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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 25 PEPSI 500 AUTO CLUB 2 Mile Oval 500 M – 250 M – Purse:
$6,165,509 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 1 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foun. Chevrolet 250 195 ** 10 $314,611 Running 2 15 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 250 175 * 5 185,375 Running 3 21 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground 4 33 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 250 160 170,786 Running 5 37 17 Matt Kenseth R&L Carriers Ford 250 160 * 5 169,941 Running 6 26 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 250 150 153,300 Running 7 11 18 Kyle Busch M&M's
8 4 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 250 142 141,691 Running 9 12 44 David Reutimann UPS/Toys For
Tots 10 31 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 250 134 120,150 Running 11 18 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National
Guard Chevrolet 250 130 108,750 Running 12 19 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 13 22 6 David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 250 129 * 5 108,475 Running 14 2 84 AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 15 3 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet 250 123 * 5 143,636 Running 16 17 12 Ryan
Newman Kodak Dodge 250 115 135,225 Running 17 27 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T Mobility
Chevrolet 250 117 * 5 137,508 Running 18 5 10 # Patrick
Carpentier 19 7 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 250 106 125,458 Running 20 23 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline
Dodge 250 103 124,033 Running 21 24 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker/Totinos
Dodge 250 100
130,086 Running 22 14 20 Tony
Stewart Subway/Home Depot 23 42 38 David
Gilliland CitiFinancial Ford 249 94 111,608 Running 24 13 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 249 91 99,725 Running 25 39 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 249 88 107,958 Running 26 16 5 Casey
Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 249 85 105,800 Running 27 41 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 249 82 117,964 Running 28 34 28 Travis
Kvapil 29 8 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
30 10 8 Aric Almirola 31 32 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Penske
Truck Rental Dodge 249 70 132,900 Running 32 40 21 Marcos
Ambrose Little Debbie Ford 249 67 105,595 Running 33 30 55 Michael
Waltrip 34 6 19 Elliott
Sadler McDonald's Dodge 249 61 113,495 Running 35 35 00 Mike
Skinner Affliction Clothing 36 25 01 # Regan
Smith DEI/ Principal
Financial Group Chevrolet 249 55 95,050 Running 37 29 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Johns
Manville Chevrolet 249 52 95,000 Running 38 38 45 Kyle
Petty Wells 39 9 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 248 46 86,900 Running 40 36 7 Robby
Gordon Monster Energy Dodge 248 43 94,850 Running 41 28 96 Ken
Schrader DLP HDTV 42 43 08 Johnny
Sauter FUBAR
All Natural Dodge 161 37 86,740 Overheating 43 20 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Racing Chevrolet 67 34 86,212 Accident #
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed
to qualify: (1) 70 Tony Raines. Race Comments: Before
an estimated crowd of 70,000, Johnson won the Pepsi 500, his 36th NASCAR Sprint
Cup victory and third at Auto Club Speedway. Prior to the green flag the
following driver dropped to the rear: #10 Patrick Carpentier
(transmission). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 36 minutes, 03 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 138.857 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 2.076 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson (180.397 mph, 39.912 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny
Francis (crew chief for Kasey Kahne) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE”
AWARD: Jimmie Johnson EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Jimmie Johnson GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD:
Jimmie Johnson (178.306 mph, Lap 154) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: David Reutimann MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Greg Erwin (crew
chief for Greg Biffle) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $40,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Patrick Carpentier SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Jimmie
Johnson U.S.G.
“IMPROVING THE FINISH” AWARD: Matt
Kenseth (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (228 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8
cautions for 34 laps. 5-8 (debris); 21-24 (Debris); 44-46 (Car #2-Spin,
Turn 1); 70-73 (Car #78-Accident, Turn 2); 147-152 (Debris); 162-165 (Debris);
182-186 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 219-222 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 20 lead
changes among 9 drivers. Johnson (Pole), Allmendinger
1, Johnson 2-70, Waltrip 71, Johnson 72-73, Biffle 74, Johnson 75-110, Biffle
111, Kenseth 112, J. Gordon 113-114, Johnson 115-147,
Ragan 148, Johnson 149-162, Biffle 163-167, Johnson
168-182, Burton 183, Reutimann 184-186, Biffle 187-188, Johnson 189-219, Biffle
220-222, Johnson 223-250. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1
–Kyle Busch 3,755 (8) 2 –Carl Edwards 3,547 (6) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 3,386 (3) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3,323 (1) 5 –Jeff Burton 3,234 (1) 6 –Greg Biffle 3,159 (0) 7
–Kevin Harvick 3,132 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 3,110 (0) 9 –Matt Kenseth 3,081 (0) 10–Jeff Gordon 3,074 (0) 11–Denny Hamlin 3,065 (1) 12–Clint Bowyer 2,989 (1) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle
Busch (#18) 8 Carl
Edwards (#99) 6 Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 3 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan
Newman (#12) 13 Kurt
Busch (# 2) 8 David Reutimann (#44) 4 USG
‘IMPROVING THE FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff
Burton (#31) 4 Jamie
McMurray (#26) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
#
Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 3 Bob
Osborne (#99) 3 Gil
Martin (#07) 3 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle
Busch (#18) 8 Carl
Edwards (#99) 6 Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 3 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle
Busch (#18) 9 Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 6 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Jimmie Johnson 4 Greg Biffle 2 Kyle Busch 2 Jeff Gordon 2 Kasey Kahne 2 Patrick Carpentier 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Carl Edwards 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Paul Menard 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Ryan Newman 1 Brian Vickers 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Regan
Smith 182 Sam Hornish Jr. 181 Patrick
Carpentier 174 Michael
McDowell 156 Dario Franchitti 97 GOODYEAR
GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle
Busch (#18) 7 Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 5 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#18) 285 Roush
Yates (#99) 250 Hendrick (#48) 229 Pts Wins Ford 144 6 Chevrolet 138 6 Dodge 109 4 DIRECTV
CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Steve Addington (#18) 9 Kenny Francis (#
9) 4 Tony
Gibson (# 8) 3 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 25 Unofficial Race Results for the Pepsi "500" - Sunday, August 31, 2008 Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA - 2 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 250 Laps - 500 Miles - Purse: $6,165,509
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 70,000 - Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500, his 36th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory and third at Auto Club Speedway. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear: #10 Patrick Carpentier (transmission) Failed to Qualify: (1) #70-Tony Raines. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 36 Mins, 03 Secs. Average Speed: 138.857 MPH Margin of Victory: 2.076 Seconds Caution Flags: 8 for 34 laps: Laps: 5-8 (debris); 21-24 (debris); 44-46 (#2 spun turn 1); 70-73 (#78 accident turn 2); 147-152 (debris); 162-165 (debris.); 182-186 (#7 accident turn 4); 219-222 (debris). Lead Changes: 20 among 9 drivers: J. Johnson (Pole); A. Allmendinger 1; J. Johnson 2-70; M. Waltrip 71; J. Johnson 72-73; G. Biffle 74; J. Johnson 75-110; G. Biffle 111; M. Kenseth 112; J. Gordon 113-114; J. Johnson 115-147; D. Ragan 148; J. Johnson 149-162; G. Biffle 163-167; J. Johnson 168-182; J. Burton 183; D. Reutimann 184-186; G. Biffle 187-188; J. Johnson 189-219; G. Biffle 220-222; J. Johnson 223-250. Coors Light Pole Award : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (180.397 mph) DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Kasey Kahne, #9 DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Jimmie Johnson, #48 EA Sports Move of the Race : Jimmie Johnson, #48 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (178.306 mph, Lap 154) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder : Jimmie Johnson, #48 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : David Reutimann, #44 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Greg Biffle, #16 (-.701 sec Avg. Imprv.) Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Patrick Carpentier, #10 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Jimmie Johnson, #48 USG Improving the Finish : Matt Kenseth, #17 (32 Places) WIX Lap Leader : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (228 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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