Race details | |||
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Race 22 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season | |||
Date | August 12, 2007 | ||
Official name | Centurion Boats at the Glen | ||
Location | Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.45 mi (3.942 km) | ||
Distance | 90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.86 km) | ||
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 86 °F (30 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 77.535 miles per hour (124.780 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
Time | 2007 Owner's Points | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Laps | 51 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 20 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Rusty Wallace |
The 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Season, and was run on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Watkins Glen Raceway in New York. This road course race was one of only two races scheduled in NASCAR's premier series not on oval-shaped tracks, and was the ninth race that featured NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, a safety-driven automobile that is being used in the 2008 season full-time.