2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300

February 2025 CUST Race 17 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season Lenox Industrial Tools 300 2007 07 1 2007 17 36 New Hampshire Motor Speedway.PNG Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway Lenox Industrial Tools 300 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire 1.058 1.702 300 317.4 510.805 Mild with temperatures approaching 75.9 F C; wind speeds up to 13 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NH/Loudon/2007-07-01 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-06-21 https://archive.today/20240526181246/https://www.webcitation.org/6HtjH9C4h?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/NH/Loudon/2007-07-01 2024-05-26 live 108.215 mi/h Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing 29.426 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 64 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing TNT Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr. The 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 was the 17th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, held on July 1, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Summary The event served as the eighth race for the new Car of Tomorrow and its first race at NHIS. Qualifying Dave Blaney won the pole with a speed of 129.437 mph giving him his second career pole (last pole at North Carolina Speedway in February 2003)2003 Subway 400 - Racing-Reference.info and giving Toyota their first ever NEXTEL Cup pole position.http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/29/dblaney.pole.loudon.ap/index.html NASCAR.COM - Blaney gives Toyota first pole on season at Loudon - Jun 29, 2007 2007-06-30 2007-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200054/http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/29/dblaney.pole.loudon.ap/index.html dead Shortly after the conclusion of qualifying the #83 Red Bull Toyota of Brian Vickers was found to be too low in post-qualifying inspection. Due to this his time was disallowed and he was dropped from the field. Chad Chaffin, driver of the #49 car, took his place in the starting lineup.http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/29/bvickers.cchaffin.loudon/index.html NASCAR.COM - Vickers disqualified after car deemed to be too low - Jun 29, 2007 June 30, 2007 July 2, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070702092806/http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/29/bvickers.cchaffin.loudon/index.html dead Others who failed to qualify: Michael Waltrip (#55), A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Kenny Wallace (#78), Scott Riggs (#10), Dale Jarrett (#44) Happy Hour Jimmie Johnson led Happy Hour with a speed of 127.062 mph, while Martin Truex Jr. ran the most laps, 58. Top 5 times were as follows: Rank Driver Starting pos. Speed 1 Jimmie Johnson 10th 127.062 mph 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 5th 127.062 mph 3 Jeff Gordon 8th 126.783 mph 4 Kevin Harvick 7th 126.761 mph 5 Clint Bowyer 20th 126.694 mph http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2007/17/data/practice3_speeds.html Nascar.Com 2007-06-30 2007-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20070703045042/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2007/17/data/practice3_speeds.html dead http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2007/17/data/lineup.html#cnnsort Nascar.Com 2007-06-30 2007-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200457/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2007/17/data/lineup.html#cnnsort dead Race Pole sitter Dave Blaney led the first 30 laps, the most laps he had led in a race since Atlanta in March 2001. However, he lost the lead to former New Hampshire winner Jeff Gordon. After a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Dale Earnhardt Jr. assumed the top spot and led the most laps at 64. Many pit problems arose for some teams, such as speeding penalties, or running over a hose in Ryan Newman's case, or having the jack drop off the racecar, as was witnessed by the 99 crew of Carl Edwards. However, the most significant pitstop of the day was the last one. Denny Hamlin's crew chief Mike Ford took a gamble, putting on two tires, thus giving his driver the lead. Hamlin managed to hold off a furious charge from Jeff Gordon to end his 32-race winless streak and put his team back in victory lane. Results Place Driver Make 1 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 190/5 300 Running 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 175/5 300 Running 3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 170/5 300 Running 4 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 170/10 300 Running 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 160/5 300 Running 6 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 150/0 300 Running 7 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 146/0 300 Running 8 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 142/0 300 Running 9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 143/5 300 Running 10 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 139/5 300 Running 11 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 135/5 300 Running 12 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 127/0 300 Running 13 99 Carl Edwards Ford 129/5 300 Running 14 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 121/0 300 Running 15 6 David Ragan * Ford 118/0 300 Running 16 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 115/0 300 Running 17 7 Robby Gordon Ford 112/0 300 Running 18 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 109/0 300 Running 19 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge 106/0 300 Running 20 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 103/0 300 Running 21 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 105/5 300 Running 22 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 97/0 300 Running 23 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 94/0 300 Running 24 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 91/0 300 Running 25 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 88/0 300 Running 26 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 85/0 300 Running 27 40 David Stremme Dodge 82/0 300 Running 28 38 David Gilliland Ford 79/0 299 Running 29 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 81/5 299 Running 30 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 73/0 299 Running 31 16 Greg Biffle Ford 70/0 298 Running 32 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet 67/0 298 Running 33 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 64/0 297 Running 34 21 Bill Elliott Ford 61/0 297 Running 35 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge 58/0 294 Running 36 49 Chad Chaffin Dodge 55/0 293 Running 37 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 52/0 293 Running 38 00 David Reutimann * Toyota 49/0 293 Running 39 15 Paul Menard * Chevrolet 46/0 286 Running 40 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 43/0 259 Running 41 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 40/0 197 Out of Race 42 45 John Andretti Dodge 37/0 109 Out of Race 43 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet 34/0 4 Out of Race "*" Denotes rookie Race notes Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs Steve Letarte (#24) and Chad Knaus (#48) served the first of a six-race suspensions for the Car of Tomorrow violations found at Infineon Raceway the previous week. Chaffin, who backed into the race when Vickers' qualifying time was wiped out, replaced Mike Bliss, who was released earlier in the week.http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/27/mbliss.leaves.bam/index.html NASCAR.COM - Bliss resigns from BAM as driver of the 49 Dodge - Jun 27, 2007 June 30, 2007 June 29, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070629213007/http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/27/mbliss.leaves.bam/index.html dead Post-race penalties The #70 car of Johnny Sauter and the #5 car of Kyle Busch were found too low during post-race inspection. As a result, both drivers lost 25 points in the standings, their respective owners (Haas CNC Racing and Hendrick Motorsports) lost 25 points as well, and their respective crew chiefs (Robert "Bootie" Barker and Alan Gustafson) were placed on probation until September 19. External links Practice Speeds Qualifying Results References Nextel Cup Series 2007 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 2007 Pepsi 400 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Category:NASCAR races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Lenox Industrial Tools 300