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Sprint Cup race number 30 of 36
October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:36:10
Average Speed: 140.281 mph
Pole Speed: 187.364 mph Cautions: 10 for 41 laps
Margin of Victory: .052 sec
Attendance: 145,000

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	34	20	Tony Stewart	Subway / Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	190	270,136	running	24	195
2	5	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Johns Manville (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	190	177,400	running	6	175
3	16	6	David Ragan	AAA Travel (Jack Roush)	Ford	190	149,200	running	11	170
4	17	31	Jeff Burton	AT&T Mobility (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	190	162,983	running	8	165
5	35	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	190	125,525	running	0	155
6	32	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	190	139,211	running	0	150
7	11	66	Scott Riggs	Hunt Brothers Pizza (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	190	117,083	running	4	151
8	42	7	Robby Gordon	Mapei / Menards (Robby Gordon)	Dodge	190	123,808	running	0	142
9	20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	190	137,661	running	3	143
10	40	19	Elliott Sadler	Monopoly at McDonald's (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	190	116,370	running	4	139
11	7	78	Joe Nemechek	Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	190	81,875	running	1	135
12	14	00	Kenny Wallace	Champion Mortgage (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	190	97,758	running	3	132
13	3	8	Aric Almirola	U.S. Army (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	190	117,783	running	3	129
14	2	5	Casey Mears	Pop-Tarts / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	190	95,725	running	2	126
15	37	18	Kyle Busch	Pedigree (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	190	95,250	running	20	123
16	43	96	Ken Schrader	DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad)	Toyota	190	88,300	running	0	115
17	23	45	Terry Labonte	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	190	90,858	running	0	112
18	4	01	Regan Smith	DEI / Principal Financial Group (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	190	88,650	running	0	109
19	25	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	187	88,072	running	1	111
20	39	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	179	129,486	running	22	108
21	33	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	177	78,275	running	2	105
22	29	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	176	77,475	engine	0	97
23	30	41	Reed Sorenson	Memorex (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	175	105,264	running	2	99
24	22	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	174	85,075	crash	2	96
25	13	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	173	104,708	crash	9	93
26	31	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	173	121,091	crash	5	90
27	1	28	Travis Kvapil	Academy Sports & Outdoors (Yates Racing)	Ford	173	109,664	crash	10	87
28	15	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy "Ride With Dale Jr." (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	173	83,300	crash	19	84
29	12	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	173	120,075	crash	2	81
30	6	33	Mike Wallace	Realtree "Driven to the Outdoors" (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	169	72,475	running	0	73
31	21	84	Mike Skinner	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	160	72,325	running	0	70
32	28	26	Jamie McMurray	BernzOmatic Fat Boy (Jack Roush)	Ford	159	80,650	running	3	72
33	27	21	Jon Wood	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	154	91,295	running	0	64
34	8	70	Tony Raines	iQ Drive (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	148	71,825	crash	0	61
35	9	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	134	79,650	running	10	63
36	38	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	112	101,491	crash	1	60
37	19	44	David Reutimann	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	110	71,375	engine	0	52
38	26	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	104	120,186	crash	3	54
39	36	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	98	106,116	crash	9	51
40	41	38	David Gilliland	Ford. Drive One. (Yates Racing)	Ford	68	70,985	crash	0	43
41	10	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	68	101,868	crash	1	45
42	18	09	Sterling Marlin	Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming (James Finch)	Chevrolet	68	70,705	engine	0	37
43	24	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel / Samsung HDTV (Roger Penske)	Dodge	48	112,653	engine	0	34

* Race extended to 190 laps due to green/white/checker.

Failed to qualify: Sam Hornish, Jr. (#77), Patrick Carpentier (#10)

Qualifying results for this race:
(OP: qualified via owners points; PC: qualified as past champion; * - had to qualify on time)

 Rank         Driver          Nbr     Car      Time     Speed
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+
   1  Travis Kvapil            28 Ford          51.109   187.364  
   2  Casey Mears               5 Chevrolet     51.128   187.295  
   3  Aric Almirola             8 Chevrolet     51.136   187.265  
   4  Regan Smith              01 Chevrolet     51.159   187.181  
   5  Paul Menard              15 Chevrolet     51.170   187.141  
   6  Mike Wallace             33 Chevrolet     51.213   186.984  *
   7  Joe Nemechek             78 Chevrolet     51.217   186.969  *
   8  Tony Raines              70 Chevrolet     51.280   186.739  *
   9  Brian Vickers            83 Toyota        51.289   186.707  
  10  Martin Truex, Jr.         1 Chevrolet     51.298   186.674  
  11  Scott Riggs              66 Chevrolet     51.306   186.645  
  12  Carl Edwards             99 Ford          51.344   186.507  
  13  Juan Pablo Montoya       42 Dodge         51.365   186.430  
  14  Kenny Wallace            00 Toyota        51.365   186.430  *
  15  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.      88 Chevrolet     51.367   186.423  
  16  David Ragan               6 Ford          51.387   186.351  
  17  Jeff Burton              31 Chevrolet     51.396   186.318  
  18  Sterling Marlin          09 Chevrolet     51.410   186.267  *
  19  David Reutimann          44 Toyota        51.420   186.231  
  20  Jimmie Johnson           48 Chevrolet     51.422   186.224  
  21  Mike Skinner             84 Toyota        51.466   186.065  
  22  Greg Biffle              16 Ford          51.467   186.061  
  23  Terry Labonte            45 Dodge         51.468   186.057  *
  24  Ryan Newman              12 Dodge         51.499   185.945  
  25  Michael Waltrip          55 Toyota        51.538   185.805  
  26  Jeff Gordon              24 Chevrolet     51.544   185.783  
  27  Jon Wood                 21 Ford          51.544   185.783  *
  28  Jamie McMurray           26 Ford          51.547   185.772  
  29  Dave Blaney              22 Toyota        51.556   185.740  
  30  Ken Schrader             96 Toyota        51.557   185.736  *
  31  Reed Sorenson            41 Dodge         51.561   185.722  
  32  Matt Kenseth             17 Ford          51.570   185.689  
  33  Bobby Labonte            43 Dodge         51.583   185.643  
  34  Kurt Busch                2 Dodge         51.613   185.535  
  35  Tony Stewart             20 Toyota        51.628   185.481  
  36  Clint Bowyer             07 Chevrolet     51.644   185.423  
  37  Denny Hamlin             11 Toyota        51.658   185.373  
  38  Sam Hornish, Jr.         77 Dodge         51.690   185.258  *
  39  Patrick Carpentier       10 Dodge         51.702   185.215  *
  40  Kyle Busch               18 Toyota        51.705   185.205  
  41  Kasey Kahne               9 Dodge         51.758   185.015  
  42  Kevin Harvick            29 Chevrolet     51.760   185.008  
  43  Elliott Sadler           19 Dodge         51.775   184.954  OP
  44  David Gilliland          38 Ford          51.775   184.954  OP
  45  Robby Gordon              7 Dodge         51.938   184.374  OP
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+

To the back: Jimmie Johnson (#48) unapproved impound adjustment, David Ragan (#6) engine change, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#88) engine change

Cautions: 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)

Lap leaders: T. Kvapil 1-8, C. Edwards 9, B. Vickers 10-13, A. Almirola 14-16, D. Ragan 17-25, D. Earnhardt Jr. 26-29, T. Kvapil 30-31, D. Earnhardt Jr. 32-34, C. Edwards 35, J. Gordon 36-38, J. Burton 39, M. Kenseth 40-42, B. Vickers 43, E. Sadler 44, C. Mears 45-46, K. Harvick 47, E. Sadler 48-50, Ky. Busch 51, Ku. Busch 52-53, J. McMurray 54, B. Vickers 55-59, D. Hamlin 60, K. Kahne 61, R. Sorenson 62-63, J. McMurray 64-65, M. Truex Jr. 66, K. Harvick 67, D. Earnhardt Jr. 68-69, S. Riggs 70, D. Earnhardt Jr. 71-73, D. Hamlin 74-75, J. Johnson 76, D. Earnhardt Jr. 77, J. Johnson 78-79, T. Stewart 80, J. Montoya 81, G. Biffle 82, Ky. Busch 83-89, D. Hamlin 90, D. Earnhardt Jr. 91, D. Hamlin 92, M. Kenseth 93, D. Hamlin 94-95, M. Kenseth 96, D. Hamlin 97-98, Ky. Busch 99, K. Wallace 100-101, S. Riggs 102-104, P. Menard 105-106, T. Stewart 107, P. Menard 108-111, T. Stewart 112-116, J. Burton 117-119, K. Harvick 120-139, K. Wallace 140, G. Biffle 141, J. Nemechek 142, Ky. Busch 143-153, D. Earnhardt Jr. 154-155, J. Burton 156-159, D. Ragan 160-161, D. Earnhardt Jr. 162-164, M. Waltrip 165, J. Montoya 166-173, T. Stewart 174-190

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Jimmie Johnson 5718 2 Carl Edwards 5646 -72 3 Greg Biffle 5641 -77 4 Jeff Burton 5619 -99 5 Clint Bowyer 5566 -152 6 Kevin Harvick 5547 -171 7 Tony Stewart 5515 -203 8 Jeff Gordon 5486 -232 9 Matt Kenseth 5473 -245 10 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5469 -249 11 Kyle Busch 5387 -331 12 Denny Hamlin 5383 -335 13 David Ragan 3539 -2179 14 Kasey Kahne 3422 -2296 15 Ryan Newman 3181 -2537 16 Brian Vickers 3168 -2550 17 Martin Truex, Jr. 3151 -2567 18 Kurt Busch 3011 -2707 19 Bobby Labonte 2983 -2735 20 Jamie McMurray 2949 -2769 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

Traditional points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Carl Edwards 4267 2 Jimmie Johnson 4254 -13 3 Kyle Busch 4185 -82 4 Jeff Burton 3993 -274 5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3947 -320 6 Greg Biffle 3921 -346 7 Kevin Harvick 3830 -437 8 Tony Stewart 3800 -467 9 Jeff Gordon 3707 -560 10 Clint Bowyer 3672 -595 11 Denny Hamlin 3608 -659 12 Matt Kenseth 3605 -662 13 David Ragan 3539 -728 14 Kasey Kahne 3422 -845 15 Ryan Newman 3181 -1086 16 Brian Vickers 3168 -1099 17 Martin Truex, Jr. 3151 -1116 18 Kurt Busch 3011 -1256 19 Bobby Labonte 2983 -1284 20 Jamie McMurray 2949 -1318 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

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