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2008 Auto Club 500 loop data 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 2 of 36 Monday, February 25, 2008 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:46:04 Average speed: 132.704 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 12 for 44 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 33 Green flag passes: 3,073 (14.9 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 Carl Edwards 9 1 1 1 26 5 25 44 19 44 100.0 72 240 96.0 64 25.6 250 135.4 Jimmie Johnson 1 3 2 1 28 2 5 51 46 40 78.4 30 249 99.6 76 30.4 250 134.9 Jeff Gordon 2 5 3 1 30 3 10 49 39 36 73.5 39 249 99.6 68 27.2 250 126.7 Kyle Busch 22 4 4 1 38 7 60 132 72 76 57.6 15 224 89.6 14 5.6 250 113.5 Matt Kenseth 4 9 5 1 43 12 -12 78 90 43 55.1 1 189 75.6 4 1.6 250 105.3 Martin Truex Jr 11 8 6 5 33 8 4 72 68 55 76.4 3 247 98.8 0 0.0 250 106.2 Tony Stewart 6 13 7 3 23 10 13 75 62 55 73.3 0 233 93.2 0 0.0 250 99.5 Kevin Harvick 10 14 8 1 42 12 15 85 70 51 60.0 2 201 80.4 1 0.4 250 98.3 Kasey Kahne 20 6 9 1 20 6 30 74 44 66 89.2 16 246 98.4 1 0.4 250 109.9 Ryan Newman 13 15 10 1 37 11 0 88 88 61 69.3 1 232 92.8 3 1.2 250 91.2 Brian Vickers 39 22 11 4 40 18 0 97 97 33 34.0 0 105 42.0 0 0.0 250 78.7 Jeff Burton 8 7 12 1 24 11 18 99 81 67 67.7 3 206 82.4 2 0.8 250 92.7 Kurt Busch 36 31 13 2 36 16 33 115 82 61 53.0 2 147 58.8 0 0.0 250 88.4 David Ragan 24 12 14 7 28 14 22 99 77 62 62.6 0 171 68.4 0 0.0 250 86.2 Greg Biffle 14 11 15 1 27 11 -4 80 84 60 75.0 3 195 78.0 9 3.6 250 89.4 Mark Martin 16 20 16 3 29 18 -46 85 131 26 30.6 0 51 20.4 0 0.0 250 73.3 David Gilliland 32 25 17 4 37 20 1 106 105 15 14.2 0 50 20.0 0 0.0 250 69.4 Robby Gordon 28 16 18 1 34 20 20 152 132 19 12.5 0 47 18.8 1 0.4 250 73.1 Clint Bowyer 3 18 19 3 35 16 -24 92 116 9 9.8 0 77 30.8 0 0.0 250 75.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 21 17 20 2 23 15 4 106 102 48 45.3 0 117 46.8 0 0.0 250 78.0 Scott Riggs 31 2 21 2 33 22 -3 97 100 27 27.8 0 16 6.4 0 0.0 250 62.4 Jamie McMurray 18 19 22 1 32 18 -23 94 117 17 18.1 0 56 22.4 2 0.8 250 68.5 David Reutimann 40 23 23 6 40 20 12 110 98 18 16.4 1 48 19.2 0 0.0 249 68.2 Elliott Sadler 27 26 24 16 41 25 28 105 77 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 58.7 Bobby Labonte 19 33 25 2 33 24 -31 60 91 15 25.0 0 11 4.4 0 0.0 249 58.4 Bill Elliott 38 27 26 18 38 27 1 72 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 54.0 Paul Menard 29 30 27 7 35 28 -5 73 78 9 12.3 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 248 51.2 Michael Waltrip 41 24 28 4 43 31 12 86 74 14 16.3 1 2 0.8 0 0.0 248 45.4 J.J. Yeley 25 36 29 2 38 31 -21 66 87 0 0.0 0 4 1.6 0 0.0 248 36.9 Dave Blaney 34 21 30 3 39 32 -15 84 99 14 16.7 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 248 39.1 Regan Smith 17 29 31 10 37 30 -47 66 113 8 12.1 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 248 42.4 Dario Franchitti 26 32 32 1 38 32 -16 64 80 6 9.4 0 2 0.8 1 0.4 248 34.9 Dale Jarrett 37 34 33 1 43 31 6 61 55 0 0.0 0 5 2.0 3 1.2 247 37.5 Joe Nemechek 43 37 34 18 43 35 -18 23 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 246 29.5 John Andretti 42 35 35 1 42 33 7 43 36 0 0.0 1 3 1.2 1 0.4 245 33.9 Travis Kvapil 30 10 36 2 37 23 -2 72 74 19 26.4 0 71 28.4 0 0.0 242 67.0 Reed Sorenson 23 38 37 20 40 37 0 12 12 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 240 40.6 Kyle Petty 35 28 38 9 43 36 -27 51 78 7 13.7 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 236 26.8 Jeremy Mayfield 33 39 39 19 39 37 -19 24 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 231 31.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 15 40 40 10 40 38 2 11 9 8 72.7 4 14 5.6 0 0.0 203 54.9 Denny Hamlin 12 41 41 7 43 40 3 10 7 8 80.0 0 13 5.2 0 0.0 193 44.3 Casey Mears 5 42 42 5 42 39 -3 5 8 5 100.0 0 20 8.0 0 0.0 20 49.4 Sam Hornish, Jr. 7 43 43 7 43 41 -15 5 20 0 0.0 0 4 1.6 0 0.0 20 38.2 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.