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2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil 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 35 of 36 Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 312 laps* on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 3:12:01 Average speed: 97.804 mph Pole speed: 134.725 mph Cautions: 10 for 55 laps Margin of victory: .295 sec Attendance: 100000 Lead changes: 9 Green flag passes: 2,228 (8.6 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.

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 19 1 4 23 19 21 91.3 66 313 100.0 217 69.3 313 149.9 Kurt Busch 3 5 2 1 16 3 -2 16 18 16 100.0 20 312 99.7 60 19.2 313 122.2 Jamie McMurray 2 4 3 1 29 3 5 36 31 23 63.9 42 311 99.4 28 8.9 313 123.9 Carl Edwards 15 10 4 3 22 10 12 48 36 33 68.8 14 284 90.7 0 0.0 313 102.8 Denny Hamlin 8 7 5 5 38 7 6 51 45 29 56.9 4 306 97.8 0 0.0 313 107.9 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5 2 6 2 23 4 4 32 28 25 78.1 15 312 99.7 0 0.0 313 113.1 Kevin Harvick 19 8 7 2 36 10 12 53 41 33 62.3 4 248 79.2 0 0.0 313 96.6 Kyle Busch 14 9 8 4 23 10 4 56 52 49 87.5 0 305 97.4 0 0.0 313 91.0 Jeff Burton 24 14 9 7 38 15 10 58 48 20 34.5 1 199 63.6 0 0.0 313 85.4 David Ragan 30 18 10 10 39 19 13 67 54 11 16.4 0 119 38.0 0 0.0 313 78.8 Greg Biffle 31 12 11 1 43 16 18 64 46 32 50.0 13 213 68.1 7 2.2 313 86.5 Clint Bowyer 28 21 12 11 38 21 11 61 50 11 18.0 3 21 6.7 0 0.0 313 78.1 Kasey Kahne 11 15 13 7 33 14 -4 49 53 31 63.3 2 208 66.5 0 0.0 313 82.9 Mark Martin 10 22 14 4 38 18 -10 56 66 14 25.0 2 115 36.7 0 0.0 313 95.1 Matt Kenseth 34 24 15 5 40 25 26 81 55 18 22.2 3 16 5.1 0 0.0 313 68.3 A.J. Allmendinger 13 11 16 8 35 14 1 71 70 51 71.8 1 286 91.4 0 0.0 313 84.1 Juan Pablo Montoya 26 19 17 11 37 17 12 76 64 26 34.2 0 132 42.2 0 0.0 313 73.5 Marcos Ambrose 18 16 18 12 34 18 4 47 43 7 14.9 2 47 15.0 0 0.0 313 70.7 Bobby Labonte 41 25 19 19 42 26 11 57 46 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 57.2 Dave Blaney 23 20 20 5 28 19 -7 38 45 12 31.6 0 17 5.4 0 0.0 312 69.1 Travis Kvapil 40 30 21 2 43 29 1 77 76 14 18.2 1 6 1.9 0 0.0 312 51.5 Tony Stewart 29 13 22 8 32 14 21 75 54 30 40.0 0 219 70.0 0 0.0 312 79.7 Regan Smith 21 28 23 2 40 26 5 70 65 18 25.7 2 12 3.8 0 0.0 312 58.0 Michael Waltrip 25 34 24 12 39 29 -8 73 81 4 5.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 53.9 David Reutimann 4 27 25 3 40 26 6 60 54 16 26.7 0 45 14.4 0 0.0 311 62.4 Paul Menard 9 23 26 9 38 23 -22 36 58 1 2.8 0 7 2.2 0 0.0 311 60.7 Ken Schrader 32 37 27 8 40 34 -7 67 74 11 16.4 1 7 2.2 0 0.0 311 39.9 Robby Gordon 27 33 28 3 42 33 5 76 71 13 17.1 0 7 2.2 0 0.0 311 44.5 Bill Elliott 39 35 29 4 43 32 -14 57 71 12 21.1 0 7 2.2 0 0.0 311 44.1 Elliott Sadler 22 38 30 9 43 35 -8 55 63 14 25.5 0 10 3.2 0 0.0 310 38.9 Reed Sorenson 12 26 31 3 35 23 -21 56 77 19 33.9 0 68 21.7 0 0.0 309 61.4 Sterling Marlin 37 40 32 11 43 37 -12 56 68 14 25.0 0 11 3.5 0 0.0 309 30.0 Sam Hornish, Jr. 33 32 33 18 42 36 -9 60 69 0 0.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 308 36.1 Ryan Newman 6 41 34 2 41 32 -36 11 47 6 54.5 11 70 22.4 0 0.0 302 74.9 David Gilliland 42 31 35 27 42 34 1 43 42 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 298 33.4 Casey Mears 16 6 36 4 36 11 -9 42 51 31 73.8 11 263 84.0 0 0.0 278 85.2 Johnny Sauter 43 17 37 13 42 24 7 46 39 0 0.0 1 1 0.3 0 0.0 274 55.8 Scott Riggs 17 29 38 11 38 28 -4 70 74 6 8.6 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 271 49.6 Kyle Petty 35 36 39 26 41 34 -9 45 54 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 270 39.8 Scott Speed 38 39 40 1 41 36 2 50 48 15 30.0 4 17 5.4 1 0.3 269 31.3 Jeff Gordon 7 3 41 3 41 17 -17 40 57 25 62.5 5 180 57.5 0 0.0 266 74.3 Brian Vickers 36 42 42 23 42 41 1 12 11 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 Martin Truex Jr 20 43 43 17 43 42 -3 11 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 30.7 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.