2008 Samsung 500

Race 7 of 36

Texas
339 laps
Time of race: 3:30:41
Average speed of winner: 144.814 mph
Margin of victory: 0.399 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 27 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 184.533
Lap leaders: Earnhardt, Jr. 1-13, Ky. Busch 14-29, Edwards 30, Earnhardt, Jr. 31-47, Johnson 48-83, Earnhardt, Jr. 84, Truex 85-86, Johnson 87-110, Kenseth 111-132, Johnson 133, Kenseth 134-176, Johnson 177, Kenseth 178-180, Ky. Busch 181-214, Edwards 215-229, Johnson 230-232, Edwards 233-339

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Reiser	189.487	339	3	123	running	541150	195
2	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	188.772	339	5	65	running	364286	175
3	3	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	189.069	339	2	50	running	250750	170
4	4	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/Samsung	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	189.043	339	0	0	running	236725	135
5	14	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	187.990	339	0	0	running	206841	155
6	35	Jeff Burton	31	Prilosec OTC	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	185.995	339	0	0	running	197033	150
7	24	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.195	339	0	0	running	184236	146
8	31	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	186.793	339	0	0	running	174358	142
9	8	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	188.475	339	3	68	running	173891	143
10	25	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.156	339	0	0	running	145025	134
11	21	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.493	338	0	0	running	167411	130
12	1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	190.907	338	3	31	running	151275	132
13	7	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	188.534	338	0	0	running	131125	124
14	32	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal Cask No. 16	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	186.645	338	0	0	running	128375	121
15	41	David Gilliland	38	Yates Racing	Ford	Yates	Barraclough		338	0	0	running	138083	118
16	36	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	185.752	338	0	0	running	116725	115
17	19	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Quaker State	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	187.598	338	0	0	running	123125	112
18	38	Travis Kvapil	28	Yates Racing	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	185.631	338	0	0	running	140639	109
19	11	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	188.160	337	0	0	running	139733	106
20	30	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Sam's Club	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	186.935	337	0	0	running	149511	103
21	29	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	186.948	337	0	0	running	124783	100
22	22	Casey Mears	5	Cheez-It/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	187.474	337	0	0	running	121625	97
23	23	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	187.311	337	0	0	running	102125	94
24	42	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge		337	0	0	running	132189	91
25	10	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	188.245	336	0	0	running	132916	88
26	26	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	187.007	336	0	0	running	127170	85
27	13	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	188.009	336	0	0	running	113383	82
28	27	Patrick Carpentier	10	Valvoline	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	186.981	335	0	0	running	99125	79
29	9	Mike Skinner	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	188.390	334	0	0	running	93525	76
30	15	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr	187.931	334	0	0	running	115533	73
31	20	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	187.591	333	0	0	running	99997	70
32	17	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	187.741	333	0	0	running	134925	67
33	40	Michael McDowell	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	182.933	332	0	0	running	91700	64
34	28	Bill Elliott	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Mike Smith	186.974	332	0	0	running	105495	61
35	34	Regan Smith	01	Dale Earnhardt, Inc./Principal Financial	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert	186.047	331	0	0	running	94025	58
36	12	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	188.140	330	1	2	engine	115908	60
37	43	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	185.192	330	0	0	running	83775	52
38	39	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	185.350	329	0	0	running	82625	49
39	16	Greg Biffle	16	Dish Network	Ford	Roush	Erwin	187.865	312	0	0	running	90500	46
40	37	John Andretti	34	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet	Front Row	Eggleston	185.669	263	0	0	suspension	82375	43
41	6	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	188.732	253	0	0	engine	82260	40
42	33	J.J. Yeley	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	186.220	173	0	0	accident	90165	37
43	18	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	187.611	124	0	0	accident	131327	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Burton	1065	7	0	1	3	5
2	Kevin Harvick	1006	7	0	0	2	4
3	Kyle Busch	1001	7	1	1	4	4
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	978	7	1	0	3	5
5	Tony Stewart	957	7	0	0	3	5
6	Jimmie Johnson	921	7	1	0	3	3
7	Denny Hamlin	913	7	0	1	2	4
8	Greg Biffle	901	7	0	0	3	4
9	Carl Edwards	881	7	0	3	3	4
10	Ryan Newman	876	7	0	1	2	3
11	Clint Bowyer	874	7	0	0	1	4
12	Kasey Kahne	874	7	0	0	0	4
13	Matt Kenseth	820	7	0	0	1	4
14	Jeff Gordon	783	7	2	0	3	3
15	Kurt Busch	763	7	0	0	1	1
16	Martin Truex, Jr.	755	7	0	0	0	1
17	David Ragan	752	7	0	0	0	1
18	Brian Vickers	746	7	0	0	0	1
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	739	7	0	0	0	0
20	Elliott Sadler	711	7	0	0	0	1
21	Bobby Labonte	707	7	0	0	0	0
22	David Gilliland	699	7	0	0	0	1
23	Paul Menard	676	7	0	0	0	0
24	Travis Kvapil	646	7	0	0	0	1
25	Jamie McMurray	615	7	0	0	0	1