All State 400 Numbers

Jimmy Johnson went on to get his third win of the season after coming back from early tire problems then having the field bunched up again on a late race debris caution which dropped him from first to eight which forced him to make a run back through the field. And that's exactly what the 48 did with 14 laps to go. His teammate, Jeff Gordon also suffered problems early

What look like to be a long day for Jeff Gordon turned into an fairly decent finish fore the 24 team. Gordon suffered a broken sway bar just eight laps into the race and had to pull in the pits to have it repaired. That would put him 3 laps down, but thanks to the lucky dog rule he was able to get back on the lead lap and finish 16th  keeping him from falling out of the Top 10 for the chase.

Jeff Burton look to be the car to beat leading 87 laps but he failed to leads the one that means the most, the final lap. He faded back to 15th after the handling went away on his Cingular Chevy which ended his streak of Top 10 finishes. He still is 3rd in the points. His teammate Clint Bowyer had a better day when her finished fourth when he came in on pit road during a caution  with the leaders who took on 4 tires while Bowyer took on right sides and restarted the race in sixth giving him his best career finish.

Dale Earnhardt Jr was also in a gambling move Sunday. The bud crew decided to stay out on lap 143 while the leaders pitted for tires. Earnhardt who was running in the back of field most of day brought home a sixth place finish moving him into the Top 10  with 5 races left till the cut off for the chase.

Kasey Kahne was knocked out of the Top 10 to 11th in the points after his Dodge got loose and slammed the wall after he tried to avoid sliding into the 20 car of Tony Stewart on the last lap.

Fin	Str	Driver	Laps	Pts	Bns	Status	Laps Led
1	5	Jimmie Johnson	160	185	5	Running	33
2	20	Matt Kenseth	160	175	5	Running	9
3	10	Kevin Harvick	160	170	5	Running	18
4	2	Clint Bowyer #	160	160		Running
5	19	Mark Martin	160	155		Running
6	31	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	160	150		Running
7	37	Kyle Busch	160	151	5	Running	8
8	32	Tony Stewart	160	142		Running
9	22	Carl Edwards	160	138		Running
10	14	Denny Hamlin #	160	134		Running
11	13	Tony Raines	160	130		Running
12	3	Kurt Busch	160	127		Running
13	8	Ryan Newman	160	124		Running
14	11	Ken Schrader	160	121		Running
15	1	Jeff Burton	160	128	10	Running	87
16	16	Jeff Gordon	160	115		Running
17	30	Brian Vickers	160	117	5	Running	2
18	24	David Stremme #	160	109		Running
19	23	Martin Truex Jr. #	160	106		Running
20	34	Scott Wimmer	160	103		Running
21	12	Scott Riggs	160	100		Running
22	26	Bill Elliott	160	97		Running
23	39	Casey Mears	160	94		Running
24	21	Joe Nemechek	160	96	5	Running	1
25	36	Travis Kvapil	160	88		Running
26	18	Jamie McMurray	160	85		Running
27	40	Kyle Petty	160	82		Running
28	35	Dale Jarrett	160	79		Running
29	42	Dave Blaney	160	76		Running
30	41	Reed Sorenson #	160	73		Running
31	33	Sterling Marlin	160	70		Running
32	28	Kenny Wallace	160	72	5	Running	1
33	7	Greg Biffle	160	64		Running
34	6	J.J. Yeley #	160	61		Running
35	9	Robby Gordon	160	58		Running
36	4	Kasey Kahne	159	60	5	Accident	1
37	17	Mike Skinner	159	52		Running
38	29	Jeff Green	159	49		Running
39	25	Chad Chaffin	158	46		Running
40	38	Bobby Labonte	135	43		Engine
41	15	Jeremy Mayfield	82	40		Suspension
42	43	Boris Said	19	37		Accident
43	27	Elliott Sadler	3	34		Accident

 Caution Flags: 8 for 24 laps

Lead Changes: 18 among 9 drivers

Best Finishing Rookie: Clint Bowyer 4th

Biggest Gainer: Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves back into the Top 10

Biggest Loser:  Kasey Kahne Loses 4 spots dropping to 11th