2008 3M Performance 400

Race 23 of 36

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:51:00
Average speed of winner: 140.351 mph
Margin of victory: 0.947 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 27 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson 183.080
Lap leaders: Vickers pole, Johnson 1-7, Earnhardt, Jr. 8-23, Johnson 24-28, Earnhardt, Jr. 29-48, Vickers 49-66, Earnhardt, Jr. 67-73, Edwards 74-86, Riggs 87, Edwards 88-90, Biffle 91, Edwards 92-140, Burton 141, Ky. Busch 142-165, Edwards 166, Vickers 167-169, Ky. Busch 170-179, Ragan 180-182, Edwards 183-200

Race notes: Debut for Brad Coleman.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 (Opening ceremonies/Command), Part 8, Part 9 (Start), Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Blaney crash), Part 16 (J. Gordon crash), Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26 (Finish), Part 27 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	27	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	184.417	200	5	84	running	226075	195
2	11	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	185.797	200	2	34	running	136925	175
3	16	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.452	200	1	3	running	119950	170
4	9	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	185.821	200	1	1	running	108700	165
5	14	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	185.672	200	0	0	running	134516	155
6	15	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	185.596	200	0	0	running	123908	150
7	1	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	188.536	200	2	21	running	99800	151
8	38	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.313	200	0	0	running	134186	142
9	3	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	186.577	200	0	0	running	117620	138
10	18	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	185.309	200	0	0	running	94900	134
11	28	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.355	200	1	1	running	123858	135
12	21	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.152	200	0	0	running	126461	127
13	26	Travis Kvapil	28	CARFAX	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.596	200	0	0	running	109489	124
14	7	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	185.907	200	0	0	running	85725	121
15	10	Scott Riggs	66	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	185.821	200	1	1	running	99433	123
16	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Cub Cadet	Chevrolet	DEI	Greci	184.634	200	0	0	running	110533	115
17	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	187.028	200	2	12	running	135386	117
18	29	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	184.270	199	0	0	running	93150	109
19	42	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	182.913	199	0	0	running	94608	106
20	41	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	183.001	199	0	0	running	94875	103
21	20	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	185.238	199	0	0	running	116625	100
22	23	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	184.649	199	0	0	running	121125	97
23	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	186.321	199	3	43	running	91800	99
24	36	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Moen	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	183.505	199	0	0	running	85025	91
25	19	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	185.300	199	0	0	running	105058	88
26	40	David Gilliland	38	CitiFinancial	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	183.024	199	0	0	running	90408	85
27	35	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	183.505	199	0	0	running	112861	82
28	33	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	184.030	199	0	0	running	75675	79
29	8	Regan Smith	01	DEI/Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	185.874	199	0	0	running	83500	76
30	6	Patrick Carpentier	10	Tow Truck In A Box	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	185.979	199	0	0	running	72925	73
31	30	Tony Raines	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	184.242	199	0	0	running	72300	70
32	17	Terry Labonte	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	185.385	198	0	0	running	86358	67
33	31	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.171	198	0	0	running	100289	64
34	34	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	183.955	198	0	0	running	72025	61
35	22	Mike Skinner	00	Champion Mortgage	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sospenzo	185.109	198	0	0	running	81422	58
36	13	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	185.682	197	0	0	running	71825	55
37	12	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Giles	185.720	197	0	0	running	79775	52
38	43	Brad Coleman	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	182.408	197	0	0	running	79675	49
39	37	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	183.491	194	0	0	engine	106616	46
40	32	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.134	162	0	0	engine	101566	43
41	24	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	184.639	117	0	0	accident	71515	40
42	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	186.032	111	0	0	accident	120376	37
43	39	Marcos Ambrose	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	183.155	17	0	0	engine	89252	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	3429	23	2	8	14	15
2	Carl Edwards	3207	23	0	5	10	17
3	Jimmie Johnson	3127	23	3	2	7	12
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3084	23	1	1	7	12
5	Jeff Burton	3080	23	0	1	4	11
6	Tony Stewart	2871	23	0	0	8	11
7	Greg Biffle	2854	23	2	0	7	10
8	Kevin Harvick	2812	23	0	0	4	9
9	Jeff Gordon	2791	23	2	0	8	10
10	Matt Kenseth	2783	23	0	0	5	13
11	Kasey Kahne	2756	23	2	2	3	11
12	Denny Hamlin	2735	23	1	1	6	11
13	Clint Bowyer	2709	23	0	1	4	10
14	David Ragan	2709	23	0	0	5	8
15	Brian Vickers	2569	23	1	0	3	6
16	Martin Truex, Jr.	2534	23	0	0	3	7
17	Ryan Newman	2524	23	1	1	2	7
18	Jamie McMurray	2365	23	0	0	0	6
19	Kurt Busch	2324	23	0	1	3	5
20	Elliott Sadler	2297	23	0	0	2	6
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	2205	23	0	0	2	3
22	Bobby Labonte	2203	23	0	0	0	1
23	Travis Kvapil	2195	23	0	0	0	3
24	Casey Mears	2179	23	0	0	1	4
25	Mark Martin	2115	17	0	0	2	8