2008 UAW-Dodge 400

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2008 UAW-Dodge 400
Race details[1][2]
Race 3 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Track layout of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The track has four turns with one backstretch linking the turns together. The pit road splits off from the track on the inside of turn four and rejoins the track at the entry of turn one.
Date March 2, 2008 (2008-March-02)
Official name UAW-Dodge 400
Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 28.9 miles per hour (46.5 km/h)[3]
Average speed 127.729 miles per hour (205.560 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 29.613
Most laps led
Driver Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Laps 86
Winner
No. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 7.1/13 (Final)
  • 6.2/12 (Overnight)
  • (12.1 million)[4]

The 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on March 3, 2008, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, before a crowd of 153,000. The 267-lap race was won by Carl Edwards of the Roush Fenway Racing team who started from second position. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second and Greg Biffle came in third.

Kyle Busch won the pole position, which he held for nineteen laps until he was passed by Edwards. He held the lead until the first green-flag pit stops and regained the position after the stops ended. Busch retook the lead on lap eighty-one and held it until he was passed by Matt Kenseth. Earnhardt became the leader on the 181st lap and maintained this position until Edwards regained it. The race was stopped for eighteen minutes when Jeff Gordon crashed and car parts were strewn into the path of other drivers, requiring officials to clean the track. Edwards maintained the lead at the restart and held it to win the race. There were eleven cautions and nineteen lead changes by nine different drivers during the race.

The race was Edwards' second consecutive win of the season, and the ninth of his career. He started from ninth place on the grid to win the Auto Club 500 one week prior. Edwards was later issued with a 100-point penalty after his car was found to violate NASCAR regulations, dropping him from first to seventh in the Drivers' Championship. Kyle Busch had increased his lead over Ryan Newman to twenty points as a consequence. Ford took over the lead of the Manufacturers' Championship, five points ahead of Dodge. Chevrolet moved clear of Toyota in third place, with thirty-three races left in the season. The race attracted 12.1 million television viewers.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway.[5] The standard track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a four-turn 1.5-mile (2.4 km) oval. Its turns are banked at twenty degrees and both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch are banked at nine degrees. The racetrack has seats for 137,000 spectators.[6]

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the race was held

Before the race, Kyle Busch led the Drivers' Championship with 335 points; six points ahead of Ryan Newman in second, with Tony Stewart a further thirteen points behind in third. Kurt Busch was fourth with 299, and Carl Edwards was fifth with 296. Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, and Jeff Burton rounded out the top ten.[7] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Dodge and Ford were tied for the lead with twelve points each; their rivals Chevrolet and Toyota were tied for third place with ten points each.[8] Johnson was the race's defending champion.[9]

In preparation for the race, NASCAR held the second of its two pre-season tests for Sprint Cup entrants on January 28–29 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sessions began at 9:00 a.m. EST, paused from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., and concluded at 5:00 p.m. Sixty-seven cars participated in the January 28 morning session; Denny Hamlin was quickest with a top speed of 178,265 miles per hour (286,890 km/h), while Kyle Busch was quickest in the afternoon session, with a top speed of 183.350 miles per hour (295.073 km/h). Several incidents occured during the second session; Regan Smith spun coming out of turn two and damaged his car's nose after hitting the inside wall; Sam Hornish, Jr. heavily damaged his car after scraping the wall hard; and Dario Franchitti heavily damaged his rear-end after spinning. Jacques Villeneuve spun but did not damage his car; David Ragan wrecked his after spinning off turn two; and Mark Martin damaged his front-end when he hit a cement piling after dodging to avoid a tow truck. During the third session with seventy-four cars, Edwards had the fastest speed of 184.256 miles per hour (296.531 km/h), and Burton damaged the right-hand side of his car after hitting the wall. Juan Pablo Montoya recorded the fastest speed of the two days, at 186.761 miles per hour (300.563 km/h) in the fourth and final session.[10]

There was one change of driver before the race; Jon Wood, the grandson of retired driver Glen Wood, was originally scheduled to replace 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers Racing car, but withdrew because of a lack of experience of driving the Car of Tomorrow, and former Haas CNC Racing driver Johnny Sauter took over his seat.[11] Wood spoke on The Morning Drive on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio two days before the race, and said Sauter was chosen to replace him because his team felt Satuer was a better qualifier and Elliott was not available to drive.[12]

Practice and qualifier

Man in his early twenties, wearing a black baseball cap and sunglasses.
Kyle Busch had the third pole position of his career.

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race; one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted ninety minutes, the second forty-five minutes and the third sixty minutes.[1] In the first practice session, Kyle Busch was fastest with a time of 30.009 seconds; Jeff Gordon was second and Johnson was third. Stewart took fourth with a time of 30.167 seconds, and David Reutimann was placed fifth. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Edwards, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, and Jeremy Mayfield rounded out the top ten fastest drivers of the session.[13] Hornish scraped the turn-two wall early in the session, while Reed Sorenson and Patrick Carpentier spun in turn four but avoided damaging their cars. Montoya switched to a back-up car after heavily colliding with the wall at turn two, and Bobby Labonte did the same after he lost control in turn four and damaged the left-rear quarter of his car.[1]

Although forty-seven drivers were entered in the qualifier;[14] according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only forty-three could race. Kyle Busch won the third pole position of his career, and his first at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,[1] with a time of 29.613 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Edwards and felt his car was loose during his run. Martin qualified third, Gordon was fourth, and Mike Skinner was fifth. Biffle, Scott Riggs, Earnhardt, Kurt Busch, and Sadler completed the top ten qualifiers. A.J. Allmendinger, Joe Nemechek, John Andretti, and Sauter (who crashed at turn two on his first qualifying lap) failed to qualify.[15] Burney Lamar withdrew from the race prior to qualifying.[1] After the qualifier Busch said, "It all starts back at the shop. We knew we had a good car in practice. When we tested here (in January), we were the superior team. We knew we had a shot. I put it wide open and hoped for the best. I came to (Turns) 1 and 2 and was worried about it being too tight, but I put my foot into it and drove through it."[16]

On Saturday afternoon, Matt Kenseth was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.321 seconds, ahead of Clint Bowyer and Earnhardt. Travis Kvapil, with a time of 30.514 seconds, was fourth-fastest; David Gilliland was fifth and Biffle was sixth. Johnson, Newman, Hornish and Edwards followed in the top ten.[17] Kyle Busch scraped the outside wall while driving on the high line during the session; he sustained minor damage and did not switch to a back-up car.[18] Later that day, Kahne paced the final practice session with a time of 30.580 seconds; Edwards was second and Paul Menard was third. Gordon was fourth-fastest, ahead of Hendrick Motorsports team-mates Johnson and Earnhardt. Reutimann was seventh-fastest, Biffle was eighth, Bowyer was ninth, and Dave Blaney was tenth.[19] During the session, Bowyer ran on the high side and hit the outside wall coming out of turn two and into the backstretch; he came down the track and Kyle Petty hit Bowyer's rear-end and damaged his front-left fender before Bowyer's car stopped after hitting the inside wall. Bowyer was required to use a back-up car but Petty was able to repair his car.[1][18]

Race

Live television coverage of the race, the third of thirty-six in the 2008 season, began at 3:30 p.m. EST in the United States on Fox. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny and the air temperature ranged between 54–64 °F (12–18 °C) and no rain was expected.[20] Gusty winds from the north meant drivers had to cope with strong head winds on the back straightaway.[21] Kenny Farmer, chaplain of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Actor Carol Linnae Johnson of the stage production Mamma Mia! performed the national anthem, and John Byers, co-director of UAW-Chrysler National Training Center, commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Bowyer moved to the back of the grid because he switched to a back-up car; Kahne did the same because of an unapproved engine change.[20]

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Military flyover before the start of the race.

The race started at 4:48 p.m.; Kyle Busch maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner and led the field on the first lap.[20] Carpentier went up the track on the same lap but avoided hitting the barriers, while Reutimann went high and scraped the outside wall, causing right-rear damage to his car. He was black-flagged by NASCAR because parts were hanging from his car.[1] Reutimann's right-rear tire exploded while entering the pit road on lap five but no debris was left on the track.[20] On lap eight, Bowyer hit the wall, causing Kahne to drive down the track. He also made contact with Jamie McMurray, who slid through the infield grass on the frontstretch, causing the first yellow flag and the appearance of the pace car.[1][20] During the caution, most drivers elected to make pit stops for tires but eighteen drivers remained on the track.[20]

Kyle Busch stayed out and led the field back up to speed on the lap-twelve restart. Four laps later, Edwards started to challenge Kyle Busch for the lead, while Jeff Gordon had moved up to third on lap 18, and Martin had fell back from third to eighth by the same lap. Kyle Busch and Edwards ran side-by-side in the battle for the first position on lap 20; the battle concluded after Edwards passed Kyle Busch on the following lap. Gordon was passed by Biffle for third place on lap 22, while Kurt Busch had moved up to fifth place on the same lap. By lap 28, Biffle had closed the gap to Kyle Busch and passed him for second position two laps later. Edwards had a 1.3 second lead over team-mate Biffle on the same lap. Kyle Busch fell down to fourth place after Gordon passed him on the 33rd lap. Kyle Busch reclaimed the third position from Gordon two laps later; Kurt Busch had moved into third after moving ahead of Gordon on the same lap. By the 42nd lap, Edwards and team-mate Biffle had opened a three-second lead over Kyle Busch. Riggs and Kurt Busch had both moved in front of Kyle Busch for third and fourth positions on lap 45.[20]

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Mark Martin led the field for one lap.

Green-flag pit stops began on lap 48. Edwards and Biffle pitted on lap 49, handing the lead to Riggs. Hornish hit the wall but no debris came off his car. After the pit stops, Edwards regained the lead and held a five-second lead over Kyle Busch; Martin moved into third place, Riggs regained fourth place, and Harvick moved up to fifth place by lap 65. Three laps later, a second caution was needed when debris was spotted at turn two. Most of the leaders, including Edwards, made pit stops. Jeff Burton chose to remain on the track and led on the lap-75 restart, ahead of Earnhardt and Kyle Busch. On lap 78, Kyle Busch moved ahead of Earnhardt to take second place and began to close the gap to Burton. Kyle Busch passed Burton to reclaim the lead three laps later, and opened up a 1.3 second advantage over Burton by the 92nd lap. Earnhardt was passed by Edwards for fifth place on lap 94 and Biffle got ahead of Gordon for seventh on the same lap. Edwards gained fourth place when he passed Stewart on the 96th lap, and Burton lost second place to Kenseth two laps later. On lap 102, Burton fell down to fourth place after Edwards passed him.[20]

By lap 105, Kyle Busch held a 3.1 second lead over Kenseth.[20] Three laps later, the third caution was triggered when Stewart made heavy contact with the wall at turn two after his right-front tire burst.[1] Stewart grazed his foot and climbed out of his car; emergency workers helped take him to a waiting car that took him to the infield medical center for further examination.[22] All of the race leaders, including Edwards, chose to make pit stops for tires and car adjustments under caution.[20] NASCAR forced Edwards to fall back to the end of the longest line because one his crew members had allowed one of his tires to roll away from his pit box during his stop. Kyle Busch maintained the lead at the restart on lap 114; he was followed by Kenseth and Gordon. Kenseth passed Kyle Busch to take the lead on lap 117. On the same lap, Gordon passed Busch, who fell down another position. By lap 135, Kenseth had opened up a 2.2 second lead over Gordon. Biffle moved in front of Burton for fourth place on the 139th lap.[20] On lap 144, Robby Gordon's right-front tire blew, causing him to hit the turn-two wall and triggering the fourth caution.[1][20] All of the race leaders made pit stops during the caution.[20]

Kenseth remained the leader at the lap-149 restart; he was followed by Gordon. The fifth caution was deployed twelve laps later when Carpentier was squeezed towards the outside wall on the backstretch and was hit by Newman, causing Carpentier to slide down the track and hit the inside wall.[1][20] During the caution, the leading drivers, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops for tires. Gordon took the lead and maintained it at the lap-165 restart. Biffle and his team-mate drove side-by-side in a battle for second olace on lap 166, until Biffle escaped and got onto the apron on the next lap. Mayfield burst his right-front tire on lap 171, but no debris came off his car, avoiding the need for a caution. Six laps later, Biffle passed Kyle Busch to take fifth place.[20] Riggs got loose in the fourth turn while running down the inside of Labonte; Franchitti ran into Riggs, causing the sixth caution on lap 179.[1][20] All of the leaders, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops for tires. Earnhardt led the field on the lap-183 restart; he was followed by Harvick and Edwards. Gordon moved into fifth place by lap 188. Harvick fell down to fourth place when Edwards and Kenseth passed him.[20]

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Brian Vickers spun around after he was hit by Casey Mears.

Edwards passed Earnhardt to reclaim the lead on lap 195, while Earnhardt lost a further position after Kenseth got ahead of him on the same lap. Ten laps later, Biffle moved ahead of Harvick to take fifth place, while his team-mate Kenseth had a 1.5 second lead over second-placed Edwards by the 211th lap. Three laps later, the seventh caution was issued when officials located debris in the groove of turn two. The leaders, including Edwards, chose to make pit stops for tires and car adjustments. One tire from Edwards' car went outside his pit box but he was not penalized because a cameraman blocked Edwards' crew from retrieving the tire. Kenseth led the field back up to speed on the lap-219 restart; Earnhardt was in second place and Edwards was in third. Casey Mears hit Brian Vickers, who spun and triggered the eighth caution on lap 224. Kenseth maintained the lead on the lap-227 restart. Edwards drove on the high line in an attempt to take the lead, but Kenseth kept the position. Four laps later, the ninth caution was needed when Dale Jarrett spun and hit the outside wall in turn two. Kenseth remained the leader at the restart on lap 236. Edwards passed team-mate Kenseth for the lead two laps later, and began to pull away. Earnhardt caught up to Kenseth by lap 243 and ten laps later he passed Kenseth for a second.[20]

Kurt Busch's right-front tire exploded, causing him to hit the wall between turns three and four, and the tenth caution to be shown on lap 256. Kurt Busch retired from the race because of his crash.[1][20] Edwards remained in the lead for the lap-262 restart. Earnhardt spun his tires, forcing Kenseth onto the outside lane and Gordon to the inside where he passed Earnhardt.[20] Kenseth moved in front of Earnhardt and then made contact with Gordon, who was sent straight into the inside retaining wall on the backstretch, which had no SAFER barrier installed. Gordon's car's radiator flew out from its chassis and into the path of oncoming traffic. Kenseth was able to straighten his car and continue racing.[1] The final caution was initially waved before a red-flag was shown, stopping the race to allow officials to remove debris from the track.[20] The race resumed seventeen minutes later, with Edwards leading Earnhardt and Biffle. Edwards maintained the lead for the remaining two laps to secure his second-consecutive win and the ninth of his career.[1][20] Earnhardt finished second, ahead of Biffle in third place, Harvick in fourth place, and Burton in fifth. Ragan, Kahne, Kvapil, Hamlin, and Martin rounded out the top ten finishers. The race had eleven cautions and nineteen lead changes among nine drivers.[2]

Post-race comments

A man in his late twenties performing a backflip with the front stretch of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the background
Carl Edwards celebrating his second consecutive victory of the 2008 season.

Edwards appeared in victory lane to celebrate his second victory of the season in front of a crowd of 153,000; earning him $425,675.[2] He was pleased with the result, saying, "It's a very special win. "I feel like we're back to close to the form we had in 2005. I tried hard to stay calm. And I'm not the best at it sometimes. We all know that."[23] He also said, "We do this to win. Winning these races is the greatest. Winning a championship would be the ultimate. What we’re trying to do is win the championship this year. That’s our number-one goal.”[24] Second-place finisher Earnhardt was disappointed; he said, "Carl wasn't going to get beat today. He had it in the bag. He was so strong ... I had the car where I wanted it, but that red flag really killed us. I was terrible on cold tires. And the anxiety just kills you on those red flags. It's all you can take. I wish all of you knew what that felt like. I hate it."[23] Biffle, who finished in third place, said, "I'll argue that I had the fastest car on the track but the driver screwed it up. I just never got the track position I needed. I caught Carl from a long way back and just slid on pit road. But this was the most fun I've had in this car."[25]

Despite his injury, Stewart said he hoped to participate in a planned two-day test session at Phoenix International Raceway. He also said about his crash, "I was kind of worried, my legs, my entire legs from my hips down were just tingling, And I had pain in my lower back and that kind of scared me a little bit."[22] Stewart said the tingling in his legs had improved after leaving the infield care center.[22] Gordon said his crash on lap 264 was "probably the hardest hit I've ever taken" and admitted fault for causing the crash.[26] According to Kenseth, "I knew he was going to get a run on me, so I laid back a little bit ... We came off [turn] 2 and I was up as high as I thought I could, and Jeff just came across. Whether it was on purpose or not, it just kind of wiped us out."[26] Gordon said he hoped Speedway Motorsports chairman and chief executive Bruton Smith (the owner of Las Vegas Motor Speedway) would install SAFER barriers along the inside retaining walls around the track.[27] Biffle said there should have been no open gaps in the circuit barriers and that all NASCAR tracks should have SAFER barriers installed.[21] After consultation with NASCAR officials, construction crews installed a Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long SAFER barrier along the inside backstretch wall in August 2008.[28]

After the race, NASCAR announced it had found a problem with the the lid on the oil reservoir encasement during a post-race inspection on Edwards' car, which was later taken to the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, North Carolina for further analysis.[29] Three days after the race, Roush Fenway Racing was given penalties for "actions detrimental to stock car racing", "car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules", and a device or duct work that permitted the car from one area of the interior of the car to another, or to the outside of the car. The penalties included a $100,000 fine and a six-race suspension for Edwards' crew chief Bob Osborne, who was suspended from NASCAR until April 30, 2008, and placed on probation until December 31, 2008.[30] Roush Fenway Racing chief engineer Chris Andrews took over Osborne's role at the next race weekend.[31] Edwards and car owner Jack Roush incurred the loss of 100 driver and owner points. In the event that Edwards qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he would not receive the ten bonus points awarded to him for winning the race which was also used to determine the seeding order.[30] Edwards was allowed to keep the victory;[32] he moved from first place to seventh in the Drivers' Championship.[31] On March 12, Roush Fenway Racing announced it would not appeal the penalties.[33]

Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said a bolt that held the oil lid together did not work because of vibration harmonics generated by Edwards' car and the Las Vegas race track during the race.[31] Edwards said the infraction was "an absolute mistake" and that his team had no intention of cheating.[34] Edwards' team-mate Biffle and his rival Newman agreed the penalties were justified.[34][35] According to Sadler, the penalties imposed on Roush Fenway Racing were not severe enough; he said, "If you're going to deliberately cheat and try to take advantage of something, then you should be penalized or sit out a race".[35]

Toyota Racing Development General Manager Lee Whitesaid Roush Fenway Racing had modified Edwards' car to enhance downforce by 240 lb (110 kg), which increased the car's horsepower coming out of the corners.[35] Jack Roush said the infraction was for a loose bolt on Edwards' car, and that he felt White's comments were motivated by results. White later issued a statement in which he apologized for his comments.[35] An internal investigation found no evidence that another person had intentionally caused the bolt to come loose, and that the team enacted protective measures to ensure the oil lid would stay fastened in future events.[36]

As a result of the race and Edwards' penalty, Kyle Busch remained the leader in the Drivers' Championship with 470 points, twenty points ahead of Newman in second place. Kahne's seventh-place finish allowed him to advance into third place, sixteen points in front of Harvick who also moved up three positions. Biffle was in fifth place on 427 points.[37] Ford moved into the lead of the Manufacturers' Championship, five points ahead of Dodge. Chevrolet moved three points clear of Toyota.[8] The event had a television audience of 12.1 million viewers;[4] it took three hours, eight minutes, and eight seconds to complete the race, and the margin of victory was 0.504 seconds.[2]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying results
Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.613 182.352
2 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.738 181.586
3 8 Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29.786 181.293
4 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.795 181.238
5 27 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota 29.815 181.117
6 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.817 181.105
7 66 Scott Riggs Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 29.856 180.868
8 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.861 180.838
9 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing South Dodge 29.871 180.777
10 19 Elliott Sadler Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.881 180.717
11 5 Casey Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.891 180.656
12 10 Patrick Carpentier Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 29.899 180.608
13 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Dodge 29.922 180.469
14 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.937 180.379
15 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge 29.941 180.355
16 44 Dale Jarrett Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.955 180.270
17 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.960 180.240
18 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 29.961 180.234
19 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 30.001 179.994
20 77 Sam Hornish, Jr. Penske Racing South Dodge 30.007 179.958
21 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.011 179.934
22 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 30.023 179.862
23 70 Jeremy Mayfield Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 30.030 179.820
24 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.034 179.976
25 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.071 179.575
26 22 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Toyota 30.108 179.354
27 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.123 179.265
28 01 Regan Smith Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 30.124 179.259
29 28 Travis Kvapil Yates Racing Ford 30.132 179.211
30 96 J.J. Yeley Hall of Fame Racing Toyota 30.140 179.164
31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 30.167 179.003
32 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 30.169 178.992
33 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.177 178.944
34 38 David Gilliland Yates Racing Ford 30.258 178.465
35 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 30.271 178.389
36 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.278 178.347
37 9 Kasey Kahne Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 30.281 178.330
38 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.284 178.312
39 43 Bobby Labonte Petty Enterprises Dodge 30.291 178.271
40 15 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 30.352 177.913
41 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 30.433 177.439
42 40 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 30.472 177.212
43 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 30.029 179.826
Failed to qualify
44 84 A.J. Allmendinger Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 30.174 178.962
45 78 Joe Nemechek Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 30.451 177.334
46 34 John Andretti Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 117.513 45.952
47 21 Johnny Sauter Wood Brothers Racing Ford – –
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Race

Race results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Points
1 2 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 9523
2 8 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1751
3 6 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 165
4 17 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevorlet 267 160
5 24 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 1601
6 37 9 Kasey Kahne Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 267 150
7 38 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 146
8 29 28 Travis Kvapil Yates Racing Ford 267 142
9 27 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 138
10 3 8 Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 267 1391
11 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 1351
12 10 19 Elliott Sadler Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 267 127
13 11 5 Casey Mears Hendrick Motorsports Chevorlet 267 124
14 15 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge 267 121
15 18 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 267 118
16 23 70 Jeremy Mayfield Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 267 115
17 39 43 Bobby Labonte Petty Enterprises Dodge 267 112
18 35 41 Reed Sorenson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 267 109
19 31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 267 106
20 13 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 1081
21 19 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 266 100
22 40 15 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 266 97
23 34 48 David Gilliland Yates Racing Ford 266 94
24 43 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 266 91
25 36 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 266 88
26 26 22 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Toyota 266 85
27 30 96 J.J. Yeley Hall of Fame Racing Toyota 266 82
28 21 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 265 79
29 33 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 265 76
30 5 27 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota 265 73
31 22 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 265 70
32 41 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 265 67
33 42 40 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 265 64
34 28 01 Regan Smith Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 264 61
35 4 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 262 63
36 7 66 Scott Riggs Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 260 601
37 14 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 258 52
38 9 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing South Dodge 255 49
39 16 44 Dale Jarrett Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 231 46
40 12 10 Patrick Carpentier Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 182 43
41 20 77 Sam Hornish, Jr. Penske Racing South Dodge 152 40
42 32 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 142 37
43 25 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 107 391
Source:[2]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
3 Includes a one-hundred points penalty for a post-race infraction

Standings after the race

References

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  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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