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2008 AMP Energy 500
Held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
190 L, 505.4 M, 813.39 KM - Extended by Green-White-Checkered

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 34 20 Tony Stewart Subway #6507, Home Depot Toyota 190 24 running 195
2 5 15 Paul Menard Johns Manville, Menards Chevy 190 6 running 175
3 16 6 David Ragan AAA Travel Ford 190 11 running 170
4 17 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Chevy 190 8 running 165
5 35 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevy 190 0 running 155
6 32 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Super 8 Motels, Hamburger Helper Dodge 190 0 running 150
7 11 66 Scott Riggs Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy 190 4 running 151
8 42 7 Robby Gordon Mapei, Menards Dodge 190 0 running 142
9 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's, Kobalt Tools Chevy 190 3 running 143
10 40 19 Elliott Sadler McDonald's Monopoly, PlayAtMCD.com Dodge 190 4 running 139
11 7 78 Joe Nemechek Furniture Row, Denver Mattress Chevy 190 1 running 135
12 14 00 Kenny Wallace Champion Mortgage Toyota 190 3 running 132
13 3 8 Aric Almirola U.S. Army Chevy 190 3 running 129
14 2 5 Casey Mears Kellogg's Pop Tarts, CARQUEST Auto Parts Chevy 190 2 running 126
15 37 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 190 20 running 123
16 43 96 Ken Schrader DLP HDTV, CompUSA.com Toyota 190 0 running 115
17 23 45 Terry Labonte Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge 190 0 running 112
18 4 01 Regan Smith Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Principal Financial Group Chevy 190 0 running 109
19 25 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 187 1 running 111
20 39 29 Kevin Harvick Shell, Pennzoil Chevy 179 22 running 108
21 33 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 177 2 running 105
22 29 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota 176 0 engine 97
23 30 41 Reed Sorenson Target, Memorex Dodge 175 2 running 99
24 22 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 174 2 accident 96
25 13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco, Havoline Dodge 173 9 accident 93
26 31 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt, USG Ford 173 5 accident 90
27 1 28 Travis Kvapil Academy Sports & Outdoors, Hitachi Power Tools Ford 173 10 accident 87
28 15 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AMP Energy, Mountain Dew Chevy 173 19 accident 84
29 12 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot #2217 Ford 173 2 accident 81
30 6 33 Mike Wallace Realtree Driven to the Outdoors Chevy 169 0 running 73
31 21 84 Mike Skinner Red Bull Toyota 160 0 running 70
32 28 26 Jamie McMurray BernzOmatic Fat Boy Ford 159 3 running 72
33 27 21 Jon Wood Ford, Motorcraft, U.S. Air Force Ford 154 0 running 64
34 8 70 Tony Raines iQ Drive Chevy 148 0 accident 61
35 9 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 134 10 running 63
36 38 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser, Allstate Dodge 112 1 accident 60
37 19 44 David Reutimann UPS Toyota 110 0 engine 52
38 26 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevy 104 3 engine 54
39 36 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 98 9 accident 51
40 41 38 David Gilliland Ford: Drive One Ford 68 0 accident 43
41 10 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats Chevy 68 1 accident 45
42 18 09 Sterling Marlin Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Chevy 68 0 engine 37
43 24 12 Ryan Newman Samsung HDTV, Alltel Dodge 48 0 engine 34
DID NOT QUALIFY

77 Sam Hornish, Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge DNQ
10 Patrick Carpentier Tow Truck in a Box Dodge DNQ
PRACTICED CAR

5 Brad Keselowski Kellogg's Pop Tarts, CARQUEST Auto Parts Chevy practiced car
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 3h:36:10
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Travis Kvapil - 51.109 sec.
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Margin of Victory: Race Determined on Penalty
Average Speed: 140.281 mph
Cautions: 10 for 41 laps - Laps 35-38 (debris turn 2); Laps 47-49 (debris tri-oval): Laps 55-58 (#21,24,44,48 accident backstretch); Laps 69-72 (#1,8,9,26,38,45,70,83,84 accident tri-oval); Laps 82-86 (#33 debris backstretch); Laps 100-104 (#11 accident turn 2); Laps 140-144 (#24 fluid on track turn 3); Laps 166-169 (#6,7,20,29 accident turn 3); Laps 175-178 (#16,17,18,22,28,29,41,42,55,78,88,99 accident turn 3); Laps 186-188 (#26 accident turn 2)
Lead Changes: 64 among 28 drivers - Travis Kvapil (1-8); Carl Edwards (9); Brian Vickers (10-13); Aric Almirola (14-16); David Ragan (17-25); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (26-29); Travis Kvapil (30-31); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (32-34); Carl Edwards (35); Jeff Gordon (36-38); Jeff Burton (VA) (39); Matt Kenseth (40-42); Brian Vickers (43); Elliott Sadler (44); Casey Mears (45-46); Kevin Harvick (47); Elliott Sadler (48-50); Kyle Busch (51); Kurt Busch (52-53); Jamie McMurray (54); Brian Vickers (55-59); Denny Hamlin (60); Kasey Kahne (61); Reed Sorenson (62-63); Jamie McMurray (64-65); Martin Truex, Jr. (66); Kevin Harvick (67); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (68-69); Scott Riggs (70); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (71-73); Denny Hamlin (74-75); Jimmie Johnson (76); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (77); Jimmie Johnson (78-79); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (80); Juan Pablo Montoya (81); Greg Biffle (82); Kyle Busch (83-89); Denny Hamlin (90); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (91); Denny Hamlin (92); Matt Kenseth (93); Denny Hamlin (94-95); Matt Kenseth (96); Denny Hamlin (97-98); Kyle Busch (99); Kenny Wallace (100-101); Scott Riggs (102-104); Paul Menard (105-106); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (107); Paul Menard (108-111); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (112-116); Jeff Burton (VA) (117-119); Kevin Harvick (120-139); Kenny Wallace (140); Greg Biffle (141); Joe Nemechek (142); Kyle Busch (143-153); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (154-155); Jeff Burton (VA) (156-159); David Ragan (160-161); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (162-164); Michael Waltrip (165); Juan Pablo Montoya (166-173); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (174-190)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Regan Smith crossed the line first but was penalized to 18th for passing below the yellow line.

Official Margin of Victory (between Stewart and Menard): 0.052