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2008 Samsung 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 7 of 36 Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps* on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:30:41 Average speed: 144.814 mph Pole speed: 190.907 mph Cautions: 6 for 27 laps Margin of victory: .399 sec Attendance: 190000 Lead changes: 16 Green flag passes: 2,203 (7.1 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2008 standings

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 2 4 1 1 15 2 6 36 30 36 100.0 90 339 100.0 123 36.3 339 139.8 Jimmie Johnson 5 2 2 1 6 2 8 19 11 19 100.0 62 339 100.0 65 19.2 339 130.6 Kyle Busch 3 3 3 1 23 3 3 52 49 51 98.1 28 338 99.7 50 14.7 339 121.3 Ryan Newman 4 12 4 4 30 12 0 58 58 40 69.0 2 335 98.8 0 0.0 339 94.9 Denny Hamlin 14 5 5 3 37 6 7 74 67 48 64.9 18 332 97.9 0 0.0 339 111.0 Jeff Burton 35 11 6 2 34 11 21 55 34 29 52.7 6 308 90.9 0 0.0 339 94.3 Tony Stewart 24 8 7 4 26 10 20 58 38 46 79.3 1 323 95.3 0 0.0 339 99.2 Mark Martin 31 15 8 6 31 15 15 67 52 44 65.7 3 186 54.9 0 0.0 339 88.5 Matt Kenseth 8 1 9 1 27 5 -3 47 50 36 76.6 28 335 98.8 68 20.1 339 114.7 Clint Bowyer 25 10 10 3 27 10 9 59 50 43 72.9 4 310 91.4 0 0.0 339 93.3 Kevin Harvick 21 24 11 11 35 20 12 62 50 6 9.7 0 92 27.1 0 0.0 338 78.6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1 6 12 1 26 8 -17 39 56 29 74.4 12 335 98.8 31 9.1 338 103.5 David Ragan 7 18 13 4 25 15 -2 74 76 39 52.7 0 164 48.4 0 0.0 338 83.6 Jamie McMurray 32 14 14 2 33 16 12 67 55 34 50.7 3 215 63.4 0 0.0 338 81.9 David Gilliland 41 19 15 10 40 18 27 87 60 10 11.5 6 105 31.0 0 0.0 338 77.7 Brian Vickers 36 17 16 3 34 19 15 81 66 23 28.4 1 7 2.1 0 0.0 338 71.6 Paul Menard 19 16 17 8 28 17 1 70 69 21 30.0 0 42 12.4 0 0.0 338 75.0 Travis Kvapil 38 21 18 5 38 21 11 86 75 12 14.0 0 8 2.4 0 0.0 338 64.9 Juan Pablo Montoya 11 26 19 9 32 24 -19 48 67 3 6.3 1 20 5.9 0 0.0 337 69.6 Bobby Labonte 30 29 20 11 40 26 7 52 45 5 9.6 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 337 59.9 Dave Blaney 29 27 21 15 34 26 6 63 57 1 1.6 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 337 60.5 Casey Mears 22 20 22 3 32 22 0 61 61 17 27.9 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 337 60.9 Kurt Busch 23 22 23 2 25 20 -7 87 94 31 35.6 0 57 16.8 0 0.0 337 63.7 Reed Sorenson 42 28 24 4 38 27 15 77 62 14 18.2 0 2 0.6 0 0.0 337 50.7 Kasey Kahne 10 13 25 4 26 12 -19 40 59 36 90.0 6 285 84.1 0 0.0 336 82.9 Elliott Sadler 26 25 26 17 34 26 -9 42 51 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 336 55.8 Scott Riggs 13 34 27 10 42 33 -22 33 55 6 18.2 8 15 4.4 0 0.0 336 54.6 Patrick Carpentier 27 32 28 25 40 31 -13 29 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 335 41.7 Mike Skinner 9 40 29 29 43 37 6 35 29 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 334 35.1 Robby Gordon 15 33 30 13 39 31 -13 45 58 1 2.2 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 334 46.6 Michael Waltrip 20 36 31 17 39 34 5 44 39 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 333 48.6 Sam Hornish, Jr. 17 31 32 11 37 29 -15 25 40 5 20.0 0 15 4.4 0 0.0 333 52.7 Michael McDowell 40 35 33 26 43 36 5 48 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 33.5 Bill Elliott 28 38 34 15 42 36 -10 35 45 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 332 36.5 Regan Smith 34 39 35 11 39 37 -3 58 61 5 8.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 33.4 Martin Truex Jr 12 7 36 1 36 8 -8 42 50 33 78.6 8 328 96.8 2 0.6 330 86.5 Joe Nemechek 43 41 37 37 42 40 2 12 10 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 330 28.3 Jeremy Mayfield 39 37 38 14 41 38 -19 48 67 2 4.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 329 30.4 Greg Biffle 16 9 39 4 39 16 -13 48 61 39 81.3 14 235 69.3 0 0.0 312 77.8 John Andretti 37 42 40 34 43 42 -6 5 11 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 263 28.1 David Reutimann 6 23 41 12 41 27 -4 67 71 4 6.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 253 51.8 J.J. Yeley 33 30 42 11 42 35 6 51 45 5 9.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 173 44.9 Jeff Gordon 18 43 43 15 43 40 -17 17 34 1 5.9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 124 35.7 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.