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2008 Aaron's 499 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 9 of 36 Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:10:37 Average speed: 157.409 mph Pole speed: 187.386 mph Cautions: 8 for 23 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 156000 Lead changes: 52 Green flag passes: 9,146 (55.4 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 Kyle Busch 5 31 1 1 35 18 -11 169 180 92 54.4 5 79 42.0 12 6.4 188 90.8 Juan Pablo Montoya 26 13 2 1 35 12 3 389 386 241 62.0 5 132 70.2 1 0.5 188 102.9 Denny Hamlin 7 3 3 1 24 5 -3 207 210 191 92.3 3 180 95.7 37 19.7 188 125.0 David Ragan 6 5 4 2 24 8 11 269 258 243 90.3 1 167 88.8 0 0.0 188 114.3 Brian Vickers 8 25 5 1 32 15 -6 272 278 203 74.6 2 110 58.5 4 2.1 188 90.6 Travis Kvapil 14 8 6 2 34 15 4 354 350 212 59.9 3 118 62.8 0 0.0 188 90.3 Casey Mears 36 23 7 7 38 27 5 133 128 23 17.3 7 7 3.7 0 0.0 188 62.3 Ryan Newman 21 10 8 1 32 12 3 324 321 198 61.1 1 123 65.4 5 2.7 188 100.9 Clint Bowyer 41 30 9 6 43 24 42 206 164 74 35.9 8 54 28.7 0 0.0 188 68.8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 9 1 10 1 30 7 20 234 214 176 75.2 7 164 87.2 46 24.5 188 119.0 Robby Gordon 35 21 11 11 42 27 17 215 198 23 10.7 5 10 5.3 0 0.0 188 59.9 Jeff Burton 38 34 12 1 40 17 51 382 331 189 49.5 2 92 48.9 1 0.5 188 86.1 Jimmie Johnson 10 19 13 1 39 23 -5 131 136 66 50.4 3 43 22.9 1 0.5 188 68.2 Paul Menard 22 6 14 1 31 12 22 339 317 182 53.7 6 118 62.8 3 1.6 188 98.2 David Gilliland 40 22 15 1 42 20 7 336 329 134 39.9 5 54 28.7 2 1.1 188 67.8 Scott Riggs 19 35 16 7 42 27 -11 206 217 50 24.3 7 30 16.0 0 0.0 188 76.9 Jamie McMurray 32 4 17 1 32 14 21 319 298 136 42.6 3 101 53.7 0 0.0 188 89.2 Greg Biffle 31 28 18 2 42 27 -18 191 209 47 24.6 4 17 9.0 0 0.0 188 52.1 Jeff Gordon 20 20 19 1 25 10 -15 240 255 204 85.0 2 144 76.6 1 0.5 188 87.5 David Reutimann 30 9 20 4 34 17 -15 385 400 151 39.2 2 76 40.4 0 0.0 188 69.5 Regan Smith 29 15 21 1 40 21 -8 256 264 60 23.4 6 45 23.9 1 0.5 188 66.5 Sterling Marlin 16 24 22 9 38 29 6 133 127 15 11.3 2 4 2.1 0 0.0 188 47.1 Kasey Kahne 42 27 23 1 38 23 12 268 256 101 37.7 2 40 21.3 1 0.5 188 57.9 Kevin Harvick 39 11 24 1 36 16 20 352 332 177 50.3 4 110 58.5 1 0.5 188 73.2 Joe Nemechek 1 18 25 1 39 19 8 244 236 80 32.8 6 46 24.5 0 0.0 188 65.7 Michael McDowell 24 14 26 5 36 22 -28 313 341 95 30.4 12 41 21.8 0 0.0 188 70.9 Michael Waltrip 27 7 27 1 40 22 -21 238 259 132 55.5 5 66 35.1 4 2.1 188 57.6 David Stremme 43 29 28 1 43 20 26 278 252 118 42.4 2 62 33.0 2 1.1 187 58.4 Elliott Sadler 18 17 29 1 29 12 -12 286 298 200 69.9 3 141 75.0 3 1.6 187 86.8 A.J. Allmendinger 4 16 30 1 37 26 -21 149 170 27 18.1 5 13 6.9 1 0.5 187 56.8 Patrick Carpentier 17 40 31 17 40 37 0 82 82 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 186 36.6 Kyle Petty 15 37 32 15 39 36 -33 24 57 1 4.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 186 31.4 Aric Almirola 28 39 33 7 40 31 -13 89 102 38 42.7 2 38 20.2 0 0.0 186 62.8 Bobby Labonte 34 26 34 10 39 28 8 122 114 13 10.7 3 4 2.1 0 0.0 183 37.9 Sam Hornish, Jr. 37 38 35 5 39 30 -7 145 152 57 39.3 3 21 11.2 0 0.0 180 48.9 Jon Wood 12 41 36 12 43 41 -26 8 34 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 179 28.3 Martin Truex Jr 33 12 37 2 42 15 0 322 322 191 59.3 3 121 64.4 0 0.0 174 78.9 Tony Stewart 2 2 38 1 38 10 -5 158 163 126 79.7 5 140 74.5 61 32.4 173 102.1 Kurt Busch 23 33 39 8 39 29 5 188 183 42 22.3 5 22 11.7 0 0.0 173 44.9 Carl Edwards 11 32 40 7 41 29 -5 93 98 41 44.1 3 48 25.5 0 0.0 153 55.1 Matt Kenseth 13 42 41 9 42 39 -5 33 38 29 87.9 0 16 8.5 0 0.0 150 47.5 Ken Schrader 3 36 42 1 42 32 -3 42 45 8 19.0 1 21 11.2 1 0.5 141 36.1 Reed Sorenson 25 43 43 23 43 43 -20 22 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 29.8 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.