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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 14 POCONO 500 POCONO RACEWAY 2.5 Mile Triangular Paved 500 M – 200 L – Purse: $5,037,783 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 200 195 ** 10 $260,866 Running 2 15 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 3 16 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground 4 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 200 160 121,200 Running 5 20 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 200 155
143,258 Running 6 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 200 155 * 5 147,586 Running 7 13 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 200 151 * 5 130,866 Running 8 11 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 200 142 87,175 Running 9 6 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 200 143 * 5 123,700 Running 10 3 8 Mark
Martin Steak-umm Burgers
Chevrolet 200 134 114,083 Running 11 37 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker
Dodge 200 130 121,536 Running 12 8 84 AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 13 28 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 200 124 118,061 Running 14 38 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 200 121 117,711 Running 15 33 16 Greg
Biffle 3M Ford 200 123 * 5 81,175 Running 16 42 38 David
Gilliland freecreditreport.com
Ford 200 115 89,583 Running 17 25 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops Chevrolet 200 117 * 5 101,808 Running 18 27 12 Ryan
Newman Kodak Dodge 200 109 109,350 Running 19 36 44 David
Reutimann UPS
20 22 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 200 103 80,250 Running 21 9 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 200 105 * 5 85,708 Running 22 32 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
23 23 28 Travis
Kvapil Dish
Network Ford 200 94 97,064 Running 24 30 6 David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 200 91 76,675 Running 25 17 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Pittsburgh
Paints Chevrolet 200 88 76,450 Running 26 34 5 Casey
Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 200 85 83,800 Running 27 39 00 # Michael
McDowell Champion Mortgage 28 4 01 # Regan
Smith Principal Financial
Group/DEI Chevrolet 200 79 73,000 Running 29 5 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Racing Chevrolet 200 76 64,850 Running 30 43 45 Terry
Labonte PVA Dodge 200 73 74,747 Running 31 29 21 Bill
Elliott 32 24 10 # Patrick
Carpentier Charter
Dodge 200 67 64,375 Running 33 31 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 200 64 92,339 Running 34 18 19 Elliott
Sadler 35 12 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot 36 40 7 Robby
Gordon Robby Gordon
Motorsports Dodge 199 55 71,600 Running 37 19 55 Michael
Waltrip 38 21 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 157 49 91,208 Accident 39 35 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 155 46 81,175 Running 40 26 70 Jason
Leffler Haas
Automation Chevrolet 140 43 63,025 Accident 41 14 40 # Dario
Franchitti Target
Dodge 137 40 70,880 Accident 42 41 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 130 37 108,305 Accident 43 10 18 Kyle
Busch M&M's Toyota 95 34 80,999 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (1) #96 JJ Yeley. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 105,000, Kahne won the Pocono 500, his ninth
NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following drivers dropped
to the rear for the reasons indicated: #18 Kyle Busch (backup car), #21 Bill
Elliott (backup car), No. 77 Sam Hornish Jr. (backup
car), #29 Kevin Harvick (battery change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 59 minute, 36
seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 125.209 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 3.702 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (170.219 mph, 52.873 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis (crew
chief for Kasey Kahne) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (163.875
mph, Lap 2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $20,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Michael McDowell SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Bobby Labonte (26 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kasey Kahne (69 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 38
laps. 28-31
(Debris); 41-43 (Car #2-Accident, Turn 1); 48-50 (Car #18 & 26-Accident, Frontstretch); 58-63 (Car #10 & 77-Accident, Turn 1);
69-73 (Car #10, 38, 45 & 77-Accident, Turn 1 [Red Flag: 7:48 Lap 71]);
82-86 (Car #07 & 42-Accident, Frontstretch);
106-108 (Car #55-Accident, Turn 1); 123-125 (Car #40-Accident, Turn 3); 131-133
(Car #40 & 77-Accident, Turn 1); 178-181 (Car #18-Spin, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 23 lead changes among
12 drivers. Kahne-pole, Johnson 1-16, Kahne 17-28, Riggs 29-34, Kahne
35-41, Truex 42-43, Johnson 44-58, Vickers 59-63,
Johnson 64-85, Sadler 86-89, Hamlin 90-106, Sadler 107-108, Stewart 109-122,
Johnson 123-128, Kahne 129-151, Biffle 152-155,
Edwards 156, Blaney 157, Vickers 158-164, Kahne 165-175, Edwards 176, Kenseth 177-178, Vickers
179-184, Kahne 185-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kyle Busch 2,084 (4) 2 –Jeff Burton 2,063 (1) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,939 (0) 4 –Carl Edwards 1,856 (3) 5 –Denny Hamlin 1,800 (1) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 1,799 (1) 7 –Greg Biffle 1,781 (0) 8 –Jeff Gordon 1,767 (0) 9 –Kasey Kahne 1,719 (2) 10–Kevin Harvick 1,690 (0) 11–Clint Bowyer 1,679 (1) 12–Tony Stewart 1,614 (0) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 8 Kurt Busch (# 2) 4 David Reutimann (#44) 2 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 3 Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 79 3 Ford 76 3 Dodge 65 3 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Steve Addington (#18) 6 Kenny Francis (# 9) 2 Tony Gibson (# 8) 2 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 3 Tony Gibson (# 8) 2 Kenny Francis (# 9) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Regan Smith 137 Sam Hornish Jr. 134 Patrick Carpentier 99 Michael McDowell 84 Dario Franchitti 80 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#18) 162 Roush Yates (#99) 133 Hendrick (#88) 133 COORS LIGHT BUD POLE AWARD Kyle Busch 2 Jeff Gordon 2 Greg Biffle 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Ryan Newman 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 14 Unofficial Race Results for the Pocono 500 - Sunday, June 8, 2008 Pocono Raceway - Long Pond, PA - 2.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 500 Miles - Purse: $5,037,783
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