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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 4 KOBALT TOOLS 500 1.54-Mile Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $5,060,012 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 6 18 Kyle Busch Snickers
2 32 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot 3 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 325 170 * 5 121,000 Running 4 13 16 Greg Biffle 5 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 325 160 * 5 138,186 Running 6 7 07 Clint Bowyer DirecTV Chevrolet 325 155 * 5 94,850 Running 7 8 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 325 146 124,086 Running 8 38 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Ford 325 142 124,341 Running 9 35 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 10 15 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T Mobility
Chevrolet 325 134 123,958 Running 11 29 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 325 130 79,325 Running 12 5 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker
Dodge 325 132 * 5 114,536 Running 13 11 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 325 124 127,786 Running 14 12 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 324 121 115,075 Running 15 22 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground 16 19 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Wrigley's Big Red Dodge 324 115 104,158 Running 17 39 5 Casey
Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 324 112 89,850 Running 18 28 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 324 109 93,908 Running 19 20 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Energizer
Chevrolet 324 106 83,425 Running 20 30 00 David
Reutimann Aaron's
Dream Machine 21 3 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 323 100 106,233 Running 22 10 8 Mark
Martin 23 14 6 David
Ragan AAA Ford 323 94 83,950 Running 24 26 7 Robby
Gordon Valvoline/Jim
Beam Dodge 323 91 95,958 Running 25 33 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Penske
Truck Rental Dodge 323 88 117,550 Running 26 43 44 Dale
Jarrett UPS 27 34 84 Mike
Skinner Red Bull 28 9 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 322 84 * 5 102,841 Running 29 42 28 Travis
Kvapil Zaxby's Ford 322 76 99,789 Running 30 27 55 Michael
Waltrip 31 25 41 Reed
Sorenson Target/Polaroid Dodge 321 70 99,489 Running 32 31 38 David
Gilliland freecreditreport.com
Ford 321 67 81,722 Running 33 23 40 # Dario
Franchitti Fastenal
Dodge 321 64 80,550 Running 34 16 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
35 21 10 # Patrick
Carpentier Cintas
Dodge 320 58 68,990 Running 36 17 78 Joe
Nemechek Furniture
Row Racing Chevrolet 320 55 68,955 Running 37 37 96 J.J.
Yeley DLP
HDTV 38 41 01 # Regan
Smith Dale Earnhardt Inc./Principal Chevrolet 320 49 76,885 Running 39 36 70 Jeremy
Mayfield Haas Automation Chevrolet 318 46 68,850 Running 40 24 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 317 43 76,810 Running 41 40 45 Kyle
Petty Paralyzed
Veterans of 42 4 99 Carl
Edwards Aflac
Ford 274 42 * 5 116,395 Engine 43 18 19 Elliott
Sadler Best Buy Dodge 257 34 94,518 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) #49 Ken
Schrader, #21 Bill Elliott, #27 Johnny Benson, #08 Burney Lamar, #34 John
Andretti. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 100,000, Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his
fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver
dropped to the rear: #17 Kenseth (transmission change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 33 minutes,
1 second AVERAGE
SPEED: 140.975 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.066 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (185.251
mph, 29.927 secs.) 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: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (186.009
mph, Lap 2) 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: Tony Eury Jr. NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS:
Kyle Busch ($10,000)++ RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr. SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Kyle Busch U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD:
Tony Stewart (30 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (173
laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 35
laps. 39-42
(Debris); 86-89 (Debris); 115-118 (Car #9-Spin, Frontstretch.);
200-204 (Debris); 222-225 (Car #19-Spin, Turn 4); 233-235 (Car #19-Accident, Turn
2.); 263-267 (Car #19-Accident, Backstretch); 283-288 (Oil, Turn 4). LAP LEADERS: 26 lead changes
among 9 drivers. J. Gordon (Pole); Earnhardt Jr 1-39; Kahne
40; Earnhardt 41-59; Ky. Busch 60-85; Earnhardt 86; Ky. Busch 87-114; Earnhardt
115; Biffle 116; Ky. Busch 117-151; Bowyer 152-167; Edwards 168; J. Gordon 169;
Bowyer 170-204; Ky. Busch 205-221; Bowyer 222; Vickers 223; Ky. Busch 224-239;
Edwards 240-262; Earnhardt 263; Labonte 264; Edwards 265-267; Ky. Busch 268;
Edwards 269-274; Ky. Busch 275-284; Earnhardt 285; Ky. Busch 286-325. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kyle Busch 665 (1) 2 –Greg Biffle 592 (0) 3 –Kevin Harvick 574 (0) 4 –Ryan Newman 571 (1) 5 –Jeff Burton 555 (0) 6 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 531 (0) 7 –Kasey Kahne 528 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 525 (0) 9 –Brian Vickers 491 (0) 10–Kurt Busch 478 (0) 11–Martin Truex Jr. 471 (0) 12–Matt Kenseth 470 (0) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 2 Pat Tryson (# 2) 1 Stuart Bolin (#17) 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Pts Wins Ford 25 2 Chevrolet 22 0 Dodge 19 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 3 Kurt Busch (# 2) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 2 Steve Addington (#18) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dario Franchitti 41 Sam Hornish Jr. 39 Regan Smith 38 Patrick Carpentier 20 Jacques Villeneuve 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Carl Edwards (#99) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. JGR (#18) 59 Roush/Yates (#99) 38 Hendrick (#88) 37 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 COORS LIGHT BUD POLE AWARD Jimmie Johnson 1 Kyle Busch 1 Jeff Gordon 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the race
NASCAR Race Number 4
Unofficial Race Results for the Kobalt Tools "500" - Sunday, March 9, 2008 Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton, GA - 1.54 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 325 Laps - 500.5 Miles - Purse: $5,060,012
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 100,000 - Kyle Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his fifth NASCAR Sp |