2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola

Race 18 of 36

Daytona
162 laps
Time of race: 2:55:23
Average speed of winner: 138.554 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 21 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 33 laps
Fastest lap: Paul Menard 189.697
Lap leaders: Menard 1-19, Earnhardt, Jr. 20-21, Ky. Busch 22-36, Earnhardt, Jr. 37-45, Ky. Busch 46-54, Earnhardt, Jr. 55-71, R. Gordon 72, Earnhardt, Jr. 73-74, Johnson 75-78, J. Gordon 79-102, Earnhardt, Jr. 103-111, Edwards 112, Earnhardt, Jr. 113-114, Hamlin 115-117, Earnhardt, Jr. 118, Hamlin 119-121, Earnhardt, Jr. 122-125, Waltrip 126, Said 127-128, Earnhardt, Jr. 129-133, J. Gordon 134-155, Ky. Busch 156-162

Race notes: First pole for Paul Menard.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	184.828	162	3	31	running	315950	190
2	24	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	184.166	162	1	1	running	243625	175
3	19	Matt Kenseth	17	R+L Carriers	Ford	Roush	Bolin	184.430	162	0	0	running	208191	165
4	36	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	183.542	162	0	0	running	139650	160
5	6	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.246	162	0	0	running	141150	155
6	37	Robby Gordon	7	Menards	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Giles	183.441	162	1	1	running	145058	155
7	41	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	182.671	162	0	0	running	148491	146
8	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	185.437	162	9	51	running	123325	152
9	25	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	184.166	162	0	0	running	121175	138
10	2	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	185.870	162	0	0	running	139258	134
11	28	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	184.049	162	0	0	running	109800	130
12	14	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.532	162	0	0	running	146761	127
13	20	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Pillsbury Cinnabon	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	184.388	162	0	0	running	136936	124
14	10	Patrick Carpentier	10	Auto Value Parts Store	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	184.676	162	0	0	running	97650	121
15	1	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Vertis	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	185.916	162	1	19	running	119750	123
16	43	Terry Labonte	45	Richard Petty Driving Experience	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	183.199	162	0	0	running	114233	115
17	35	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Swing Vote	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	183.587	162	0	0	running	127558	-38
18	4	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	185.288	162	0	0	running	92550	109
19	12	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	184.653	162	0	0	running	109108	106
20	17	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.472	162	0	0	running	141786	103
21	34	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	183.625	162	0	0	running	93350	100
22	39	Reed Sorenson	41	Polaroid/Tums	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	183.307	162	0	0	running	119839	97
23	30	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	183.820	162	1	4	running	143736	99
24	8	Regan Smith	01	Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	184.976	162	0	0	running	99225	91
25	21	Michael McDowell	00	Champion Mortgage	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	184.362	162	0	0	running	102633	88
26	15	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	184.528	162	2	6	running	124716	90
27	29	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	183.970	162	1	1	running	98622	87
28	5	Johnny Sauter	70	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevrolet	Haas	Genenbacher	185.250	162	0	0	running	85450	79
29	42	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Penske Truck Rental	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	181.734	162	0	0	running	131100	76
30	26	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	184.090	162	2	46	running	134486	78
31	11	Travis Kvapil	28	Ford Drive One	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.672	161	0	0	running	114589	70
32	40	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Marathon with WeldTec	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	183.258	157	0	0	running	92750	67
33	22	Jon Wood	21	Air Force	Ford	Wood Brothers	Mike Smith	184.362	155	0	0	running	103920	64
34	16	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	184.487	152	0	0	running	102500	61
35	7	Boris Said	60	No Fear/Advance Auto Parts	Ford	Simo	Stoddard	185.181	149	1	2	accident	84325	63
36	32	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/Samsung	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	183.760	149	0	0	running	126250	55
37	23	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.211	140	0	0	accident	129408	52
38	31	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Slim Pack	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	183.809	132	0	0	accident	111758	49
39	38	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy/GARMIN	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	183.355	129	0	0	running	110070	46
40	27	David Gilliland	38	freecreditreport.com	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	184.083	124	0	0	accident	83580	43
41	18	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resort	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	184.460	103	0	0	handling	83450	40
42	13	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	184.638	100	0	0	running	83355	37
43	33	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	183.737	69	0	0	accident	91612	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	2686	18	2	6	11	12
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2504	18	1	1	7	12
3	Jeff Burton	2484	18	0	1	4	10
4	Carl Edwards	2437	18	0	3	7	13
5	Jimmie Johnson	2319	18	1	1	4	8
6	Jeff Gordon	2249	18	2	0	7	8
7	Denny Hamlin	2240	18	1	1	5	9
8	Kasey Kahne	2177	18	2	2	3	9
9	Matt Kenseth	2166	18	0	0	4	11
10	Clint Bowyer	2159	18	0	1	4	9
11	Greg Biffle	2153	18	2	0	5	7
12	Tony Stewart	2145	18	0	0	5	8
13	Kevin Harvick	2143	18	0	0	2	5
14	David Ragan	2043	18	0	0	3	5
15	Brian Vickers	2033	18	0	0	3	4
16	Ryan Newman	1960	18	1	1	2	6
17	Kurt Busch	1954	18	0	1	3	4
18	Martin Truex, Jr.	1907	18	0	0	2	5
19	Bobby Labonte	1829	18	0	0	0	1
20	Travis Kvapil	1801	18	0	0	0	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	1754	18	0	0	1	2
22	David Gilliland	1735	18	0	0	1	2
23	Jamie McMurray	1723	18	0	0	0	3
24	Casey Mears	1718	18	0	0	1	4
25	Elliott Sadler	1667	18	0	0	1	4