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2008 AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.jpg
Held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
190 L, 505.4 M, 813.39 KM - Extended by Green-White-Checkered

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 34 20 Tony Stewart Subway, Home Depot Toyota 190 24 running 195
2 5 15 Paul Menard Menards, Johns Manville Chevy 190 6 running 175
3 16 6 David Ragan AAA Travel Ford 190 11 running 170
4 17 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevy 190 8 running 165
5 35 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevy 190 0 running 155
6 32 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios, Betty Crocker Dodge 190 0 running 150
7 11 66 Scott Riggs Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy 190 4 running 151
8 42 7 Robby Gordon Mapei, Menards Dodge 190 0 running 142
9 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's, Kobalt Tools Chevy 190 3 running 143
10 40 19 Elliott Sadler McDonald's Monopoly Dodge 190 4 running 139
11 7 78 Joe Nemechek Furniture Row, Denver Mattress Chevy 190 1 running 135
12 14 00 Kenny Wallace Champion Mortgage Toyota 190 3 running 132
13 3 8 Aric Almirola U.S. Army Chevy 190 3 running 129
14 2 5 Casey Mears Kellogg's Pop Tarts, CARQUEST Auto Parts Chevy 190 2 running 126
15 37 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 190 20 running 123
16 43 96 Ken Schrader DLP HDTV Toyota 190 0 running 115
17 23 45 Terry Labonte Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge 190 0 running 112
18 4 01 Regan Smith Principal Financial Group Chevy 190 0 running 109
19 25 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 187 1 running 111
20 39 29 Kevin Harvick Shell, Pennzoil Chevy 179 22 running 108
21 33 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 177 2 running 105
22 29 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota 176 0 engine 97
23 30 41 Reed Sorenson Memorex Dodge 175 2 running 99
24 22 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 174 2 accident 96
25 13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco, Havoline Dodge 173 9 accident 93
26 31 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Ford 173 5 accident 90
27 1 28 Travis Kvapil Academy Sports & Outdoors Ford 173 10 accident 87
28 15 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AMP Energy Chevy 173 19 accident 84
29 12 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 173 2 accident 81
30 6 33 Mike Wallace Realtree Chevy 169 0 running 73
31 21 84 Mike Skinner Red Bull Toyota 160 0 running 70
32 28 26 Jamie McMurray BernzOmatic Fat Boy Ford 159 3 running 72
33 27 21 Jon Wood Motorcraft Ford 154 0 running 64
34 8 70 Tony Raines iQ Drive Chevy 148 0 accident 61
35 9 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 134 10 running 63
36 38 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 112 1 accident 60
37 19 44 David Reutimann UPS Toyota 110 0 engine 52
38 26 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevy 104 3 accident 54
39 36 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 98 9 accident 51
40 41 38 David Gilliland Ford: Drive One Ford 68 0 accident 43
41 10 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats Chevy 68 1 accident 45
42 18 09 Sterling Marlin Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Chevy 68 0 engine 37
43 24 12 Ryan Newman Alltel, Samsung HDTV Dodge 48 0 engine 34
DID NOT QUALIFY

77 Sam Hornish, Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge DNQ
10 Patrick Carpentier Tow Truck in a Box Dodge DNQ
PRACTICED CAR

5 Brad Keselowski Kellogg's Pop Tarts, CARQUEST Auto Parts Chevy practiced car
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 3h:36:10
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Travis Kvapil - 51.109 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: Race Determined on Penalty
Average Speed: 140.281 mph
Cautions: 10 for 41 laps - 35-38 (debris); 47-49 (debris): 55-58 (#21,24,44,48 accident (backstretch)); 69-72 (#1,9,26,38,45,70,83,84 accident (tri-oval)); 82-86 (debris); 100-104 (#11 accident (turn 2)); 140-144 (debris); 166-169 (#29 spun (turn 3)); 175-178 (#16,17,18,22,28,29,41,42,55,78,88,99 accident (turn 3)); 186-188 (debris);
Lead Changes: 64 among 28 drivers - Travis Kvapil 1-8; Carl Edwards 9; Brian Vickers 10-13; Aric Almirola 14-16; David Ragan 17-25; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 26-29; Travis Kvapil 30-31; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 32-34; Carl Edwards 35; Jeff Gordon 36-38; Jeff Burton (VA) 39; Matt Kenseth 40-42; Brian Vickers 43; Elliott Sadler 44; Casey Mears 45-46; Kevin Harvick 47; Elliott Sadler 48-50; Kyle Busch 51; Kurt Busch 52-53; Jamie McMurray 54; Brian Vickers 55-59; Denny Hamlin 60; Kasey Kahne 61; Reed Sorenson 62-63; Jamie McMurray 64-65; Martin Truex, Jr. 66; Kevin Harvick 67; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 68-69; Scott Riggs 70; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 71-73; Denny Hamlin 74-75; Jimmie Johnson 76; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 77; Jimmie Johnson 78-79; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 80; Juan Pablo Montoya 81; Greg Biffle 82; Kyle Busch 83-89; Denny Hamlin 90; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 91; Denny Hamlin 92; Matt Kenseth 93; Denny Hamlin 94-95; Matt Kenseth 96; Denny Hamlin 97-98; Kyle Busch 99; Kenny Wallace 100-101; Scott Riggs 102-104; Paul Menard 105-106; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 107; Paul Menard 108-111; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 112-116; Jeff Burton (VA) 117-119; Kevin Harvick 120-139; Kenny Wallace 140; Greg Biffle 141; Joe Nemechek 142; Kyle Busch 143-153; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 154-155; Jeff Burton (VA) 156-159; David Ragan 160-161; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 162-164; Michael Waltrip 165; Juan Pablo Montoya 166-173; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 174-190
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Regan Smith crossed the line first but was penalized to 18th for passing below the yellow line