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2007 Sylvania 300

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Race 27 of 36 in the [2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series](2007-nascar-nextel-cup-series) season
Race Name	Sylvania 300
Fulldate
Year	2007
Race_No	27
Season_No	36
Image	New Hampshire Motor Speedway.PNG
Caption	Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Official name	Sylvania 300
Location	New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Course_mi	1.058
Course_km	1.702
Distance_laps	300
Distance_mi	317.4
Distance_km	510.805
Weather	Chilly with temperatures up to 66.9 F; wind speeds up to 4.1 mph
Avg	110.475 mi/h
Pole_Driver	Clint Bowyer
Pole_Team	Richard Childress Racing
Pole_Time	29.206
Most_Driver	Clint Bowyer
Most_Team	Richard Childress Racing
Most_laps	222
Car	07
First_Driver	Clint Bowyer
First_Team	Richard Childress Racing
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 would be used full-time starting in 2008.

Pre-race news

Ken Schrader returns to the #21 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion.

Qualifying

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.

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).

For the first time since the 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the entire starting field finished a NASCAR Cup Series race. This was only the fourth time in NASCAR history that this has happened; the 1959 200-lap race at the Music City Motorplex where all 12 starting cars finished, two consecutive Tyson Holly Farm 400 races (1995–96) at North Wilkesboro Speedway where all 36 cars starting finished; and the 2007 Sylvania 300 where all 43 starters finished. This 2007 Sylvania 300 does mark the first race in NASCAR's modern era where all cars in a 43-driver field finished.

Finishing order

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team
1.	#07	*Clint Bowyer*	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
2.	#24	*Jeff Gordon*	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
3.	#20	*Tony Stewart*	Chevrolet	Joe Gibbs Racing
4.	#5	*Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
5.	#1	*Martin Truex Jr.*	Chevrolet	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated
6.	#48	*Jimmie Johnson*	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
7.	#17	*Matt Kenseth*	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing
8.	#25	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
9.	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Penske Racing
10.	#18	J. J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Joe Gibbs Racing

*Bold italics indicates drivers in the Chase.

References

"2007 Sylvania 300 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac.

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