| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 33 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
 Layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway | |||
| Date | October 28, 2007 | ||
| Official name | Pep Boys Auto 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.48 km (1.54 miles) | ||
| Distance | 329 laps, 506.66 mi (815.39 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
| Average speed | 135.26 miles per hour (217.68 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 28.807 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Martin Truex Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Laps | 135 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree | ||
The 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500 was a stock car racing competition held on October 28, 2007, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The race was the thirty-third race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the seventh of the season-ending ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the 1992 Hooters 500, the last race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Jeff Gordon served as the Grand Marshal while Richard Petty served as the honorary flagman. Gordon had made his first career start in the 1992 race, which was also Petty's final race.