DODGE DEALERS 400

Dover, Del. – Sept. 23, 2007

1-Mile Oval

400 M – 400 L – Purse: $5,132,767

Bonus Money

Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status

1 15 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 190 * 5 $229,250 Running

2 9 16 Greg Biffle Nintendo Wii Ford 400 175 * 5 172,275 Running

3 21 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 400 165 173,583 Running

4 31 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevrolet 400 165 * 5 124,425 Running

5 22 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 400 155 117,725 Running

6 17 25 Casey Mears National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet 400 150 118,025 Running

7 36 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 399 146 123,166 Running

8 30 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Ford 399 142 92,775 Running

9 28 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 399 138 126,411 Running

10 2 42 # Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 399 134 121,800 Running

11 27 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 399 130 121,461 Running

12 42 07 Clint Bowyer DIRECTV Chevrolet 399 127 90,825 Running

13 5 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 399 124 103,170 Running

14 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 398 126 * 5 137,311 Running

15 43 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 398 123 * 5 89,183 Running

16 23 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 397 115 73,075 Running

17 12 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 397 112 91,120 Running

18 13 00 # David Reutimann Dominos.com Toyota 397 109 88,508 Running

19 41 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Black Ford 397 106 72,075 Running

20 7 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 396 103 119,811 Running

21 38 15 # Paul Menard Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevrolet 396 100 71,650 Running

22 18 78 Joe Nemechek Furniture Row Chevrolet 396 97 67,900 Running

23 39 88 Kenny Wallace Snickers Ford 396 94 103,233 Running

24 37 38 David Gilliland M&M's Ford 395 91 98,214 Running

25 35 6 # David Ragan AAA Ford 394 88 107,550 Running

26 26 21 Ken Schrader U.S. Air Force Ford 394 85 90,039 Running

27 8 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 394 82 107,161 Running

28 24 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 386 79 102,050 Accident

29 4 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 385 81 * 5 103,983 Accident

30 33 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 385 78 * 5 91,833 Accident

31 34 66 Jeff Green Comcast/Best Buy Chevrolet 384 70 86,158 Accident

32 14 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 384 67 113,516 Accident

33 32 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 383 64 95,033 Accident

34 6 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 383 61 74,000 Accident

35 10 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Nano Technology Ford 374 68 * 10 113,716 Engine

36 20 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 360 55 73,625 Accident

37 29 49 John Andretti Paralyzed Veterans of America Dodge 358 52 75,047 Accident

38 3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevrolet 308 54 * 5 89,650 Running

39 40 40 David Stremme Halo 3/Target Dodge 287 46 65,225 Engine

40 16 45 Kyle Petty Wells Fargo Dodge 200 43 65,050 Accident

41 19 44 Dale Jarrett UPS Toyota 141 40 64,855 Engine

42 25 70 Johnny Sauter Haas Automation Chevrolet 11 37 64,730 Accident

43 11 84 # AJ Allmendinger Red Bull Toyota 4 34 64,588 Engine

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. * Includes race leader bonus.

Failed to qualify: (6) #4 Ward Burton, #33 Scott Wimmer, #06 Sam Hornish Jr., #37 Kevin Lepage, #22 Dave Blaney, #36 Jeremy Mayfield.

Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 137,000, Edwards won the Dodge Dealers 400, his seventh career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #84 Allmendinger (engine change).

TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 55 minutes, 39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 101.846 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.617 second

BUD POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (154.765 mph, 23.261 secs.)

CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD: Casey Mears (315.217 seconds – total amount of time spent in pits)

COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson

DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Bob Osborne (crew chief for Carl Edwards)

DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE” AWARD: Carl Edwards

EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Carl Edwards

GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Carl Edwards (151.445 mph, Lap 391)

MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE” AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $150,000 at Kansas++

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya

SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Carl Edwards

U.S.G. “IMPROVING THE FINISH” AWARD: Clint Bowyer (30 places)

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Denny Hamlin (61 laps)

CAUTION FLAGS: 13 cautions for 66 laps. 13-17 (Car #70-Accident, Frontstretch); 22-24 (Car #21-Accident, Frontstretch); 55-58 (Debris); 77-84 (Car #45-Spin, Turn 2); 149-153 (Competition); 205-211 (Car #07, 11 & 45-Accident, Frontstretch); 230-235 (Car #26-Spin, Backstretch); 356-360 (Debris); 364-373 (Car #49 & 96-Accident, Backstretch [Red 5:12 Lap 370]); 375-378 (Oil on track); 382-384 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 2); 387-389 (Car #1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 18, 41, 43, 48 & 66-Accident, Backstretch [Red 11:40 Lap 386]); 394-396 (Debris).

LAP LEADERS: 14 lead changes among 9 drivers. Jimmie Johnson 1, Denny Hamlin 2-41, Matt Kenseth 42-55, Michael Waltrip 56, Hamlin 57-77, Kurt Busch 78-97, Kenseth 98-266, Carl Edwards 267-287, Mark Martin 288-309, Greg Biffle 310-315, Reed Sorenson 316-317, Kenseth 318-320, Edwards 321-356, Kenseth 357-362, Edwards 363-400.

++Rollover money awarded at year’s end; amount not included in race winnings.

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins)

1 –Jeff Gordon 5340 (4)

2 –Tony Stewart 5338 (3)

3 –Carl Edwards 5337 (3)

4 –Jimmie Johnson 5336 (6)

5 –Kyle Busch 5330 (1)

6 –Clint Bowyer 5322 (1)

7 –Martin Truex Jr. 5294 (1)

8 –Jeff Burton 5265 (1)

9 –Kevin Harvick 5225 (1)

10–Matt Kenseth 5224 (1)

11–Kurt Busch 5189 (2)

12–Denny Hamlin 5182 (1)

MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Pts Wins

Chevrolet 226 20

Ford 159 5

Dodge 143 3

Toyota 88 0

DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF

THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts.

Jimmie Johnson (#48) 8

Tony Stewart (#20) 4

Carl Edwards (#99) 4

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Juan Pablo Montoya 222

David Ragan 207

Paul Menard 179

David Reutimann 160

AJ Allmendinger 122

MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD

Car # Pts.

Kurt Busch (# 2) 7

Mark Martin (#01) 5

Martin Truex Jr. (# 1) 5

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD

Car # Pts.

Jeff Gordon (#24) 7

Tony Stewart (#20) 5

Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3

DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR

Car # Pts.

Mike Ford (#11) 6

Tony Eury Jr. (# 8) 4

Bob Osborne (#99) 3

CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD

Car # Pts.

Jeff Gordon (#24) 4

Mark Martin (#01) 4

Denny Hamlin (#11) 3

USG ‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD

Car # Pts.

Matt Kenseth (#17) 7

Kevin Harvick (#29) 3

Tony Stewart (#20) 2

SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD

Car # Pts.

Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6

Jeff Gordon (#24) 4

Tony Stewart (#20) 3

GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP

AWARD Car # Pts.

Jeff Gordon (#24) 5

Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3

Tony Stewart (#20) 3

COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD

Car # Pts.

Jeff Gordon (#24) 8

Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4

Kasey Kahne (# 9) 3

CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD

Car # Pts.

Hendrick (#24) 217

JGR (#20) 170

Hendrick (#48) 141

BUD POLE AWARD

Jeff Gordon 6

Ryan Newman 4

Clint Bowyer 2

Jimmie Johnson 2

Kasey Kahne 2

Dave Blaney 1

Kurt Busch 1

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1

David Gilliland 1

Denny Hamlin 1

Jamie McMurray 1

Casey Mears 1

Reed Sorenson 1

J.J. Yeley 1

NEXT EVENT: Sept. 30 – Kansas 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. (400 Miles) (267 Laps)

NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/24/07)

©2007 NASCAR

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS LAST RACE DATE: 9/23/07

RACE #28: DODGE DEALERS 400 PRINTOUT DATE: 9/24/07

POS DRIVER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 MONEY WON

1 JEFF GORDON 5340 28 4 16 22 $5672309

2 TONY STEWART 5338 28 3 10 20 5321788

3 CARL EDWARDS 5337 28 3 8 12 3677062

4 JIMMIE JOHNSON 5336 28 6 14 17 5605433

5 KYLE BUSCH 5330 28 1 8 16 3720093

6 CLINT BOWYER 5322 28 1 3 13 3232344

7 MARTIN TRUEX, JR 5294 28 1 6 11 3956516

8 JEFF BURTON 5265 28 1 7 13 4934691

9 KEVIN HARVICK 5225 28 1 4 11 6403430

10 MATT KENSETH 5224 28 1 8 17 4892826

11 KURT BUSCH 5189 28 2 5 10 4138107

12 DENNY HAMLIN 5182 28 1 10 15 4007989

13 DALE EARNHARDT, JR 3239 28 0 7 11 4227114

14 RYAN NEWMAN 3112 28 0 3 11 3912443

15 GREG BIFFLE 3019 28 0 3 8 3310655

16 CASEY MEARS 2995 28 1 4 8 3339775

17 BOBBY LABONTE 2835 28 0 0 3 3668388

18 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2807 28 1 3 8 3075982

19 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 2707 28 1 3 5 3901133

20 J J YELEY 2704 28 0 1 3 3468396

21 DAVID RAGAN 2625 28 0 2 2 3809524

22 KASEY KAHNE 2590 28 0 1 5 4105966

23 REED SORENSON 2491 28 0 2 3 3194734

24 MARK MARTIN 2485 19 0 5 10 3629342

25 ELLIOTT SADLER 2440 28 0 0 1 3179197

26 DAVID STREMME 2425 28 0 0 2 2546883

27 ROBBY GORDON 2387 27 0 1 2 2476954

28 DAVID GILLILAND 2343 28 0 1 2 3510066

29 JEFF GREEN 2321 28 0 0 3 3017757

30 JOHNNY SAUTER 2172 27 0 1 2 2497364

31 TONY RAINES 2152 26 0 0 0 2577222

32 RICKY RUDD 2017 25 0 0 1 3030877

33 DAVE BLANEY 1927 25 0 0 2 2682077

34 PAUL MENARD 1862 22 0 0 0 1822274

35 JOE NEMECHEK, III 1800 23 0 0 1 2000992

36 BRIAN VICKERS 1649 18 0 1 4 1704501

37 SCOTT RIGGS 1641 22 0 0 1 2205341

38 KYLE PETTY 1606 21 0 1 1 2148418

39 STERLING MARLIN 1600 19 0 0 0 1928740

40 DAVID REUTIMANN 1396 20 0 0 0 1849307

41 BILL ELLIOTT 1156 14 0 0 0 1492881

42 DALE JARRETT 1119 18 0 0 0 1639372

43 KENNY WALLACE 1023 14 0 0 0 1302495

44 WARD BURTON 856 14 0 0 0 1158054

45 A J ALLMENDINGER 823 13 0 0 0 995632

46 KEN SCHRADER 795 11 0 0 0 1329343

47 JEREMY MAYFIELD 712 11 0 0 0 885969

48 JOHN ANDRETTI 624 10 0 0 0 826723

49 MICHAEL WALTRIP 610 9 0 0 1 987471

50 REGAN SMITH 516 7 0 0 0 648051

51 BORIS SAID 510 5 0 0 1 671083

52 MIKE BLISS 325 4 0 0 0 399667

53 RON FELLOWS 283 2 0 1 1 215875

54 P J JONES 267 3 0 0 0 237816

55 TERRY LABONTE 204 3 0 0 0 307469

56 ARIC ALMIROLA 165 3 0 0 0 267865

57 MIKE WALLACE 160 1 0 1 1 615658

58 CHAD MCCUMBEE 128 2 0 0 0 151308

59 CHAD CHAFFIN 125 2 0 0 0 149450

60 PATRICK CARPENTIER 102 1 0 0 0 72850

61 KEVIN LEPAGE 95 2 0 0 0 187107

62 BUTCH LEITZINGER 79 1 0 0 0 69800

63 JON WOOD 76 1 0 0 0 131933

64 JOHNNY BENSON 70 1 0 0 0 64875

65 SCOTT WIMMER 70 1 0 0 0 139450

66 MARC GOOSSENS 55 1 0 0 0 68760

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS LAST RACE DATE: 9/23/07

RACE #28: DODGE DEALERS 400 PRINTOUT DATE: 9/24/07

QUALIFYING

POS CAR # OWNER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 ATTEMPTS

1 24 RICK HENDRICK 24 5340 28 4 16 22 28

2 20 JOE GIBBS 20 5338 28 3 10 20 28

3 99 GEORGETTA ROUSH 99 5337 28 3 8 12 28

4 48 JEFF GORDON 48 5336 28 6 14 17 28

5 5 RICK HENDRICK 5 5330 28 1 8 16 28

6 07 RICHARD CHILDRESS 07 5322 28 1 3 13 28

7 1 TERESA EARNHARDT 1 5294 28 1 6 11 28

8 31 RICHARD CHILDRESS 31 5265 28 1 7 13 28

9 29 RICHARD CHILDRESS 29 5225 28 1 4 11 28

10 17 JOHN HENRY 17 5224 28 1 8 17 28

11 2 ROGER PENSKE 2 5189 28 2 5 10 28

12 11 J D GIBBS 11 5182 28 1 10 15 28

13 8 TERESA EARNHARDT 8 3239 28 0 7 11 28

14 01 BOBBY GINN 01 3126 28 0 5 10 28

15 12 ROGER PENSKE 12 3112 28 0 3 11 28

16 16 JACK ROUSH 16 3019 28 0 3 8 28

17 25 MARY HENDRICK 25 2995 28 1 4 8 28

18 43 RICHARD PETTY 43 2835 28 0 0 3 28

19 26 GEOFF SMITH 26 2807 28 1 3 8 28

20 42 FLOYD GANASSI 42 2707 28 1 3 5 28

21 18 JOE GIBBS 18 2704 28 0 1 3 28

22 6 MIKE DEE 6 2625 28 0 2 2 28

23 9 RAY EVERNHAM 9 2590 28 0 1 5 28

24 41 CHIP GANASSI 41 2491 28 0 2 3 28

25 19 RAY EVERNHAM 19 2440 28 0 0 1 28

26 7 ROBBY GORDON 7 2439 28 0 1 2 28

27 96 BILL SAUNDERS 96 2435 28 0 1 1 28

28 40 FELIX SABATES 40 2425 28 0 0 2 28

29 15 BOBBY GINN 15 2403 28 0 0 0 28

30 38 ROBERT YATES 38 2343 28 0 1 2 28

31 66 JOE CUSTER 66 2321 28 0 0 3 28

32 88 ROBERT YATES 88 2251 28 0 0 1 28

33 70 JOE CUSTER 70 2191 27 0 1 2 28

34 45 KYLE PETTY 45 2108 28 0 1 1 28

35 21 GLEN WOOD 21 2107 26 0 0 0 28

36 22 BILL DAVIS 22 2002 25 0 0 2 28

37 10 JAMES ROCCO 10 1871 23 0 0 1 28

38 83 DIETRICH MATESCHITZ 83 1860 18 0 1 4 28

39 00 CALVIN WELLS, III 00 1758 22 0 0 0 28

40 13 JAY FRYE 13 1547 18 0 0 1 19

41 44 MICHAEL WALTRIP 44 1363 18 0 0 0 28

42 4 JAMES FINCH 4 1310 16 0 1 1 27

43 78 BARNEY VISSER 78 1256 14 0 0 0 28

44 55 BUFFY WALTRIP 55 1220 12 0 0 1 28

45 14 TERESA EARNHARDT 14 1209 13 0 0 0 19

46 36 GAIL DAVIS 36 1185 12 0 0 0 28

47 84 DIETRICH MATESCHITZ 84 1138 14 0 0 0 28

48 49 ELIZABETH MORGENTHAU 49 1116 13 0 0 0 28

49 37 BOB JENKINS 37 654 4 0 0 0 27

50 160 MARK SIMO 160 359 4 0 0 1 5

51 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 33 142 1 0 0 0 4

52 34 BRAD JENKINS 34 87 0 0 0 0 7

53 146 JEFFREY WYLER 146 70 1 0 0 0 1

54 208 JOHN CARTER 208 65 1 0 0 0 2

55 191 EDDIE D'HONDT 191 55 1 0 0 0 1

56 109 LARRY MCCLURE 109 55 0 0 0 0 4

57 06 WALTER CZARNECKI 06 53 0 0 0 0 2

58 98 GEORGE GILLETT, JR 98 43 1 0 0 0 1

59 180 JOE GIBBS 180 40 1 0 0 0 1

60 102 KENNETH WOOD 102 38 0 0 0 0 2

61 172 BRYAN MULLET 172 32 0 0 0 0 3

62 74 RAYNARD MCGLYNN 74 16 0 0 0 0 1

63 130 RICK WARE 130 13 0 0 0 0 1

64 139 BOBBY GINN 139 10 0 0 0 0 1

65 104 LARRY MCCLURE 104 8 0 0 0 0 2

66 27 KIRK SHELMERDINE 27 5 0 0 0 0 2

67 171 ANDY HILLENBURG 171 4 0 0 0 0 1

68 147 TAD GESCHICKTER 147 4 0 0 0 0 1

69 158 J C WEAVER 158 1 0 0 0 0 1

70 23 BILL DAVIS 23 1 0 0 0 0 1

71 177 ROBBY GORDON 177 0 1 0 0 0 1

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