 0.133 1.874 179.605 0.598 8.808

Race ResultChampionship Standings

Pos Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1. Jeff Gordon 3471 23 4 14 20 2. Denny Hamlin 3195 23 1 10 14 3. Matt Kenseth 3117 23 1 8 15 4. Tony Stewart 3073 23 3 7 16 5. Carl Edwards 2970 23 1 5 9 6. Jimmie Johnson 2959 23 4 12 14 7. Jeff Burton 2927 23 1 6 11 8. Kyle Busch 2881 23 1 5 12 9. Clint Bowyer 2779 23 0 1 11 10. Kevin Harvick 2773 23 1 4 10 11. Martin Truex Jr. 2757 23 1 5 9 12. Kurt Busch 2724 23 2 5 7 13. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2561 23 0 4 8 14. Ryan Newman 2553 23 0 3 9 15. Greg Biffle 2428 23 0 2 6 16. Casey Mears 2361 23 1 4 6 17. Jamie McMurray 2286 23 1 3 7 18. Bobby Labonte 2264 23 0 0 2 19. Juan Montoya* 2263 23 1 3 4 20. Mark Martin 2220 17 0 4 9 21. J.J. Yeley 2172 23 0 1 1 22. David Ragan* 2099 23 0 1 1 23. Elliott Sadler 2063 23 0 0 1 24. David Stremme 2054 23 0 0 2 25. Robby Gordon 2008 22 0 1 2 26. Reed Sorenson 2002 23 0 2 3 27. Kasey Kahne 1964 23 0 0 2 28. David Gilliland 1948 23 0 1 2 29. Jeff Green 1929 23 0 0 3 30. Ricky Rudd 1925 23 0 0 1 31. Johnny Sauter 1786 22 0 0 1 32. Tony Raines 1778 21 0 0 0 33. Dave Blaney 1689 21 0 0 2 34. Sterling Marlin 1600 19 0 0 0 35. Joe Nemechek 1559 19 0 0 1 36. Paul Menard* 1399 17 0 0 0 37. Scott Riggs 1361 18 0 0 1 38. Kyle Petty 1334 17 0 1 1 39. Brian Vickers 1262 14 0 1 3 40. David Reutimann* 1006 16 0 0 0 41. Dale Jarrett 948 15 0 0 0 42. Bill Elliott 902 11 0 0 0 43. Ward Burton 752 12 0 0 0 44. Kenny Wallace 722 10 0 0 0 45. Ken Schrader 632 9 0 0 0 46. Jeremy Mayfield 630 9 0 0 0 47. Boris Said 467 4 0 0 1 48. A.J. Allmendinger* 464 8 0 0 0 49. Regan Smith 461 6 0 0 0 50. John Andretti 420 6 0 0 0 51. Michael Waltrip 356 6 0 0 1 52. Mike Bliss 325 4 0 0 0 53. Ron Fellows 283 2 0 1 1 54. P.J. Jones 267 3 0 0 0 55. Terry Labonte 204 3 0 0 0 56. Mike Wallace 160 1 0 1 1 57. Chad McCumbee 128 2 0 0 0 58. Chad Chaffin 125 2 0 0 0 59. Patrick Carpentier 102 1 0 0 0 60. Kevin Lepage 95 2 0 0 0 61. Butch Leitzinger 79 1 0 0 0 62. Jon Wood 76 1 0 0 0 63. Scott Wimmer 70 1 0 0 0 64. Johnny Benson 70 1 0 0 0 65. Marc Goossens 55 1 0 0 0 66. Aric Almirola 40 1 0 0 0 * Series rookie