2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301

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2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
Race details
Race 17 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Date June 29, 2008 (2008-June-29)
Official name Lenox Industrial Tools 301
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 284 laps, 300.472 mi (483.562 km)
Scheduled Distance 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.508 km)
Pole position
Driver Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Time 29.349
Most laps led
Driver Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 132
Winner
No. 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network Turner Network Television
Announcers Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty

The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire. This was the first race under the new ownership of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. after purchasing the track from Bob Bahre in the autumn of 2007.

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 60th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 37th modern-era Cup season. It was contested over thirty-six races, and began on February 9 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race, followed by the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17. The season continued with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup beginning on September 14 with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and concluded with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

Loudon, New Hampshire Town in New Hampshire, United States

Loudon is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,317 at the 2010 census. Loudon is the home of New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Contents

Televised coverage was handled by TNT starting at 12:30 PM US EDT, and radio being handled in their swan song at this facility by MRN starting at 1:15 PM US EDT and simulcast via Sirius Satellite Radio. Starting with the fall race, SMI-owned Performance Racing Network will carry the events at this track, as this was a result of a compromise on who had radio rights for the 2008 events (save for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in September, as MRN holds all rights to that series.) This race also was planned to be the first year of an additional lap on the 1.058 miles (1.703 km) track, as suggested by race sponsor Lenox Industrial Tools that says that their employees "go the extra mile" for their customers. However, due to a severe thunderstorm that bore down on the region, the race was stopped with seventeen laps to go.

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Qualifying

In what may have been 2008's biggest surprise, Québécois Patrick Carpentier won the pole position over Bobby Labonte following a rain delay of almost two hours.

Patrick Carpentier Canadian racing driver

Patrick Carpentier is a Canadian professional auto racing driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, where he got five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, but moved on Grand Am in 2007 and spent a bit more time running his ranch. After a few NASCAR races in 2007, he moved full-time into the series in 2008. Since 2009, he has only had part-time drives, so became a contractor and renovator in Montreal, trading in real estate in Las Vegas, as well as being a color commentator for television coverage of various racing series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing.

Bobby Labonte American racecar driver

Robert Allen Labonte is an American professional stock car racing driver. The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, he currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota for RDV Competition, and is an analyst on NASCAR RaceDay for FOX Sports. He and his older brother, Terry Labonte, are one of only two pairs of brothers to have both won the Cup championships. He is also the uncle of former Xfinity Series race winner Justin Labonte.

Race recap

There were seven cautions in all, including one that involved an incident between points leader Kyle Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya after the yellow flag waved. Montoya broadsided Kyle Busch just after crossing the start-finish line in what turned out to be the last of several confrontations in the race between the two, and following the race, Montoya was penalized two laps for aggressive driving. A rainstorm shortened the race seventeen laps shy of the scheduled distance, and thanks to pit strategy and fuel mileage, Kurt Busch won the race, while Michael Waltrip had his best finish since winning the fall race at Talladega Superspeedway in 2003, and J.J. Yeley finished third.

Kyle Busch American racing driver and team owner

Kyle Thomas Busch, nicknamed Rowdy, is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for JGR, and part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. KBM runs multiple trucks in the Truck Series and a Super Late Model team. Busch is the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.

Juan Pablo Montoya Colombian racing driver; former Formula One driver

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a Colombian racing driver. He currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driving for Acura Team Penske.

Kurt Busch American racing driver

Kurt Thomas Busch, is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion. He is the older brother of 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch. The brothers are second-generation racing drivers; their father, Tom, won several NASCAR-sanctioned events.

Top Ten Finishers
Pos.Car #DriverCar MakeTeam
12 Kurt Busch Dodge Penske Racing
255 Michael Waltrip Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing
396 J.J. Yeley Toyota Hall of Fame Racing
41 Martin Truex, Jr. Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
519 Elliott Sadler Dodge Gillett Evernham Motorsports
641 Reed Sorenson Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing
75 Casey Mears Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
811 Denny Hamlin Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
948 Jimmie Johnson ChevroletHendrick Motorsports
1043 Bobby Labonte Dodge Petty Enterprises

NOTE: Race was cut short to 284 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify: Marcos Ambrose (#21) and Tony Raines (#34).

Marcos Ambrose Australian racing driver

Marcos Ambrose is an Australian former racing driver. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 and 2004.

Tony Raines American racing driver

Floyd Anthony "Tony" Raines is a retired American professional stock car racing driver. He is a former National Touring Series champion in the now defunct American Speed Association and 1999 Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He is also the current spotter of the No. 41 car driven by Daniel Suarez.

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