2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Rookie Report Cards
I, Professor Lumbis, need to assign the final grades for 2007 freshman class as they completed their first season on the NASCAR Nextel Cup tour.
AJ Allmendinger
Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2007 Texas Fall Race Recap
With two laps to go, Jimmie Johnson finally made the race-deciding pass on Matt Kenseth after a fiercely waged eight-lap battle at Texas.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: Texas Terrible Track for Juan Pablo Montoya, Other Freshmen
Juan Montoya has enjoyed a good amount of non-road course success on quad ovals this year, and at one point in time, it appeared Texas would be no different.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: AJ Allmendinger is Awesome at Atlanta
AJ Allmendinger worked his way into the top 25, then took advantage of a strong car and late-race chaos among the leaders to bring home a finish of 16th.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: Juan Pablo Montoya Masters Martinsville
Juan Montoya didn’t fall back too far; by the time the checkered flag flew, the Colombian was in eighth, taking home his 14th top-rookie finish of the year.
Numbers Game: 2007 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte
0.579 – Jeff Gordon’s margin of victory over Clint Bowyer in the Bank of America 500.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: AJ Allmendinger Aces the 2007 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte
Rookies in the Starting Lineup: Paul Menard (17th), David Reutimann (20th), AJ Allmendinger (30th), David Ragan (31st), Juan Pablo Montoya (36th) Unofficial Finishing Positions: Allmendinger (15th), Menard (22nd), Reutimann (29th), Montoya (37th), Ragan (40th) Rookie of the Race: Allmendinger. Allmendinger started just 30th for Saturday night’s race, but there was no need for Team Red Bull …
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: Villeneuve, Montoya Not Terrified by Talladega
Making his first Cup start Jacques Villeneuve shocked the NASCAR world by turning in the sixth-fastest qualifying time, easily making the Talladega field.
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: No Place Like Kansas for David Ragan
Rookies in the Starting Lineup: David Ragan (18th), Juan Pablo Montoya (21st), Paul Menard (23rd), David Reutimann (25th) Unofficial Finishing Positions: Ragan (16th), Menard (27th), Montoya (28th), Reutimann (31st) Rookie of the Race: Ragan. In a race that offered multiple wrecks, wicked weather, hot tempers and an unusual finish, simply surviving the Lifelock 400 must have …
Nextel Cup Rookie Report: Juan Pablo Montoya Does the Monster Mash
Juan Pablo Montoya tied this career-best starting position by placing his Donnie Wingo-prepared Dodge on the outside front row for the third time this season.
Running Their Mouth: 2007 Sylvania 300 at Loudon
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what a select few were thinking following the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Rating the Nextel Cup Rookies: 2007 Sharp Aquos 500 at Fontana Edition
After starting a dismal 33rd at Fontana, David Ragan slowly made his way into the top 10 by lap 104. The AAA team would experience a “yo-yo” type of night.