LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Fast Facts
Location
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
Date
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time
2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Sanctioning Body
NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Length
301 laps, 318.458 miles
Purse
$5,423,189
Event Winner
Kurt Busch, Miller Lite Dodge
Time of Race: 2 hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds
Average Speed: 106.719 mph
Margin of Victory: Under Caution
Event Pole Sitter
Patrick Capentier, Berlin City Auto Group Dodge
129.776 mph, 29.349 seconds
Qualifying
Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, June 26, at 3:10 p.m. (EDT) and will be televised live on SPEED Channel at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). The better of two laps will determine a driver’s official qualifying speed for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301. Starting positions 1-42 will be determined by qualifying speeds with the top 35 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owner standings guaranteed a starting position. The remainder of the 43-car field will be set as outlined by the event’s official entry blank.
Radio/Television
Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast the race live to its affiliate radio stations beginning at 1:00 p.m. (EDT). PRN’s broadcast can also be heard on Sirius NASCAR Radio channel 128. TNT will televise the race live with coverage set to begin at 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
Canadian National Anthem
Denise Doucette
American National Anthem
Lindsey Graham, Miss New Hampshire 2009
Tickets
Tickets for all of the great NASCAR events on Friday, Saturday, and even Sunday’s LENOX Industrial Tools 301 are available online at www.nhms.com or by calling Guest Services at (603) 783-4931.
Sources: Fred Neergaard/New Hampshire Motor Speedway PR