2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

Race 35 of 36

Phoenix
313 laps
Time of race: 3:12:01
Average speed of winner: 97.804 mph
Margin of victory: 0.295 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Fastest lap: Jamie McMurray 130.067
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, McMurray 1-21, Speed 22, Ku. Busch 23-80, Johnson 81-100, Ku. Busch 101-102, Biffle 103-109, Johnson 110-211, McMurray 212-218, Johnson 219-313

Race notes: Finale for Kyle Petty, Johnny Sauter, and Ken Schrader.

Video links: First half, Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	134.725	313	3	217	running	261711	195
2	3	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	134.529	313	2	60	running	156525	175
3	2	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	134.625	313	2	28	running	158075	170
4	15	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	133.304	313	0	0	running	165000	160
5	8	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	133.685	313	0	0	running	140991	155
6	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	134.108	313	0	0	running	100975	150
7	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	133.151	313	0	0	running	131211	146
8	14	Kyle Busch	18	Pedigree	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	133.323	313	0	0	running	96300	142
9	24	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	132.836	313	0	0	running	123808	138
10	30	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	132.567	313	0	0	running	91450	134
11	31	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Red Cross	Ford	Roush	Erwin	132.543	313	1	7	running	86350	135
12	28	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	132.636	313	0	0	running	91300	127
13	11	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	133.412	313	0	0	running	105816	124
14	10	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	133.482	313	0	0	running	107733	121
15	34	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	132.280	313	0	0	running	117291	118
16	13	A.J. Allmendinger	10	McDonald's	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	133.328	313	0	0	running	71525	115
17	26	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	132.787	313	0	0	running	99133	112
18	18	Marcos Ambrose	47	Little Debbie Snacks	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	133.304	313	0	0	running	89058	109
19	41	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	131.776	312	0	0	running	112536	106
20	23	Dave Blaney	22	Bad Boy Mowers	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	132.846	312	0	0	running	88883	103
21	40	Travis Kvapil	28	All Sport	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	131.815	312	0	0	running	97339	100
22	29	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	132.621	312	0	0	running	115436	97
23	21	Regan Smith	01	DEI/The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	132.959	312	0	0	running	80225	94
24	25	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	132.792	311	0	0	running	83683	91
25	4	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	134.514	311	0	0	running	70000	88
26	9	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Peak	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	133.591	311	0	0	running	77175	85
27	32	Ken Schrader	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	132.489	311	0	0	running	76550	82
28	27	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam/Operation Homefront	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Almquist	132.690	311	0	0	running	85558	79
29	39	Bill Elliott	21	Little Debbie Snacks	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	131.873	311	0	0	running	84120	76
30	22	Elliott Sadler	19	Siemens	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	132.846	310	0	0	running	92495	73
31	12	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/AMP Energy	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	133.378	309	0	0	running	92739	70
32	37	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resorts	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	131.989	309	0	0	running	65350	67
33	33	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	132.387	308	0	0	running	110800	64
34	6	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	133.794	302	0	0	running	107175	61
35	42	David Gilliland	38	Digital TV Transition	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	131.325	298	0	0	running	75472	58
36	16	Casey Mears	5	Cheez-It/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	133.304	278	0	0	accident	82825	55
37	43	Johnny Sauter	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	131.839	274	0	0	accident	64700	52
38	17	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	133.195	271	0	0	accident	64575	49
39	35	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	132.120	270	0	0	accident	64450	46
40	38	Scott Speed	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	131.926	269	1	1	accident	64300	48
41	7	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	133.730	266	0	0	engine	113091	40
42	36	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Cox	132.110	29	0	0	accident	72030	37
43	20	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	132.993	27	0	0	overheating	95327	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	6561	35	6	7	15	22
2	Carl Edwards	6420	35	1	8	18	26
3	Greg Biffle	6358	35	2	2	12	17
4	Jeff Burton	6292	35	0	2	7	18
5	Kevin Harvick	6233	35	0	0	6	18
6	Clint Bowyer	6226	35	0	1	6	16
7	Jeff Gordon	6151	35	4	0	12	18
8	Matt Kenseth	6091	35	0	0	9	20
9	Denny Hamlin	6090	35	1	1	12	18
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	6087	35	1	1	10	16
11	Kyle Busch	6080	35	2	8	17	21
12	Tony Stewart	6059	35	0	1	10	15
13	David Ragan	4208	35	0	0	6	14
14	Kasey Kahne	3935	35	2	2	4	13
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	3705	35	0	0	3	10
16	Jamie McMurray	3644	35	0	0	3	10
17	Ryan Newman	3635	35	1	1	2	8
18	Kurt Busch	3601	35	0	1	5	10
19	Brian Vickers	3513	35	1	0	3	6
20	Casey Mears	3385	35	0	0	1	5
21	Bobby Labonte	3384	35	0	0	0	2
22	David Reutimann	3289	35	0	0	0	4
23	Elliott Sadler	3285	35	0	0	2	8
24	Travis Kvapil	3238	35	1	0	0	3
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	3212	35	0	0	2	3