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Post by swg on Feb 24, 2007 4:13:13 GMT -5
Jeff Gordon wins pole at California: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Budweiser Pole for the Auto Club at California Speedway with a speed of 185.735mph for his 1st pole of 2007 and 57th of his career [6th all-time, 1 behind Bobby Allison and 2 behind Darrell Waltrip]. Gordon has won at least one pole in 15 straight seasons [since 1993]. The rest of the top-10 are #9-Kahne, #01-Martin, #29-Harvick, #8-Earnhardt Jr., #07-Bowyer, #1-Truex Jr., #31-Burton, #42-Montoya and #25-Mears. The highest Toyota driver is #22-Blaney, who will start 14th. The highest non-top 35 driver was #83-Vickers who will start 15th. the rest of the non top-35 teams to make the race were: #15-Menard, #13-Nemechek, #14-Marlin, #70-Sauter, #37-Andretti [first start since 2005], #00-Reutimann [who knocked his team owner #55-Waltrip out of the race and #44-Jarrett will use the past champions provisional [again] to make the field and will start 43rd.
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Post by catty on Feb 24, 2007 5:37:42 GMT -5
#woot0dh# #woot0dh# Love me some Jeff Gordon!
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Post by renoman on Feb 24, 2007 5:49:43 GMT -5
Keep coming back catty, I'm sure there will be discussion afterwords!
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Post by swg on Mar 4, 2007 7:59:00 GMT -5
California Results
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS 1 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 195/10 250 Running 342,316 2 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont Cromax Pro 175/5 250 Running 249,011 3 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 170/5 250 Running 212,811 4 8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 165/5 250 Running 173,441 5 3 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 160/5 250 Running 171,708 6 6 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 155/5 250 Running 119,875 7 18 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 146/0 250 Running 140,583 8 11 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 147/5 250 Running 148,161 9 12 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 143/5 250 Running 109,525 10 15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 134/0 250 Running 94,400 11 17 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Freight 130/0 250 Running 116,800 12 19 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Mobil 1 127/0 250 Running 128,275 13 29 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 124/0 250 Running 124,958 14 26 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet CertainTeed 121/0 250 Running 90,450 15 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ameriquest 123/5 250 Running 108,400 16 39 6 David Ragan * Ford AAA Insurance So. Cal. 115/0 250 Running 130,075 17 4 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 117/5 250 Running 136,786 18 31 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Best Buy 109/0 249 Running 87,450 19 24 40 David Stremme Dodge Coors Light 106/0 249 Running 90,850 20 22 15 Paul Menard * Chevrolet Menards / Quaker State 103/0 249 Running 87,850 21 42 7 Robby Gordon Ford Jim Beam 100/0 249 Running 90,700 22 37 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 102/5 249 Running 104,908 23 41 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 94/0 249 Running 99,500 24 38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 91/0 248 Running 105,670 25 40 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 88/0 248 Running 114,314 26 9 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco / Havoline 85/0 248 Running 120,475 27 34 88 Ricky Rudd Ford Snickers 82/0 248 Running 116,233 28 28 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 79/0 248 Running 121,436 29 21 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot "SBON" 76/0 247 Running 92,200 30 16 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Yellow Trans. 73/0 247 Running 106,608 31 10 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 70/0 246 Running 91,275 32 43 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 67/0 246 Running 80,575 33 33 00 David Reutimann * Toyota Domino's Pizza 64/0 239 Accident 92,958 34 32 37 John Andretti Dodge Camping World / RVs.com 61/0 220 Electrical 80,150 35 27 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Panasonic 58/0 198 Accident 89,472 36 36 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie 55/0 160 Engine 98,989 37 35 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 52/0 134 Running 87,550 38 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 54/5 129 Engine 137,991 39 14 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 46/0 112 Engine 87,180 40 5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 43/0 74 Engine 124,433 41 30 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Stanley Tools / Valvoline 40/0 16 Accident 86,900 42 7 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 37/0 14 Engine 105,155 43 20 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Energizer e2 Lithium 34/0 7 Accident 86,963
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