2008 Amp Energy 500

Race 30 of 36

Talladega
190 laps
Time of race: 3:36:10
Average speed of winner: 140.281 mph
Margin of victory: 0.052 sec.
Lead changes: 64 among 28 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 41 laps
Fastest lap: Kevin Harvick 198.261
Lap leaders: Kvapil 1-8, Edwards 9, Vickers 10-13, Almirola 14-16, Ragan 17-25, Earnhardt, Jr. 26-29, Kvapil 30-31, Earnhardt, Jr. 32-34, Edwards 35, J. Gordon 36-38, Burton 39, Kenseth 40-42, Vickers 43, Sadler 44, Mears 45-46, Harvick 47, Sadler 48-50, Ky. Busch 51, Ku. Busch 52-53, McMurray 54, Vickers 55-59, Hamlin 60, Kahne 61, Sorenson 62-63, McMurray 64-65, Truex 66, Harvick 67, Earnhardt, Jr. 68-69, Riggs 70, Earnhardt, Jr. 71-73, Hamlin 74-75, Johnson 76, Earnhardt, Jr. 77, Johnson 78-79, Stewart 80, Montoya 81, Biffle 82, Ky. Busch 83-89, Hamlin 90, Earnhardt, Jr. 91, Hamlin 92, Kenseth 93, Hamlin 94-95, Kenseth 96, Hamlin 97-98, Ky. Busch 99, K. Wallace 100-101, Riggs 102-104, Menard 105-106, Stewart 107, Menard 108-111, Stewart 112-116, Burton 117-119, Harvick 120-139, K. Wallace 140, Biffle 141, Nemechek 142, Ky. Busch 143-153, Earnhardt, Jr. 154-155, Burton 156-159, Ragan 160-161, Earnhardt, Jr. 162-164, Waltrip 165, Montoya 166-173, Stewart 174-190

Race notes: Only pole for Travis Kvapil. Finale for Kenny Wallace and Jon Wood.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (Big One #1), Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21 (Big One #2), Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26 (Finish), Part 27 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	34	Tony Stewart	20	Subway/Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	185.481	190	4	24	running	270136	195
2	5	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Johns Manville	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	187.141	190	2	6	running	177400	175
3	16	David Ragan	6	AAA Travel	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.351	190	2	11	running	149200	170
4	17	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	186.318	190	3	8	running	162983	165
5	35	Clint Bowyer	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	185.423	190	0	0	running	125525	155
6	32	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	185.643	190	0	0	running	139211	150
7	11	Scott Riggs	66	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	186.645	190	2	4	running	117083	151
8	42	Robby Gordon	7	Mapei/Menards	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Almquist	184.374	190	0	0	running	123808	142
9	20	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.224	190	2	3	running	137661	143
10	40	Elliott Sadler	19	McDonald's	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	184.954	190	2	4	running	116370	139
11	7	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	186.969	190	1	1	running	81875	135
12	14	Kenny Wallace	00	Champion Mortgage	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Sospenzo	186.430	190	2	3	running	97758	132
13	3	Aric Almirola	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	187.265	190	1	3	running	117783	129
14	2	Casey Mears	5	Pop-Tarts/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	187.295	190	1	2	running	95725	126
15	37	Kyle Busch	18	Pedigree	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	185.205	190	4	20	running	95250	123
16	43	Ken Schrader	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	185.736	190	0	0	running	88300	115
17	23	Terry Labonte	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	186.057	190	0	0	running	90858	112
18	4	Regan Smith	01	DEI/The Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Stillman	187.181	190	0	0	running	88650	109
19	25	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	185.805	187	1	1	running	88072	111
20	39	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	185.008	179	3	22	running	129486	108
21	33	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	185.535	177	1	2	running	78275	105
22	29	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	185.740	176	0	0	engine	77475	97
23	30	Reed Sorenson	41	Memorex	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	185.722	175	1	2	running	105264	99
24	22	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	186.061	174	2	2	accident	85075	96
25	13	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Pattie	186.430	173	2	9	accident	104708	93
26	31	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	185.689	173	3	5	accident	121091	90
27	1	Travis Kvapil	28	Academy Sports & Outdoors	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	187.364	173	2	10	accident	109664	87
28	15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy Ride with Dale Jr./National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	186.423	173	8	19	accident	83300	84
29	12	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Osborne	186.507	173	2	2	accident	120075	81
30	6	Mike Wallace	33	Realtree	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	186.984	169	0	0	running	72475	73
31	21	Mike Skinner	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	186.065	160	0	0	running	72325	70
32	28	Jamie McMurray	26	Bernzomatic	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	185.772	159	2	3	running	80650	72
33	27	Jon Wood	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	185.783	154	0	0	running	91295	64
34	8	Tony Raines	70	iQ Drive	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	186.739	148	0	0	accident	71825	61
35	9	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	186.707	134	3	10	running	79650	63
36	38	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	185.015	112	1	1	accident	101491	60
37	19	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	186.231	110	0	0	engine	71375	52
38	26	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.783	104	1	3	engine	120186	54
39	36	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	185.373	98	6	9	accident	106116	51
40	41	David Gilliland	38	Ford Drive One	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	184.954	68	0	0	accident	70985	43
41	10	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	186.674	68	1	1	accident	101868	45
42	18	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resort	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	186.267	68	0	0	engine	70705	37
43	24	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel/Samsung HDTV	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	185.945	48	0	0	engine	112653	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	5718	30	5	5	12	18
2	Carl Edwards	5646	30	1	6	14	22
3	Greg Biffle	5641	30	2	2	11	14
4	Jeff Burton	5619	30	0	1	6	16
5	Clint Bowyer	5566	30	0	1	5	14
6	Kevin Harvick	5547	30	0	0	6	15
7	Tony Stewart	5515	30	0	1	10	15
8	Jeff Gordon	5486	30	3	0	10	14
9	Matt Kenseth	5473	30	0	0	8	17
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5469	30	1	1	9	14
11	Kyle Busch	5387	30	2	8	15	17
12	Denny Hamlin	5383	30	1	1	9	15
13	David Ragan	3539	30	0	0	6	11
14	Kasey Kahne	3422	30	2	2	3	12
15	Ryan Newman	3181	30	1	1	2	8
16	Brian Vickers	3168	30	1	0	3	6
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	3151	30	0	0	3	8
18	Kurt Busch	3011	30	0	1	3	7
19	Bobby Labonte	2983	30	0	0	0	2
20	Jamie McMurray	2949	30	0	0	0	6
21	Elliott Sadler	2923	30	0	0	2	8
22	Casey Mears	2856	30	0	0	1	4
23	Juan Pablo Montoya	2841	30	0	0	2	3
24	Travis Kvapil	2834	30	1	0	0	3
25	David Reutimann	2820	30	0	0	0	3