2007 Sylvania 300
| Race details | |||
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| Race 27 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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| Date | September 16, 2007 | ||
| Official name | Sylvania 300 | ||
| Location | New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.058 mi (1.702 km) |
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| Distance | 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km) | ||
| Weather | Chilly with temperatures up to 66.9 °F (19.4 °C); wind speeds up to 4.1 miles per hour (6.6 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 110.475 miles per hour (177.792 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | 29.206 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 222 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 07 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree | ||
The 2007 Sylvania 300 was the 27th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the first of the ten-race 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup championship series.
This racing event was run on Sunday, September 16, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, and was the twelfth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template that will be used full-time starting in 2008.
2007 Chase driver Clint Bowyer of Richard Childress Racing, with a speed of 130.412 mph, grabbed his second career pole. Fellow Chase newcomer Martin Truex Jr. will start alongside him.
Failed to Qualify: Dale Jarrett (#44), Sam Hornish Jr. (#06), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), Michael Waltrip (#55), Kevin Lepage (#37), Boris Said (#98).*
* — Note: The #49 car of John Andretti failed a test in the post-qualifying inspection. As a result, his time, which would have locked him in the race, was disqualified, allowing Said to get into the race.
For Clint Bowyer, he would enter the Chase as the only driver without a victory. That all changed on Sunday when Bowyer and the 07 team flat out crushed the field, leading 222 of 300 laps en route to his first career victory. In the process, he leaped from 12th place in the Chase to fourth with the victory. Jeff Gordon finished second, followed by Tony Stewart. Jimmie Johnson retained the lead on Jeff Gordon in the Chase on more wins (six to four).
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