2007 Nascar Nextel Cup Series

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. 2007 was the final year that the NASCAR Cup Series was known as the NEXTEL Cup Series. As a result of the 2005 merger of NEXTEL Communications with Sprint Corporation, and the subsequent decision by the newly-named Sprint Nextel Corporation, the title series will be known starting in 2008 as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the 2007 Nextel Cup Championship. Chevrolet captured the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship with 26 wins, and 290 points over second place Ford who had 7 wins and 208 points. Dodge finished third with 3 wins and 178 points and Toyota finished out with no wins, but 116 points.