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2007 Ford 400

Race details
Race 36 of 36 in the2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date	November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18)
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway,Homestead, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 79.5 °F (26.4 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Average speed	131.888 miles per hour (212.253 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	30.545
Most laps led
Driver	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing
Laps	214
Winner
No. 17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Jerry Punch,Rusty Wallace, andAndy Petree

The2007 Ford 400 was aNASCARNextel Cup Series stock carrace that was held on November 18, 2007 atHomestead-Miami Speedway inHomestead, Florida. The 267-lap race was the thirty-sixth in the2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, as well as the final race in theten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup, which ended the season.

The race was historic for several reasons:

• The race was the last to use the currenttemplate for NASCAR's premier series, based on the 1966Ford Fairlane run by theHolman-Moody Racing team. Starting in2008, NASCAR used theCar of Tomorrow template full-time, one year ahead of the originally planned schedule. Those cars became standard in theNationwide Series February 2009.
• The series ran under the "Nextel Cup" banner for the last time. Starting in 2008, as per the merger ofSprint Nextel, the series changed to the "NASCAR Sprint Cup.”
• The season-long championship was decided after the completion of this race. After theChecker Auto Parts 500,Jimmie Johnson ledJeff Gordon by 86 points, with both drivers eligible to clinch the season championship. It would beRick Hendrick's seventh championship. Johnson needed to finish better than 18th (without leading a lap), 19th (leading a lap) or 21st (leading the most laps) to clinch his second consecutive championship.
• The race also marked the last appearance of the No. 25Hendrick Motorsports car. Since making its debut in the1986 Daytona 500, the car had been raced by eleven drivers in 656 races, winning seventeen. Its most recent win was byCasey Mears in the2007 Coca-Cola 600. The points for this car transferred over to the new No. 88Dale Earnhardt Jr. ride for 2008. The current No. 88, piloted byRicky Rudd, who retired after this race, and owned byYates Racing, became the No. 28 again in 2008 withTravis Kvapil in the drivers' seat. WhileDale Jarrett was in the seat, they won the 1999 Cup championship (then underWinston sponsorship).
• The three-way battle for the 35th spot in owners points also concluded here. Holding down that 35th spot was the No. 22 Toyota ofBill Davis Racing, driven byDave Blaney. Behind them by 136 points was the No. 21 Ford ofWood Brothers/JTG Racing, driven byBill Elliott. Ahead of the No. 22 was the No. 45 Dodge ofPetty Enterprises, driven byKyle Petty, but they were only ahead by 29 points. At the conclusion of this race, the teams that held the 35th spot was guaranteed a starting position in the first five races of 2008, including the2008 Daytona 500.

• Todd Bodine drove the No. 4Morgan-McClure Motorsports ride, replacingWard Burton, but failed to qualify, thus ending their 2007 season.Johnny Benson put the No. 36Bill Davis Racing 360 OTCToyota Camry into the race.

With a lap of 30.545 seconds at a speed of 176.788 mph (284.513 km/h), points leaderJimmie Johnson moved one step closer to winning his second consecutive championship by winning the final pole award underAnheuser-Busch sponsorship. Johnson's main rival, teammateJeff Gordon, started 11th, two-time Homestead winnerTony Stewart started 14th, and defending three-time winnerGreg Biffle started 37th.

Failed to qualify:A. J. Allmendinger (84),John Andretti (49),Joe Nemechek (78),Michael Waltrip (55),Todd Bodine (4),Burney Lamar (08, crashed in qualifying).

Matt Kenseth won the race, celebrating by doing burnouts with his race car. Jimmie Johnson finished seventh, and won the 2007 Nextel Cup championship by 77 points over Jeff Gordon, and also did burnouts with Kenseth.

• This was the last race forJoe Gibbs Racing using theChevrolet, from 2008 onwards, they switched toToyota.

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