2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500

Race 6 of 36

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:35:41
Average speed of winner: 73.163 mph
Margin of victory: 0.398 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 18 for 89 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 94.775
Lap leaders: J. Gordon pole, Hamlin 1, J. Gordon 2-45, Labonte 46-48, Earnhardt, Jr. 49-102, Johnson 103-106, Earnhardt, Jr. 107, Johnson 108-160, Earnhardt, Jr. 161-182, Johnson 183-207, Hamlin 208-214, Johnson 215-261, Earnhardt, Jr. 262, Johnson 263-268, J. Gordon 269-295, Earnhardt, Jr. 296-363, Blaney 364-367, Reutimann 368-370, J. Gordon 371-389, Burton 390-426, Hamlin 427-500

Race notes: Debut for Michael McDowell. Jeff Burton took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	95.757	500	3	82	running	207391	190
2	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	96.288	500	3	90	running	159336	175
3	24	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	94.637	500	1	37	running	149308	170
4	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	95.213	500	5	135	running	142861	165
5	9	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	95.271	500	0	0	running	131236	155
6	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	94.770	500	5	146	running	102850	160
7	39	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	93.966	500	0	0	running	99475	146
8	5	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	95.492	500	0	0	running	91150	142
9	27	Carl Edwards	99	Claritin	Ford	Roush	Reiser	94.600	500	0	0	running	123775	138
10	12	Clint Bowyer	07	BB&T	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	95.208	500	0	0	running	97200	134
11	4	David Ragan	6	AAA Insurance	Ford	Roush	Fennig	95.569	500	0	0	running	87200	130
12	11	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	95.208	500	0	0	running	119961	127
13	29	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Wrigley's Big Red	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	94.595	500	0	0	running	105983	124
14	33	Regan Smith	01	Dale Earnhardt Inc./Principal Financial	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert	94.486	500	0	0	running	86325	121
15	25	Elliott Sadler	19	McDonald's	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	94.637	500	0	0	running	104045	118
16	35	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	94.369	500	0	0	running	84200	115
17	6	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	95.487	500	0	0	running	105766	112
18	14	Travis Kvapil	28	Yates Racing	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	95.060	499	0	0	running	102764	109
19	13	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	95.079	499	0	0	running	118575	106
20	19	Greg Biffle	16	Jackson Hewitt	Ford	Roush	Erwin	94.870	499	0	0	running	85175	103
21	42	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	93.627	499	0	0	running	105258	100
22	43	Dario Franchitti	40	Kennametal	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	94.078	499	0	0	running	81925	97
23	40	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	93.664	497	0	0	out of fuel	73625	94
24	21	David Gilliland	38	freecreditreport.com	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	94.832	497	0	0	running	92433	91
25	32	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	94.538	497	1	3	running	110436	93
26	34	Michael McDowell	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	94.406	497	0	0	running	88808	85
27	23	J.J. Yeley	96	DLP HDTV	Toyota	Hall of Fame	Steve Boyer	94.713	497	0	0	running	80425	82
28	26	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	94.637	497	0	0	running	114800	79
29	37	Patrick Carpentier	10	Charter	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	94.298	497	0	0	running	71550	76
30	28	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	94.595	496	0	0	running	117066	73
31	30	Mike Skinner	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	94.562	496	0	0	running	68775	70
32	31	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	94.543	495	0	0	running	68625	67
33	20	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	94.832	493	0	0	running	68400	64
34	17	Bill Elliott	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Mike Smith	94.951	492	0	0	running	87570	61
35	16	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	95.032	483	0	0	running	82383	58
36	38	Reed Sorenson	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	94.139	471	0	0	running	95389	55
37	7	Ken Schrader	49	Microsoft Small Business	Toyota	BAM	Hyder	95.463	467	0	0	running	79758	52
38	8	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	95.347	443	0	0	running	86050	49
39	15	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	95.036	441	1	3	rear end	68000	51
40	41	Robby Gordon	7	Charter	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr	93.641	440	0	0	running	85472	43
41	36	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	94.312	420	0	0	running	67875	40
42	3	Aric Almirola	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	95.733	379	0	0	engine	102973	37
43	18	Dave Blaney	22	Caterpillar	Toyota	Bill Davis	Baldwin	94.874	374	1	4	engine	67246	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Burton	915	6	0	1	3	4
2	Kevin Harvick	876	6	0	0	2	4
3	Greg Biffle	855	6	0	0	3	4
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	846	6	0	0	3	5
5	Kyle Busch	831	6	1	1	3	3
6	Tony Stewart	811	6	0	0	3	4
7	Kasey Kahne	786	6	0	0	0	4
8	Denny Hamlin	758	6	0	1	1	3
9	Jeff Gordon	749	6	2	0	3	3
10	Jimmie Johnson	746	6	1	0	2	2
11	Ryan Newman	741	6	0	1	1	2
12	Clint Bowyer	740	6	0	0	1	3
13	Martin Truex, Jr.	695	6	0	0	0	1
14	Carl Edwards	686	6	0	2	2	3
15	Matt Kenseth	677	6	0	0	1	3
16	Kurt Busch	669	6	0	0	1	1
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	633	6	0	0	0	0
18	Brian Vickers	631	6	0	0	0	1
19	David Ragan	628	6	0	0	0	1
20	Elliott Sadler	626	6	0	0	0	1
21	Bobby Labonte	604	6	0	0	0	0
22	David Gilliland	581	6	0	0	0	1
23	Paul Menard	564	6	0	0	0	0
24	Travis Kvapil	537	6	0	0	0	1
25	Robby Gordon	518	6	0	0	0	1