2008 Aaron's 499

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:10:37
Average speed of winner: 157.409 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 52 among 21 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 196.009
Lap leaders: Nemechek pole, Stewart 1-20, Schrader 21, Stewart 22-33, Hamlin 34-38, Earnhardt, Jr. 39-45, Burton 46, Vickers 47-50, Menard 51-52, Montoya 53, Hamlin 54-55, Newman 56, Harvick 57, Hamlin 58-60, Earnhardt, Jr. 61-64, Stewart 65-81, Johnson 82, Stewart 83-87, Earnhardt, Jr. 88, Stewart 89, Earnhardt, Jr. 90-105, Stewart 106-109, Earnhardt, Jr. 110-111, Hamlin 112-117, Smith 118, Earnhardt, Jr. 119-124, Hamlin 125, J. Gordon 126, Hamlin 127, Earnhardt, Jr. 128-132, Sadler 133, Earnhardt, Jr. 134, Sadler 135, Earnhardt, Jr. 136, Gilliland 137, Stremme 138, Sadler 139, Kahne 140, Earnhardt, Jr. 141, Stewart 142-143, Earnhardt, Jr. 144, Allmendinger 145, Hamlin 146-148, Earnhardt, Jr. 149, Hamlin 150-151, Menard 152, Gilliland 153, Stremme 154, Hamlin 155-168, Newman 169-172, Ky. Busch 173-179, Waltrip 180-183, Ky. Busch 184-188

Race notes: Last pole for Joe Nemechek.

Video links: Big One #1, Big One #2/Finish/Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	186.416	188	2	12	running	321400	190
2	26	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Wrigley's Juicy Fruit	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	184.619	188	1	1	running	235233	175
3	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	186.300	188	9	37	running	203491	170
4	6	David Ragan	6	AAA Travel	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.304	188	0	0	running	152775	160
5	8	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Hamlin	186.177	188	1	4	running	122375	160
6	14	Travis Kvapil	28	Northern Tool + Equipment	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	185.484	188	0	0	running	143914	150
7	36	Casey Mears	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	183.751	188	0	0	running	123225	146
8	21	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	184.929	188	2	5	running	149500	147
9	41	Clint Bowyer	07	DirecTV	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	183.522	188	0	0	running	123275	138
10	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	185.974	188	12	46	running	117350	139
11	35	Robby Gordon	7	RV's.com	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Kerr	183.822	188	0	0	running	123758	130
12	38	Jeff Burton	31	AT&T Mobility	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	183.716	188	1	1	running	137908	132
13	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.837	188	1	1	running	146461	129
14	22	Paul Menard	15	Menards/Turtle Wax	Chevrolet	DEI	Randolph	184.818	188	2	3	running	102450	126
15	40	David Gilliland	38	Yates Racing	Ford	Yates	Barraclough	183.589	188	2	2	running	11183	123
16	19	Scott Riggs	66	State Water Heaters	Chevrolet	Haas	Barker	185.061	188	0	0	running	106533	115
17	32	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Larry Carter	184.048	188	0	0	running	99425	112
18	31	Greg Biffle	16	3M/American Red Cross	Ford	Roush	Erwin	184.289	188	0	0	running	98525	109
19	20	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Pepsi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.022	188	1	1	running	134961	111
20	30	David Reutimann	44	UPS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Ryan Pemberton	184.377	188	0	0	running	90525	103
21	29	Regan Smith	01	Dale Earnhardt, Inc./Principal Financial	Chevrolet	DEI	Richert	185.061	188	1	1	running	96825	105
22	16	Sterling Marlin	09	Miccosukee Resort	Chevrolet	Finch	Reno	185.305	188	0	0	running	85200	97
23	42	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	183.343	188	1	1	running	117566	99
24	39	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.681	188	1	1	running	129736	96
25	1	Joe Nemechek	78	National Day of Prayer	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	187.386	188	0	0	running	88200	88
26	24	Michael McDowell	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pappas	184.758	188	0	0	running	96383	85
27	27	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	184.619	188	1	4	running	90622	87
28	43	David Stremme	40	Tums Quik Pack	Dodge	Ganassi	Lane	185.115	187	2	2	accident	91525	84
29	18	Elliott Sadler	19	GARMIN/Best Buy	Dodge	Evernham	Childers	185.187	187	3	3	accident	109670	81
30	4	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Viers	186.423	187	1	1	accident	80225	78
31	17	Patrick Carpentier	10	LifeLock	Dodge	Evernham	Shiplett	185.262	186	0	0	running	82975	70
32	15	Kyle Petty	45	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	Dodge	Petty	Stewart Cooper	185.481	186	0	0	running	79825	67
33	28	Aric Almirola	8	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	184.601	186	0	0	running	114808	64
34	34	Bobby Labonte	43	Cheerios Racing/Betty Crocker	Dodge	Petty	Meendering	184.019	183	0	0	running	116511	61
35	37	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Carrier	183.744	180	0	0	running	125000	58
36	12	Jon Wood	21	Little Debbie Snack Cakes	Ford	Wood Brothers	Mike Smith	185.517	179	0	0	running	97620	55
37	33	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	DEI	Manion	184.019	174	0	0	accident	110133	52
38	2	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	186.896	173	7	61	accident	138886	59
39	23	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	184.811	173	0	0	accident	78550	46
40	11	Carl Edwards	99	Office Depot	Ford	Roush	Reiser	185.704	153	0	0	running	125725	43
41	13	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Bolin	185.502	150	0	0	running	125741	40
42	3	Ken Schrader	70	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevrolet	Haas	Skog	186.499	141	1	1	engine	78130	42
43	25	Reed Sorenson	41	Polaroid	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.701	4	0	0	engine	105352	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Burton	1347	9	0	1	3	6
2	Kyle Busch	1325	9	1	2	5	6
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1268	9	1	0	3	7
4	Denny Hamlin	1248	9	0	1	4	6
5	Jimmie Johnson	1245	9	1	1	4	4
6	Kevin Harvick	1208	9	0	0	2	4
7	Clint Bowyer	1182	9	0	0	2	6
8	Greg Biffle	1148	9	0	0	3	5
9	Tony Stewart	1137	9	0	0	3	5
10	Carl Edwards	1084	9	0	3	4	5
11	Ryan Newman	1062	9	1	1	2	4
12	Juan Pablo Montoya	1029	9	0	0	1	1
13	Kasey Kahne	1028	9	0	0	0	4
14	Jeff Gordon	1018	9	2	0	3	3
15	David Ragan	994	9	0	0	1	2
16	Brian Vickers	994	9	0	0	1	2
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	949	9	0	0	0	2
18	David Gilliland	940	9	0	0	0	1
19	Matt Kenseth	909	9	0	0	1	4
20	Kurt Busch	903	9	0	0	1	1
21	Paul Menard	902	9	0	0	0	0
22	Bobby Labonte	895	9	0	0	0	0
23	Travis Kvapil	893	9	0	0	0	2
24	Casey Mears	887	9	0	0	0	2
25	Jamie McMurray	839	9	0	0	0	1