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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 30 of 36
Sunday, October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 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: 145000 Lead changes: 64
Green flag passes: 12,416 (83.3 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2008 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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

Loop data for this race:
Tony Stewart	34	4	1	1	39	13	36	351	315	157	44.7	4	117	61.6	24	12.6	190	106.7
Paul Menard	5	12	2	1	31	10	-39	355	394	222	62.5	3	155	81.6	6	3.2	190	115.4
David Ragan	16	6	3	1	41	10	63	416	353	260	62.5	3	149	78.4	11	5.8	190	121.5
Jeff Burton	17	13	4	1	29	12	35	428	393	263	61.4	4	124	65.3	8	4.2	190	100.2
Clint Bowyer	35	5	5	2	38	15	8	436	428	187	42.9	4	108	56.8	0	0.0	190	90.7
Bobby Labonte	32	21	6	1	38	17	12	480	468	210	43.8	3	92	48.4	0	0.0	190	77.0
Scott Riggs	11	8	7	1	36	16	-46	446	492	211	47.3	1	98	51.6	4	2.1	190	82.5
Robby Gordon	42	23	8	2	42	27	-5	160	165	53	33.1	3	29	15.3	0	0.0	190	54.5
Jimmie Johnson	20	26	9	1	43	25	34	250	216	126	50.4	3	62	32.6	3	1.6	190	64.2
Elliott Sadler	40	11	10	1	41	16	-13	396	409	221	55.8	6	105	55.3	4	2.1	190	76.5
Joe Nemechek	7	18	11	1	40	18	-29	399	428	151	37.8	6	74	38.9	1	0.5	190	68.0
Kenny Wallace	14	20	12	1	42	27	-34	197	231	17	8.6	3	32	16.8	3	1.6	190	62.4
Aric Almirola	3	7	13	1	33	12	-31	335	366	181	54.0	7	126	66.3	3	1.6	190	105.3
Casey Mears	2	15	14	1	41	16	-33	387	420	204	52.7	7	109	57.4	2	1.1	190	79.0
Kyle Busch	37	2	15	1	40	11	2	370	368	224	60.5	7	135	71.1	20	10.5	190	85.6
Ken Schrader	43	29	16	4	43	32	-1	22	23	2	9.1	1	4	2.1	0	0.0	190	43.1
Terry Labonte	23	30	17	8	39	25	11	231	220	77	33.3	2	18	9.5	0	0.0	190	55.7
Regan Smith	4	9	18	1	36	18	-44	458	502	136	29.7	2	73	38.4	0	0.0	190	67.8
Michael Waltrip	25	24	19	1	41	25	23	320	297	65	20.3	12	24	12.6	1	0.5	187	50.8
Kevin Harvick	39	22	20	1	38	15	63	449	386	214	47.7	2	87	45.8	22	11.6	179	83.7
Kurt Busch	33	31	21	1	40	25	23	150	127	109	72.7	0	52	27.4	2	1.1	177	75.0
Dave Blaney	29	27	22	3	40	26	-15	238	253	22	9.2	4	9	4.7	0	0.0	176	47.0
Reed Sorenson	30	10	23	1	34	16	16	465	449	262	56.3	4	93	48.9	2	1.1	175	73.8
Greg Biffle	22	25	24	1	40	24	-12	271	283	87	32.1	4	28	14.7	2	1.1	174	58.0
Juan Pablo Montoya	13	17	25	1	35	14	1	424	423	278	65.6	5	107	56.3	9	4.7	173	75.1
Matt Kenseth	31	3	26	1	32	11	61	443	382	349	78.8	4	148	77.9	5	2.6	173	93.4
Travis Kvapil	1	14	27	1	29	13	1	349	348	242	69.3	5	125	65.8	10	5.3	173	91.9
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	15	16	28	1	43	13	14	381	367	240	63.0	4	113	59.5	19	10.0	173	88.0
Carl Edwards	12	28	29	1	39	23	-18	169	187	110	65.1	5	41	21.6	2	1.1	173	55.4
Mike Wallace	6	32	30	1	39	24	5	191	186	152	79.6	4	53	27.9	0	0.0	169	62.1
Mike Skinner	21	34	31	1	34	28	-14	234	248	51	21.8	0	20	10.5	0	0.0	160	49.3
Jamie McMurray	28	33	32	1	35	27	16	231	215	95	41.1	1	31	16.3	3	1.6	159	56.2
Jon Wood	27	42	33	25	42	37	-14	68	82	0	0.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	154	31.3
Tony Raines	8	37	34	8	40	33	-3	151	154	26	17.2	2	9	4.7	0	0.0	148	30.3
Brian Vickers	9	40	35	1	42	27	3	161	158	153	95.0	1	67	35.3	10	5.3	134	86.0
Kasey Kahne	38	35	36	1	42	29	6	230	224	100	43.5	0	38	20.0	1	0.5	112	53.8
David Reutimann	19	19	37	5	38	28	-36	246	282	42	17.1	4	12	6.3	0	0.0	110	39.6
Jeff Gordon	26	41	38	1	42	30	-11	155	166	100	64.5	1	42	22.1	3	1.6	104	60.2
Denny Hamlin	36	1	39	1	39	23	-1	273	274	174	63.7	1	72	37.9	9	4.7	98	74.7
David Gilliland	41	36	40	5	41	32	18	218	200	66	30.3	2	17	8.9	0	0.0	68	49.2
Martin Truex Jr	10	38	41	1	41	30	-16	171	187	111	64.9	1	47	24.7	1	0.5	68	74.4
Sterling Marlin	18	39	42	12	42	36	-14	188	202	10	5.3	0	5	2.6	0	0.0	68	37.4
Ryan Newman	24	43	43	17	43	39	-22	123	145	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	48	42.9

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.