2008 Auto Club 500

Race 2 of 36

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250 laps
Time of race: 3:46:04
Average speed of winner: 132.704 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 33 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 44 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 182.209
Lap leaders: Johnson started pole, J. Gordon 1-16, Johnson 17-18, J. Gordon 19-33, Johnson 34-37, J. Gordon 38-41, Andretti 42, Jarrett 43-45, Johnson 46-47, J. Gordon 48-57, Burton 58-59, J. Gordon 60-71, McMurray 72-73, Biffle 74-82, Johnson 83, Franchitti 84, Johnson 85-121, Kahne 122, Edwards 123-125, Johnson 126-136, Ky. Busch 137-150, R. Gordon 151, Newman 152-154, Kenseth 155-158, Johnson 159-160, Edwards 161-168, Johnson 169, J. Gordon 170-179, Edwards 180-209, Harvick 210, Edwards 211-220, J. Gordon 221, Johnson 222-237, Edwards 238-250

Race notes: Kyle Busch took the points lead from Ryan Newman.

Video links: Part 1 (Opening ceremonies), Part 2, Part 3 (Start/1st caution), Part 4 (Multi-car pileup), Part 5 (Red flag), Part 6 (Red flag), Part 7 (Red flag), Part 8 (Red flag), Part 9 (Return to green), Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 (Red flag), Part 14 (Red flag), Part 15 (Race postponed), Part 16 (Race resumed), Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23 (Finish), Part 24 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Carl Edwards	99	Dish Network	Ford	Roush	Osborne		250	5	64	running	340500	190
2	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		250	9	76	running	252136	180
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Cromax Pro	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		250	7	68	running	214186	170
4	22	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington		250	1	14	running	154050	165
5	4	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin		250	1	4	running	169841	160
6	11	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion		250	0	0	running	144308	150
7	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli		250	0	0	running	158061	146
8	10	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		250	1	1	running	148761	147
9	20	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis		250	1	1	running	133616	143
10	13	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/Samsung HDTV	Dodge	Penske	McCauley		250	1	3	running	143625	139
11	39	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin		250	0	0	running	98700	130
12	8	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller		250	1	2	running	142258	132
13	36	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson		250	0	0	running	92800	124
14	24	David Ragan	6	AAA/Southern California Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig		250	0	0	running	104850	121
15	14	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin		250	1	9	running	104350	123
16	16	Mark Martin	8	The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson		250	0	0	running	128208	115
17	32	David Gilliland	38	freecreditreport.com	Ford	Yates	Barraclough		250	0	0	running	111508	112
18	28	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr		250	1	1	running	116708	114
19	3	Clint Bowyer	07	DirecTV	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		250	0	0	running	106150	106
20	21	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo		250	0	0	running	121508	103
21	31	Scott Riggs	66	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		250	0	0	running	104708	100
22	18	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter		250	1	2	running	97850	102
23	40	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton		249	0	0	running	101758	94
24	27	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	Evernham	Childers		249	0	0	running	114770	91
25	19	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Dodge	Petty	Meendering		249	0	0	running	125136	88
26	38	Bill Elliott	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Nead		249	0	0	running	105345	85
27	29	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Quaker State	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph		248	0	0	running	94300	82
28	41	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Andrews		248	0	0	running	92247	79
29	25	J.J. Yeley	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas		248	0	0	running	93500	76
30	34	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin		248	0	0	running	85250	73
31	17	Regan Smith	01	Coors Light	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert		248	0	0	running	91575	70
32	26	Dario Franchitti	40	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane		248	1	1	running	89875	72
33	37	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas		247	1	3	running	82600	69
34	43	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy		246	0	0	running	81450	61
35	42	John Andretti	34	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet	Front Row	Eggleston		245	1	1	running	81225	63
36	30	Travis Kvapil	28	Teamyatesracing.com	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		242	0	0	running	108289	55
37	23	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Energizer	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		240	0	0	running	108064	52
38	35	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn		236	0	0	running	80600	49
39	33	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog		231	0	0	running	80480	46
40	15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.		203	0	0	running	88325	43
41	12	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford		193	0	0	running	115191	40
42	5	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		20	0	0	accident	98110	37
43	7	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier		20	0	0	accident	125539	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	335	2	0	0	2	2
2	Ryan Newman	329	2	0	1	1	2
3	Tony Stewart	316	2	0	0	1	2
4	Kurt Busch	299	2	0	0	1	1
5	Carl Edwards	296	2	0	1	1	1
6	Kasey Kahne	294	2	0	0	0	2
7	Kevin Harvick	268	2	0	0	0	1
8	Jimmie Johnson	267	2	1	0	1	1
9	Greg Biffle	262	2	0	0	0	1
10	Jeff Burton	261	2	0	0	0	0
11	Brian Vickers	257	2	0	0	0	0
12	Robby Gordon	256	2	0	0	0	1
13	Martin Truex, Jr.	253	2	0	0	0	1
14	Elliott Sadler	241	2	0	0	0	1
15	Jeff Gordon	221	2	0	0	1	1
16	Matt Kenseth	220	2	0	0	1	1
17	Bobby Labonte	218	2	0	0	0	0
18	Reed Sorenson	212	2	0	0	1	1
19	David Reutimann	203	2	0	0	0	0
20	Clint Bowyer	202	2	0	0	0	0
21	Scott Riggs	200	2	0	0	0	0
22	David Gilliland	191	2	0	0	0	0
23	Jamie McMurray	187	2	0	0	0	0
24	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	186	2	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Martin	185	2	0	0	0	0