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2007 Auto Club 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 2 of 36 Sunday, February 25, 2007 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:36:41 Average speed: 138.451 mph Pole speed: 185.735 mph Cautions: 9 for 37 laps Margin of victory: .679 sec Attendance: 87000 Lead changes: 28 Green flag passes: 2,934 (13.8 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 Matt Kenseth 25 1 1 1 35 4 -30 69 99 36 52.2 23 234 93.6 133 53.2 250 141.5 Jeff Gordon 1 2 2 1 33 7 21 97 76 63 64.9 12 214 85.6 2 0.8 250 110.6 Jimmie Johnson 23 14 3 1 38 7 49 103 54 72 69.9 24 232 92.8 31 12.4 250 118.2 Jeff Burton 8 6 4 1 34 6 26 77 51 65 84.4 25 238 95.2 18 7.2 250 120.1 Mark Martin 3 7 5 1 30 11 -24 69 93 43 62.3 19 197 78.8 1 0.4 250 104.5 Clint Bowyer 6 3 6 1 34 6 22 62 40 45 72.6 4 240 96.0 2 0.8 250 112.0 Kurt Busch 18 13 7 6 32 15 -1 100 101 51 51.0 1 171 68.4 0 0.0 250 87.3 Tony Stewart 11 4 8 1 31 8 34 84 50 52 61.9 46 207 82.8 28 11.2 250 114.4 Kyle Busch 12 10 9 1 36 10 11 96 85 59 61.5 5 230 92.0 9 3.6 250 100.3 Brian Vickers 15 9 10 4 34 13 20 109 89 66 60.6 1 196 78.4 0 0.0 250 90.1 Denny Hamlin 17 12 11 2 27 15 -17 84 101 58 69.0 2 135 54.0 0 0.0 250 82.2 Ryan Newman 19 16 12 6 39 15 13 102 89 62 60.8 0 173 69.2 0 0.0 250 82.7 J.J. Yeley 29 15 13 1 30 13 -6 84 90 56 66.7 3 190 76.0 0 0.0 250 89.4 Joe Nemechek 26 24 14 3 34 17 2 98 96 55 56.1 3 141 56.4 0 0.0 250 84.0 Greg Biffle 13 23 15 1 38 19 -9 88 97 53 60.2 1 72 28.8 2 0.8 250 76.2 David Ragan 39 17 16 3 42 20 14 95 81 33 34.7 0 35 14.0 0 0.0 250 66.7 Kevin Harvick 4 5 17 1 26 7 32 78 46 55 70.5 19 226 90.4 3 1.2 250 100.3 Johnny Sauter 31 19 18 10 39 22 13 96 83 18 18.8 0 32 12.8 0 0.0 249 61.0 David Stremme 24 26 19 15 33 25 -2 79 81 1 1.3 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 249 62.6 Paul Menard 22 18 20 6 26 16 -13 90 103 47 52.2 0 94 37.6 0 0.0 249 68.6 Robby Gordon 42 11 21 7 42 17 19 116 97 37 31.9 1 115 46.0 0 0.0 249 69.5 Kyle Petty 37 25 22 1 42 24 4 85 81 17 20.0 0 8 3.2 1 0.4 249 48.6 Tony Raines 41 22 23 9 43 23 17 84 67 7 8.3 0 6 2.4 0 0.0 249 54.6 Elliott Sadler 38 32 24 19 39 30 4 84 80 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 42.1 David Gilliland 40 29 25 15 40 29 -9 64 73 1 1.6 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 248 52.1 Juan Pablo Montoya 9 28 26 8 34 25 -26 64 90 9 14.1 1 21 8.4 0 0.0 248 63.9 Ricky Rudd 34 20 27 7 37 25 5 73 68 9 12.3 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 248 48.4 Bobby Labonte 28 8 28 2 31 16 -28 56 84 28 50.0 0 125 50.0 0 0.0 248 73.1 Carl Edwards 21 34 29 6 39 28 -17 46 63 9 19.6 1 35 14.0 0 0.0 247 66.8 Jeff Green 16 31 30 14 39 30 -36 44 80 0 0.0 1 2 0.8 0 0.0 247 39.9 Casey Mears 10 33 31 10 34 28 -27 40 67 10 25.0 0 24 9.6 0 0.0 246 51.2 Dale Jarrett 43 35 32 24 43 35 7 26 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 246 32.3 David Reutimann 33 27 33 14 39 28 -1 71 72 2 2.8 0 8 3.2 0 0.0 239 52.9 John Andretti 32 21 34 3 40 26 -1 67 68 17 25.4 0 8 3.2 0 0.0 220 47.5 Sterling Marlin 27 38 35 20 42 36 -26 32 58 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 198 32.4 Ken Schrader 36 30 36 18 41 32 -18 43 61 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 160 39.0 Jamie McMurray 35 41 37 27 41 40 7 14 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 134 28.7 Kasey Kahne 2 37 38 1 38 30 -8 37 45 18 48.6 8 40 16.0 20 8.0 129 69.6 Dave Blaney 14 36 39 2 39 27 25 67 42 37 55.2 0 65 26.0 0 0.0 112 67.9 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5 39 40 5 40 36 -38 35 73 10 28.6 5 19 7.6 0 0.0 74 49.6 Scott Riggs 30 43 41 22 43 42 2 15 13 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 28.7 Martin Truex Jr 7 40 42 4 42 39 1 8 7 8 100.0 0 13 5.2 0 0.0 14 37.1 Reed Sorenson 20 42 43 20 43 42 -11 3 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 28.9 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.