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2008 Pep Boys Auto 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 33 of 36 Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:43:39 Average speed: 134.272 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 10 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 2.684 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 18 Green flag passes: 2,413 (8.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2008 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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 4 2 1 1 6 2 9 17 8 17 100.0 63 325 100.0 98 30.2 325 140.0 Jimmie Johnson 1 16 2 1 30 11 -8 39 47 27 69.2 19 233 71.7 28 8.6 325 109.0 Denny Hamlin 11 7 3 1 33 5 5 66 61 51 77.3 32 321 98.8 56 17.2 325 118.0 Matt Kenseth 10 1 4 1 22 3 4 23 19 23 100.0 44 324 99.7 128 39.4 325 130.5 Kyle Busch 12 11 5 3 24 9 6 93 87 79 84.9 2 319 98.2 0 0.0 325 101.5 Kurt Busch 19 4 6 1 21 5 12 59 47 49 83.1 16 315 96.9 12 3.7 325 113.5 Jamie McMurray 20 8 7 3 21 11 14 76 62 62 81.6 3 274 84.3 0 0.0 325 94.4 David Ragan 13 12 8 3 28 16 -5 69 74 49 71.0 1 152 46.8 0 0.0 325 83.5 Jeff Gordon 7 3 9 3 21 5 -5 28 33 28 100.0 14 324 99.7 0 0.0 325 110.8 Greg Biffle 2 15 10 1 25 13 -20 43 63 30 69.8 2 263 80.9 1 0.3 325 85.7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 9 5 11 1 20 7 -2 46 48 42 91.3 25 323 99.4 1 0.3 325 105.0 Casey Mears 22 14 12 7 30 14 15 80 65 41 51.3 1 242 74.5 0 0.0 325 86.6 Kevin Harvick 6 9 13 5 25 11 -10 79 89 60 75.9 2 294 90.5 0 0.0 325 91.8 A.J. Allmendinger 39 24 14 14 39 24 27 83 56 5 6.0 0 11 3.4 0 0.0 325 66.8 Martin Truex Jr 16 10 15 4 17 10 -5 49 54 46 93.9 3 318 97.8 0 0.0 325 92.8 Ryan Newman 17 23 16 11 32 19 -1 69 70 17 24.6 2 55 16.9 0 0.0 325 74.5 Tony Stewart 8 18 17 7 26 16 -13 52 65 29 55.8 0 102 31.4 0 0.0 325 78.2 Jeff Burton 3 17 18 3 26 15 -13 34 47 17 50.0 0 102 31.4 0 0.0 325 78.0 Robby Gordon 35 21 19 18 41 24 27 79 52 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 64.0 Clint Bowyer 5 22 20 4 31 19 -13 55 68 3 5.5 1 41 12.6 0 0.0 324 74.9 Brian Vickers 18 13 21 2 23 15 -4 59 63 38 64.4 0 192 59.1 0 0.0 324 75.7 Mark Martin 14 31 22 11 36 26 -5 59 64 10 16.9 0 32 9.8 0 0.0 323 64.4 Travis Kvapil 25 25 23 21 40 26 -6 50 56 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 59.2 Sam Hornish, Jr. 36 36 24 22 42 33 18 65 47 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 45.4 Elliott Sadler 23 26 25 17 38 29 -7 75 82 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 52.4 Bobby Labonte 21 28 26 15 41 31 2 57 55 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 323 48.1 David Gilliland 28 20 27 14 34 22 -4 50 54 3 6.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 323 59.5 David Reutimann 26 35 28 14 40 31 2 62 60 2 3.2 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 54.4 Marcos Ambrose 38 30 29 15 42 30 1 70 69 1 1.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 323 43.7 Regan Smith 32 32 30 23 37 32 -8 66 74 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 42.4 Paul Menard 27 29 31 21 36 29 -2 54 56 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 52.0 Tony Raines 43 34 32 20 43 34 -14 48 62 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 322 37.5 Kasey Kahne 15 41 33 14 41 34 -18 49 67 2 4.1 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 320 59.1 Scott Speed 34 37 34 1 41 37 -2 43 45 0 0.0 0 2 0.6 1 0.3 320 33.0 Ken Schrader 40 39 35 18 43 38 -3 36 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 320 33.4 Chad McCumbee 41 40 36 36 41 39 -3 26 29 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 319 29.3 Michael Waltrip 29 19 37 3 41 24 20 101 81 34 33.7 12 74 22.8 0 0.0 317 56.7 Bill Elliott 37 42 38 34 43 42 5 7 2 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 316 30.9 Reed Sorenson 30 33 39 11 41 30 -3 84 87 5 6.0 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 316 43.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 24 6 40 4 40 13 25 85 60 52 61.2 3 228 70.2 0 0.0 302 76.3 Dave Blaney 33 27 41 5 41 29 2 88 86 15 17.0 1 2 0.6 0 0.0 301 41.3 Joe Nemechek 42 38 42 28 42 39 -12 29 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 296 27.9 Scott Riggs 31 43 43 24 43 42 -8 11 19 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 197 33.2 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.