Allstate 400 at the Brickyard results

Fin. St. Car Driver Make Points Laps Status
1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 195/10 160 Running
2 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford 175/5 160 Running
3 23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 170/5 160 Running
4 6 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 165/5 160 Running
5 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 160/5 160 Running
6 8 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 150/0 160 Running
7 4 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 146/0 160 Running
8 12 16 Greg Biffle Ford 142/0 160 Running
9 32 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 143/5 160 Running
10 26 84 AJ Allmendinger Toyota 139/5 160 Running
11 2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet 130/0 160 Running
12 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 132/5 160 Running
13 3 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 124/0 160 Running
14 16 6 David Ragan Ford 121/0 160 Running
15 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 123/5 160 Running
16 27 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 115/0 160 Running
17 22 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 112/0 160 Running
18 15 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge 109/0 160 Running
19 40 7 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 106/0 160 Running
20 20 38 David Gilliland Ford 103/0 160 Running
21 38 77 Sam Hornish Jr.* Dodge 100/0 160 Running
22 24 147 Marcos Ambrose Ford 97/0 160 Running
23 14 20 Tony Stewart Toyota 94/0 160 Running
24 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 96/5 160 Running
25 35 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 93/5 160 Running
26 31 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet 85/0 160 Running
27 43 45 Terry Labonte Dodge 82/0 160 Running
28 39 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota 79/0 160 Running
29 36 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 76/0 160 Running
30 33 44 David Reutimann Toyota 73/0 160 Running
31 42 1 Regan Smith* Chevrolet 75/5 160 Running
32 21 70 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 67/0 160 Running
33 29 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 64/0 160 Running
34 30 0 Michael McDowell* Toyota 66/5 160 Running
35 41 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 63/5 160 Running
36 28 28 Travis Kvapil Ford 60/5 160 Running
37 18 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 52/0 148 Running
38 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 49/0 144 Running
39 13 42 Juan Montoya Dodge 46/0 124 Engine
40 7 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 43/0 119 Running
41 37 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet 40/0 118 Running
42 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 42/5 93 Engine
43 34 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 34/0 91 Running


* Rookie

Gibbs says 4 teams not likely for 2009

Joe Gibbs probably won't field a fourth team next season because he's running out of time to put a proper expansion package together.

"You wouldn't say never, but it doesn't look right now that it will happen for us next year," Gibbs told The Associated Press before the start of Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


Gibbs has been intent on pushing his program to four teams, but doesn't want to rush into it and said he's closing in on a deadline that would make 2009 impossible.

"I think we want to be real cautious, we always have been, we've gone slow and I think everything has to be in place," he said. "I'd say right now everything is not in place. You've got to have the right driver, the right sponsor and I'd say we're pretty close to not being able to do that in time for next year."

That would seemingly indicate that 18-year-old phenom Joey Logano will indeed be promoted to replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Toyota.

Stewart is leaving Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season, and team officials are very high on Logano and have not said anything that would infer Logano won't be in the ride.

There had been some speculation that Ryan Newman, who announced last week he's leaving Penske Racing, was in talks with Gibbs. But if there's no fourth team, there doesn't seem to be room for Newman or any other free agent.

Gibbs was deliberate when the organization went from one car to two, properly putting Tony Stewart's team together so that he was competing for wins immediately. But the expansion to three teams was not as smooth, as the No. 11 entry struggled through its 2005 debut season.

Jason Leffler ran 19 races before he was replaced by a combination of Denny Hamlin and J.J. Yeley. Hamlin took the ride over for good at the start of the 2006 season, won two races and made the Chase for the championship.

"We definitely do not want to rush it," Gibbs said. "The startup things, it's hard to get something off and running with that many people. Used to be, the first year we had 17 people and that's what you needed to start a race team. Now it's more like 70, it's a lot to get done and a lot to get done the right way.

"We did learn lessons from what we did before, and it's always good not to underestimate and think 'we did this, it won't be that hard' because it is very, very hard."

On this day ... July 22

1990: Richard Petty finishes ninth in the AC Spark Plug 500 at Pocono, the second-to-last top 10 of his career. It is his last top 10 on an oval. In 1991, he will finish ninth at Watkins Glen for his 712th and final top 10.