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2008 Pepsi 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 25 of 36 Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:36:03 Average speed: 138.857 mph Pole speed: 180.397 mph Cautions: 8 for 34 laps Margin of victory: 2.076 sec Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 20 Green flag passes: 3,094 (14.3 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 Jimmie Johnson 1 1 1 1 16 1 9 28 19 28 100.0 133 250 100.0 228 91.2 250 150.0 Greg Biffle 15 2 2 1 14 3 5 20 15 20 100.0 23 250 100.0 12 4.8 250 123.0 Denny Hamlin 21 4 3 2 20 5 14 36 22 29 80.6 5 237 94.8 0 0.0 250 117.6 Kevin Harvick 33 5 4 3 36 8 27 68 41 39 57.4 0 222 88.8 0 0.0 250 111.8 Matt Kenseth 37 8 5 1 36 11 11 71 60 39 54.9 1 206 82.4 1 0.4 250 97.5 Carl Edwards 26 10 6 2 28 9 12 62 50 38 61.3 7 221 88.4 0 0.0 250 103.7 Kyle Busch 11 18 7 6 21 12 4 75 71 61 81.3 0 174 69.6 0 0.0 250 92.0 Kasey Kahne 4 6 8 2 26 7 -1 50 51 46 92.0 3 243 97.2 0 0.0 250 104.8 David Reutimann 12 7 9 1 15 8 8 74 66 74 100.0 1 250 100.0 3 1.2 250 101.8 Clint Bowyer 31 12 10 9 29 15 10 73 63 29 39.7 0 149 59.6 0 0.0 250 87.0 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 18 17 11 5 32 13 -3 87 90 64 73.6 1 194 77.6 0 0.0 250 89.2 Brian Vickers 19 3 12 2 21 8 30 84 54 74 88.1 12 222 88.8 0 0.0 250 104.8 David Ragan 22 15 13 1 30 17 11 130 119 56 43.1 0 89 35.6 1 0.4 250 77.7 A.J. Allmendinger 2 14 14 1 19 9 -2 72 74 68 94.4 7 242 96.8 1 0.4 250 95.9 Jeff Gordon 3 16 15 1 19 13 -12 66 78 48 72.7 1 159 63.6 2 0.8 250 83.8 Ryan Newman 17 19 16 5 41 18 6 90 84 28 31.1 0 100 40.0 0 0.0 250 73.6 Jeff Burton 27 13 17 1 32 17 8 100 92 47 47.0 0 106 42.4 1 0.4 250 77.4 Patrick Carpentier 5 21 18 16 43 24 11 62 51 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 250 65.8 Martin Truex Jr 7 41 19 4 41 23 -4 89 93 23 25.8 8 41 16.4 0 0.0 250 73.5 Juan Pablo Montoya 23 9 20 7 21 15 3 105 102 53 50.5 0 131 52.4 0 0.0 250 77.4 Bobby Labonte 24 23 21 14 34 21 -6 88 94 0 0.0 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 250 64.1 Tony Stewart 14 11 22 5 22 14 -8 55 63 49 89.1 1 168 67.2 0 0.0 250 75.3 David Gilliland 42 26 23 18 43 25 15 84 69 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 62.5 Jamie McMurray 13 28 24 11 43 31 -5 97 102 1 1.0 2 2 0.8 0 0.0 249 49.4 Scott Riggs 39 24 25 23 42 27 3 74 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 55.9 Casey Mears 16 20 26 13 28 22 2 74 72 5 6.8 0 8 3.2 0 0.0 249 64.7 Reed Sorenson 41 35 27 15 40 32 3 93 90 3 3.2 1 1 0.4 0 0.0 249 44.7 Travis Kvapil 34 22 28 11 34 26 -5 83 88 6 7.2 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 249 54.4 Dave Blaney 8 30 29 8 39 25 -11 86 97 7 8.1 0 12 4.8 0 0.0 249 60.6 Aric Almirola 10 25 30 10 39 28 -4 107 111 0 0.0 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 249 53.0 Sam Hornish, Jr. 32 27 31 26 39 30 -3 79 82 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 45.8 Marcos Ambrose 40 33 32 26 42 33 11 90 79 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 39.6 Michael Waltrip 30 34 33 1 43 34 2 97 95 13 13.4 0 7 2.8 1 0.4 249 40.2 Elliott Sadler 6 31 34 5 42 31 -4 102 106 15 14.7 0 26 10.4 0 0.0 249 46.0 Mike Skinner 35 36 35 21 42 36 -19 70 89 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 34.0 Regan Smith 25 38 36 6 42 37 -28 67 95 0 0.0 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 249 31.4 Paul Menard 29 29 37 23 37 30 -19 82 101 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 41.1 Kyle Petty 38 32 38 26 43 36 -11 61 72 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 32.4 Kurt Busch 9 40 39 6 43 36 -13 24 37 17 70.8 3 35 14.0 0 0.0 248 67.9 Robby Gordon 36 37 40 19 42 36 -7 65 72 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 32.0 Ken Schrader 28 39 41 27 42 40 -17 35 52 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 25.9 Johnny Sauter 43 42 42 24 43 42 -10 13 23 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 161 23.8 Joe Nemechek 20 43 43 20 43 39 -13 26 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 39.2 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.