Motor car race
The 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 was the 19th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It took place during daytime on July 15, 2007, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois with the broadcast airing on TNT .
The layout of Chicagoland Speedway, where the race was held.
Unlike the previous week at Daytona , qualifying was complete for this race. Casey Mears won the pole position with a lap of 182.556 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip qualified for only his fourth race of the season. Chad Chaffin once again filled in at BAM Racing and again qualified for the race.
Tony Stewart won for the first time in 2007 and for the 30th time in his career. He also led the most laps in the competition, 108 out of 267. His margin of victory over second-place Matt Kenseth was 1.727 seconds. The rest of the top five drivers, in order, were Carl Edwards , Kevin Harvick , and Clint Bowyer .
Jimmie Johnson led the second-most laps (82), but encountered tire trouble toward the end and wound up in 37th place.
Jeff Gordon (9th) extended his points lead over Denny Hamlin (17th) to 303 points. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led Ryan Newman by 39 points for 12th place and the final spot in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup . After this race, seven races remained until the "playoff" field was set.
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St
#
Driver
Make
Team
Laps
Led
Status
Pts
Winnings
1
19
20
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
Joe Gibbs Racing
267
108
running
195
$342,161
2
10
17
Matt Kenseth
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
267
1
running
175
$249,866
3
25
99
Carl Edwards
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
267
0
running
165
$179,625
4
14
29
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
Richard Childress Racing
267
54
running
165
$192,986
5
1
25
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
Hendrick Motorsports
267
5
running
160
$157,075
6
35
2
Kurt Busch
Dodge
Penske Racing
267
2
running
155
$150,133
7
23
31
Jeff Burton
Chevrolet
Richard Childress Racing
267
0
running
146
$142,141
8
3
12
Ryan Newman
Dodge
Penske Racing
267
0
running
142
$136,025
9
11
24
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
Hendrick Motorsports
267
0
running
138
$144,086
10
7
07
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
Richard Childress Racing
267
1
running
139
$111,725
11
33
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
267
0
running
130
$111,875
12
22
41
Reed Sorenson
Dodge
Chip Ganassi Racing
267
0
running
127
$123,233
13
6
5
Kyle Busch
Chevrolet
Hendrick Motorsports
267
0
running
124
$108,875
14
4
01
Mark Martin
Chevrolet
Ginn Racing
267
0
running
121
$118,408
15
30
42
Juan Pablo Montoya
Dodge
Chip Ganassi Racing
267
0
running
118
$130,575
16
42
38
David Gilliland
Ford
Robert Yates Racing
267
0
running
115
$124,264
17
13
11
Denny Hamlin
Chevrolet
Joe Gibbs Racing
267
0
running
112
$106,450
18
9
45
John Andretti
Dodge
Petty Enterprises
267
0
running
109
$104,808
19
5
8
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chevrolet
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
267
2
running
111
$131,658
20
12
43
Bobby Labonte
Dodge
Petty Enterprises
266
0
running
103
$129,136
21
41
88
Ricky Rudd
Ford
Robert Yates Racing
266
0
running
100
$119,683
22
18
70
Johnny Sauter
Chevrolet
Haas CNC Racing
266
0
running
97
$87,950
23
37
14
Sterling Marlin
Chevrolet
Ginn Racing
266
0
running
94
$99,858
24
40
96
Tony Raines
Chevrolet
Hall of Fame Racing
265
0
running
91
$95,050
25
32
6
David Ragan
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
265
0
running
88
$122,525
26
20
36
Jeremy Mayfield
Toyota
Bill Davis Racing
265
0
running
85
$82,025
27
29
66
Jeff Green
Chevrolet
Haas CNC Racing
265
0
running
82
$102,072
28
17
21
Bill Elliott
Ford
Wood Brothers Racing
265
0
running
79
$103,339
29
27
13
Joe Nemechek
Chevrolet
Ginn Racing
264
0
running
76
$83,625
30
28
55
Michael Waltrip
Toyota
Michael Waltrip Racing
264
0
running
73
$80,875
31
26
49
Chad Chaffin
Dodge
BAM Racing
263
0
running
70
$80,175
32
24
9
Kasey Kahne
Dodge
Evernham Motorsports
262
0
running
67
$127,166
33
31
19
Elliott Sadler
Dodge
Evernham Motorsports
260
0
running
64
$101,570
34
38
40
David Stremme
Dodge
Chip Ganassi Racing
257
0
engine
61
$79,575
35
36
18
J.J. Yeley
Chevrolet
Joe Gibbs Racing
243
0
crash
58
$107,258
36
39
7
Robby Gordon
Ford
Robby Gordon Motorsports
225
0
running
55
$79,150
37
8
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
Hendrick Motorsports
222
82
crash
57
$132,861
38
34
26
Jamie McMurray
Ford
Roush Fenway Racing
214
0
running
49
$86,700
39
2
1
Martin Truex Jr.
Chevrolet
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
211
12
engine
51
$104,845
40
15
22
Dave Blaney
Toyota
Bill Davis Racing
199
0
crash
43
$86,280
41
43
4
Ward Burton
Chevrolet
Morgan–McClure Motorsports
197
0
crash
40
$78,080
42
16
15
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
132
0
running
37
$77,910
43
21
00
David Reutimann
Toyota
Michael Waltrip Racing
43
0
engine
34
$77,976
Failed to qualify
44
10
Scott Riggs
Dodge
Evernham Motorsports
45
83
Brian Vickers
Toyota
Red Bull Racing Team
46
44
Dale Jarrett
Toyota
Michael Waltrip Racing
47
84
A.J. Allmendinger
Toyota
Red Bull Racing Team
48
37
Kevin Lepage
Dodge
Front Row Motorsports
49
78
Kenny Wallace
Chevrolet
Furniture Row Racing
The command to start the engines was given by former Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith .[ 7]
This was the final race in the telecast schedule for TNT . Kyle Petty , who was one of the color analysts , returned to the #45 car for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard .
On the Friday of the race weekend, NASCAR announced that Robby Gordon had lost 25 driver points and 25 owner points because the camera shell, a part that allows in-car images to be sent to television viewers, was not approved.[ 8]
The 2007 race was the last daytime race in Joliet until 2011. It was announced that starting in 2008 , the race would be moved to Saturday night as lights would be installed.