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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 1 of 36
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:30
Average speed: 152.672 mph
Pole speed: 187.075 mph
Cautions: 7 for 23 laps
Margin of victory: .092 sec
Attendance: 190000
Lead changes: 42
Green flag passes: 6,921 (39.1 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2008 standings

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet48.109   187.075  
2   Michael Waltrip55Toyota48.197   186.734   *
3   Joe Nemechek78Chevrolet48.258   186.498   *
4   David Reutimann00Toyota48.267   186.463   *
5   Dave Blaney22Toyota48.356   186.120  
6   Casey Mears5Chevrolet48.373   186.054  
7   Travis Kvapil28Ford48.398   185.958  
8   Denny Hamlin11Toyota48.401   185.947  
9   Boris Said60Ford48.415   185.893   *
10   Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet48.424   185.858  
11   Patrick Carpentier10Dodge48.448   185.766   *
12   Tony Stewart20Toyota48.478   185.651  
13   David Ragan6Ford48.493   185.594  
14   Matt Kenseth17Ford48.513   185.517  
15   Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet48.523   185.479  
16   Brian Vickers83Toyota48.524   185.475   *
17   Jacques Villeneuve27Toyota48.530   185.452   *
18   Mark Martin8Chevrolet48.536   185.429  
19   A.J. Allmendinger84Toyota48.538   185.422   *
20   David Gilliland38Ford48.541   185.410  
21   Dale Jarrett44Toyota48.558   185.345   *
22   Scott Riggs66Chevrolet48.598   185.193  
23   Ryan Newman12Dodge48.611   185.143  
24   Greg Biffle16Ford48.630   185.071  
25   Jamie McMurray26Ford48.646   185.010  
26   Regan Smith01Chevrolet48.658   184.964  
27   Kenny Wallace87Chevrolet48.661   184.953   *
28   Robby Gordon7Dodge48.688   184.850  
29   Kasey Kahne9Dodge48.694   184.828  
30   Eric McClure37Chevrolet48.694   184.828   *
31   Kyle Busch18Toyota48.699   184.809  
32   Jeremy Mayfield70Chevrolet48.751   184.612  
33   Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet48.757   184.589  
34   Kurt Busch2Dodge48.770   184.540   *
35   Elliott Sadler19Dodge48.775   184.521  
36   Carl Edwards99Ford48.784   184.487  
37   Ken Schrader49Dodge48.785   184.483   *
38   Paul Menard15Chevrolet48.803   184.415  
39   Dario Franchitti40Dodge48.820   184.351  
40   Martin Truex Jr1Chevrolet48.836   184.290  
41   Reed Sorenson41Dodge48.843   184.264  
42   Juan Pablo Montoya42Dodge48.849   184.241  
43   Sam Hornish, Jr.77Dodge48.853   184.226  
44   Clint Bowyer07Chevrolet48.885   184.106  
45   Bill Elliott21Ford48.889   184.090   *
46   Jeff Burton31Chevrolet48.944   183.884  
47   Bobby Labonte43Dodge48.951   183.857  
48   John Andretti34Chevrolet49.000   183.673   *
49   Kyle Petty45Dodge49.080   183.374  
50   Sterling Marlin09Chevrolet49.093   183.326   *
51   J.J. Yeley96Toyota49.182   182.994  
52   Stanton Barrett50Chevrolet49.228   182.823   *
53   Carl Long08Dodge49.780   180.796   *

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Bill Elliott (#21), Ken Schrader (#49), Boris Said (#60), Patrick Carpentier (#10), Eric McClure (#37), Sterling Marlin (#09), Jacques Villeneuve (#27), Stanton Barrett (#50), Carl Long (#08)