Lenox Industrial Tools 301

LENOX Industrial Tools 301

Venue	New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sponsor	Newell Rubbermaid
First race	1993
Distance	318.458 miles (512.508 km)
Laps	301
Previous names	Slick 50 300 (1993-1995) Jiffy Lube 300 (1996-1999) thatlook.com 300 (2000) New England 300 (2001-2003, 2005) Siemens 300 (2004) Lenox Industrial Tools 300 (2006-2007)

The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Newell Rubbermaid, through its Lenox Industrial Tools subsidiary, is the title sponsor of the race and has been since 2006. Organizers added an extra lap starting in 2008 to represent that Lenox Industrial Tools "is looking for users and suppliers of industrial tools that go the extra mile, whose jobs are physically demanding, day after day, and still find time to contribute to their communities in a meaningful way." The race has been dubbed "The Extra Mile at the Magic Mile." The title is a misnomer, however, as races at New Hampshire are not run by miles but instead by laps. The spring race in 318.5 miles (512.508 km) in length while the fall race, the Sylvania 300, is 317.4 (510.806)

This race has been traditionally run in July, but from 2007 to 2010 it was run in June as the race preceding the Coke Zero 400 in order to allow that race to run as close to the 4th of July as possible. Beginning in 2011 the race will return to its traditional mid-July date.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1993	July 11	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:59:45	105.947
1994	July 10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:37:24	87.599
1995	July 9	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:57:56	107.029
1996	July 14	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:12:30	98.93
1997	July 13	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:42:35	117.134
1998	July 12	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:04:54	102.996
1999	July 11	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:06:56	101.876
2000	July 9	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	273*	288.834 (464.833)	2:48:01	103.145
2001	July 22	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:06:28	102.131
2002	July 21	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:26:14	92.342
2003	July 20	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:16:29	96.924
2004	July 25	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:14:36	97.862
2005	July 17	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:05:36	102.608
2006	July 16	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	308*	325.864 (524.427)	3:12:51	101.384
2007	July 1	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:55:59	108.215
2008	June 29	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	284*	300.472 (483.562)	2:48:56	106.719
2009	June 28	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	273*	288.834 (464.833)	2:57:45	97.497
2010	June 27	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301	318.458 (512.508)	2:48:38	113.308
2011	July 17	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	301	318.458 (512.508)	3:03:33	104.1

• 2000, 2008, & 2009: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2006: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.

Manufacturer wins

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Ford	7
2	Chevrolet	6
3	Pontiac	2
3	Dodge	2
5	Toyota	1

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2011	TNT	Adam Alexander	Wally Dallenbach and Kyle Petty
2010	TNT	Adam Alexander	Wally Dallenbach and Kyle Petty
2009	TNT	Ralph Sheheen	Wally Dallenbach and Kyle Petty
2008	TNT	Bill Weber	Wally Dallenbach and Kyle Petty
2007	TNT	Bill Weber	Wally Dallenbach and Kyle Petty
2006	TNT	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2005	TNT	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2004	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2003	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2002	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2001	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2000	TNN	Eli Gold	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1999	TNN	Eli Gold	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1998	TNN	Eli Gold	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1997	TNN	Eli Gold	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1996	TNN	Eli Gold	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1995	TNN	Mike Joy	Buddy Baker and Dick Berggren
1994	TNN	Mike Joy	Buddy Baker and Kenny Wallace
1993	TNN	Mike Joy	Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett

References

External links

• Racing-Reference.info - New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Results
• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks