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2007 Ford 400
Race details
Race 36 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date
November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18)
Location
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance
267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather
Temperatures reaching up to 79.5 °F (26.4 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Average speed
131.888 miles per hour (212.253 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Time
30.545
Most laps led
Driver
Matt Kenseth
Roush Fenway Racing
Laps
214
Winner
No. 17
Matt Kenseth
Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network
ABC
Announcers
Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree, Jerry Punch
Motor car race
The 2007 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 18, 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267-lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup, which ended the season.
The race was historic for several reasons:
The race was the last to use the current template for NASCAR's premier series, based on the 1966 Ford Fairlane run by the Holman-Moody Racing team. Starting in 2008, NASCAR used the Car of Tomorrow template full-time, one year ahead of the originally planned schedule. Those cars became standard in the Nationwide Series February 2009.
The series ran under the "Nextel Cup" banner for the last time. Starting in 2008, as per the merger of Sprint Nextel, the series changed to the "NASCAR Sprint Cup.”
The season-long championship was decided after the completion of this race. After the Checker Auto Parts 500, Jimmie Johnson led Jeff Gordon by 86 points, with both drivers eligible to clinch the season championship. It would be Rick Hendrick's seventh championship. Johnson needed to finish better than 18th (without leading a lap), 19th (leading a lap) or 21st (leading the most laps) to clinch his second consecutive championship.
The race also marked the last appearance of the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports car. Since making its debut in the 1986 Daytona 500, the car had been raced by eleven drivers in 656 races, winning seventeen. Its most recent win was by Casey Mears in the 2007 Coca-Cola 600. The points for this car transferred over to the new No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ride for 2008. The current No. 88, piloted by Ricky Rudd, who retired after this race, and owned by Yates Racing, became the No. 28 again in 2008 with Travis Kvapil in the drivers' seat. While Dale Jarrett was in the seat, they won the 1999 Cup championship (then under Winston sponsorship).
The three-way battle for the 35th spot in owners points also concluded here. Holding down that 35th spot was the No. 22 Toyota of Bill Davis Racing, driven by Dave Blaney. Behind them by 136 points was the No. 21 Ford of Wood Brothers/JTG Racing, driven by Bill Elliott. Ahead of the No. 22 was the No. 45 Dodge of Petty Enterprises, driven by Kyle Petty, but they were only ahead by 29 points. At the conclusion of this race, the teams that held the 35th spot was guaranteed a starting position in the first five races of 2008, including the 2008 Daytona 500.
^Weather information for the 2007 Ford 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
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