title: 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500
text: # 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  ## Background
  
  * Jeremy Mayfield replaced Jeff Green in the No. 66 Chevrolet for Haas CNC Racing.
  * Mike Skinner replaced Mayfield in the No. 36 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing.
  * Burney Lamar, in the No. 08 car, attempted to make his first career Nextel Cup Series start.
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  With a lap of 28.807 seconds at a speed of 192.453 mph, Greg Biffle won his first pole position of the year. Former teammate Kurt Busch started alongside him. Dale Jarrett, in his final fall Atlanta race, had a season best third place starting spot. Spring race winner Jimmie Johnson started sixth, while championship leader, Jeff Gordon, started in the eighth. Tony Stewart, the defending race winner started the race in thirteenth.
  
  Failed to Qualify: No. 00–David Reutimann, No. 4–Ward Burton, No. 06–Sam Hornish Jr., No. 08–Burney Lamar, No. 36–Mike Skinner
  
  