NASCAR NNCS (PHOENIX) - FINAL EVENT RESULTS

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 8 SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500 PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Avondale, Ariz. – April 21, 2007 1-Mile Oval 500 K – 312 M – 312 L – Purse: $4,961,431

Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 312 190 * 5 $251,411 Running 2 9 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 312 180 ** 10 209,411 Running 3 3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Kinko's Chevrolet 312 170 * 5 158,150 Running 4 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 312 160 158,046 Running 5 17 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 312 155 149,766 Running 6 14 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet 312 150 124,283 Running 7 24 5 Kyle Busch Carquest/Kellogg's Chevrolet 312 146 97,875 Running 8 26 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 312 142 118,561 Running 9 42 70 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Machine Tools Chevrolet 312 138 79,925 Running 10 8 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 312 139 * 5 126,261 Running 11 28 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 312 130 83,625 Running 12 20 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevrolet 312 127 98,183 Running 13 31 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Chevrolet 312 124 109,266 Running 14 23 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet 312 121 81,925 Running 15 27 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge 312 118 93,208 Running 16 16 13 Joe Nemechek Pinnacle Las Vegas Chevrolet 312 120 * 5 65,275 Running 17 18 16 Greg Biffle Ameriquest Ford 312 112 83,075 Running 18 6 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 312 109 103,108 Running 19 15 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 312 106 110,058 Running 20 7 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 311 103 95,920 Running 21 22 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 311 100 97,883 Running 22 12 07 Clint Bowyer DIRECTV Chevrolet 311 97 75,950 Running 23 2 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 310 94 77,175 Running 24 38 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Ford 310 91 67,475 Running 25 33 15 # Paul Menard Menards/Johns Manville Chevrolet 310 88 65,350 Running 26 39 88 Ricky Rudd Snickers Ford 310 85 98,658 Running 27 37 14 Sterling Marlin Waste Management Chevrolet 309 87 * 5 78,558 Running 28 34 21 Ken Schrader Motorcraft Ford 309 79 86,889 Running 29 43 44 Dale Jarrett UPS Toyota 309 76 63,350 Running 30 40 45 Kyle Petty Wells Fargo Dodge 309 78 * 5 76,347 Running 31 10 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 309 70 110,266 Running 32 25 00 # David Reutimann Domino's Toyota 309 67 65,925 Running 33 36 42 # Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 309 64 101,325 Running 34 21 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 308 61 83,520 Running 35 30 38 David Gilliland M&M's Ford 308 58 89,764 Running 36 35 4 Ward Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet 305 55 63,150 Running 37 13 25 Casey Mears National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet 303 52 70,275 Running 38 19 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 301 49 94,200 Running 39 11 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota 281 46 70,000 Accident 40 29 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevrolet 279 43 61,850 Accident 41 32 6 # David Ragan AAA/Show Your Card and Save Ford 264 40 97,530 Running 42 4 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge 250 37 69,780 Running 43 41 40 David Stremme Coors Light Dodge 248 34 61,736 Running # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. * Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (7) #36 Jeremy Mayfield, #55 Michael Waltrip, #37 John Andretti, #83 Brian Vickers, #84 AJ Allmendinger, #49 Mike Bliss, #02 Brandon Ash. Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 105,000, Jeff Gordon got his 76th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Gordon tied Dale Earnhardt for sixth on the all-time victory list. Prior to the green flag the following driver dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: # 21 Schrader (engine change).

TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 53 minutes, 48 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 107.710 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .697 second BUDWEISER POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (133.136 mph, 27.040 secs.) CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (217.339 seconds – total amount of time spent in pits) COMMIT LOZENGES “COMMIT TO WIN” AWARD: Jeff Gordon DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford (crew chief for Denny Hamlin) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE” AWARD: Tony Stewart EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Gordon GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon (129.385 mph, Lap 2) MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jeff Green NASCAR NEXTEL CUP LEADER BONUS: Jeff Gordon ($80,000) ++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Paul Menard SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jeff Gordon U.S.G. “IMPROVING THE FINISH” AWARD: Johnny Sauter (33 places) WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (132 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 34 laps. 38-41 (Debris); 44-47 (Car #6, 25 & 40-Accident, Turn 1); 99-103 (Debris); 150-154 (Debris); 212-218 (Debris); 285-293 (Car #18, 22 & 78-Accident, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes among 7 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-28, Denny Hamlin 29-38, Kyle Petty 39, Hamlin 40-99, Kevin Harvick 100-150, Sterling Marlin 151, Harvick 152-154, Tony Stewart 155-212, Joe Nemechek 213, Stewart 214-286, J. Gordon 287-298, Stewart 299, J. Gordon 300-312. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end; amount not included in race winnings.

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 1,326 (1) 2 –Jeff Burton 1,252 (1) 3 –Matt Kenseth 1,166 (1) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 1,115 (3) 5 –Denny Hamlin 1,084 (0) 6 –Kyle Busch 1,002 (1) 7 –Tony Stewart 994 (0) 8 –Carl Edwards 967 (0) 9 –Clint Bowyer 963 (0) 10–Mark Martin 921 (0)

MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Pts Wins Chevrolet 69 7 Ford 49 1 Dodge 34 0 Toyota 24 0

DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1

MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 4 Jeff Green (#66) 2 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1

BUDWEISER POLE AWARD STANDINGS Jeff Gordon 3 David Gilliland 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Ryan Newman 1

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Juan Pablo Montoya 90 David Ragan 85 Paul Menard 54 David Reutimann 47 AJ Allmendinger 23 Brandon Whitt 2

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1

DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Mike Ford (#11) 2 Ryan Pemberton (#01) 2 Scott Miller (#31) 1

CHECKERS/RALLY’S DOUBLE DRIVE-THRU CHALLENGE AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Martin (#01) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1

USG ‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 Johnny Sauter (#70) 1

CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#24) 77 RCR (#31) 50 Hendrick (#48) 44

GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1

COMMIT LOZENGES ‘COMMIT TO WIN’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1

SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1

NEXT EVENT: April 29 – Aaron’s 499, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. (500 M) (188 L) NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/23/07)