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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 22 CENTURION BOATS AT THE GLEN WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL Watkins Glen, N.Y. – 2.45 Road Course 220.5 M – 90 L
– Purse:
$4,895,379 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 18 Kyle Busch M&M'S
2 9 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot 3 43 21 Marcos Ambrose Little Debbie Ford 90 165 141,095 Running 4 25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Big Red Slim Pack Dodge 90 165 * 5 137,983 Running 5 18 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 90 155
133,783 Running 6 11 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 90 150 134,661 Running 7 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 90 151 * 5 132,236 Running 8 10 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground 9 3 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 90 138 121,425 Running 10 19 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 90 134 81,225 Running 11 37 84 AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 12 13 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 90 127 120,241 Running 13 32 01 Ron
Fellows Bass Pro Shops/Red
Head Chevrolet 90 124 80,475 Running 14 7 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 90 121 100,141 Running 15 22 19 Elliott
Sadler Best Buy Dodge 90 118 96,520 Running 16 20 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 90 115 76,800 Running 17 5 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T Mobility
Chevrolet 90 112 109,833 Running 18 17 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 19 24 5 Casey
Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 90 106 81,950 Running 20 39 10 # Patrick
Carpentier Charter
Dodge 90 103 67,600 Running 21 8 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Ford 90 100 75,400 Running 22 2 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP
Energy Chevrolet 90 102 * 5 74,800 Running 23 12 07 Clint
Bowyer DIRECTV Chevrolet 90 94 82,025 Running 24 40 45 Boris
Said 25 36 00 # Michael
McDowell Champion Mortgage 26 16 12 Ryan
Newman Kodak Dodge 90 85 104,700 Running 27 31 7 Robby
Gordon Jim Beam Dodge 90 82 87,758 Running 28 27 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Quaker State
Chevrolet 90 79 73,350 Running 29 6 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 90 76 111,011 Running 30 14 6 David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 90 73 73,425 Running 31 30 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 90 70 91,989 Running 32 34 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 90 67 107,125 Running 33 28 44 David
Reutimann UPS
34 35 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 89 61 72,933 Running 35 15 8 Aric Almirola 36 23 28 Travis
Kvapil 37 38 96 P.J.
Jones DLP HDTV 38 41 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Racing Chevrolet 86 49 60,650 Accident 39 33 55 Michael
Waltrip 40 26 38 David
Gilliland Dish Network Turbo HD
Ford 81 43 60,390 Accident 41 29 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
42 21 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios
Racing/Betty Crocker Dodge 81 37 97,046 Accident 43 42 70 Max
Papis Haas
Automation Chevrolet 81 34 60,373 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) Brian Simo #34; Boris Said #60. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 87,000, Busch won the Centurion Boats at The Glen, his 12th NASCAR
Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following drivers dropped to
the rear for the reasons indicated: #6 Ragan (backup car);
#45 Said (driver change) and #55 Waltrip (engine
change). TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 16 minute, 11
seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 97.148 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 2.275 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: None due to
inclement weather (rain) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Steve Addington (crew chief for Kyle Busch) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Kyle Busch EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kyle Busch GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch (120.507
mph, Lap 68) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Kurt Busch MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Greci
(crew chief for Martin Truex Jr.) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Kyle Busch ($30,000)++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Patrick Carpentier SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Marcus Ambrose (40 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (52 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 4 cautions for 9
laps. 49-50
(Debris); 65-66 (Debris); 79-81 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 1); 84-85 (Car #00, 22, 38,
41, 43, 55, 70, 77 & 78-Accident, Frontstretch
[Red Flag - 43:05 - Lap 84]). LAP LEADERS: 8 lead changes among
5 drivers. Kyle Busch 1; Earnhardt 2-29; Ky. Busch 30-53; Stewart 54; Ky. Busch
55; Montoya 56-57; Johnson 58-59; Earnhardt 60-64; Ky. Busch 65-90. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kyle Busch 3,254 (8) 2 –Carl Edwards 3,012 (4) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 3,010 (2) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,985 (1) 5 –Jeff Burton 2,945 (1) 6 –Jeff Gordon 2,754 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 2,744 (0) 8 –Kasey Kahne 2,713 (2) 9 –Denny Hamlin 2,689 (1) 10–Greg Biffle 2,689 (0) 11–Kevin Harvick 2,670 (0) 12–Matt Kenseth 2,628 (0) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Carl Edwards (#99) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 12 Kurt Busch (# 2) 8 David Reutimann (#44) 2 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 121 5 Ford 120 4 Dodge 100 4 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Steve Addington (#18) 9 Kenny Francis (# 9) 3 Tony Gibson (# 8) 3 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 3 Gil Martin (#07) 2 Kevin Manion (# 1) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Carl Edwards (#99) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Regan Smith 176 Sam Hornish Jr. 173 Patrick Carpentier 167 Michael McDowell 156 Dario Franchitti 97 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#18) 243 Roush Yates (#99) 200 Hendrick (#48) 199 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Jimmie Johnson 3 Greg Biffle 2 Kyle Busch 2 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Patrick Carpentier 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Paul Menard 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Ryan Newman 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 22 Unofficial Race Results for the Centurion Boats At The Glen Sunday, August 10, 2008 Watkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY - 2.45 Mile Road Total Race Length - 90 Laps - 220.5 Miles - Purse: $4,895,379
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 87,000, Kyle Busch won the Centurion Boats at the Glen, his 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #6 Ragan (backup car); #45 Said (driver change) and #55 Waltrip (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (2) * Brian Simo, #34; * Boris Said, #60. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 16 Mins, 11 Secs. Average Speed: 97.148 MPH Margin of Victory: 2.275 Seconds Caution Flags: 4 for 9 laps: Laps: 49-50 (Debris); 65-66 (Debris); 79-81 (#12 spun turn 1); 84-85 (#00,22,38,41,43,55,70,77,78 accident frontstretch [Red Flag - 43:05 - Lap 84]). Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers: Kyle Busch 1; D. Earnhardt Jr. 2-29; Kyle Busch 30-53; T. Stewart 54; Kyle Busch 55; J. Montoya 56-57; J. Johnson 58-59; D. Earnhardt Jr. 60-64; Kyle Busch 65-90. DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Kyle Busch, #18 DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Kyle Busch, #18 EA Sports Move of the Race : Kyle Busch, #18 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Kyle Busch, #18 (120.507 mph, Lap 68) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder : Kyle Busch, #18 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : Kurt Busch, #2 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Martin Truex, Jr, #1 (.07 seconds) Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Patrick Carpentier, #10 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Kyle Busch, #18 USG Improving the Finish : Marcus Ambrose, #21 (40 Places) WIX Lap Leader : Kyle Busch, #18 (52 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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