2008 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:54:36
Average speed of winner: 91.581 mph
Margin of victory: 1.969 sec.
Lead changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Kyle Busch 119.820
Lap leaders: Edwards 1-47, J. Gordon 48, Edwards 49-54, Ky. Busch 55-469, Edwards 470-500

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (Opening ceremonies), Part 7 (Command), Part 8 (Start), Part 9, Part 10 (Truex crash), Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 (Burton/Marlin crash), Part 14 (Multi-car pileup), Part 15, Part 16, Part 17 (Blaney crash), 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	1	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	121.860	500	3	84	running	344625	190
2	9	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	120.550	500	1	415	running	220675	180
3	21	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	120.083	500	0	0	running	202716	165
4	6	Kevin Harvick	29	Pennzoil Platinum	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	120.649	500	0	0	running	184511	160
5	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	121.121	500	1	1	running	167561	160
6	11	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	120.512	500	0	0	running	156950	150
7	22	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	120.083	500	0	0	running	125425	146
8	28	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	119.768	500	0	0	running	152261	142
9	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	120.000	500	0	0	running	149591	138
10	27	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	119.783	500	0	0	running	115775	134
11	14	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network Turbo HD	Ford	Roush	Erwin	120.248	500	0	0	running	110525	130
12	41	Jamie McMurray	26	Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	118.211	500	0	0	running	114175	127
13	23	Aric Almirola	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	120.083	500	0	0	running	136733	124
14	4	Regan Smith	01	DEI/The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	121.083	500	0	0	running	109225	121
15	19	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	120.120	500	0	0	running	99175	118
16	16	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Quaker State	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	120.203	499	0	0	running	106550	115
17	20	Tony Raines	70	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	120.090	499	0	0	running	94200	112
18	40	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	118.328	498	0	0	running	104725	109
19	39	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Slim Pack Juicy Fruit	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	118.650	498	0	0	running	124008	106
20	26	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	119.970	498	0	0	running	103450	103
21	7	Ken Schrader	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	120.634	498	0	0	running	105050	100
22	15	David Gilliland	38	Ford Drive one	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	120.203	498	0	0	running	112208	97
23	37	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Box Tops for Education	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	118.877	498	0	0	running	130311	94
24	32	Travis Kvapil	28	Knight Rider	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	119.477	498	0	0	running	120864	91
25	2	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	121.175	497	0	0	running	93075	88
26	5	Bill Elliott	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	120.740	497	0	0	running	106395	85
27	38	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	118.708	496	0	0	running	106688	82
28	33	Mike Skinner	00	Champion Mortgage	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sospenzo	119.395	496	0	0	running	104178	79
29	43	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	119.165	494	0	0	running	86910	76
30	42	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	117.243	492	0	0	running	101433	73
31	29	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	119.618	491	0	0	running	96212	70
32	10	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	120.528	490	0	0	running	112900	67
33	34	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	119.299	482	0	0	running	141531	64
34	8	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	120.588	400	0	0	running	86335	61
35	12	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Red Head 1856	Chevrolet	DEI	Greci	120.324	396	0	0	running	117233	58
36	30	Reed Sorenson	41	Tums Quik Pak	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	119.604	383	0	0	running	113304	55
37	35	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	119.284	297	0	0	accident	131530	52
38	36	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	119.188	279	0	0	accident	85845	49
39	31	Robby Gordon	7	Barrett-Jackson Auction Co.	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Giles	119.589	227	0	0	accident	93735	46
40	13	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	120.316	215	0	0	accident	115616	43
41	17	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	120.180	214	0	0	accident	103475	40
42	18	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	120.150	195	0	0	accident	130763	37
43	24	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resort	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	120.038	184	0	0	accident	85570	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	3609	24	2	8	15	16
2	Carl Edwards	3397	24	1	6	11	18
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3193	24	1	1	7	12
4	Jimmie Johnson	3191	24	3	2	7	12
5	Jeff Burton	3117	24	0	1	4	11
6	Tony Stewart	3013	24	0	0	8	12
7	Greg Biffle	2984	24	2	0	7	10
8	Kevin Harvick	2972	24	0	0	5	10
9	Jeff Gordon	2951	24	2	0	9	11
10	Matt Kenseth	2921	24	0	0	5	14
11	Denny Hamlin	2900	24	1	1	7	12
12	Clint Bowyer	2855	24	0	1	4	11
13	David Ragan	2843	24	0	0	5	9
14	Kasey Kahne	2799	24	2	2	3	11
15	Ryan Newman	2674	24	1	1	2	8
16	Brian Vickers	2672	24	1	0	3	6
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	2592	24	0	0	3	7
18	Jamie McMurray	2492	24	0	0	0	6
19	Kurt Busch	2442	24	0	1	3	5
20	Elliott Sadler	2364	24	0	0	2	6
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	2311	24	0	0	2	3
22	Bobby Labonte	2297	24	0	0	0	1
23	Travis Kvapil	2286	24	0	0	0	3
24	Casey Mears	2219	24	0	0	1	4
25	David Gilliland	2161	24	0	0	1	2