2007 Kobalt Tools 500

2007 Kobalt Tools 500
Race details
Race 4 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Atlanta Motor Speedway (after 1997, before Atlanta International Speedway)
Date	March 18, 2007 (2007-March-18)
Official name	Kobalt Tools 500
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance	325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Average speed	152.915 miles per hour (246.093 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing
Time	28.707
Most laps led
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	135
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2007 Kobalt Tools 500, the fourth race of the 2007 NEXTEL Cup Season, was held Sunday, March 18, 2007 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, his second consecutive win in the Nextel Cup.

Lineup

This is the starting lineup for the race.

Row	Pos	Car #	Name	Speed (mph)	Team/Car Make
1	1	12	Ryan Newman**	193.124	Penske Racing South Dodge Charger
1	2	19	Elliott Sadler	191.894	Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger
2	3	48	Jimmie Johnson**	191.788	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
2	4	01	Mark Martin	191.744	Ginn Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
3	5	24	Jeff Gordon	191.714	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
3	6	43	Bobby Labonte	191.648	Petty Enterprises Dodge Charger
4	7	40	David Stremme	191.509	Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger
4	8	5	Kyle Busch	191.503	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
5	9	49	Mike Bliss	191.100	BAM Racing Dodge Charger
5	10	10	Scott Riggs	190.916	Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger
6	11	41	Reed Sorenson	190.837	Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger
6	12	9	Kasey Kahne	190.686	Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger
7	13	20	Tony Stewart	190.594	Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
7	14	99	Carl Edwards	190.398	Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
8	15	07	Clint Bowyer	190.372	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
8	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya‡	190.293	Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger
9	17	2	Kurt Busch	190.189	Penske Racing South Dodge Charger
9	18	1	Martin Truex Jr.	190.176	DEI Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
10	19	13	Joe Nemechek	189.954	Ginn Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
10	20	18	J.J. Yeley	189.850	Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
11	21	17	Matt Kenseth*	189.837	Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
11	22	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.*	189.837	DEI Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
12	23	15	Paul Menard‡	189.818	DEI Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
12	24	00	David Reutimann‡	189.701	Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry
13	25	16	Greg Biffle	189.564	Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
13	26	70	Johnny Sauter	189.467	Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
14	27	38	David Gilliland	189.383	Robert Yates Racing Ford Fusion
14	28	14	Sterling Marlin	189.105	Ginn Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
15	29	21	Ken Schrader	189.067	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion
15	30	11	Denny Hamlin	188.841	Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
16	31	83	Brian Vickers	188.828	Team Red Bull Toyota Camry
16	32	31	Jeff Burton	188.495	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
17	33	96	Tony Raines	188.411	Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
17	34	25	Casey Mears	188.360	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
18	35	22	Dave Blaney	188.302	Bill Davis Racing Toyota Camry
18	36	29	Kevin Harvick	187.958	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
19	37	26	Jamie McMurray	187.133	Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
19	38	6	David Ragan†‡	185.753	Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
20	39	7	Robby Gordon†	185.492	Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford Fusion
20	40	45	Kyle Petty†	184.499	Petty Enterprises Dodge Charger
21	41	66	Jeff Green†	184.364	Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
21	42	88	Ricky Rudd†	183.515	Robert Yates Racing Ford Fusion
22	43	44	Dale Jarrett	186.660 (Champion's Provisional)	Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry

*Tie broken by owner points
**Ryan Newman started 43rd after blowing an engine in practice. Jimmie Johnson started from the pole.
†-Made the race on owner points
‡-Rookie of the Year Candidate

Top ten results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team
1.	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
2.	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Joe Gibbs Racing
3.	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing
4.	#31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
5.	#42	Juan Pablo Montoya (R)	Dodge	Chip Ganassi Racing
6.	#07	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
7.	#99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing
8.	#1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
9.	#41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Chip Ganassi Racing
10.	#01	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Ginn Racing

Did Not Qualify

The following drivers failed to qualify for the race:

Scott Wimmer (#33), Ward Burton (#4), John Andretti (#37), Michael Waltrip (#55), Kenny Wallace (#78), Kevin Lepage (#34), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), and A.J. Allmendinger (#84) (Allmendinger lost his engine in qualifying). Ward Burton, Waltrip, and Wallace have missed 3 of the first four races, John Andretti has missed 2 of the 3 races he has attempted, and Mayfield and Allmendinger have not made any of the races.

The race

Jimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart with two laps to go to win his second straight NEXTEL Cup Series event. Johnson vaulted to fourth in the Cup standings, trailing only Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Jeff Burton in that order.
Race results and point leaders

Previous race: 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 2007 season	Next race: 2007 Food City 500

2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series

Points races	Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Kobalt Tools 500 Food City 500 Goody's Cool Orange 500 Samsung 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 Dodge Avenger 500 Coca-Cola 600 Autism Speaks 400 Pocono 500 Citizens Bank 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Pepsi 400 USG Sheetrock 400 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Pennsylvania 500 Centurion Boats at the Glen 3M Performance 400 Sharpie 500 Sharp AQUOS 500 Chevy Rock & Roll 400

Chase for the Nextel Cup	Sylvania 300 Dodge Dealers 400 LifeLock 400 UAW-Ford 500 Bank of America 500 Subway 500 Pep Boys Auto 500 Dickies 500 Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil Ford 400

Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duels All-Star Challenge

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