2008 Aaron's 499

Race #9 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season

2008 Aaron's 499
*Held on April 27, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL*
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's	Toyota	188	12	running	190
2	26	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit	Dodge	188	1	running	175
3	7	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight	Toyota	188	37	running	170
4	6	6	David Ragan	AAA Travel	Ford	188	0	running	160
5	8	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull	Toyota	188	4	running	160
6	14	28	Travis Kvapil	Northern Tool + Equipment	Ford	188	0	running	150
7	36	5	Casey Mears	CARQUEST Auto Parts, Kellogg's	Chevy	188	0	running	146
8	21	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel	Dodge	188	5	running	147
9	41	07	Clint Bowyer	DirecTV	Chevy	188	0	running	138
10	9	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy, National Guard	Chevy	188	46	running	139
11	35	7	Robby Gordon	RVs.com	Dodge	188	0	running	130
12	38	31	Jeff Burton	AT&T Mobility	Chevy	188	1	running	132
13	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	188	1	running	129
14	22	15	Paul Menard	Menards, Turtle Wax	Chevy	188	3	running	126
15	40	38	David Gilliland	FreeCreditReport.com	Ford	188	2	running	123
16	19	66	Scott Riggs	Hunn's, State Water Heaters	Chevy	188	0	running	115
17	32	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal	Ford	188	0	running	112
18	31	16	Greg Biffle	American Red Cross	Ford	188	0	running	109
19	20	24	Jeff Gordon	Pepsi Stuff, DuPont	Chevy	188	1	running	111
20	30	44	David Reutimann	134th Kentucky Derby, UPS	Toyota	188	0	running	103
21	29	01	Regan Smith	Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Principal Financial Group	Chevy	188	1	running	102
22	16	09	Sterling Marlin	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	Chevy	188	0	running	100
23	42	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser	Dodge	188	1	running	99
24	39	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell, Pennzoil	Chevy	188	1	running	96
25	1	78	Joe Nemechek	National Day of Prayer	Chevy	188	0	running	88
26	24	00	Michael McDowell	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	188	0	running	85
27	27	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	188	4	running	87
28	43	40	David Stremme	Tums Quik Pack	Dodge	187	2	crash	84
29	18	19	Elliott Sadler	Garmin	Dodge	187	3	crash	81
30	4	84	A.J. Allmendinger	Red Bull	Toyota	187	1	crash	78
31	17	10	Patrick Carpentier	LifeLock	Dodge	186	0	running	70
32	15	45	Kyle Petty	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil, Wells Fargo, PVA.org	Dodge	186	0	running	67
33	28	8	Aric Almirola	U.S. Army	Chevy	186	0	running	64
34	34	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper	Dodge	183	0	running	61
35	37	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1	Dodge	180	0	running	58
36	12	21	Jon Wood	Little Debbie Honey Buns, U.S. Air Force	Ford	179	0	running	55
37	33	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats	Chevy	174	0	crash	52
38	2	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot #6809 #528	Toyota	173	61	crash	59
39	23	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite	Dodge	173	0	crash	46
40	11	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot #2578	Ford	153	0	running	43
41	13	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	150	0	running	40
42	3	70	Ken Schrader	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevy	141	1	engine	42
43	25	41	Reed Sorenson	Polaroid	Dodge	4	0	engine	34
QUALIFIED CAR
		7	P.J. Jones	RVs.com	Dodge			qualified car
		40	Dario Franchitti	Tums Quik Pack	Dodge			qualified car
DID NOT QUALIFY
		22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar	Toyota			DNQ
		96	J.J. Yeley	DLP HDTV, CompUSA.com	Toyota			DNQ
		34	John Andretti	Taco Bell	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:10:37
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Joe Nemechek - 51.103 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 Ended Under Yellow
Average Speed: 157.409 mph
Cautions: 8 for 23 laps - 21-23 (#17 accident (turn 2)); 118-121 (debris); 145-148 (#20 accident (turn 1)); 161-163 (#15 spun (tri-oval)); 166-168 (debris); 175-177 (#1,2,20,26,43,88 accident (turn 2)); 182-183 (#43 spun (turn 4)); 188-188 (#01,9,19,29,31,40,44,48,55,78,84 accident (turn 2))
Lead Changes: 52 among 20 drivers - Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 1-20; Ken Schrader 21; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 22-33; Denny Hamlin 34-38; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 39-45; Jeff Burton (VA) 46; Brian Vickers 47-50; Paul Menard 51-52; Juan Pablo Montoya 53; Denny Hamlin 54-55; Ryan Newman 56; Kevin Harvick 57; Denny Hamlin 58-60; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 61-64; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 65-81; Jimmie Johnson 82; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 83-87; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 88; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 89; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 90-105; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 106-109; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 110-111; Denny Hamlin 112-117; Regan Smith 118; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 119-124; Denny Hamlin 125; Jeff Gordon 126; Denny Hamlin 127; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 128-132; Elliott Sadler 133; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 134; Elliott Sadler 135; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 136; David Gilliland 137; David Stremme 138; Elliott Sadler 139; Kasey Kahne 140; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 141; Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) 142-143; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 144; A.J. Allmendinger 145; Denny Hamlin 146-148; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 149; Denny Hamlin 150-151; Paul Menard 152; David Gilliland 153; David Stremme 154; Denny Hamlin 155-168; Ryan Newman 169-172; Kyle Busch 173-179; Michael Waltrip 180-183; Kyle Busch 184-188
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered