2007 Citizens Bank 400

2007 Citizens Bank 400
Race details
Race 15 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
2007 Citizens Bank 400 program cover
Date June 17, 2007 (2007-06-17)
Official name Citizens Bank 400
Location Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.0 miles (3.218 km)
Distance 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather Hot with temperatures reaching up to 86 °F (30 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)
Average speed 148.07 miles per hour (238.30 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 38.399
Most laps led
Driver Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Laps 63
Winner
No. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network TNT
Announcers Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and
Wally Dallenbach Jr.

The 2007 Citizens Bank 400 was the 15th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It was held on June 17, 2007, at Michigan International Speedway, located in the town of Brooklyn, Michigan .

After this race, 11 races remained to set the field for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Qualifying

J. J. Yeley won his first career pole with a fast lap of 187.505 miles per hour, or 38.399 seconds. Jimmie Johnson fell short of Yeley's lap by .001 second. Ryan Newman, who had won the three previous poles, qualified fourth.

Michael Waltrip made only his third race in 15 tries. He had announced earlier that week that he was stepping aside for the following week's race, the Toyota/Save Mart 350, in favor of two-time series champion Terry Labonte.[1]

Race

Carl Edwards won the Citizens Bank 400 for his first win in the Nextel Cup Series since November 4, 2005 at Texas Motor Speedway, a span of 52 races. Edwards took the lead from Johnson on lap 166 (out of 200) and never lost it.

Martin Truex Jr. finished second; he now had a three-race span in which he finished 1st, 3rd, and 2nd. Tony Stewart rallied from the 41st starting position to finish 3rd. The remaining Top 5 drivers were Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who would be teammates at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

There were 22 lead changes among 11 drivers. The race also had four caution periods; one of them was for an accident involving seven cars, including Matt Kenseth, Brian Vickers, and Jeff Green. Michigan International Speedway has been a Ford dominated track starting in 1984, and a Mercury track before that from 1969 to 1978. It was also a track that suited a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway.

Results

POS[2] ST # DRIVER OWNER CAR LAPS MONEY STATUS LED PTS
1 12 99 Carl Edwards Jack Roush Ford 200 177850 running 63 195
2 8 1 Martin Truex Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 200 154445 running 54 175
3 41 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Chevrolet 200 157586 running 2 170
4 13 25 Casey Mears Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 200 113325 running 1 165
5 23 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 200 128558 running 1 160
6 3 5 Kyle Busch Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 200 111650 running 0 150
7 19 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Chevrolet 200 129761 running 0 146
8 35 26 Jamie McMurray Jack Roush Ford 200 92400 running 0 142
9 6 24 Jeff Gordon Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 200 124986 running 18 143
10 18 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Toyota 199 99208 running 1 139
11 21 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Ford 199 102414 running 0 130
12 38 15 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 199 81825 running 1 132
13 30 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Ford 199 81225 running 0 124
14 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Chevrolet 199 94025 running 1 126
15 40 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Toyota 199 92683 running 0 118
16 11 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Chevrolet 199 86225 running 0 115
17 20 38 David Gilliland Yates Racing Ford 199 105039 running 0 112
18 17 22 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Toyota 199 100083 running 0 109
19 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 199 144961 running 56 111
20 27 14 Sterling Marlin Bobby Ginn Chevrolet 199 91108 running 0 103
21 34 6 David Ragan Jack Roush Ford 198 112550 running 0 100
22 25 88 Ricky Rudd Yates Racing Ford 198 106958 running 0 97
23 29 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Dodge 198 94072 running 0 94
24 9 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Chevrolet 198 111966 running 0 91
25 10 2 Kurt Busch Roger Penske Dodge 198 109208 running 2 93
26 28 70 Johnny Sauter Gene Haas Chevrolet 198 75200 running 0 85
27 37 45 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Dodge 198 74400 running 0 82
28 1 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Chevrolet 198 107958 running 0 79
29 15 01 Mark Martin Bobby Ginn Chevrolet 198 81950 running 0 76
30 5 13 Joe Nemechek Bobby Ginn Chevrolet 198 73875 running 0 73
31 43 84 A. J. Allmendinger Dietrich Mateschitz Toyota 197 70725 running 0 70
32 36 9 Kasey Kahne Ray Evernham Dodge 197 117841 running 0 67
33 22 10 Scott Riggs James Rocco Dodge 197 79525 running 0 64
34 31 43 Bobby Labonte Petty Enterprises Dodge 197 107411 running 0 61
35 39 19 Elliott Sadler Ray Evernham Dodge 196 88670 running 0 58
36 42 66 Jeff Green Gene Haas Chevrolet 196 78275 running 0 55
37 4 12 Ryan Newman Roger Penske Dodge 196 102300 running 0 52
38 14 16 Greg Biffle Jack Roush Ford 192 88490 running 0 49
39 32 96 Tony Raines Bill Saunders Chevrolet 184 78390 running 0 46
40 24 40 David Stremme Chip Ganassi Dodge 183 70050 running 0 43
41 16 83 Brian Vickers Dietrich Mateschitz Toyota 140 70015 running 0 40
42 26 17 Matt Kenseth Jack Roush Ford 78 117611 crash 0 37
43 33 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Dodge 67 103926 crash 0 34
Failed to qualify or withdrew
POS NAME NBR OWNER CAR
44 Dale Jarrett 44 Michael Waltrip Toyota
45 Ward Burton 4 Larry McClure Chevrolet
46 Jeremy Mayfield 36 Bill Davis Toyota
47 Mike Bliss 49 Beth Ann Morgenthau Dodge
48 Kevin Lepage 37 Bob Jenkins Dodge
49 Kenny Wallace 78 Barney Visser Chevrolet
WD Scott Wimmer 33 Richard Childress Chevrolet

Points

Jeff Gordon (9th place) retained his points lead, by 247 over second place Denny Hamlin (14th). They were followed by Kenseth (42nd), Johnson (19th due to a fuel-mileage problem), and Jeff Burton (24th) in that order. Earnhardt Jr. entered the top 12 in points, the last qualifying spot for the Chase, while Mark Martin dropped out.

Race notes

References

  1. ^ "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site - Sprint Cup Team News and Links - #55". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  2. ^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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