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Rain cut short the Pocono 500 and Jeff Gordon was the winner.

Lap-by-Lap: Pocono

By NASCAR.COM
June 11, 2007
11:57 AM EDT
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7:35 p.m. -- RACE HAS BEEN CALLED. JEFF GORDON WINS THE RAIN-SHORTENED POCONO 500!!!

7:21 p.m. -- Race is still under red flag while the dryers continue to dry off the track.

7:03 p.m. -- Car covers are going on the cars and dryers are on the track.

Lap 107 -- RED FLAG: The race has been stopped due to rain.

Lap 106 -- Caution is still out and NASCAR is bringing all the cars down pit road.

Lap 104 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Caution is out for rain.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Ryan Newman
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Casey Mears
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 103 -- Jeff Gordon's lead is shrinking. He is in front of Ryan Newman by just 1.2 seconds.

Lap 102 -- Jimmie Johnson is back on the track after a trip to the garage following a flat tire. He is scored in 42nd position.

Lap 101 -- The race is official. Jeff Gordon leads by two seconds in front of second place Ryan Newman. Kyle Busch passes Matt Kenseth for eighth.

Lap 100 -- Martin Truex Jr. passes Casey Mears for third.

Lap 100 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards pits giving the lead to Jeff Gordon. Gordon and Mears can stay out until about Lap 114.

Lap 99 -- Ryan Newman catches Casey Mears and passes him for third.

Lap 97 -- Ricky Rudd gives up second place and hits pit road. Jeff Gordon up to second. It has not started raining yet.

Lap 96 -- Reed Sorenson makes his green flag pit stop. Carl Edwards leads by 9.138 seconds in front of second-place Ricky Rudd. Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears are sitting third and fourth.

Lap 95 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards inherits the lead when Denny Hamlin hits pit road. Juan Montoya gives up third for his pit stop.

Lap 93 -- Jimmie Johnson takes his car to the garage. Denny Hamlin leads with Carl Edwards second and Juan Montoya third. Kurt Busch is on pit road.

Lap 92 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin takes the lead when Ryan Newman hits pit road.

Lap 92 -- Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are on pit road as is Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman.

Lap 91 -- Jimmie Johnson's left-front tire blows. No caution is out. Martin Truex Jr. gives up second to hit pit road.

Lap 87 -- Rain is close and most of the lead-lap cars might not have enough fuel to get to Lap 101, the halfway point of the race which would make this an official race. (Continued)

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Official Results

Pocono 500
Pos. Driver Make
1. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
2. Ryan Newman Dodge
3. Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet
4. Casey Mears Chevrolet
5. Tony Stewart Chevrolet
6. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet
7. Mark Martin Chevrolet
8. Kyle Busch Chevrolet
9. Matt Kenseth Ford
10. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
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