28th February 2007

Husband and wife tie for the win in the Auto Club 500

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Kevin Harvick’s flat tire with 5 laps to go opened the door for Matt Kenseth to take the trip to the Victory Lane. Toyota also got their first top 10 as Brian Vickers brought the Red Bull Camry home in 10th. See the complete results at NASCAR.com.

Auto Club 500

Combat Carl and Clutch Strickland hit it big with 50 points in the California race, each putting all 3 drivers in the top 5. We had 5 other teams tied for 3rd with 40 points, shaking up the standings a little.

Position Team D1 Points D2 Points D3 Points In Order Total
1 Carl Strickland Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Matt Kenseth
15 (+5)		 Mark Martin
15 (+0)		 0 50
1 Cindy Strickland Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Matt Kenseth
15 (+5)		 Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 0 50
3 Jake Hiner Matt Kenseth
15 (+10)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Jeff Burton
15 (+0)		 0 40
3 Charlie Lane Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 0 40
3 Bob & Joyce Jones Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 10 40
3 Bruce Gigandet Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 0 40
3 Sue Hodges & Peter Johnson Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 0 40

8 Sonya Spahr Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Matt Kenseth
15 (+5)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 0 35
8 Betsy Spahr Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Kevin Harvick
0 (+0)		 10 35
8 Toby Spahr Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Carl Edwards
0 (+0)		 10 35
11 Jake Altizer Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 Carl Edwards
0 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 0 25
11 Jeff Spahr Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Kasey Kahne
0 (+0)		 0 25
11 Ronie Hiner Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 0 25
11 Will McNelis Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Kurt Busch
10 (+0)		 Denny Hamlin
5 (+0)		 0 25
11 Jake Hodges Juan Montoya
0 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 0 25
11 Carrie Spahr Kevin Harvick
0 (+0)		 Jeff Gordon
15 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 0 25
11 Perry Friend Kasey Kahne
0 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 0 25
11 Bill Jacques Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 0 25
19 Bryan Spahr Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Ryan Newman
5 (+0)		 Denny Hamlin
5 (+0)		 0 20
19 Scott Altizer Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Kevin Harvick
0 (+0)		 Carl Edwards
0 (+0)		 10 20
19 Ryan Cole Denny Hamlin
5 (+0)		 Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Ryan Newman
5 (+0)		 0 20
22 Zack Watson Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Sterling Marlin
0 (+0)		 Jimmie Johnson
15 (+0)		 0 15
23 Walt Callenius Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Kevin Harvick
0 (+0)		 0 10
23 Hope Mizzell Tony Stewart
10 (+0)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Kasey Kahne
0 (+0)		 0 10
25 Rhett Doniphan Kevin Harvick
0 (+0)		 Dale Earnhardt
0 (+0)		 Kasey Kahne
0 (+0)		 0 0

Standings after this race

Position Team Total
1 Carrie Spahr 70
2 Carl Strickland 65
3 Cindy Strickland 60
4 Betsy Spahr 55
4 Jake Hiner 55
6 Bob & Joyce Jones 50
6 Bruce Gigandet 50
6 Charlie Lane 50
6 Sue Hodges & Peter Johnson 50
10 Jake Altizer 45
11 Scott Altizer 40
12 Jake Hodges 35
12 Jeff Spahr 35
12 Perry Friend 35
12 Rhett Doniphan 35
12 Sonya Spahr 35
12 Toby Spahr 35
18 Walt Callenius 30
19 Bill Jacques 25
19 Ronie Hiner 25
19 Will McNelis 25
22 Bryan Spahr 20
22 Hope Mizzell 20
22 Ryan Cole 20
25 Zack Watson 15

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