2008 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:16:30
Average speed of winner: 152.672 mph
Margin of victory: 0.092 sec.
Lead changes: 42 among 16 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Kyle Busch 187.680
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, Waltrip 1-2, Johnson 3, Hamlin 4-5, Stewart 6-13, Hamlin 14-16, J. Gordon 17-19, Hamlin 20-37, Blaney 38, J. Gordon 39, Ky. Busch 40-48, Hamlin 49-54, Ky. Busch 55-64, Hamlin 65-67, Ky. Busch 68-74, Sorenson 75-76, Ky. Busch 77-80, J. Gordon 81, Sorenson 82-84, Ku. Busch 85-93, Ky. Busch 94-107, Kenseth 108, Biffle 109, Ky. Busch 110-119, Newman 120, Biffle 121, Waltrip 122, Newman 123, Ky. Busch 124-151, Bowyer 152, Biffle 153-157, Ky. Busch 158-161, Earnhardt, Jr. 162-168, Kahne 169, Stewart 170, Earnhardt, Jr. 171-172, Stewart 173-177, Earnhardt, Jr. 178-180, Bowyer 181-183, Newman 184-188, Burton 189-197, Stewart 198-199, Newman 200

Race notes: Debut for Dario Franchitti.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Command), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18 (Finish), Part 19 (Post-race), Part 20 (Closing)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	185.143	200	4	8	running	1506045	190
2	43	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	184.540	200	1	9	running	1063870	175
3	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.651	200	4	16	running	871049	170
4	24	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	184.809	200	8	86	running	652938	170
5	5	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	184.264	200	2	5	running	564117	160
6	35	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	184.521	200	0	0	running	430015	150
7	10	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.828	200	1	1	running	389204	151
8	26	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr	184.850	200	0	0	running	334763	142
9	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	185.479	200	3	12	running	352920	143
10	18	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	185.071	200	3	7	running	313763	139
11	13	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	183.857	200	0	0	running	329756	130
12	23	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	185.475	200	0	0	running	285245	127
13	36	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	183.884	200	1	9	running	323496	129
14	16	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.589	200	0	0	running	322224	121
15	19	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	184.226	200	0	0	running	319845	118
16	20	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	185.345	200	0	0	running	277213	115
17	4	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	185.947	200	5	32	running	341416	117
18	42	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	186.463	200	0	0	running	290721	109
19	11	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	184.487	200	0	0	running	321520	106
20	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	184.290	200	0	0	running	303978	103
21	27	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	185.193	200	0	0	running	287928	100
22	21	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Peak	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	184.415	200	0	0	running	279295	97
23	33	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon/Haas	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	184.612	200	0	0	running	271220	94
24	31	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	184.106	200	2	4	running	284545	96
25	37	J.J. Yeley	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	182.994	200	0	0	running	277095	88
26	38	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal Cask No. 16	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	185.010	200	0	0	running	276888	85
27	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	187.075	200	1	1	running	329606	87
28	32	David Gilliland	38	freecreditreport.com	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	185.410	200	0	0	running	267088	79
29	2	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Andrews	186.734	200	2	3	running	275746	81
30	30	Travis Kvapil	28	K&N Filters	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	185.958	200	0	0	running	291202	73
31	12	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	185.429	200	0	0	running	301846	70
32	15	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.241	200	0	0	running	290753	67
33	40	Dario Franchitti	40	Dodge Journey	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	184.351	199	0	0	running	270613	64
34	39	Kyle Petty	45	Wells Fargo	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	183.374	197	0	0	running	269867	61
35	9	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.054	194	0	0	accident	284820	58
36	28	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	185.517	194	1	1	running	308129	60
37	29	Regan Smith	01	The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert	184.964	194	0	0	running	267095	52
38	34	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	186.120	189	1	1	accident	259288	54
39	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.858	186	3	5	suspension	319599	51
40	22	John Andretti	34	Makoto	Chevrolet	Front Row	Eggleston	180.393	184	0	0	running	258613	43
41	41	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	186.498	171	0	0	running	257220	40
42	14	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.594	161	0	0	accident	267763	37
43	17	Kenny Wallace	87	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Nathman	184.953	141	0	0	engine	256735	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Ryan Newman	190	1	0	1	1	1
2	Kurt Busch	175	1	0	0	1	1
3	Tony Stewart	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Kyle Busch	170	1	0	0	1	1
5	Reed Sorenson	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Kasey Kahne	151	1	0	0	0	1
7	Elliott Sadler	150	1	0	0	0	1
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	143	1	0	0	0	1
9	Robby Gordon	142	1	0	0	0	1
10	Greg Biffle	139	1	0	0	0	1
11	Bobby Labonte	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Jeff Burton	129	1	0	0	0	0
13	Brian Vickers	127	1	0	0	0	0
14	Kevin Harvick	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Sam Hornish, Jr.	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Denny Hamlin	117	1	0	0	0	0
17	Dale Jarrett	115	1	0	0	0	0
18	David Reutimann	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Carl Edwards	106	1	0	0	0	0
20	Martin Truex, Jr.	103	1	0	0	0	0
21	Scott Riggs	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Paul Menard	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Clint Bowyer	96	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jeremy Mayfield	94	1	0	0	0	0
25	J.J. Yeley	88	1	0	0	0	0