Race details | |||
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Race 3 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
Date | March 11, 2007 | ||
Official name | 10th Annual UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 | ||
Location | North Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
Average speed | 128.183 miles per hour (206.291 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Evernham Motorsports | ||
Time | 29.212 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Laps | 111 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | FOX | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was the third stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 10th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 11, 2007, before an audience of 156,000 in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 267 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson would manage to mount a late-race charge to the front, passing for the lead with 28 laps to go in the race to take his 24th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin would finish second and third, respectively.