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2008 Daytona 500 loop data Gatorade Duel 150 #1 Gatorade Duel 150 #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 1 of 36 Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:16:30 Average speed: 152.672 mph Pole speed: 187.075 mph Cautions: 7 for 23 laps Margin of victory: .092 sec Attendance: 190000 Lead changes: 42 Green flag passes: 6,921 (39.1 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2008 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Ryan Newman 7 2 1 1 41 10 18 215 197 151 70.2 6 144 72.0 8 4.0 200 110.6 Kurt Busch 43 7 2 1 41 24 3 185 182 89 48.1 3 66 33.0 9 4.5 200 70.4 Tony Stewart 6 16 3 1 25 10 16 153 137 110 71.9 5 160 80.0 16 8.0 200 102.9 Kyle Busch 24 1 4 1 28 4 33 172 139 134 77.9 9 187 93.5 86 43.0 200 133.1 Reed Sorenson 5 19 5 1 32 13 -17 197 214 141 71.6 2 149 74.5 5 2.5 200 88.4 Elliott Sadler 35 14 6 5 39 19 12 238 226 115 48.3 9 95 47.5 0 0.0 200 78.0 Kasey Kahne 10 12 7 1 29 8 2 191 189 170 89.0 2 193 96.5 1 0.5 200 103.4 Robby Gordon 26 23 8 7 37 25 15 217 202 57 26.3 2 29 14.5 0 0.0 200 72.0 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3 8 9 1 28 5 -3 178 181 166 93.3 12 196 98.0 12 6.0 200 115.6 Greg Biffle 18 3 10 1 40 9 -5 230 235 158 68.7 14 170 85.0 7 3.5 200 106.3 Bobby Labonte 13 18 11 6 29 16 -9 243 252 110 45.3 4 74 37.0 0 0.0 200 85.4 Brian Vickers 23 37 12 8 41 26 -9 158 167 26 16.5 7 10 5.0 0 0.0 200 83.0 Jeff Burton 36 17 13 1 37 18 16 186 170 82 44.1 3 93 46.5 9 4.5 200 77.8 Kevin Harvick 16 25 14 7 36 20 -3 234 237 61 26.1 5 45 22.5 0 0.0 200 83.3 Sam Hornish, Jr. 19 13 15 4 41 15 28 257 229 165 64.2 9 136 68.0 0 0.0 200 90.1 Dale Jarrett 20 24 16 5 37 25 2 144 142 22 15.3 5 7 3.5 0 0.0 200 63.9 Denny Hamlin 4 5 17 1 33 12 -1 229 230 142 62.0 15 129 64.5 32 16.0 200 98.2 David Reutimann 42 20 18 2 39 21 14 213 199 51 23.9 5 36 18.0 0 0.0 200 65.1 Carl Edwards 11 22 19 5 37 19 -14 167 181 91 54.5 4 95 47.5 0 0.0 200 74.5 Martin Truex Jr 25 10 20 4 35 23 -9 184 193 39 21.2 0 25 12.5 0 0.0 200 64.4 Scott Riggs 27 30 21 3 39 30 -9 119 128 18 15.1 2 4 2.0 0 0.0 200 50.8 Paul Menard 21 28 22 8 33 24 -23 170 193 20 11.8 1 8 4.0 0 0.0 200 61.3 Jeremy Mayfield 33 39 23 22 42 37 0 58 58 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 200 41.1 Clint Bowyer 31 15 24 1 33 13 41 222 181 105 47.3 3 127 63.5 4 2.0 200 87.9 J.J. Yeley 37 27 25 12 37 26 -3 158 161 7 4.4 2 2 1.0 0 0.0 200 55.1 Jamie McMurray 38 35 26 5 42 34 -9 84 93 10 11.9 0 2 1.0 0 0.0 200 42.1 Jimmie Johnson 1 29 27 1 36 15 -11 187 198 127 67.9 3 128 64.0 1 0.5 200 79.9 David Gilliland 32 38 28 7 40 35 4 87 83 9 10.3 1 2 1.0 0 0.0 200 41.6 Michael Waltrip 2 26 29 1 35 24 -8 168 176 27 16.1 6 11 5.5 3 1.5 200 59.9 Travis Kvapil 30 32 30 4 39 30 4 145 141 24 16.6 1 6 3.0 0 0.0 200 51.6 Mark Martin 12 42 31 2 42 25 -19 100 119 59 59.0 3 62 31.0 0 0.0 200 73.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 31 32 2 39 25 -16 166 182 28 16.9 5 15 7.5 0 0.0 200 51.0 Dario Franchitti 40 40 33 24 43 39 6 45 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 199 34.4 Kyle Petty 39 41 34 34 43 40 3 21 18 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 197 28.1 Casey Mears 9 11 35 3 41 14 8 235 227 153 65.1 4 149 74.5 0 0.0 194 68.6 Matt Kenseth 28 6 36 1 38 14 12 183 171 115 62.8 4 143 71.5 1 0.5 194 81.8 Regan Smith 29 34 37 2 42 34 -14 123 137 25 20.3 2 4 2.0 0 0.0 194 35.2 Dave Blaney 34 21 38 1 38 21 7 232 225 88 37.9 5 41 20.5 1 0.5 189 56.5 Jeff Gordon 8 4 39 1 40 14 -11 118 129 90 76.3 3 127 63.5 5 2.5 186 85.2 John Andretti 22 36 40 12 42 35 -23 86 109 13 15.1 0 5 2.5 0 0.0 184 33.5 Joe Nemechek 41 43 41 39 43 42 1 9 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 171 27.8 David Ragan 14 9 42 3 42 18 3 150 147 142 94.7 3 125 62.5 0 0.0 161 65.6 Kenny Wallace 17 33 43 17 43 36 -32 64 96 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 141 30.4 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.