The 2007 LifeLock 400 is the 29th race in the 2007 NASCAR season and the third race of the ten in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Championship Series. The event, held at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, is scheduled to be run on September 30, 2007.

The new title sponsor of the race is LifeLock, a company that sells products that are designed to protect consumers from identity theft. It replaces ConAgra Foods, which had sponsored the race since 2002 under the Banquet brand name.

Qualifying

With a lap of 30.846 seconds at a speed of 175.063 mph, Chase driver Jimmie Johnson scored his second consecutive pole. "Rocketman" Ryan Newman was to have been alongside him, missing tbe pole position by .30 thousandths of a second, but his lap was disallowed after failing post-qualifying inspection. Out of his typical fashion of starting in the back, Matt Kenseth qualified a very uncharachteristic third. Of note, Scott Riggs posted his best starting spot this year in fourth, and all three Michael Waltrip Racing cars made the race. Points leader Jeff Gordon starts fifth, Emporia native Clint Bowyer will start 11th, and defending winner Tony Stewart will start 20th.

Failed to Qualify: A. J. Allmendinger (#84); Brian Vickers (#83); Jon Wood (#47); Ward Burton (#4).

Happy Hour

Continuing with the craziness from Dover, Chase drivers again had trouble. During final practice, polesitter Jimmie Johnson spun and damaged his left front fender. His team will go to a backup car, but they will still be credited for the pole. Tony Stewart, who is already on probation for using an expletive at Indy, had another slip at Kansas. While talking to fellow driver Robby Gordon, an ESPN 2 camera crew showed up. Stewart said "What? Get the expletive away from me."^[1] Stewart may face a points penalty similar to the one Carl Edwards had after winning Dover.

Race

The race would be dominated by Kurt Busch who led 77 laps. However, Chase drivers immediately began to have trouble. Kyle Busch was tapped from behind by Dale Earnhardt Jr., the man who will replace Busch at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008. Jeff Burton, who was leading the points at this race last year, attempted to repair fender damage under red flag conditions, sending him to the tail end of the longest line. Burton's day would only get worse as he had starter trouble. Martin Truex Jr. and Matt Kenseth would be collected in a 7 car pileup. The red flag would wave for a second time due to rain. On lap 177, NASCAR officials said that due to darkness (as Kansas has no lights), the race would officially end at lap 210. Another Chase contender, Tony Stewart, had made a gamble before the previous red flag to coast to the end. However, that would not work as Stewart would come back in for fuel, and was later involved in the aforementioned "Big One". His day would only get worse from there, as he took fender damage on his left front tire. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli made the call to stay out on the racetrack, not wanting to risk track position. The call would not work as Tony's tire went flat and was accidentally punted by Kurt Busch, causing him to spin and collect chase contender Carl Edwards. While the Chasers struggled, 2005 runner-up Greg Biffle was also conserving fuel. The final caution would come out for the blown tire of Juan Pablo Montoya. Due to darkness the race would end under caution, however controversey laid in who had won the race. As the cars came around to the checkered flag, Biffle ran out of fuel. Coasting along the flat part of the track, Biffle slowed down, causing the car of Clint Bowyer to slow down. However, Jimmie Johnson did not, passing both Bowyer and Biffle under caution before handing second back to Bowyer. NASCAR declared Biffle the winner, breaking his 28 race losing streak.

Results

Top Ten Results: (NOTE: Chase drivers are in bold italics.)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team
1.	#16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing
2.	#07	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
3.	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
4.	#25	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
5.	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
6.	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
7.	#41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Chip Ganassi Racing
8.	#19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Gillett Evernham Motorsports
9.	#9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Gillett Evernham Motorsports
10.	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated

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