2008 Sylvania 300

Race 27 of 36

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:00:34
Average speed of winner: 105.468 mph
Margin of victory: 0.505 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Carl Edwards 126.140
Lap leaders: Ky. Busch 1-3, Edwards 4-37, McDowell 38, Edwards 39-65, Johnson 66-84, Stewart 85, Johnson 86-88, Earnhardt, Jr. 89-157, Johnson 158, Vickers 159, Biffle 160-164, Earnhardt, Jr. 165-174, Biffle 175-215, Johnson 216-288, Biffle 289-300

Race notes: Debut for Joey Logano. Carl Edwards took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (Nemechek crash, Kenseth crash), Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Finish), Part 9 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network Turbo HD	Ford	Roush	Erwin		300	3	58	running	233575	190
2	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		300	4	96	running	221911	180
3	2	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne		300	2	61	running	179150	170
4	7	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller		300	0	0	running	159708	160
5	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.		300	2	79	running	113125	160
6	20	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson		300	0	0	running	101125	150
7	18	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion		300	0	0	running	128108	146
8	8	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli		300	1	1	running	131561	147
9	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford		300	0	0	running	121016	138
10	11	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		300	0	0	running	132111	134
11	13	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis		300	0	0	running	113716	130
12	5	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		300	0	0	running	96225	127
13	21	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering		300	0	0	running	118161	124
14	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		300	0	0	running	125911	121
15	27	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton		300	0	0	running	80225	118
16	24	Travis Kvapil	28	Valvoline	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		300	0	0	running	106239	115
17	22	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Juicy Fruit Slim Pack	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie		300	0	0	running	106058	112
18	15	Aric Almirola	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson		300	0	0	running	112008	109
19	33	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker		300	0	0	running	95708	106
20	43	Johnny Sauter	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog		300	0	0	running	81200	103
21	28	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Sylvania	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph		300	0	0	running	85000	100
22	30	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo		299	0	0	running	103914	97
23	29	Regan Smith	01	DEI/The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman		299	0	0	running	86850	94
24	23	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley	Dodge	Evernham	Childers		299	0	0	running	102445	91
25	32	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy		299	0	0	running	92458	88
26	38	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam/Operation Homefront	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Almquist		299	0	0	running	97758	85
27	35	Michael McDowell	00	Champion Mortgage	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sospenzo		299	1	1	running	86533	87
28	14	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig		298	0	0	running	80525	79
29	37	Bill Elliott	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder		298	0	0	running	90545	76
30	36	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Geisler		298	0	0	running	117225	73
31	39	Patrick Carpentier	10	Berlin City Auto Group	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett		298	0	0	running	71950	70
32	40	Joey Logano	96	Home Depot/DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer		297	0	0	running	79200	67
33	31	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin		297	0	0	running	81497	64
34	1	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington		288	1	3	running	88800	66
35	16	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin		287	1	1	running	78600	63
36	17	Ryan Newman	12	Kodak	Dodge	Penske	McCauley		285	0	0	engine	112450	55
37	25	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		269	0	0	running	88175	52
38	34	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge		264	0	0	accident	69975	49
39	19	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter		230	0	0	running	77850	46
40	12	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin		228	0	0	accident	117341	43
41	26	David Gilliland	38	Ford Drive One	Ford	Yates	Barraclough		228	0	0	accident	69530	40
42	41	Chad McCumbee	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper		228	0	0	accident	69405	37
43	42	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy		218	0	0	accident	69665	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	5220	27	1	6	12	20
2	Jimmie Johnson	5220	27	4	4	10	15
3	Greg Biffle	5190	27	2	1	9	12
4	Jeff Burton	5170	27	0	1	5	13
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5170	27	1	1	9	14
6	Denny Hamlin	5148	27	1	1	9	15
7	Tony Stewart	5147	27	0	0	9	14
8	Kyle Busch	5146	27	2	8	15	17
9	Clint Bowyer	5137	27	0	1	4	12
10	Kevin Harvick	5134	27	0	0	6	13
11	Jeff Gordon	5121	27	2	0	9	12
12	Matt Kenseth	5043	27	0	0	6	15
13	Kasey Kahne	3177	27	2	2	3	12
14	David Ragan	3118	27	0	0	5	9
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	2964	27	0	0	3	8
16	Brian Vickers	2917	27	1	0	3	6
17	Ryan Newman	2908	27	1	1	2	8
18	Kurt Busch	2772	27	0	1	3	7
19	Jamie McMurray	2705	27	0	0	0	6
20	Bobby Labonte	2621	27	0	0	0	1
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	2599	27	0	0	2	3
22	Travis Kvapil	2592	27	0	0	0	3
23	Elliott Sadler	2568	27	0	0	2	6
24	David Reutimann	2545	27	0	0	0	3
25	Casey Mears	2486	27	0	0	1	4