The 2007 Subway 500 was a Nextel Cup (now Sprint Cup) event held at Martinsville Speedway on October 21, 2007. Jimmie Johnson held off a Ryan Newman willing to do anything, winning when a caution ended a green-white-checkered just as Newman was making his run. Jeff Gordon was 3rd and now held a 53-point edge on Johnson in a Championship Chase too close to call.