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The 2007 Bank of America 500, the 31st race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and the fifth race of the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, was run on Saturday, October 13, 2007, at Charlotte Motor Speedway]] in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. This race was the only Saturday night race in the Chase schedule for 2007. ==Pre race news== *Ricky Rudd made his return to the #88 Yates Racing Ford after missing the previous five weeks due to a separated shoulder suffered in an accident during the Sharp AQUOS 500. *In this week's Worst Kept NASCAR Secret, Patrick Carpentier was signed to drive the #10 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge for the 2008 season. *NASCAR upheld Carl Edwards' 25-point penalty assessed against him at the Dover fall race. *Greg Biffle's #16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford had a new sponsor in 2008, as 3M becomes the primary sponsor, replacing Ameriquest, citing financial difficulties with the mortgage market. *Dale Jarrett officially retired from full-time competition, and handed the wheel of the Michael Waltrip Racing #44 Toyota Camry to David Reutimann. In addition, MWR had additional financial support from a new partial owner for 2008 in the form of financier Robert Kauffman, which was announced Friday (October 12). Jarrett ran six times in 2008 before likely going full-time to ESPN as a race analyst. Reutimann moved from the #00 car to the #44 starting with the spring race at Texas. *There were two pink cars in the field to help raise awareness for breast cancer on the track in the race. The Yates Racing #38 Ford of David Gilliland sponsored by M&Ms and the #43 Petty Enterprises Dodge of Bobby Labonte sponsored by General Mills' Cheerios were in the pink hue for the race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 Bank of America 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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