The 2006 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 was a

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race held on July 16, 2006 at New Hampshire International Speedway, in

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. Contested over 308 laps – extended from 300 laps due to a green-white-checker finish – on the speedway, it was the 19th race of the

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season.

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won the race.

Background

New Hampshire International Speedway is a oval speedway located in

which has hosted

racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an

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weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by

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Qualifying

Results

Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:12:51 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: * Cautions: 11 for 49 laps * Margin of Victory: 0.406 sec * Lead changes: 21 * Percent of race run under caution: 15.9% * Average green flag run: 21.6 laps Race statistics
at Racing Reference

References

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