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2008 Sharpie 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 24 of 36 Saturday, August 23, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:54:36 Average speed: 91.581 mph Pole speed: 121.86 mph Cautions: 8 for 56 laps Margin of victory: 1.969 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 4 Green flag passes: 1,141 (2.6 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 1 2 1 1 4 2 -2 4 6 4 100.0 65 500 100.0 84 16.8 500 132.2 Kyle Busch 9 1 2 1 11 2 7 14 7 14 100.0 111 500 100.0 415 83.0 500 145.0 Denny Hamlin 21 3 3 2 21 7 21 39 18 30 76.9 41 449 89.8 0 0.0 500 112.9 Kevin Harvick 6 7 4 3 9 6 -3 6 9 6 100.0 7 500 100.0 0 0.0 500 111.2 Jeff Gordon 3 5 5 1 10 3 -2 7 9 7 100.0 20 500 100.0 1 0.2 500 115.5 Ryan Newman 11 6 6 2 15 6 5 31 26 31 100.0 21 500 100.0 0 0.0 500 109.0 Clint Bowyer 22 15 7 7 23 11 17 45 28 26 57.8 24 393 78.6 0 0.0 500 92.3 Tony Stewart 28 4 8 3 28 9 25 35 10 20 57.1 13 432 86.4 0 0.0 500 102.1 Matt Kenseth 25 13 9 9 26 16 8 35 27 16 45.7 5 271 54.2 0 0.0 500 81.4 David Ragan 27 12 10 9 43 17 31 63 32 14 22.2 17 285 57.0 0 0.0 500 80.7 Greg Biffle 14 11 11 5 17 13 -9 36 45 35 97.2 7 467 93.4 0 0.0 500 83.8 Jamie McMurray 41 9 12 8 42 17 20 59 39 21 35.6 10 283 56.6 0 0.0 500 77.6 Aric Almirola 23 8 13 7 24 13 6 43 37 23 53.5 2 365 73.0 0 0.0 500 83.6 Regan Smith 4 16 14 3 19 12 -7 20 27 18 90.0 6 456 91.2 0 0.0 500 83.7 Kurt Busch 19 10 15 8 24 16 -4 34 38 18 52.9 2 277 55.4 0 0.0 500 77.9 Paul Menard 16 14 16 5 19 16 -9 26 35 19 73.1 3 95 19.0 0 0.0 499 71.8 Tony Raines 20 23 17 16 29 22 -8 20 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 499 61.0 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 40 21 18 17 43 26 7 29 22 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 52.8 Juan Pablo Montoya 39 24 19 18 41 26 9 39 30 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 50.5 Brian Vickers 26 27 20 20 31 25 3 22 19 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 64.3 Ken Schrader 7 22 21 7 28 22 -3 29 32 2 6.9 4 50 10.0 0 0.0 498 66.3 David Gilliland 15 20 22 8 22 20 -16 7 23 0 0.0 1 1 0.2 0 0.0 498 64.1 Bobby Labonte 37 26 23 17 38 26 -1 36 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 50.2 Travis Kvapil 32 25 24 11 32 26 -6 22 28 0 0.0 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 498 53.4 David Reutimann 2 18 25 2 26 16 -25 23 48 18 78.3 1 230 46.0 0 0.0 497 77.3 Bill Elliott 5 19 26 4 26 18 -8 23 31 22 95.7 7 222 44.4 0 0.0 497 71.5 Scott Riggs 38 29 27 27 41 32 0 30 30 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 496 36.4 Mike Skinner 33 28 28 26 36 30 -5 37 42 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 496 45.1 Joe Nemechek 43 30 29 29 43 33 2 6 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 494 32.0 Michael Waltrip 42 31 30 26 42 31 6 33 27 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 492 42.9 Kyle Petty 29 32 31 27 42 34 -13 19 32 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 491 38.7 Elliott Sadler 10 33 32 8 40 29 -15 12 27 7 58.3 8 87 17.4 0 0.0 490 69.3 Jimmie Johnson 34 34 33 28 43 36 0 20 20 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 482 37.2 A.J. Allmendinger 8 42 34 6 43 33 -2 22 24 13 59.1 10 95 19.0 0 0.0 400 85.9 Martin Truex Jr 12 43 35 9 43 34 3 19 16 10 52.6 0 86 17.2 0 0.0 396 64.9 Reed Sorenson 30 36 36 22 38 32 -4 20 24 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 383 45.2 Sam Hornish, Jr. 35 39 37 29 41 37 -3 25 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 297 36.0 Dave Blaney 36 17 38 11 40 28 13 58 45 9 15.5 7 65 13.0 0 0.0 279 53.5 Robby Gordon 31 37 39 21 40 35 -2 34 36 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 227 37.2 Kasey Kahne 13 35 40 5 40 25 -7 25 32 25 100.0 8 215 43.0 0 0.0 215 66.6 Casey Mears 17 38 41 17 41 33 -18 6 24 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 214 43.2 Jeff Burton 18 40 42 6 42 29 7 20 13 17 85.0 13 174 34.8 0 0.0 195 63.2 Sterling Marlin 24 41 43 24 43 41 -18 8 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 184 29.3 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.