2008 Kobalt Tools 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:33:01
Average speed of winner: 140.975 mph
Margin of victory: 2.066 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 35 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 186.009
Lap leaders: J. Gordon pole, Earnhardt, Jr. 1-39, Kahne 40, Earnhardt, Jr. 41-59, Ky. Busch 60-85, Earnhardt, Jr. 86, Ky. Busch 87-114, Earnhardt, Jr. 115, Biffle 116, Ky. Busch 117-151, Bowyer 152-167, Edwards 168, J. Gordon 169, Bowyer 170-204, Ky. Busch 205-221, Bowyer 222, Vickers 223, Ky. Busch 224-239, Edwards 240-262, Earnhardt, Jr. 263, Labonte 264, Edwards 265-267, Ky. Busch 268, Edwards 269-274, Ky. Busch 275-284, Earnhardt, Jr. 285, Ky. Busch 286-325

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Opening ceremonies/Command), Part 5 (Starting grid), Part 6 (Start), Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21 (Sadler crash), 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	6	Kyle Busch	18	Snickers	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	182.910	325	8	173	running	175575	195
2	32	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	180.228	325	0	0	running	162886	170
3	2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	184.862	325	6	62	running	125050	170
4	13	Greg Biffle	16	Jackson Hewitt	Ford	Roush	Erwin	181.920	325	1	1	running	106875	165
5	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.251	325	1	1	running	136686	160
6	7	Clint Bowyer	07	DirecTV	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	182.753	325	3	52	running	94850	155
7	8	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	182.627	325	0	0	running	124086	146
8	38	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	179.359	325	0	0	running	124341	142
9	35	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	179.977	325	1	1	running	79200	143
10	15	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	181.824	325	0	0	running	123958	134
11	29	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	180.516	325	0	0	running	79325	130
12	5	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	183.248	325	1	1	running	114436	132
13	11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	182.207	325	0	0	running	127786	124
14	12	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	182.135	324	0	0	running	115075	121
15	22	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	181.307	324	0	0	running	112691	118
16	19	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Wrigley's Big Red	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	181.515	324	0	0	running	104058	115
17	39	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	178.677	324	0	0	running	89850	112
18	28	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	180.528	324	0	0	running	93808	109
19	20	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Energizer	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	181.455	324	0	0	running	83225	106
20	30	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	180.398	323	0	0	running	92808	103
21	3	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	183.807	323	0	0	running	105633	100
22	10	Mark Martin	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	182.332	323	0	0	running	108458	97
23	14	David Ragan	6	AAA	Ford	Roush	Fennig	181.866	323	0	0	running	83850	94
24	26	Robby Gordon	7	Valvoline/Jim Beam	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr	180.875	323	0	0	running	95858	91
25	33	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Penske Truck Rental	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	180.047	323	0	0	running	117550	88
26	43	Dale Jarrett	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	176.229	322	0	0	running	73725	85
27	34	Mike Skinner	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	180.047	322	0	0	running	69800	82
28	9	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	182.344	322	1	1	running	107041	84
29	42	Travis Kvapil	28	Zaxby's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	176.904	322	0	0	running	99689	76
30	27	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Andrews	180.592	321	0	0	running	81508	73
31	25	Reed Sorenson	41	Target/Polaroid	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	180.964	321	0	0	running	99489	70
32	31	David Gilliland	38	freecreditreport.com	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	180.363	321	0	0	running	81222	67
33	23	Dario Franchitti	40	Fastenal	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	181.283	321	0	0	running	78050	64
34	16	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	181.776	321	0	0	running	69025	61
35	21	Patrick Carpentier	10	Cintas	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	181.331	320	0	0	running	68990	58
36	17	Joe Nemechek	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	181.747	320	0	0	running	68955	55
37	37	J.J. Yeley	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Brandon Thomas	179.516	320	0	0	running	76920	52
38	41	Regan Smith	01	Dale Earnhardt Inc./Principal Financial Group	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert	177.102	320	0	0	running	76885	49
39	36	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	179.720	318	0	0	running	68850	46
40	24	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	181.011	317	0	0	running	76810	43
41	40	Kyle Petty	45	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	Petty	Wilburn	178.643	313	0	0	running	68765	40
42	4	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Reiser	183.297	274	4	33	engine	116145	42
43	18	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	181.735	257	0	0	accident	94518	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kyle Busch	665	4	1	1	3	3
2	Greg Biffle	592	4	0	0	2	3
3	Kevin Harvick	574	4	0	0	1	3
4	Ryan Newman	571	4	0	1	1	2
5	Jeff Burton	555	4	0	0	1	2
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	531	4	0	0	2	3
7	Kasey Kahne	528	4	0	0	0	3
8	Tony Stewart	525	4	0	0	2	3
9	Brian Vickers	491	4	0	0	0	1
10	Kurt Busch	478	4	0	0	1	1
11	Martin Truex, Jr.	471	4	0	0	0	1
12	Matt Kenseth	470	4	0	0	1	2
13	Jimmie Johnson	467	4	1	0	1	1
14	Bobby Labonte	462	4	0	0	0	0
15	Jeff Gordon	444	4	1	0	2	2
16	Clint Bowyer	436	4	0	0	0	1
17	Carl Edwards	433	4	0	2	2	2
18	Mark Martin	421	4	0	0	0	1
19	Denny Hamlin	413	4	0	0	0	1
20	Elliott Sadler	402	4	0	0	0	1
21	David Ragan	398	4	0	0	0	1
22	Reed Sorenson	391	4	0	0	1	1
23	Juan Pablo Montoya	391	4	0	0	0	0
24	Robby Gordon	384	4	0	0	0	1
25	Paul Menard	382	4	0	0	0	0