Pennsylvania 500 Numbers

Denny Hamlin sweeps Pocono Raceway by getting his 2nd win of the season, both coming at the unique 2.5 mile track and both both from the pole. It was a dominating performance by the 2006 ROY candidate who led 151 of 200 laps moving the Rookie into 8th in the Nextel Chase.

Hamlin becomes the first rookie to sweep Pocono and did it from the pole both times. Pretty impressive for a kid that never seen this track before and learned his way around it playing video games.

Dale Earnhardt finished 43rd for the second consecutive week after getting a bump from behind from Dave Blaney, knocking Jr out of the Top 10 to 11th. He's 15 pts behind Tony Stewart who moved to 10th after being penalized one lap for "aggressive" driving when he  intentionally swerved into the 07 car of Clint Bowyer sending him spinning and collecting a innocent 99 Carl Edwards. Edwards also was given a one lap penalty for "aggressive" driving when he retaliated and spun Tony Stewart out going onto pit road. Carl went onto finish 39th.

Jeff Gordon had a better time at Pocono this time around. He suffered a hard hit here a couple weeks ago saying that was the hardest hit he's ever had. This time around he finished 3rd. His teammate Jimmy Johnson  finished 8th giving him 16 top 10 finishes for the season.

Kevin Harvick moves up 3 spots to 5th with his 5th place finish giving him momentum for Indianapolis 500 where he always has run well. Harvick teammate Jeff Burton led 23 laps at Pocono and went onto finish 9th.

Fin	Str	Driver	Laps	Pts	Bns	Lps
						Led
1	1	Denny Hamlin #	200	190	10	151
2	7	Kurt Busch	200	175	5	4
3	5	Jeff Gordon	200	170	5	3
4	4	Brian Vickers	200	160
5	12	Kevin Harvick	200	155
6	15	Jimmie Johnson	200	150
7	13	Tony Stewart	200	146
8	27	Bobby Labonte	200	147	5	2
9	6	Jeff Burton	200	143	5	23
10	17	Martin Truex Jr. #	200	134
11	21	J.J. Yeley #	200	130
12	8	Kyle Busch	200	127
13	29	Robby Gordon	200	124
14	11	Matt Kenseth	200	121
15	18	Ken Schrader	200	123	5	1
16	24	Dave Blaney	200	115
17	10	Joe Nemechek	200	112
18	2	Ryan Newman	200	114	5	12
19	30	Mark Martin	200	106
20	28	Jamie McMurray	200	103
21	19	Tony Raines	200	100
22	9	Scott Riggs	200	97
23	31	Casey Mears	200	94
24	20	Greg Biffle	200	91
25	37	Terry Labonte	200	88
26	23	Reed Sorenson #	200	85
27	40	Travis Kvapil	200	82
28	38	Dale Jarrett	200	84	5	3
29	42	David Stremme #	199	76
30	35	Sterling Marlin	199	73
31	3	Kasey Kahne	199	70
32	25	Elliott Sadler	199	72	5	1
33	36	Stephen Leicht	199	PE	PE
34	34	Kevin Lepage	199	61
35	32	Jeff Green	199	58
36	43	Jimmy Spencer	199	55
37	22	Jeremy Mayfield	199	52
38	41	Scott Wimmer	196	49
39	16	Carl Edwards	196	46
40	39	Michael Waltrip	195	43
41	14	Clint Bowyer #	194	40
42	33	Kyle Petty	117	37
43	26	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	115	34

Caution Flags:  There were 7 cautions for 29 laps.

Lead Changes:  13 among 9 drivers

Best Finishing Rookie:  Denny Hamlin

Biggest Gainer: Denny Hamlin moves up 4 spots to 8th

Biggest Loser:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. drops 4 spots to 11th