New Hampshire Qualifying Notes:

…Dave Blaney won the Bud Pole for the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 with a lap of 29.426 seconds, 129.437mph. This is his second Bud Pole in 250 career Nextel Cup races. …This is his fourth top-10 start in 2007. …This is Blaney’s first Bud Pole and second top-10 start in 15 races at New Hampshire International Speedway. …This is the first time since Daytona last July (Boris Said) that a driver that had to qualify on time won the Bud Pole. …This is the first Bud Pole for Toyota on the Nextel Cup circuit. Toyota had four previous top-10 starts this season “ three by Blaney. …Kurt Busch (second) posted his seventh top-10 start in 13 New Hampshire races. It is his best starting position here and his sixth top-10 start this season. …Reed Sorenson (third) posted his career-best starting position and his second top-10 start in 2007. …Johnny Sauter (fourth) posted his career-best qualifying effort and his first starting position better than 30th in three New Hampshire races. …Juan Pablo Montoya (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie. This is his third top-10 start in 18 career Nextel Cup races.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-29-2007)