NASCAR LENOX Industrial Tools 301: June 27

[ad#Betus-144]Next up on the NASCAR auto racing schedule is LENOX Industrial Tools 301, taking place June 27, 2010 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 is sometimes fondly referred to as “The Race to the Chase”. The race also carries the tag, “The Extra Mile” in mistakenly worded reference to that last 301st lap of the 318.458 mile race.

The track at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH is an oval track covering a 1.04 mile distance. In addition to hosting the LENOX Industrial Tools 301, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway also hosting the NASCAR Sylvania 300 (also of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series), the New England 200 (of the NASCAR Nationwide Series), the New Hampshire 200 (of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), and the Loudon Classic motorcycle race.

In the 2009 LENOX Industrial Tools 301, Tony Stewart came out the Pole Winner, even though Joey Logano, driving for Toyota, won the race, which lasted 2 hrs, 57 mins, and 45 sec., with an average speed of 97.497 miles per hour. Stewart (’05) won this race back in 2005, driving for Chevrolet, when it was still called the New Englad 300. Kurt Busch (’08) and Kyle Busch (’06) have both won this race in recent years, the former driving for Dodge and the latter for Chevrolet, as has Denny Hamlin (’07), also for Chevrolet.

The green flag flies on the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at precisely 1 pm.