2008 Dickies 500

Race 34 of 36

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:28:26
Average speed of winner: 144.219 mph
Margin of victory: 8.310 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 182.927
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-15, Bowyer 16-48, Reutimann 49-52, Earnhardt, Jr. 53, Bowyer 54-56, Edwards 57-111, Reutimann 112, Vickers 113-117, Edwards 118-144, Biffle 145, Edwards 146-240, Ky. Busch 241, Edwards 242-263, Ky. Busch 264, McMurray 265-320, Biffle 321, Edwards 322-334

Race notes: Debut for Brad Keselowski.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21 (Finish), Part 22 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.541	334	5	212	running	496300	195
2	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Nicorette	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	188.469	334	1	15	running	389961	175
3	4	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	187.859	334	1	56	running	228025	170
4	3	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.859	334	2	36	running	219300	165
5	19	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	186.490	334	2	2	running	177775	160
6	29	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	185.778	334	2	2	running	166675	155
7	23	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.297	334	0	0	running	191311	146
8	2	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	188.003	334	0	0	running	165358	142
9	6	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	187.428	334	0	0	running	170016	138
10	12	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	186.677	334	2	5	running	128400	139
11	18	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.503	334	0	0	running	124875	130
12	20	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	186.413	334	0	0	running	147033	127
13	38	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.754	333	0	0	running	156783	124
14	14	Casey Mears	5	CARQUEST/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.632	333	0	0	running	120700	121
15	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	187.402	333	0	0	running	156861	118
16	8	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.246	333	0	0	running	149811	115
17	17	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	186.509	333	0	0	running	139566	112
18	13	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Cox	186.664	332	1	5	running	112125	114
19	37	Brad Keselowski	25	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	184.767	332	0	0	running	99775	106
20	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	187.748	332	1	1	running	113675	108
21	24	Marcos Ambrose	47	Little Debbie	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	186.284	332	0	0	running	121158	100
22	11	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Johns Manville	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	186.884	332	0	0	running	110675	97
23	21	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Penske Truck Rental	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	186.335	332	0	0	running	146250	94
24	28	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	186.021	331	0	0	running	133116	91
25	10	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	187.136	331	0	0	running	118508	88
26	36	A.J. Allmendinger	10	Country Crock	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	184.881	331	0	0	running	101550	85
27	15	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	186.554	331	0	0	running	115408	82
28	31	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	185.695	331	0	0	running	139925	79
29	41	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	184.300	331	0	0	running	112408	76
30	32	Ken Schrader	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	185.695	331	0	0	running	108950	73
31	39	Bill Elliott	21	Little Debbie	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	184.609	330	0	0	running	115595	70
32	42	Travis Kvapil	28	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.799	330	0	0	running	127264	67
33	33	Scott Speed	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	185.644	330	0	0	running	99350	64
34	25	Regan Smith	01	DEI/The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	186.207	329	0	0	running	105600	61
35	30	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley Tools	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	185.778	329	0	0	running	122795	58
36	22	Robby Gordon	7	Mapei/Menards	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Almquist	186.316	329	0	0	running	113772	55
37	9	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	187.175	328	0	0	running	123239	52
38	27	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	186.079	328	0	0	running	95825	49
39	35	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	185.141	328	0	0	running	132561	46
40	43	Joey Logano	02	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Wally Brown	184.281	327	0	0	running	95425	0
41	40	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	184.483	267	0	0	engine	95205	40
42	34	David Gilliland	38	CitiFinancial	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	185.370	266	0	0	parked	95005	37
43	26	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	186.162	262	0	0	accident	123098	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	6366	34	5	6	14	21
2	Carl Edwards	6260	34	1	8	17	25
3	Greg Biffle	6223	34	2	2	12	17
4	Jeff Burton	6154	34	0	2	7	17
5	Jeff Gordon	6111	34	4	0	12	18
6	Clint Bowyer	6099	34	0	1	6	16
7	Kevin Harvick	6087	34	0	0	6	17
8	Matt Kenseth	5973	34	0	0	9	20
9	Tony Stewart	5962	34	0	1	10	15
10	Kyle Busch	5938	34	2	8	17	20
11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5937	34	1	1	10	15
12	Denny Hamlin	5935	34	1	1	11	17
13	David Ragan	4074	34	0	0	6	13
14	Kasey Kahne	3811	34	2	2	4	13
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	3671	34	0	0	3	10
16	Ryan Newman	3574	34	1	1	2	8
17	Brian Vickers	3476	34	1	0	3	6
18	Jamie McMurray	3474	34	0	0	2	9
19	Kurt Busch	3426	34	0	1	4	9
20	Casey Mears	3330	34	0	0	1	5
21	Bobby Labonte	3278	34	0	0	0	2
22	Elliott Sadler	3212	34	0	0	2	8
23	David Reutimann	3201	34	0	0	0	4
24	Travis Kvapil	3138	34	1	0	0	3
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	3100	34	0	0	2	3