| Last season, Tony Stewart beat Jimmie Johnson by | | | | 3rd on the points list, Clint Bowyer stands 111 points |
| less than a second for his 29th career Nextel Cup | | | | back, but has recorded 6 top 10s in his last 10 races, |
| win. Stewart, who now has 32 career wins, started | | | | including 1 win. |
| eighth on the grid and led 278 laps. | | | | In 4th place, Carl Edwards is 261 points behind Jeff |
| Pole sitter Brian Vickers led for only five laps and | | | | Gordon, with 5 top 10s in his last 10 races, including 2 |
| finished 27th. | | | | wins. |
| This is the 34th race of the season, with only three | | | | 5th place driver Tony Stewart has 6 top 10s in his |
| races remaining in the Chase for the Cup. | | | | last 10 races. He is 322 points behind Gordon. |
| Jeff Gordon has a nine-point lead over 2nd place | | | | Frustrated in 6th place is Kyle Busch, with 6 top 10s |
| contender, Jimmie Johnson. | | | | in the last 10 races. He is 328 points out of first place. |
| He has 2 wins and 7 top-10s in his last 10 starts. | | | | Last person on my list of drivers who still have a |
| Johnson has eight 2007 winsand 7 top-10s in his last | | | | chance this week is Kevin Harvick. |
| 10 races. | | | | Being 392 points away from Jeff Gordon and having |
| Even with just three races left on the schedule, I | | | | only 3 top 10s in the last 10 races, he just barely |
| believe Chase drivers under 400 points out are still | | | | makes it. |
| able to win the championship. | | | | Anything can happen, but I think the other drivers |
| It won't be easy, but it's possible. | | | | need a miracle at this point. |