The 2007 Samsung 500, the seventh race of the 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 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 from pole as Mike Helton cancelled qualifying due to rain. The race itself featured many attritions, including a hard first lap crash involving David Ragan, J.J. Yeley, and Ricky Rudd. Gordon would dominate the early part of the race until a pit mistake forced him to lose the lead. November Texas winner Tony Stewart would struggle throughout the day, first being spun out after contact with rookie Juan Pablo Montoya, and being hit by Jimmie Johnson in the drivers side, but spinning 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. The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and will end with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18 of that same year. ... The 2007 Daytona 500 event logo. ... The 2007 Auto Club 500 is the second race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. ... 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The 2007 Sharp Aquos 500 will be the 25th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. ... The 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the twenty-sixth and final regular season race in the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season. ... The 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup is a ten-race series that will commence with the Sylvania 300 on September 18, 2007 at New Hampshire International Speedway and will conclude with the Ford 400 on November 18, 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... The 2007 Sylvania 300 was the 27th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the first of the ten-race 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup championship series. ... The 2007 Dodge Dealers 400, run September 23rd, 2007 in the state capitol of Delaware at Dover International Speedway, was the 28th race in the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the second race of the ten-event 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup . ... The 2007 LifeLock 400 is the 29th race in the 2007 NASCAR season and the third race of the ten in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Championship Series. ... The 2007 UAW-Ford 500 is the 30th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season and the fourth race in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. ... 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, is scheduled to be run on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of... The 2007 Subway 500, the 32nd race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the sixth race in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, is scheduled to be run on Sunday, October 21st of that year at Martinsville Speedway, located on the outskirts of Martinsville, Virginia. ... 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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.

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External links

• Complete race results
• Points standings after this race
• Starting lineup (set by NASCAR rule book due to rain, thunderstorm, and tornado warning in area)