2007 Autism Speaks 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
Dover International Speedway in 2007
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| Date | June 4, 2007 | ||
| Official name | Autism Speaks 400 | ||
| Location | Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.0 mi (1.609 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 82.4 °F (28.0 °C); wind speeds up to 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 118.95 miles per hour (191.43 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Penske Racing | ||
| Time | 23.541 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Martin Truex, Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Laps | 216 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2007 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa was the thirteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was scheduled to be run on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, but was postponed due to rain as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry and was run on Monday, June 4. The race marked the halfway point to the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, the sixth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template, and the final race to be telecast on Fox for the season.
The race is named for Autism Speaks, a charity that provides advocacy and services for people who have autism, as well as their families. Autism had become a cause in the NASCAR garage; the nieces of Cup drivers Elliott Sadler and Jamie McMurray and the son of NASCAR on Fox director Artie Kempner have the disorder. For each race ticket which was sold before June 1, race sponsor Visa donated $5 to Autism Speaks.
Ryan Newman won the pole for the second week in a row, with an average speed of 152.925 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip qualified for his first points-paying race since the Daytona 500, 12 races earlier.
Martin Truex, Jr. won the race, his first in NEXTEL Cup Series competition. For Truex, the victory was especially sweet, as he hails from Mayetta, New Jersey, a community in the Jersey Shore area about 100 miles northeast of Dover. The driver of the Chevrolet Impala for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. led 216 of the 400 laps. The rest of the top five, in order: Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth.
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