2007 Dodge Avenger 500
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The 2007 Dodge Avenger 500, the 51st running of the race that traces its lineage to the 1957 Rebel 300, was the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, a suburb of Florence.
Race details | |||
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Race 11 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
![]() 2007 Dodge Avenger 500 program cover | |||
Date | May 13, 2007 (2007-May-13) | ||
Official name | Dodge Avenger 500 | ||
Location | Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) | ||
Distance | 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.799 km) | ||
Weather | Mild with temperatures approaching 75 °F (24 °C); wind speeds up to 17.1 miles per hour (27.5 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 124.372 miles per hour (200.157 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
Time | 29.806 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Laps | 179 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds |
The race was postponed by rain, and was run the following afternoon, May 13 (Mother's Day in the US), the second race in two weeks to be rained out. Coincidentally, the first running of this event in 1957 was postponed by rain and delayed a day later to May 12, exactly 50 years to the originally scheduled date of this race. Originally the third night race on the schedule, this also served as the fifth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template.
Chevrolet continued to dominate the NASCAR Cup Series like it did during the 1990s and through most of the 2000s. Michael Waltrip continued to have a negative number of points in this race due to his major penalty that was not mitigated until late into the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Spanish-speaking NASCAR fans started to notice Jeff Gordon's dominance in this NASCAR event, making him a close second favorite to Juan Pablo Montoya.