New Hampshire 301

"Slick 50 300" redirects here. For the Xfinity Series race at Atlanta, see Heads Up Georgia 250.

"New England 300" redirects here. For the fall race in New Hampshire, see Bad Boy Off Road 300.

New Hampshire 301
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Venue	New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Location	Loudon, New Hampshire, United States
First race	1993 (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) Lenox Industrial Tools 301 (2008–2012) Camping World RV Sales 301 (2013–2014) 5-hour Energy 301 (2015)
Most wins (driver)	Jeff Burton (3)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet Ford (8)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Turns	4

The New Hampshire 301 is a 301 lap (318.458-mile (512.508 km) annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.

History

The race has been traditionally run in July, but from 2007 to 2010 it was run in late June or early July 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. In 2011, the race returned to its traditional mid-July date. From its inaugural running in 1993 through 2007 the race was 300 laps, but after O. Bruton Smith and his company SMI bought the track their first date was given the moniker of the extra mile and was increased to 301 laps. In 2008, Kurt Busch won the race after it was called due to rain after 284 laps. One year later, Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Sprint Cup Series history after the race was also shortened because of rain after 273 laps, at the age of 19 years, 1 month, and 4 days.^[1]

Race sponsorship

Newell Rubbermaid, through its Lenox Industrial Tools subsidiary, was the title sponsor of the race from 2006 to 2012. Organizers added an extra lap from 2008 to 2012 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 was dubbed "The Extra Mile at the Magic Mile." for seven years, The title was a misnomer, however, as races at New Hampshire are not run by miles but instead by laps. Under the Lenox Industrial Tools sponsorship, the race was 318.5 miles (512.6 km) in length while the fall race, the Sylvania 300, is 317.4 miles (510.8 km). After Lenox Industrial Tools left as title sponsor, Camping World picked up the sponsorship of the event through its RV Sales department for 2013 and 2014, and since the 301 moniker became popular with the fans, NHMS decided to keep their July event 301 laps long. In fact, the first two races with the 301 lap distance did not go the whole distance.^[2]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
1993	July 11	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:59:45	105.947	Report
1994	July 10	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:37:24	87.599	Report
1995	July 9	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:57:56	107.029	Report
1996	July 14	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:12:30	98.93	Report
1997	July 13	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:42:35	117.134	Report
1998	July 12	99	Jeff Burton (2)	Roush Racing (2)	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:04:54	102.996	Report
1999	July 11	99	Jeff Burton (3)	Roush Racing (3)	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:06:56	101.876	Report
2000	July 9	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	273*	288.834 (464.833)	2:48:01	103.145	Report
2001	July 22	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing (2)	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:06:28	102.131	Report
2002	July 21	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:26:14	92.342	Report
2003	July 20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports (2)	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:16:29	96.924	Report
2004	July 25	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing (4)	Ford	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:14:36	97.862	Report
2005	July 17	20	Tony Stewart (2)	Joe Gibbs Racing (2)	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:05:36	102.608	Report
2006	July 16	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports (3)	Chevrolet	308*	325.864 (524.427)	3:12:51	101.384	Report
2007	July 1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing (3)	Chevrolet	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:55:59	108.215	Report
2008	June 29	2	Kurt Busch (2)	Penske Racing (2)	Dodge	284*	300.472 (483.562)	2:48:56	106.719	Report
2009	June 28	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing (4)	Toyota	273*	288.834 (464.833)	2:57:45	97.497	Report
2010	June 27	48	Jimmie Johnson (2)	Hendrick Motorsports (4)	Chevrolet	301	318.458 (512.508)	2:48:38	113.308	Report
2011	July 17	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	301	318.458 (512.508)	3:03:33	104.1	Report
2012	July 15	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports (5)	Chevrolet	301	318.458 (512.508)	2:44:24	116.226	Report
2013	July 14	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	302*	319.516 (514.211)	3:14:10	98.735	Report
2014	July 13	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske (3)	Ford	305*	322.69 (519.319)	2:58:03	108.741	Report
2015	July 19	18	Kyle Busch (2)	Joe Gibbs Racing (5)	Toyota	301	318.458 (512.508)	2:56:06	108.504	Report
2016	July 17	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing (6)	Toyota	301	318.458 (512.508)	2:57:53	107.416	Report

Notes

2000, 2008, and 2009: Race shortened due to rain.
2006, 2013, and 2014: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Wins	Driver	Years Won
3	Jeff Burton	1997, 1998, 1999
2	Tony Stewart	2000, 2005
	Kurt Busch	2004, 2008
	Jimmie Johnson	2003, 2010
	Kyle Busch	2006, 2015

Multiple winners (teams)

Wins	Team	Years Won
6	Joe Gibbs Racing	2000, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016
5	Hendrick Motorsports	1995, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012
4	Roush Racing	1997, 1998, 1999, 2004
3	Team Penske	1993, 2008, 2014
2	Robert Yates Racing	1996, 2001

Manufacturer wins

Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
8	Chevrolet	1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
8	Ford	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2014
4	Toyota	2009, 2013, 2015, 2016
2
	Pontiac	1993, 2000
	Dodge	2002, 2008

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1993	TNN	Mike Joy	Buddy Baker Neil Bonnett
1994			Buddy Baker Kenny Wallace
1995			Buddy Baker Dick Berggren
1996		Eli Gold
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach
2002
2003
2004
2005		Bill Weber
2006
2007			Wally Dallenbach Kyle Petty
2008
2009		Ralph Sheheen
2010		Adam Alexander
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015	NBCSN	Rick Allen	Jeff Burton Steve Letarte
2016
2017

References

↑ "Logano wins for 1st time in 20 starts". Associated Press. ESPN. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
↑ Loftus, Mike (29 June 2008). "Kurt Busch makes the right call at Loudon". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

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