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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 6 GOODY’S COOL .526-Mile Oval 500 L – 263 M – Purse: $5,027,520 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Freight 2 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 165,336 Running 3 24 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 500 170 * 5 149,308 Running 4 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 165 * 5 142,861 Running 5 9 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot 6 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 500 160 ** 10 102,850 Running 7 39 5 Casey Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 500 146 99,475 Running 8 5 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford 500 142 91,150 Running 9 27 99 Carl Edwards Claritin Ford 500 138 123,775 Running 10 12 07 Clint
Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 500 134 97,200 Running 11 4 6 David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 500 130 87,200 Running 12 11 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 500 127 119,961 Running 13 29 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Wrigley's Big Red Dodge 500 124 105,983 Running 14 33 01 # Regan
Smith Dale Earnhardt Inc./Principal Chevrolet 500 121 86,325 Running 15 25 19 Elliott
Sadler McDonald's Dodge 500 118 104,045 Running 16 35 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Pittsburgh
Paints Chevrolet 500 115 84,200 Running 17 6 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 500 112 105,766 Running 18 14 28 Travis
Kvapil Yates
Racing Ford 499 109 102,764 Running 19 13 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 499 106 118,575 Running 20 19 16 Greg
Biffle 21 42 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 499 100 105,258 Running 22 43 40 # Dario
Franchitti Kennametal
Dodge 499 97 81,925 Running 23 40 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 24 21 38 David
Gilliland freecreditreport.com
Ford 497 91 92,433 Running 25 32 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios/Betty Crocker
Dodge 497 93 * 5 110,436 Running 26 34 00 # Michael
McDowell Aaron's Dream Machine 27 23 96 J.J.
Yeley DLP
HDTV 28 26 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 497 79 114,800 Running 29 37 10 # Patrick
Carpentier Charter
Dodge 497 76 71,550 Running 30 28 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 496 73 117,066 Running 31 30 84 Mike
Skinner Red Bull 32 31 70 Jeremy
Mayfield Haas Automation Chevrolet 495 67 68,625 Running 33 20 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 493 64 68,400 Running 34 17 21 Bill
Elliott Little
Debbie Snack Cakes Ford 492 61 87,570 Running 35 16 55 Michael
Waltrip 36 38 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 471 55 95,389 Running 37 7 49 Ken
Schrader Microsoft Small
Business 38 8 18 Kyle
Busch M&M's 39 15 44 David
Reutimann UPS
40 41 7 Robby
Gordon Charter Dodge 440 43 85,472 Running 41 36 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 420 40 67,875 Running 42 3 8 Aric Almirola 43 18 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) #45 Kyle Petty, #34
John Andretti, #08 Tony Raines, #78 Joe Nemechek. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 63,000, Hamlin won the Goody’s Cool Orange 500, his fourth NASCAR
Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver dropped to
the rear for the reason indicated: #16 Biffle (engine change). TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 35 minutes,
41 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 73.163 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY: .398 second COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (96.288
mph, 19.666 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Mike Ford (crew chief
for Denny Hamlin) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Denny Hamlin EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Denny Hamlin GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (94.775
mph, Lap 66) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Ryan Newman MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Scott Miller NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS:
No winner; rolls over to $30,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Regan Smith SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Denny Hamlin U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD:
Casey Mears (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (146 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 18 cautions for 89
laps. 22-24
(Car #18-Spin, Turn 4); 45-48 (Car #7 & 84-Spin, Turn 4); 59-64 (Car #8, 43
& 66-Accident, Frontstretch); 70-73 (Car #41-Spin,
Turn 1); 107-110 (Car #77, 84 & 96-Accident, Turn 1); 120-123 (Car #15
& 44-Accident, Frontstretch); 182-187 (Debris);
199-204 (Car #21-Spin, Backstretch); 215-218 (Car #2 & 49-Accident, Frontstretch); 262-265 (Car #77-Spin, Turn 2); 273-277 (Car
#10-Spin, Turn 2); 289-292 (Car #10 & 17-Accident, Turn 4); 297-301 (Car #12,
48, 2 & 41-Accident, Turn 2); 310-316 (Car #7 & 55-Accident, Turn 1);
329-332 (Car #17-Accident, Turn 3); 363-367 (Car #38-Accident, Turn 2); 388-393
(Car #41-Stalled, pit road entrance); 404-411 (Oil on track). LAP LEADERS: 20 lead changes
among 8 drivers. J. Gordon (Pole); Hamlin 1; J. Gordon 2-45; Labonte 46-48;
Earnhardt Jr. 49-102; Johnson 103-106; Earnhardt 107; Johnson 108-160;
Earnhardt 161-182; Johnson 183-207; Hamlin 208-214; Johnson 215-261; Earnhardt
262; Johnson 263-268; J. Gordon 269-295; Earnhardt 296-363; Blaney
364-367; Reutimann 368-370; J. Gordon 371-389; Burton
390-426; Hamlin 427-500. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Burton 915 (1) 2 –Kevin Harvick 876 (0) 3 –Greg Biffle 855 (0) 4 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 846 (0) 5 –Kyle Busch 831 (1) 6 –Tony Stewart 811 (0) 7 –Kasey Kahne 786 (0) 8 –Denny Hamlin 758 (1) 9 –Jeff Gordon 749 (0) 10–Jimmie Johnson 746 (0) 11–Ryan Newman 741 (1) 12–Clint Bowyer 740 (0) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 4 Kurt Busch (# 2) 2 COORS LIGHT BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 2 Jimmie Johnson 1 Kyle Busch 1 Pts Wins Chevrolet 37 1 Ford 35 2 Dodge 25 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Zipadelli (#20) 2 Steve Addington (#18) 2 Mike Ford (#11) 1 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 2 Pat Tryson (# 2) 1 Chip Bolin (#17) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dario Franchitti 60 Regan Smith 60 Sam Hornish Jr. 57 Patrick Carpentier 28 Michael McDowell 9 Jacques Villeneuve 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Clint Bowyer (#07) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#88) 63 JGR (#18) 59 RCR (#31) 55 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Casey Mears (# 5) 1 David Gilliland (#38) 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 6 Unofficial Race Results for the Goody's Cool Orange "500" - Sunday, March 30, 2008 Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA - .53 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 500 Laps - 263 Miles - Purse: $5,027,520
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