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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 9 AARON’S 499 2.66-Mile Oval 500 M – 188 L – Purse: $6,101,309 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's
2 26 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge 188 175 * 5 235,233 Running 3 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight 4 6 6 David Ragan AAA Travel Ford 188 160 152,775 Running 5 8 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 6 14 28 Travis Kvapil Northern Tool + Equipment Ford 188 150 143,914 Running 7 36 5 Casey Mears Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet 188 146 123,225 Running 8 21 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge 188 147 * 5 149,500 Running 9 41 07 Clint Bowyer DirecTV Chevrolet 188 138 123,275 Running 10 9 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National
Guard Chevrolet 188 139 * 5 117,350 Running 11 35 7 Robby
Gordon RV's.com Dodge 188 130 123,758 Running 12 38 31 Jeff
Burton AT&T Mobility
Chevrolet 188 132 * 5 137,908 Running 13 10 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 188 129 * 5 146,461 Running 14 22 15 Paul
Menard Menards/Turtle Wax
Chevrolet 188 126 * 5 102,450 Running 15 40 38 David
Gilliland freecreditreport.com
Ford 188 123 * 5 111,183 Running 16 19 66 Scott
Riggs State Water Heaters
Chevrolet 188 115 106,533 Running 17 32 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 188 112 99,425 Running 18 31 16 Greg
Biffle 3M/American Red
Cross Ford 188 109 98,525 Running 19 20 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet 188 111 * 5 134,961 Running 20 30 44 David
Reutimann UPS
21 29 01 # Regan
Smith Dale Earnhardt Inc./Principal Chevrolet 188 105 * 5 98,000 Running 22 16 09 23 42 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 188 99 * 5 117,566 Running 24 39 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 188 96 * 5 129,736 Running 25 1 78 Joe
Nemechek National
Day of Prayer Chevrolet 188 88 88,200 Running 26 24 00 # Michael
McDowell Aaron's Dream Machine 27 27 55 Michael
Waltrip 28 43 40 David
Stremme Tums
Quik Pack Dodge 187 84 * 5 91,525 Accident 29 18 19 Elliott
Sadler GARMIN/Best Buy
Dodge 187 81 * 5 109,670 Accident 30 4 84 AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 31 17 10 # Patrick
Carpentier LifeLock Dodge 186 70 82,975 Running 32 15 45 Kyle
Petty 33 28 8 Aric Almirola 34 34 43 Bobby
Labonte Cheerios Racing/Betty
Crocker Dodge 183 61 116,511 Running 35 37 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 180 58 125,000 Running 36 12 21 Jon
Wood Little Debbie
Snack Cakes Ford 179 55 97,620 Running 37 33 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 174 52 110,133 Accident 38 2 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot 39 23 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 173 46 78,550 Accident 40 11 99 Carl
Edwards Office Depot Ford 153 43 125,725 Running 41 13 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 150 40 125,741 Running 42 3 70 Ken
Schrader Hunt Brothers Pizza
Chevrolet 141 42 * 5 78,130 Engine 43 25 41 Reed
Sorenson Polaroid Dodge 4 34 105,352 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) #22 Dave Blaney, #96 J.J. Yeley, #34 John
Andretti. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 156,000, Busch won the Aaron's 499, his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup
victory. Prior to the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear for
the reasons indicated: #7 R. Gordon and #40 Stremme (driver
change); # 66 Riggs (engine change); #31 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 10 minute, 37
seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 157.409 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under
caution COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joe Nemechek (187.386 mph, 51.103 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: Tony Stewart (196.009
mph, Lap 33) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Ryan Newman MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Eury
Jr. (crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr.) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $60,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Regan Smith SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Clint Bowyer (32 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Tony Stewart (61 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 23
laps. 21-23
(Car #17-Accident, Turn 2); 118-121 (Debris); 145-148 (Car #20-Accident, Turn
1); 161-163 (Car #15-Spin, Tri-oval); 166-168 (Debris); 175-177 (Car #1, 2, 20,
26, 43 & 88-Accident, Turn 2); 182-183 (Car #43-Spin, Turn 4); 188-188 (Car
#01, 9, 19, 29, 31, 40, 44, 48, 55, 78 & 84-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 52 lead changes
among 20 drivers. Nemechek (Pole), Stewart 1-20,
Schrader 21, Stewart 22-33, Hamlin 34-38, Earnhardt 39-45, Burton 46, Vickers
47-50, Menard 51-52, Montoya 53, Hamlin 54-55, Newman 56, Harvick 57, Hamlin
58-60, Earnhardt 61-64, Stewart 65-81, Johnson 82, Stewart 83-87, Earnhardt 88,
Stewart 89, Earnhardt 90-105, Stewart 106-109, Earnhardt 110-111, Hamlin
112-117, Smith 118, Earnhardt 119-124, Hamlin 125, J. Gordon 126, Hamlin 127,
Earnhardt 128-132, Sadler 133, Earnhardt 134, Sadler 135, Earnhardt 136,
Gilliland 137, Stremme 138, Sadler 139, Kahne 140, Earnhardt 141, Stewart 142-143, Earnhardt 144, Allmendinger 145, Hamlin 146-148, Earnhardt 149, Hamlin
150-151, Menard 152, Gilliland 153, Stremme 154,
Hamlin 155-168, Newman 169-172, Ky. Busch 173-179, Waltrip
180-183, Ky. Busch 184-188. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Burton 1,347 (1) 2 –Kyle Busch 1,325 (2) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,268 (0) 4 –Denny Hamlin 1,248 (1) 5 –Jimmie Johnson 1,245 (1) 6 –Kevin Harvick 1,208 (0) 7 –Clint Bowyer 1,182 (0) 8 –Greg Biffle 1,148 (0) 9 –Tony Stewart 1,137 (0) 10–Carl Edwards 1,084 (3) 11–Ryan Newman 1,062 (1) 12–Juan Pablo Montoya 1,029 (0) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 6 Kurt Busch (# 2) 2 David Reutimann (#44) 1 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Clint Bowyer (#07) 1 Pts Wins Chevrolet 55 2 Ford 52 3 Dodge 37 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Steve Addington (#18) 4 Greg Zipadelli (#20) 2 Tony Gibson (# 8) 1 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 3 Tony Gibson (# 8) 2 Pat Tryson (# 2) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Sam Hornish Jr. 86 Regan Smith 86 Dario Franchitti 71 Patrick Carpentier 57 Michael McDowell 36 Jacques Villeneuve 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 Tony Stewart (#20) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. JGR (#18) 94 Hendrick (#88) 88 Roush Yates (#99) 81 COORS LIGHT BUD POLE AWARD Jeff Gordon 2 Jimmie Johnson 1 Kyle Busch 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Ryan Newman 1 UNOFFICAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 9 Unofficial Race Results for the Aaron's "499" - Sunday, April 27, 2008 Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL - 2.66 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 188 Laps - 500.08 Miles - Purse: $6,101,309
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