2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | June 29, 2008 | ||
| Official name | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | ||
| Location | New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.058 miles (1.703 km) | ||
| Distance | 284 laps, 300.472 mi (483.562 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.508 km) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.349 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 132 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Turner Network Television | ||
| Announcers | Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire. This was the first race under the new ownership of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. after purchasing the track from Bob Bahre in the autumn of 2007.
Televised coverage was handled by TNT starting at 12:30 PM US EDT, and radio was handled in their swan song at this facility by MRN starting at 1:15 PM US EDT and simulcast via Sirius Satellite Radio. Starting with the fall race, SMI-owned Performance Racing Network will carry the events at this track, as this was a result of a compromise on who had radio rights for the 2008 events (save for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in September, as MRN holds all rights to that series.) This race was also planned to be the first year of an additional lap on the 1.058 miles (1.703 km) track, as suggested by race sponsor Lenox Industrial Tools that says that their employees "go the extra mile" for their customers. However, due to a severe thunderstorm that bore down on the region, the race was stopped with seventeen laps to go. Kurt Busch won the race.[1]