2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks

2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks
Race details
Race 13 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
	2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks program cover
Date	June 1, 2008
Location	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.0 mi (1.609 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 84.7 °F (29.3 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed	121.171 miles per hour (195.006 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle;
Time	23.193
Most laps led
Driver	Greg Biffle
Laps	164
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule which was run on Sunday, June 1 at Dover International Speedway in Delaware's state capital, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity. The race was the final NASCAR telecast on Fox for the 2008 season starting at 1:30 PM US EDT and on radio via MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio at 1:15 PM US EDT.

Pre-race news

John Andretti, after finishing 16th in the Indianapolis 500, returned to the #34 Chevrolet of Front Row Motorsports replacing Jeff Green.
With Dario Franchitti sitting out again this week (he would run in the NNS race the day before,) Jeremy Mayfield got a one-off try in the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, qualifying an impressive 10th.
Robby Gordon, owner/driver of the #7 Dodge, was in the Baja 500 this weekend, so Craftsman Truck Series driver Matt Crafton subbed for Gordon in qualifying and practice on Friday and Saturday. No matter what happened, the #7 Dodge started in the back as the owner is expected to drive on Sunday.

Qualifying

Greg Biffle earned his 5th Cup Career pole by qualifying first for the Best Buy 400, with a time of 23.193 and a speed of 155.219. Starting alongside him was Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion, with a time of 23.381.

RANK^[2]	DRIVER	NBR	CAR	TIME	SPEED
1	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	23.193	155.219
2	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	23.381	153.971
3	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	23.412	153.767
4	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	23.414	153.754
5	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	23.438	153.597
6	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	23.466	153.413
7	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	23.473	153.368
8	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Toyota	23.543	152.912	*
9	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge	23.549	152.873
10	Jeremy Mayfield	40	Dodge	23.553	152.847	*
11	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	23.563	152.782
12	Travis Kvapil	28	Ford	23.578	152.685
13	Paul Menard	15	Chevrolet	23.579	152.678
14	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	23.584	152.646
15	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	23.603	152.523
16	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Dodge	23.613	152.458	*
17	David Gilliland	38	Ford	23.628	152.362
18	Dave Blaney	22	Toyota	23.644	152.259
19	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	23.654	152.194
20	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Chevrolet	23.668	152.104
21	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	23.668	152.104
22	Tony Stewart	20	Toyota	23.672	152.078
23	David Ragan	6	Ford	23.720	151.771
24	Bill Elliott	21	Ford	23.726	151.732	*
25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Chevrolet	23.742	151.630
26	Clint Bowyer	07	Chevrolet	23.743	151.624
27	J.J. Yeley	96	Toyota	23.756	151.541	*
28	Scott Riggs	66	Chevrolet	23.758	151.528
29	Regan Smith	01	Chevrolet	23.786	151.350
30	Mark Martin	8	Chevrolet	23.791	151.318
31	Joe Nemechek	78	Chevrolet	23.799	151.267	*
32	Michael McDowell	00	Toyota	23.800	151.261
33	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	23.820	151.134
34	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	23.844	150.981
35	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Dodge	23.869	150.823
36	Patrick Carpentier	10	Dodge	23.887	150.710	*
37	David Reutimann	44	Toyota	23.918	150.514
38	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	23.927	150.458
39	Tony Raines	34	Chevrolet	23.963	150.232	*
40	Jason Leffler	70	Chevrolet	23.988	150.075	*
41	Casey Mears	5	Chevrolet	24.024	149.850
42	Michael Waltrip	55	Toyota	24.057	149.645
43	Matt Crafton	7	Dodge	24.145	149.099	OP
44	Chad McCumbee	45	Dodge	24.173	148.926	*
45	Reed Sorenson	41	Dodge	24.209	148.705	OP

OP: qualified via owners points

PC: qualified as past champion

PR: provisional

QR: via qualifying race

* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Jason Leffler (#70), Chad McCumbee (#45), Matt Crafton (#7-DC), Tony Raines (#08-WD)

Race recap

There was a major wreck on lap 17 that claimed many of the front runners for the lead. This occurred when David Gilliland and Elliott Sadler touched, putting Sadler in the middle of the backstretch. Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Elliott Sadler, Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte, Scott Riggs, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were all caught up in the wreck. When the smoke cleared, Kyle Busch won his fourth race of 2008.

Results

POS^[3]	ST	#	DRIVER	SPONSOR / OWNER	CAR	LAPS	MONEY	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	3	18	Kyle Busch	Combos (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	400	302550	running	158	190
2	14	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	235375	running	64	175
3	1	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	183525	running	164	175
4	21	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt NANO Technology (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	173541	running	1	165
5	7	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	400	159386	running	3	160
6	20	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	400	145433	running	0	150
7	4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	399	152136	running	2	151
8	38	31	Jeff Burton	AT&T Mobility (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	399	147383	running	0	142
9	18	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	399	116583	running	0	138
10	5	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	399	106425	running	1	139
11	12	28	Travis Kvapil	Yates Racing (Yates Racing)	Ford	399	120239	running	0	130
12	35	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	399	119458	running	0	127
13	6	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	398	90675	running	0	124
14	11	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	398	132775	running	6	126
15	23	6	David Ragan	AAA Insurance (Jack Roush)	Ford	398	99450	running	0	118
16	17	38	David Gilliland	FreeCreditReport.com (Yates Racing)	Ford	397	104233	running	0	115
17	39	5	Casey Mears	Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	397	101700	running	0	112
18	16	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Penske Truck Rental (Roger Penske)	Dodge	397	130150	running	0	109
19	41	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Dodge	397	108308	running	0	106
20	2	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	396	85900	running	0	103
21	29	01	Regan Smith	Principal Financial Group (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	396	93875	running	0	100
22	13	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Pittsburgh Paints (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	396	92175	running	0	97
23	30	8	Mark Martin	U.S. Army (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	394	118633	running	0	94
24	27	96	J.J. Yeley	DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad)	Toyota	394	92175	running	0	91
25	10	40	Jeremy Mayfield	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	394	90700	running	0	88
26	42	41	Reed Sorenson	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	394	108764	running	0	85
27	37	44	David Reutimann	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	394	81000	running	0	82
28	40	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	393	91608	running	0	79
29	36	10	Patrick Carpentier	Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	393	77300	running	0	76
30	32	00	Michael McDowell	Microsoft Small Business (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	393	87197	running	1	78
31	15	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	392	106991	running	0	70
32	19	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	391	113786	running	0	67
33	24	21	Bill Elliott	U.S. Air Force (Wood Brothers)	Ford	389	95995	running	0	64
34	31	78	Joe Nemechek	Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	388	76500	running	0	61
35	25	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	387	84275	running	0	58
36	26	07	Clint Bowyer	DirecTV (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	381	94150	running	0	55
37	8	84	A.J. Allmendinger	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	365	76005	running	0	52
38	34	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	326	122831	running	0	49
39	28	66	Scott Riggs	State Water Heaters (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	308	75780	running	0	46
40	43	34	Tony Raines	doorstopnation.com (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	296	75650	transmission	0	43
41	22	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	199	124256	crash	0	40
42	9	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy / Garmin / Autism Speaks (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	16	101785	crash	0	37
43	33	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Kinko's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	16	110699	crash	0	34
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
POS	NAME	NBR	SPONSOR	OWNER	CAR
44	Jason Leffler	70	Haas Automation	Gene Haas	Chevrolet
45	Chad McCumbee	45	Richard Petty Driving Experience	Petty Enterprises	Dodge
DC	Matt Crafton	7	Jim Beam	Robby Gordon	Dodge
WD	Tony Raines	08	FUBAR	John Carter	Dodge

References

^ "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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[1] "2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-06.

[2] "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[3] "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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