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2008 Daytona 500

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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 (500.0 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: 190,000
Lead changes: 42

Glossary 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2008 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	7	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	200	1,506,045	running	8	190
2	43	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	200	1,063,870	running	9	175
3	6	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	871,049	running	16	170
4	24	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	652,938	running	86	170
5	5	41	Reed Sorenson	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	200	564,117	running	5	160
6	35	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	200	430,015	running	0	150
7	10	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	200	389,204	running	1	151
8	26	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Dodge	200	334,763	running	0	142
9	3	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	352,920	running	12	143
10	18	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	313,763	running	7	139
11	13	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	200	329,756	running	0	130
12	23	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	200	285,245	running	0	127
13	36	31	Jeff Burton	AT&T Mobility (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	323,496	running	9	129
14	16	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	322,224	running	0	121
15	19	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Dodge	200	319,845	running	0	118
16	20	44	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	200	277,213	running	0	115
17	4	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	341,416	running	32	117
18	42	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	200	290,721	running	0	109
19	11	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	321,520	running	0	106
20	25	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	303,978	running	0	103
21	27	66	Scott Riggs	State Water Heaters (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	200	287,928	running	0	100
22	21	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Peak (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	279,295	running	0	97
23	33	70	Jeremy Mayfield	Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	200	271,220	running	0	94
24	31	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	284,545	running	4	96
25	37	96	J.J. Yeley	DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad)	Toyota	200	277,095	running	0	88
26	38	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal Cask No. 16 (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	276,888	running	0	85
27	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	329,606	running	1	87
28	32	38	David Gilliland	FreeCreditReport.com (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	267,088	running	0	79
29	2	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	200	275,746	running	3	81
30	30	28	Travis Kvapil	K & N Filters (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	291,202	running	0	73
31	12	8	Mark Martin	U.S. Army (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	301,846	running	0	70
32	15	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	200	290,753	running	0	67
33	40	40	Dario Franchitti	Dodge Journey (Felix Sabates)	Dodge	199	270,613	running	0	64
34	39	45	Kyle Petty	Wells Fargo (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	197	269,867	running	0	61
35	9	5	Casey Mears	Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	194	284,820	crash	0	58
36	28	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	194	308,129	running	1	60
37	29	01	Regan Smith	Principal Financial Group (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	194	267,095	running	0	52
38	34	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	189	259,288	crash	1	54
39	8	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	186	319,599	suspension	5	51
40	22	34	John Andretti	Makoto (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	184	258,613	running	0	43
41	41	78	Joe Nemechek	Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	171	257,220	running	0	40
42	14	6	David Ragan	AAA (Jack Roush)	Ford	161	267,763	crash	0	37
43	17	87	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	141	256,735	engine	0	34

Failed to qualify: A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Bill Elliott (#21), Ken Schrader (#49), Boris Said (#60), Patrick Carpentier (#10), Eric McClure (#37), Sterling Marlin (#09), Jacques Villeneuve (#27), Stanton Barrett (#50), Carl Long (#08)

To the back: Jamie McMurray (#26) backup car, Dario Franchitti (#40) backup car, Joe Nemechek (#78) missed drivers introduction

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	80	80
	81	84	4	debris	#26
	85	151	67
	152	155	4	debris	#83
	156	161	6
	162	165	4	#6,17 accident turn 4	#8
	166	177	12
	178	180	3	#1,11,48 accident backstretch	#66
	181	184	4
	185	187	3	#07 spun frontstretch	#38
	188	189	2
	190	192	3	#8,22 accident turn 4	none
	193	195	3
	196	197	2	#5 accident turn 1	none
	198	200	3
Percent of race run under caution: 11.5% Average green flag run: 22.1 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Michael Waltrip	1	2	2
Jimmie Johnson	3	3	1
Denny Hamlin	4	5	2
Tony Stewart	6	13	8
Denny Hamlin	14	16	3
Jeff Gordon	17	19	3
Denny Hamlin	20	37	18
Dave Blaney	38	38	1
Jeff Gordon	39	39	1
Kyle Busch	40	48	9
Denny Hamlin	49	54	6
Kyle Busch	55	64	10
Denny Hamlin	65	67	3
Kyle Busch	68	74	7
Reed Sorenson	75	76	2
Kyle Busch	77	80	4
Jeff Gordon	81	81	1
Reed Sorenson	82	84	3
Kurt Busch	85	93	9
Kyle Busch	94	107	14
Matt Kenseth	108	108	1
Greg Biffle	109	109	1
Kyle Busch	110	119	10
Ryan Newman	120	120	1
Greg Biffle	121	121	1
Michael Waltrip	122	122	1
Ryan Newman	123	123	1
Kyle Busch	124	151	28
Clint Bowyer	152	152	1
Greg Biffle	153	157	5
Kyle Busch	158	161	4
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	162	168	7
Kasey Kahne	169	169	1
Tony Stewart	170	170	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	171	172	2
Tony Stewart	173	177	5
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	178	180	3
Clint Bowyer	181	183	3
Ryan Newman	184	188	5
Jeff Burton	189	197	9
Tony Stewart	198	199	2
Ryan Newman	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Ryan Newman	190
2	Kurt Busch	175	-15
3	Tony Stewart	170	-20
4	Kyle Busch	170	-20
5	Reed Sorenson	160	-30
6	Kasey Kahne	151	-39
7	Elliott Sadler	150	-40
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	143	-47
9	Robby Gordon	142	-48
10	Greg Biffle	139	-51
11	Bobby Labonte	130	-60
12	Jeff Burton	129	-61
13	Brian Vickers	127	-63
14	Kevin Harvick	121	-69
15	Sam Hornish, Jr.	118	-72
16	Denny Hamlin	117	-73
17	Dale Jarrett	115	-75
18	David Reutimann	109	-81
19	Carl Edwards	106	-84
20	Martin Truex, Jr.	103	-87

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