2007 Pep Boys Auto 500

Race details
Race 33 of 36 in the2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
Layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway
Date	October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28)
Official name	Pep Boys Auto 500
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway,Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.54 miles (2.48 km)
Distance	329 laps, 506.66 mi (815.39 km)
Scheduled distance	325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km)
Average speed	135.26 miles per hour (217.68 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing
Time	28.807
Most laps led
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps	135
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Jerry Punch,Rusty Wallace andAndy Petree

The2007 Pep Boys Auto 500 was astock car racing competition held on October 28, 2007, atAtlanta Motor Speedway inHampton, Georgia. The race was the thirty-third race of the2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the seventh of the season-ending ten-raceChase for the Nextel Cup.

To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the1992 Hooters 500, the last race of the1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series,Jeff Gordon served as the Grand Marshal whileRichard Petty served as the honorary flagman. Gordon had made his first career start in the 1992 race, which was also Petty's final race.

• Jeremy Mayfield replacedJeff Green in theNo. 66Chevrolet forHaas CNC Racing.^[1]
• Mike Skinner replaced Mayfield in the No. 36Toyota forBill Davis Racing.^[2]
• Burney Lamar, in the No. 08 car, attempted to make his first career Nextel Cup Series start.

With a lap of 28.807 seconds at a speed of 192.453 mph,Greg Biffle won his first pole position of the year. Former teammateKurt Busch started alongside him.Dale Jarrett, in his final fall Atlanta race, had a season best third place starting spot. Spring race winnerJimmie Johnson started sixth, while championship leader,Jeff Gordon, started in the eighth.Tony Stewart, the defending race winner started the race in thirteenth.

Failed to Qualify: No. 00–David Reutimann, No. 4–Ward Burton, No. 06–Sam Hornish Jr., No. 08–Burney Lamar, No. 36–Mike Skinner

1. 21-Bill Elliott was forced to use his third of six past champions provisional to make the field.
2. 22-Dave Blaney had a suspension failure during his qualifying lap and did not post a speed.

Sources:^[3]

• Jimmie Johnson's eighth victory of the 2007 season, combined with a seventh-place finish for Gordon, has compacted the points difference between the two down to nine points heading intoTexas.
• In the battle for the first thirty-five positions in owners points, due to the suspension failure of the No. 22 car, theWood Brothers/JTG Racing No. 21 gains points, but was still 82 points out.
• The top 2 finishers would be reversed inthe next season's race, with Edwards winning and Johnson finishing second. Kenseth would also finish fourth yet again.

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• 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
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