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The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire. This was the first race under the new ownership of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. after purchasing the track from Bob Bahre in the autumn of 2007. Televised coverage was handled by TNT starting at 12:30 PM US EDT, and radio being handled in their swan song at this facility by MRN starting at 1:15 PM US EDT and simulcast via Sirius Satellite Radio. Starting with the fall race, SMI-owned Performance Racing Network will carry the events at this track, as this was a result of a compromise on who had radio rights for the 2008 events (save for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in September, as MRN holds all rights to that series.) This race also was planned to be the first year of an additional lap on the track, as suggested by race sponsor Lenox Industrial Tools that says that their employees "go the extra mile" for their customers. However, due to a severe thunderstorm that bore down on the region, the race was stopped with seventeen laps to go. ==Pre-race news== *Much of the news this week leading up to the race was about silly season for the 2009 season. For starters, Tony Stewart had rumors flying that he would leave Joe Gibbs Racing if all possible following this season and assume half-ownership in Haas CNC Racing, bringing Martin Truex Jr. and the Bass Pro Shops sponsorship with him from Dale Earnhardt, Inc., or 2008 Daytona 500 champion Ryan Newman from Penske Racing and Stewart would assume UPS and/or Office Depot sponsorship. Stewart has one year left on his Gibbs contract. On Friday (6/27), Stewart said it was like "asking 'Are we there yet?'" and said that when the time comes (in this case, reports say at Indianapolis,) he will have an announcement. *It was announced that Mark Martin would leave the #8 DEI U.S. Army Chevrolet after the season to allow Aric Almirola to become the full-time driver in 2009. Rumors had been reported that he would replace Casey Mears at Hendrick Motorsports in the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest ride there, which was confirmed the following week at Daytona. *Greg Biffle officially signed a new contract with Roush Fenway Racing and continued to drive the #16 3M Ford for three more seasons. 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「2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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