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Line 2: \| Type = CUST \| Description = Race 7 of 36 in the [[2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series]] season ~~\| country = United States~~ \| Race Name = Samsung 500 \| Details ref = Line 9 ⟶ 8: \| Race_No = 7 \| Season_No = 36 \| Image = 2007_Samsung_500_program_cover.png \| image-size = 200px \| Location = [[Texas Motor Speedway]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]▼ \| image-alt = <!-- image alt text --> \| Caption = 2007 Samsung 500 program cover ▲\| Location = [[Texas Motor Speedway]] in, [[Fort Worth, Texas\|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]] \| Course_mi = 1.5 \| Course_km = 2.4414 \| Distance_laps = 334 \| Distance_mi = 501 \| Distance_km = 806.281 \| Weather = Temperatures reaching up to {{convert\|71.1\|F\|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert\|8.9\|mph\|km/h}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=Weather information for the ''2007 Samsung 500''\|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TX/Fort%20Worth/2007-04-15\|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac\|access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref> \| Weather = ▼ \| Avg = {{convert\|143.359\|mi/h}} \| Pole_Driver = No time trials \| Pole_Team = \| Pole_Time = Line 30 ⟶ 32: \| Announcers = [[Mike Joy]], [[Darrell Waltrip]] and [[Larry McReynolds]] }} The '''2007 Samsung 500''', the seventh race of the [[2007 in NASCAR Nextel Cup\|2007 Nextel Cup]] Series, was held on Sunday, April 15 of that year at the 1.5-mile [[Texas Motor Speedway]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. The race was won by Jeff Burton of [[Richard Childress Racing]]. [[Jeff Gordon]] would lead the most laps with 173 laps led. {{2007 Nextel Cup}}▼ ==Race recap== The '''2007 [[Samsung 500]]''', the seventh race of the [[2007 in NASCAR Nextel Cup\|2007 Nextel Cup]] Series, was held on Sunday, April 15 of that year at the 1.5 mile [[Texas Motor Speedway]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. [[Hendrick Motorsports]] ~~would be~~was shooting for its fifth consecutive win as a team. The last team to accomplish this feat was Petty Enterprises in 1971. HMS driver [[Jeff Gordon]] ~~would start~~started from pole as qualifying was rained out. The race itself featured many attritions, including a hard first lap crash involving [[David Ragan]], [[J. J. Yeley]], and [[Ricky Rudd]]. Gordon ~~would dominate~~dominated the early part of the race until a pit mistake forced him to lose the lead. November Texas winner [[Tony Stewart]] ~~would struggle~~struggled throughout the day, first being spun out after contact with rookie [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], and being hit by [[Jimmie Johnson]] in the ~~drivers~~driver's side, ~~but~~and ~~spinning~~spun again later~~, but not being hit~~. However, [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]]., who got his first cup win at Texas, slowed to avoid the spinning Stewart, but was hit from behind by [[Kyle Busch]], who was traveling over 30 mph faster. In the end, the race came down to former [[Texas Motor Speedway]] winners and ex-teammates Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton. Burton attempted many times to pass Kenseth low, but he held the top spot. On the last lap, however, Burton was able to get underneath and clear Kenseth off turn 2 and hold him off to become the first repeat winner of a Cup series event held at the speedway. While Burton won his second race, being the first repeat winner, still the past twelve races have been won by twelve different drivers, and it was the fourth different winning team at Texas Motor Speedway in the past four races (Roush, Evernham, Gibbs, Childress), with the past three teams winning at Texas winning for the first time. On lap 288, [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]]'s engine blew up, forcing him to retire. Meanwhile, [[Kyle Busch]], who was also wrecked was out, but the team still wanted to compete until the end. However, Busch was nowhere to be found as he had already left the speedway. Therefore, a crew member from Busch's team asked Earnhardt Jr. if he would drive the rest of the laps to finish the car. Earnhardt agreed, and would ride the last 10 laps in Kyle Busch's No. 5 car owned by [[Rick Hendrick]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Blount\|first=Terry\|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/columns/story?id=2839339\|title=Dale Jr.'s decision to drive the No. 5 scrutinized\|work=[[ESPN]]\|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures\|date=April 17, 2007\|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> Earnhardt Jr. said of the incident "I’ll always jump at a chance to climb into someone else’s car to see what it’s like. They used to do that all the time back in the day. You’d have relief drivers getting into someone’s car almost every week, so it was kinda like a step back into NASCAR history or something. Old school! It was cool.”<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-04-16\|title=April 16 – Today in Jayski’s NASCAR history - Page 14 of 24\|url=https://www.jayski.com/2020/04/16/april-16-today-in-jayskis-nascar-history/\|access-date=2021-06-12\|website=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site\|language=en-US}}</ref> ~~[[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] rode the last 10 laps in the #5 car owned by [[Rick Hendrick]]. Earnhardt signed a contract with Hendrick one day after the race.~~ Earnhardt signed a contract with Hendrick one month after the race. Busch signed a contract to go to Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No. 18 car. ==Race results== Line 43 ⟶ 48: !St !Driver !Car #No. !Make !Points Line 64 ⟶ 69: \| [[Matt Kenseth]] \| align="right" \| 17 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 175 \| align="right" \| 5 Line 94 ⟶ 99: \| [[Jamie McMurray]] \| align="right" \| 26 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 155 \| Line 104 ⟶ 109: \| [[Greg Biffle]] \| align="right" \| 16 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 150 \| Line 164 ⟶ 169: \| [[Carl Edwards]] \| align="right" \| 99 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 127 \| Line 234 ⟶ 239: \| [[David Gilliland]] \| align="right" \| 38 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 106 \| Line 284 ⟶ 289: \| [[Robby Gordon]] \| align="right" \| 7 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 96 \| align="right" \| 5 Line 354 ⟶ 359: \| [[Ken Schrader]] \| align="right" \| 21 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 70 \| Line 362 ⟶ 367: !32 \| align="right" \| 20 \| [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)\|Ryan Newman]] \| align="right" \| 12 \| [[Dodge]] Line 374 ⟶ 379: \| [[Ricky Rudd]] \| align="right" \| 88 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 64 \| Line 434 ⟶ 439: \| [[David Ragan]] * \| align="right" \| 6 \| [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]] \| align="right" \| 46 \| Line 472 ⟶ 477: !43 \| align="right" \| 18 \| [[J. J. Yeley]] \| align="right" \| 18 \| [[Chevrolet]] Line 481 ⟶ 486: \|} Failed to Qualify-#00-[[David Reutimann]], #36-[[Jeremy Mayfield]], #37-[[John Andretti]], #84-[[A. J. Allmendinger]], #55-[[Michael Waltrip]], #4-[[Ward Burton]], #33-[[Scott Wimmer]], #34-[[Kevin Lepage]] ==External links==▼ [http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/results/7tms2007results.htm Complete race results] [http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/standings/7tms2007points.htm Points standings after this race]▼ [http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/grids/2007tms1-grid.htm Starting lineup (set by NASCAR rule book due to rain, thunderstorm, and tornado warning in area)]▼ ==References== [[Category:2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup races\|Samsung 500]]▼ {{reflist}} [[Category:NASCAR races at the Texas Motor Speedway]]▼ ▲==External links== [http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/results/7tms2007results.htm Complete race results] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426043347/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/results/7tms2007results.htm \|date=2007-04-26 }} ▲[http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/standings/7tms2007points.htm Points standings after this race] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070424211110/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/standings/7tms2007points.htm \|date=2007-04-24 }} ▲[http://www.jayski.com/stats/2007/grids/2007tms1-grid.htm Starting lineup (set by NASCAR rule book due to rain, thunderstorm, and tornado warning in area)] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418050641/http://jayski.com/stats/2007/grids/2007tms1-grid.htm \|date=2007-04-18 }} {{NASCAR~~-stub}}~~ next race▼ \| Series = Nextel Cup Series ▲\| ~~Weather~~Season = 2007 \| Previous_race = [[2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500]] \| Next_race = [[2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500]] }} ▲{{2007 Nextel Cup}} [[Category:2007 in sports in Texas\|Samsung 500]] ▲{{NASCAR-stub}} ▲[[Category:2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup ~~races~~Series\|Samsung 500]] ~~{{sport-event-stub}}~~ [[Category:21st century in Fort Worth, Texas]] ▲[[Category:NASCAR races at ~~the~~ Texas Motor Speedway]] [[Category:April 2007 sports events in the United States]]