2007 Subway 500
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{{Infobox NASCAR race report
| Type = CUST
| Description = Race 32 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
| Race Name = Subway 500
| Details ref =
| Fulldate = {{Start date|2007|10|21}}
| Year = 2007
| Race_No = 32
| Season_No = 36
| Image = 2007 Subway 500 program cover.jpg
| Caption = The 2007 Subway 500 program cover, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the speedway opening.
| Official name = Subway 500
| Location = Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
| Course_mi = 0.526
| Course_km = 0.847
| Distance_laps = 506
| Distance_mi = 266.156
| Distance_km = 428.336
| Scheduled_laps = 500
| Scheduled_mi = 263
| Scheduled_km = 423.257
| Weather = Temperatures up to {{convert|82|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|6|mph|km/h}}[http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Martinsville/2007-10-21 Weather information for the 2007 Subway 500] at The Old Farmers' Almanac
| Avg = {{convert|66.608|mi/h}}
| Pole_Driver = Jeff Gordon
| Pole_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Pole_Time = 19.938
| Most_Driver = Jeff Gordon
| Most_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Most_laps = 168
| Car = 48
| First_Driver = Jimmie Johnson
| First_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Network = ABC
| Announcers = Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree
}}
The 2007 Subway 500, the 32nd race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and the sixth race in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, ran on Sunday, October 21, 2007, at Martinsville Speedway, located on the outskirts of Martinsville, Virginia. This race was the fifteenth of sixteen series races to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow template, which will be made permanent as of the 2008 season.
File:Martinsville Speedway, September 2011 overview.JPG, from the bleachers on Turns 1 and 2.]]
File:Martinsville Speedway track map.png, the venue where the race was held.]] It was the final career start for 2002 Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton.
Background
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Driver !Team !Make !Sponsor |
| 00 |
| 1 |
| 01 |
| 2 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6
|Ford |AAA |
| 06 |
| 7
|Ford |
| 07 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 |
| 12 |
| 15 |
| 16
|Ford |
| 17
|Ford |
| 18 |
| 19 |
| 20 |
| 21
|Ford |
| 22 |
| 24 |
| 25 |
| 26
|Ford |
| 29 |
| 31 |
| 36
|360 OTC |
| 37 |
| 38
|Ford |
| 40 |
| 41 |
| 42 |
| 43 |
| 44
|UPS |
| 45 |
| 48 |
| 49 |
| 55 |
| 66 |
| 70 |
| 78 |
| 83 |
| 84 |
| 88
|Ford |
| 96 |
| 99
|Ford |
Qualifying
With a lap of 19.938 seconds at a speed of 94.974 miles per hour, seven time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon took his sixth pole at the paperclip and 63rd of his career. Spring Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson started fourth. South Boston natives Jeff and Ward Burton both struggled in qualifying, having to start 18th and 36th respectively. Chase contender Tony Stewart started 34th.
| class="wikitable"
!# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
| 1
|24 |19.938 |94.974 |
|---|
| 2
|1 |19.988 |94.737 |
| 3
|29 |19.999 |94.685 |
| 4
|48 |20.013 |94.619 |
| 5
|9 |20.020 |94.585 |
| 6
|5 |20.025 |94.562 |
| 7
|8 |20.026 |94.557 |
| 8
|18 |20.039 |94.496 |
| 9
|26 |Ford |20.050 |94.444 |
| 10
|96 |20.066 |94.369 |
| 11
|2 |20.068 |94.359 |
| 12
|12 |20.072 |94.340 |
| 13
|70 |20.084 |94.284 |
| 14
|19 |20.097 |94.223 |
| 15
|49 |20.101 |94.204 |
| 16
|43 |20.113 |94.148 |
| 17
|22 |20.120 |94.115 |
| 18
|31 |20.126 |94.087 |
| 19
|00 |20.127 |94.083 |
| 20
|99 |Ford |20.130 |94.069 |
| 21
|07 |20.138 |94.031 |
| 22
|25 |20.150 |93.975 |
| 23
|88 |Ford |20.150 |93.975 |
| 24
|17 |Ford |20.170 |93.882 |
| 25
|84 |20.175 |93.859 |
| 26
|42 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |20.182 |93.826 |
| 27
|01 |20.184 |93.817 |
| 28
|41 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |20.184 |93.817 |
| 29
|55 |20.184 |93.817 |
| 30
|11 |20.185 |93.812 |
| 31
|66 |20.205 |93.719 |
| 32
|10 |20.206 |93.715 |
| 33
|44 |20.225 |93.627 |
| 34
|20 |20.241 |93.553 |
| 35
|15 |20.263 |93.451 |
| 36
|4 |20.271 |93.414 |
| 37
|16 |Ford |20.284 |93.354 |
| 38
|40 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |20.364 |92.988 |
| 39
|7 |Ford |20.390 |92.869 |
| 40
|38 |Ford |20.405 |92.801 |
| 41
|6 |Ford |20.446 |92.615 |
| 42
|45 |20.487 |92.429 |
| colspan="7" |Champion's Provisional |
| 43
|21 |Ford |20.462 |92.542 |
| colspan="7" |Failed to qualify |
| 44
|06 |20.347 |93.065 |
| 45
|78 |20.376 |92.933 |
| 46
|83 |20.449 |92.601 |
| 47
|36 |20.640 |91.744 |
| 48
|37 |20.774 |91.152 |
Race
The 2007 running of the race set a record for cautions in this race, with 21 yellow flags flying for 127 laps. The race was eventually decided under caution, when, during the green-white-checkers, David Ragan spun in turn number 1, ending the single attempt at a racing finish. With his third consecutive win at Martinsville, Johnson became the first driver since Rusty Wallace in 1994–1995 to win three straight races at the track.
Results
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Fin{{Cite web|title=2007 Subway 500 - The Third Turn|url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/2007_Subway_500|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.thethirdturn.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=2007 Subway 500 race results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2007_Subway_500/W|url-status=live|website=Racing-Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428003911/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2007_Subway_500/W/ |archive-date=2021-04-28 }}{{Cite web|title=Subway 500|url=http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=3754|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.ultimateracinghistory.com}} !St !# !Driver !Team !Make !Laps !Led !Status !Pts !Winnings |
| 1
|4 |48 |506 |147 |running |190 |$244,486 |
|---|
| 2
|12 |12 |506 |0 |running |170 |$181,625 |
| 3
|1 |24 |506 |168 |running |175 |$183,386 |
| 4
|6 |5 |506 |106 |running |165 |$130,375 |
| 5
|24 |17 |Ford |506 |0 |running |155 |$147,916 |
| 6
|30 |11 |506 |0 |running |150 |$105,800 |
| 7
|37 |16 |Ford |506 |0 |running |146 |$103,950 |
| 8
|26 |42 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |506 |9 |running |147 |$116,850 |
| 9
|21 |07 |506 |0 |running |138 |$85,625 |
| 10
|3 |29 |506 |0 |running |134 |$131,761 |
| 11
|20 |99 |Ford |506 |0 |running |130 |$82,275 |
| 12
|18 |31 |506 |51 |running |132 |$108,216 |
| 13
|34 |20 |506 |0 |running |124 |$116,611 |
| 14
|10 |96 |506 |0 |running |121 |$79,450 |
| 15
|5 |9 |506 |0 |running |118 |$113,591 |
| 16
|32 |10 |506 |0 |running |115 |$76,900 |
| 17
|19 |00 |506 |0 |running |112 |$87,408 |
| 18
|29 |55 |506 |0 |running |109 |$80,133 |
| 19
|2 |1 |506 |0 |running |106 |$95,695 |
| 20
|22 |25 |506 |0 |running |103 |$83,975 |
| 21
|42 |45 |506 |0 |running |100 |$80,858 |
| 22
|16 |43 |506 |0 |running |97 |$103,386 |
| 23
|7 |8 |506 |24 |running |99 |$108,958 |
| 24
|35 |15 |505 |0 |running |91 |$66,050 |
| 25
|40 |38 |Ford |505 |0 |running |88 |$93,514 |
| 26
|41 |6 |Ford |505 |0 |running |85 |$101,650 |
| 27
|23 |88 |Ford |504 |0 |running |82 |$96,308 |
| 28
|31 |66 |503 |1 |running |84 |$84,683 |
| 29
|13 |70 |503 |0 |running |76 |$64,775 |
| 30
|33 |44 |503 |0 |running |73 |$62,025 |
| 31
|11 |2 |501 |0 |running |70 |$98,483 |
| 32
|9 |26 |Ford |500 |0 |running |67 |$72,175 |
| 33
|15 |49 |492 |0 |transmission |64 |$71,472 |
| 34
|43 |21 |Ford |483 |0 |running |61 |$82,564 |
| 35
|25 |84 |474 |0 |running |58 |$60,725 |
| 36
|17 |22 |439 |0 |running |55 |$68,575 |
| 37
|38 |40 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |410 |0 |crash |52 |$60,450 |
| 38
|36 |4 |406 |0 |running |49 |$60,325 |
| 39
|39 |7 |Ford |390 |0 |running |46 |$60,200 |
| 40
|14 |19 |371 |0 |running |43 |$78,420 |
| 41
|28 |41 |Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |259 |0 |engine |40 |$67,930 |
| 42
|8 |18 |258 |0 |engine |37 |$87,713 |
| 43
|27 |01 |111 |0 |electrical |34 |$67,940 |
| colspan="11" |Failed to qualify |
| 44
| |06 ! colspan="5" rowspan="5" | |
| 45
| |78 |
| 46
| |83 |
| 47
| |36 |
| 48
| |37 |
Points
Gordon's lead over Johnson in the standings was reduced to 58 points. (See 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup) for complete Chase standings).
For 35th place, and the last guaranteed starting spot, the #22 team (driver Dave Blaney for Bill Davis Racing) extended its lead over the #21 team (Bill Elliott for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing) to 142 points.[http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/standings/32mar2007points.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024043012/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/standings/32mar2007points.htm |date=2007-10-24 }}
References
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