2007 Ford 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 36 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
Homestead-Miami Speedway
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| Date | November 18, 2007 | ||
| Location | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 79.5 °F (26.4 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 131.888 miles per hour (212.253 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 30.545 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Laps | 214 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree, Jerry Punch | ||
The 2007 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 18, 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267-lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup, which ended the season.
The race was historic for several reasons:
With a lap of 30.545 seconds at a speed of 176.788 mph (284.513 km/h), points leader Jimmie Johnson moved one step closer to winning his second consecutive championship by winning the final pole award under Anheuser-Busch sponsorship. Johnson's main rival, teammate Jeff Gordon, started 11th, two-time Homestead winner Tony Stewart started 14th, and defending three-time winner Greg Biffle started 37th.
Failed to qualify: A.J. Allmendinger (84), John Andretti (49), Joe Nemechek (78), Michael Waltrip (55), Todd Bodine (4), Burney Lamar (08, crashed in qualifying).
Matt Kenseth won the race, celebrating by doing burnouts with his race car. Jimmie Johnson finished seventh, and won the 2007 Nextel Cup championship by 77 points over Jeff Gordon, and also did burnouts with Kenseth.
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