2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400
Race details
Race 3 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
The 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 program cover.
The 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 program cover.
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.

  1. ^ Caraviello, David (March 12, 2007). "Overcoming adversity a staple of resilient 48 team". NASCAR. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Poole, David (March 11, 2007). "Aces up for Johnson". That's Racin'. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2023.