Jimmie Johnson Wins Third Sprint Championship

Chad Knaus Wins Third Championship as Crew Chief

The Final Sprint Cup Race for 2008

Race 36 of 36 | November 16, 2008
Ford 400 | Homestead - Miami Speedway

Final Point Standings

1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6684 Leader
2 -- Carl Edwards 6615 -69
3 -- Greg Biffle 6467 -217
4 +1 Kevin Harvick 6408 -276
5 +1 Clint Bowyer 6381 -303
6 -2 Jeff Burton 6335 -349
7 -- Jeff Gordon 6316 -368
8 +1 Denny Hamlin 6214 -470
9 +3 Tony Stewart 6202 -482
10 +1 Kyle Busch 6186 -498
11 -3 Matt Kenseth 6184 -500
12 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6127 -557

Jimmie Johnson takes the lead 4 times for 217 laps
and with Kurt Busch close behind he maintained the
lead with 4 restarts in the last 25 laps. It was
an exciting green white checkered finish with Kurt
Busch nearly getting up on the outside but Jimmie
Johnson pulled away for the win.

Carl Edwards finished 4th without leading any
laps and is 141 points behind Johnson. He is still
mathematically within range but everyone else is
out of range for the championship.

Kurt Busch did lead 60 laps but finished 2nd.
Jamie McMurray led 28 laps and finished 3rd.

Denny Hamlin finished 5th, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
finished 6th, Kevin Harvick finished 7th, Kyle
Busch 8th, Jeff Burton 9th and David Ragan 10th.

There were 2 red flag stops. The first for
23 minutes when it rained early in the race. The
2nd when there was a crash with 39 laps to go and
the #38 car ended up on top of the windshield of
the #84 car. David Gilliand and Scott Speed were
both able to exit the cars and were ok.

Jeff Gordon finished 41st after the engine let
go with 40 laps to go.

Next week the Final Sprint Cup Race for 2008

Race 36 of 36 | November 16, 2008
Ford 400 | Homestead - Miami Speedway

1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6561 Leader
2 -- Carl Edwards 6420 -141
3 -- Greg Biffle 6358 -203
4 -- Jeff Burton 6292 -269
5 +2 Kevin Harvick 6233 -328
6 -- Clint Bowyer 6226 -335
7 -2 Jeff Gordon 6151 -410
8 -- Matt Kenseth 6091 -470
9 +3 Denny Hamlin 6090 -471
10 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6087 -474
11 -1 Kyle Busch 6080 -481
12 -3 Tony Stewart 6059 -502

Closing the gap on Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards was
saving gas at the end to stay out front and not
pit. His gamble paid off for his 8th win of the
season and closing the gap on Jimmie Johnson's lead.

Jimmie Johnson had a bad day with a bad handling
car he could not get under control and finished 15th
from as much as 2 laps down.

Carl closed the gap from 183 points behind Jimmie
Johnson to 106.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was in 2nd on lap 326 when he
and 3rd place Jeff Gordon decided not to pit for gas
and try to go the whole way. On lap 328 Dale Jr.
was out of gas headed to pit road. After a splash of
gas the car would not fire and he had to be pushed
back from the line and forward again to get it going.
Dale Jr. finished 20th.

Carl Edwards had lead the most laps then lost the
after a pit for 4 tires, then made his way back to the
by not pitting for gas again. He lead a total of 212 laps.

Jeff Gordon lead 15 laps earlier after starting from
the pole and finished 2nd.

Jamie McMurray had a very good day leading 56 laps
and then finishing 3rd. Clint Bowyer lead 36 laps and
finished 4th. Greg Biffle lead 2 laps and finished 5th.

Kyle Busch led 2 laps and finished 6th coming up
2 positions in the points to 10th position.

Kevin Harvick finished 7th, Martin Truex, Jr.
finished 8th and Matt Kenseth finished 9th. David
Reutimann lead 5 laps and finished 10th.

David Gilliland was held by Nascar for 5 laps in
the penalty box after intentionally bumping the rear
of Juan Pablo Montoya and causing a crash into the
wall. Although Juan was ok his car was not and it
was another DNF for the team. Montoya was running
well in 10th when this payback occured.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 35 of 36 | November 9, 2008
Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil | Phoenix International Raceway

1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6366 Leader
2 -- Carl Edwards 6260 -106
3 -- Greg Biffle 6223 -143
4 -- Jeff Burton 6154 -212
5 +1 Jeff Gordon 6111 -255
6 +1 Clint Bowyer 6099 -267
7 -2 Kevin Harvick 6087 -279
8 +1 Matt Kenseth 5973 -393
9 -1 Tony Stewart 5962 -404
10 +2 Kyle Busch 5938 -428
11 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5937 -429
12 -1 Denny Hamlin 5935 -431

Carl Edwards led a total of 98 laps and on a restart
with 16 laps to go he bumped and went around Denny
Hamlin for the lead. Even with a restart after a
caution for debris with 8 laps to go he was way
out front.

Second finisher, Jimmie Johnson, started
first leading 28 laps, suffered a speeding penalty
on pit road on lap 90. He restarted 30th, got his
lap back and came from 11th to 2nd in the last 8 laps
with 4 new tires.

Denny Hamlin led 56 laps and finished 3rd.
Matt Kenseth led the most laps with 128 and finished
4th. Kyle Busch finished 5th.

Kurt Busch led 12 laps and finished 6th. Jamie
McMurry finished 7th, David Ragan finished 8th and
Jeff Gordon finished 9th. Greg Biffle and Dale
Earnhardt, Jr. finished 10th and 11th and each led
a lap.

Carl Edwards had also won the Memphis Nationwide
race on Saturday.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 34 of 36 | November 2, 2008
Dickies 500 | Texas Motor Speedway

1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6248 Leader
2 +2 Carl Edwards 6065 -183
3 -1 Greg Biffle 6063 -185
4 -1 Jeff Burton 6030 -218
5 +1 Kevin Harvick 5941 -307
6 +1 Jeff Gordon 5936 -312
7 -2 Clint Bowyer 5934 -314
8 -- Tony Stewart 5847 -401
9 +1 Matt Kenseth 5835 -413
10 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5829 -419
11 -- Denny Hamlin 5823 -425
12 -- Kyle Busch 5783 -465

Starting at the front after another rained out
qualifying, Jimmie Johnson led 7 times and was
out front of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Carl
Edwards on a restart with 5 laps to go pulling
away to win.

Dale Jr. was loose and couldn't catch JJ
so finished 2nd. Carl Edwards finished 3rd.

Jeff Gordon led 57 laps and finished 4th.
Denny Hamlin was 5th, Casey Mears 6th, and
Kevin Harvick finished 7th.

Matt Kenseth led 8 laps and finished 8th.
Clint Bowyer finished 9th, Martin Truex, Jr.
was 10th. Greg Biffle finished 12th after
leading 9 laps.

Aric Almirola led 53 laps but finished 20th.

Kyle Busch was held 2 laps on pit road for stopping
on the track after the right front tire went down.
This was the penalty for bringing out the caution.
Kyle finished 29th, 7 laps down loosing 3 positions
in the points.

Tony Stewart finished 26th, 4 laps down.

Jeff Burton was running well but when blocked
on pit road he pulled in over the front line and
had to back up before getting tires. He finished
17th after being as high as 2nd.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 33 of 36 | October 26, 2008
Pep Boys Auto 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway

1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6073 Leader
2 +1 Greg Biffle 5924 -149
3 -1 Jeff Burton 5921 -152
4 -- Carl Edwards 5875 -198
5 -- Clint Bowyer 5831 -242
6 -- Kevin Harvick 5817 -256
7 +1 Jeff Gordon 5798 -275
8 -1 Tony Stewart 5735 -338
9 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5694
10 +1 Matt Kenseth 5665 -408
11 +1 Denny Hamlin 5653 -420
12 -3 Kyle Busch 5628 -445

Jeff Burton jumps from 4th to 2nd in the points
with his win of the Bank of America 500.

Jeff Burton was out in front of Kasey Kahne,
who finished 2nd, when he crossed the finish line.
Kurt Busch finished 3rd, Kyle finished 4th and
Jamie McMurray finished 5th.

Jimmie Johnson who had started on the pole
due to rained out qualifying faded to finish
in 6th position. Greg Biffle finished 7th.

Jeff Gordon finished in 8th position after
starting the race and hitting the wall twice
within 6 laps. He started back in 43rd place
and drove to 1st by lap 204. After a green pit
stop out of sequence he did not regain 1st again.
Mark Martin finished 9th and David Ragan 10th.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was running in 6th on lap
103 when the right front tire blew and he hit the
wall hard causing a lot of damage. He came back
on the track 45 laps down. Examining the tire
showed there was a cut causing the blow out.

Carl Edwards slipped from 2nd to 4th in the
points after going a lap down after loose lug nuts
caused him to come back down pit road and then on a
later restart he lost power and couldn't fire the
engine. He was pushed off the track and the crew
frantically searched for the cause of the power
failure. They changed out the ignition box and
got the race car started and he came out again
to finish 33rd.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 32 of 36 | October 19, 2008
TUMS QuickPak 500 | Martinsville Speedway

1. -- Jimmie Johnson 5878 Leader
2. +2 Jeff Burton 5809 -69
3. -- Greg Biffle 5792 -86
4. -2 Carl Edwards 5710 -168
5. -- Clint Bowyer 5693 -185
6. -- Kevin Harvick 5671 -207
7. -- Tony Stewart 5650 -228
8. -- Jeff Gordon 5633 -245
9. +2 Kyle Busch 5552 -326
10. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5524 -354
11. -2 Matt Kenseth 5518 -360
12. -- Denny Hamlin 5498 -380

Tony Stewart had a double today; his first win at
Talladega and his first win in 2008!

DEI cars were following 2, 3, and 4. Reagan
Smith was right on Tony's bumper and went down
below the yellow line to pass for first place and
he thought he had won. But NASCAR declared Tony
the winner as it is an illegal move to go below
the yellow line and advance your position.

There were a lot of wrecks in the 188 lap race.
First, in practice Friday, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. blew
a rear tire which blew off the rear panel and he
took out a lot of other vehicles too. He and a lot
of them went to back up vehicles but Tony Stewart's
crew spent all night fixing up the #20.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started the racefrom the back
of the pack and was up to first place by lap 26.

There was a big crash on lap 69 when Brian Vickers
in the Red Bull 83 blew a right front tire and turned
into Martin Truex, Jr. in second place taking him out
and others. There was a red flag stop.

On lap 98 Denny Hamlin's tire exploded and he hit
the wall hard, taken on a stretcher to the local
hospital to be checked out. He was awake and alert.

The Big One 2, was a crash with 15 laps to go.
Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth were at
the front when Carl Edwards bumped Greg Biffle a little
to hard in the wrong place and he got loose taking out
all three, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who was just behind
them and had nowhere to go. A lot of cars were out
after this crash. It was also the second red flag stop.

Tony Stewart was leading on the restart with 11
laps to go with cars single file racing and a lot of
bumper to bumper. Jamie McMurray had a rear tire go
down and there was another caution with all the debris
on the track.

Tony Stewart was still leading on the restart with
3 laps to go and the 3 DEI cars were right behind him.
On the final lap Regan Smithh passed from 2nd below
the yellow line to get to 1st. Since he advanced his
position, this was an illegal move and Tony Stewart
was declared the winner.

Tony Stewart led 23 laps and won the race. Regan
Smith was 2nd. Paul Menard led 6 laps and was 3rd.
David Ragan led 11 laps and was 4th. Jeff Burton led
8 laps and was 5th.

Clint Bowyer finished 6th, Bobby Labonte finished
7th, Scott Riggs led 4 laps and finished 8th, Robby
Gordon finished 9th. Jimmie Johnson who was a lap down
at one point, led 3 laps, and finished 10th.

Travis Kvapil was the pole sitter, led 17 laps and
was taken out in the Big One 2 finishing 27th. Dale
Earnhardt, Jr. finished out in 28th after leading 18 laps.
Carl Edwards was 29th, Brian Vickers was 35th after leading
10 laps. Jeff Gordon was out in 38th after having led
3 laps after a crash and when repairs failed on lap 138.
Denny Hamlin had led 9 laps but finished 39th after his
crash.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 31 of 36 | October 11, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Bank of America 500 | Lowe's Motor Speedway

1. -- Jimmie Johnson 5718 Leader
2. -- Carl Edwards 5646 -72
3. -- Greg Biffle 5641 -77
4. -- Jeff Burton 5619 -99
5. +2 Clint Bowyer 5566 -152
6. -1 Kevin Harvick 5547 -171
7. +4 Tony Stewart 5515 -203
8. -2 Jeff Gordon 5486 -232
9. -- Matt Kenseth 5473 -245
10. -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5469 -249
11. +1 Kyle Busch 5387 -331
12. -2 Denny Hamlin 5383 -335

Jimmie Johnson took the lead by coming out first
from the pits and was pulling away from Carl Edwards.
Then Jimmie came upon lap traffic and Carl got
close. In the last half lap of the race he came
from behind and went around Johnson, slidding up and
hit the wall! The wall slowed him down and Johnson
took the lead again. Carl was able to hold on and
come back down the race track but could not pass
Johnson before the finish. It was exciting racing.

Jimmie Johnson won from the pole and led a total
of 124 laps. Carl Edwards finished 2nd and led a
total of 31 laps.

Greg Biffle overtook Jeff Gordon for 3rd. Jeff Gordon,
who was sick all weekend, didn't let that stop him from
finishing 4th.

Matt Kenseth led 49 laps at the beginning then ran
into problems with a loose lug nut on pit road and
a spin out from a small bump by Casey Mears. He was
able to race back to the front and finished 5th.

Kevin Harvick finished 6th, Jeff Burton finished 7th,
David Ragan finished 8th, and AJ Allmendinger finished
9th, his best finish in a Sprint Cup race. Elliott
Sadler finished 10th, Denny Hamlin finished 11th with
5 points for leading a lap, and Clint Bowyer finished
12th after coming from the back from a passing on the
start penalty.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished 13th after fighting
an ill handling car all afternoon. And Casey Mears
finished 14th after leading 29 laps.

Unbelieveably, Kyle Busch had a 3rd bad week with
a sputtering, rough running car with little power. He
finished 28th, 2 laps down but did lead 1 lap.

Tony Stewart had a pit incident with another team
crew member on his hood that delayed his exiting the
pits. But he also made contact with #83 and spun down
through the grass a long way which broke a front splitter.
He finished 40th, 7 laps down. He fell 4 spots in the
points standings.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 30 of 36 | October 5, 2008
Amp Energy 500 | Talladega Superspeedway

1 +1 Jimmie Johnson 5575 Leader
2 -1 Carl Edwards 5565 -10
3 -- Greg Biffle 5545 -30
4 -- Jeff Burton 5454 -121
5 -- Kevin Harvick 5439 -136
6 +2 Jeff Gordon 5432 -143
7 -1 Clint Bowyer 5411 -164
8 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5385 -190
9 +1 Matt Kenseth 5383 -192
10 +1 Denny Hamlin 5332 -243
11 -4 Tony Stewart 5320 -255
12 -- Kyle Busch 5264 -311

Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle
were in the front racing hard with Greg Biffle
taking the lead with 9 laps to go and winning the
the first Camping World RV 400.

Matt Kenseth finished 2nd after leading 136 laps.
He raced hard with teammate Greg with Jack Roush watching
and just hoping they didn't crash each other.
Carl Edwards was 3rd watching his 2 teammates race
it out ahead of him. Mark Martin was 4th and
Jimmie Johnson was 5th after leading 81 laps. Kevin
Harvick was 6th after leading 1 lap.

Jeff Gordon was the pole sitter and led the first
30 laps and finished 7th.
Clint Bowyer finished 8th after leading 2 laps. Jeff
Burton finished 9th. Michael Waltrip finished 10th after
leading 1 lap from his start in 40th. Tony Stewart
finished 11th.

Jamie McMurray did lead 35 laps but was involved in
a crash with Kyle Busch and ended in 36th.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was lapped on #142 and lost the
right rear. He started 10th but finished 24th.

Kyle Busch said "I smell oil" and had catastrophic
car troubles for the second week in a row. He finished
43rd in last place and lost 4 more spots in the points
to 12th position.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 29 of 36 | September 28, 2008
Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman | Kansas Speedway

1 -- Carl Edwards 5390 Leader
2 -- Jimmie Johnson 5380 -10
3 -- Greg Biffle 5380 -10
4 +1 Jeff Burton 5308 -82
5 +5 Kevin Harvick 5289 -101
6 +3 Clint Bowyer 5284 -106
7 -- Tony Stewart 5277 -113
8 +3 Jeff Gordon 5272 -118
9 -5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5261 -129
10 +2 Matt Kenseth 5223 -167
11 -5 Denny Hamlin 5197 -193
12 -4 Kyle Busch 5180 -210

In a 300 lap race on the mile track at New Hampshire,
Greg Biffle started 9th and on lap 289 passed Jimmie
Johnson to stay ahead until he won. He led 58 laps in all.

Jimmie Johnson wasn't far back and felt with a few
more laps he could have overtaken Biffle again. But
2nd place was pretty good especially since he is now
tied for 1st in the points. He led 96 laps.

Carl Edwards led 61 laps and finished 3rd. Jeff
Burton finished 4th.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started 4th, his position in
the reset points because qualifying was rained out,
ran up front for 79 laps, changed tires and fell back
to 10th because of the tires, he said. Final finish
was 5th in the first race of the Chase.

Kurt Busch finished 6th, Martin Truex, Jr. finished
7th. Tony Stewart was penalized for speed on pit road
and was a lap down but recovered to finish 8th.

Denny Hamlin finished 9th, Kevin Harvick finished
10th and Jeff Gordon finished 14th.

Kyle Busch led 3 laps in the begining then had a
part failure in the left front which caused him to be
extremely loose. He let loose and spun, then was hit
by Jamie McMurray. He ended up 13 laps down and lost
7 positions in the points from being the leader.

Matt Kenseth took a hard hit on lap 228 when
cars bunched up on the restart, car #45 got loose, hit him,
then he got hit again in the driver's door by #38.
Nascar red flagged the race in order to clean it
all up. Matt finished 40th 72 laps down.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 27 of 36 | September 21, 2008
Camping World RV 400 | Dover International Speedway

1 +1 Carl Edwards 5220 Leader
2 +1 Jimmie Johnson 5220 Leader
3 +6 Greg Biffle 5190 -30
4 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5170 -50
5 +2 Jeff Burton 5170 -50
6 -- Denny Hamlin 5148 -72
7 +1 Tony Stewart 5147 -73
8 -7 Kyle Busch 5146 -74
9 -4 Clint Bowyer 5137 -83
10 +1 Kevin Harvick 5134 -86
11 -1 Jeff Gordon 5121 -99
12 -- Matt Kenseth 5043 -177

Jimmie Johnson Wins the Chevy Rock N Roll 400 for
his 3rd win at Richmond and 2nd week in a row. His
momentum is building for defending his Sprint Cup Championship.

On the last pit stop Tony Stewart was leading going in
but Jimmie Johnson got back out a half second ahead of Tony
setting up a race for first. Tony got close but with 4
laps to go Jimmie Johnson was pulling away and ahead for
the win.

Jimmie led a total of 32 laps and Tony Stewart had
led 23 laps. Denny Hamlin was 3rd and led 4 laps.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was 4th and led a total of 90 laps
but fell off some in power to the rear in the last quarter of
the race. Mark Martin finished 5th, Jeff Burton 6th.

Kevin Harvick was strong in the first half leading
80 laps and finishing 7th. Jeff Gordon finished 8th and
led 5 laps.

David Reutimann had a strong run and lead 104 laps
finishing 9th. Kurt Busch finished 10th.

Clint Bowyer finished 12th and clinched the 12th spot
in the points. Matt Kenseth led 2 laps and finished 39th
but is in The Chase in 12th place.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. got into the rear of Kyle Busch when he
leading the race (53 laps) causing him to spin out. Even with
a mistake on pit road he was able to finish 15th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race begins The Chase

Race 27 of 36 | September 14, 2008
Sylvania 300 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway

1 -- #18 Kyle Busch 3878
2 -- #99 Carl Edwards 3671 -207
3 -- #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 3576 -302
4 -- #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3488 -390
5 -- #31 Jeff Burton 3384 -494
6 +2 #20 Tony Stewart 3285 -593
7 -- #29 Kevin Harvick 3283 -595
8 -2 #16 Greg Biffle 3280 -598
9 +2 #11 Denny Hamlin 3235 -643
10 -- #24 Jeff Gordon 3221 -657
11 -2 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 3132 -746
12 -- #07 Clint Bowyer 3116 -762

On the 2 mile Auto Club Speedway track in California
Jimmie Johnson dominates and leads 228 laps out of
250 to win the Pepsi 500.

Greg Biffle challenged at the end but a partially
blocked grille from a paper wrapper caused the radiator
water temperature to rise and he fell off the pace.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 26 of 36 | September 6, 2008
Rock N Roll 400 | Richmond International Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 3755 Leader wins 8
2 -- Carl Edwards 3547 -208 wins 6
3 +1 Jimmie Johnson 3386 -369 wins 3
4 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3323 -432 wins 1
5 -- Jeff Burton 3234 -521 wins 1
6 +1 Greg Biffle 3159 -596 wins 0
7 +1 Kevin Harvick 3132 -623 wins 0
8 -2 Tony Stewart 3110 -645 wins 0
9 +1 Matt Kenseth 3081 -674 wins 0
10 -1 Jeff Gordon 3074 -681 wins 0
11 -- Denny Hamlin 3065 -690 wins 1
12 -- Clint Bowyer 2989 -766 wins 1

Starting from the pole, Carl Edwards was fast at
the end and bumped Kyle Busch out of the way on
lap 469 to pass and lead until the end. He led
84 laps altogehter.
Kyle Busch led from lap 55 to 469 for a total of
415 laps and was already loose when Edwards bumped
him out of the way. Kyle retaliated with a bump
and after the checkered flag intentionally hit
his car into the side of the #99 then Carl turned into
the side of the #18. Busch was called to the Nascar
trailer.

Jeff Gordon started 3rd, led 1 lap and
finished 5th.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started the race from 40th
position and on the start passed on the high side
before reaching the start/finish line. This is
ok on a restart but not at the start of the race
so he was penalized with a pass through putting
him a lap down for the entire race.

On lap 26 Jimmie Johnson gets a flat tire and
makes contact with Sterling Marlin. He goes to pit
road for repairs and comes back out 13 laps down.
It was downhill from there finishing 33rd and losing
a spot in the points.

On lap 216 Casey Mears heard "Clear, Clear" from
his spotter and moved up cutting off Michael Waltrip
starting a chain reaction crash that took out Kasey
Kahne, Sam Hornish, Jr., Clint Bower, and Reed Sorenson.

Kasey Kahne had a lot of damage and finished 40th
dropping 3 spots in the points to 14th.

New dates were announced for the 2009 schedule
including 9/6/09 for the Atlanta fall date.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 25 of 36 | August 31, 2008
Pepsi 500 | Auto Club Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 3609 Leader wins 8
2 -- Carl Edwards 3397 -212 wins 6
3 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3193 -416 wins 1
4 -1 Jimmie Johnson 3191 -418 wins 2
5 -- Jeff Burton 3117 -492 wins 1
6 -- Tony Stewart 3013 -596 wins 0
7 -- Greg Biffle 2984 -625 wins 0
8 -- Kevin Harvick 2972 -637 wins 0
9 -- Jeff Gordon 2951 -658 wins 0
10 -- Matt Kenseth 2921 -688 wins 0
11 +1 Denny Hamlin 2900 -709 wins 1
12 +1 Clint Bowyer 2855 -754 wins 1

Carl Edwards wins both Saturday and Sunday at
Michigan International Speedway. He pulls away
from Kyle Busch with 19 laps to go and keeps the
lead to the shootout at the end. He led 84 laps in
all. A great 29th Birthday weekend for Edwards.

On lap 90 Jimmie Johnson is 4 wide with
Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon and gets a front
left cut tire from squeeze contact with Jeff Gordon
comes into pit lane and looses a lap.

Jeff Gordon takes another lap or 2 before his
tire goes down and he hits the wall hard. He gets
back on the track but ends up 42nd out of the race.

Lap 194 Denny Hamlin's engine blows up causing
the 7th caution. He's real disappointed with the
finish and is just 35 points in the top 12.

This is where Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are
together on the restart with 2 laps to go. But
Carl pulls away for the finish.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was fast at the beginning
of the race where he led 43 laps but had a wreck
and finished 23rd loosing another position
in the points.

Four out of the top 5 were Roush cars:
#1 Carl Edwards, #3 David Ragan, #4 Greg Biffle
and #5 Matt Kenseth. Kyle Busch, JGR, was 2nd.

Mark Martin finished 6th. Brian Vickers who
started on the pole and led 21 laps, finished 7th.
Kevin Harvick was 8th, Elliott Sadler was 9th and
Jamie McMurray was 10th.

Jimmie Johnson led 12 laps but finished 17th.

Kyle Busch was officially locked in for the Chase.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 24 of 36 | August 23, 2008
Sharpie 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 3429 Leader wins 8
2 -- Carl Edwards 3207 -222 wins 5
3 -- Jimmie Johnson 3127 -302 wins 2
4 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3084 -345 wins 1
5 -- Jeff Burton 3080 -349 wins 1
6 +1 Tony Stewart 2871 -558 wins 0
7 +3 Greg Biffle 2854 -575 wins 0
8 +3 Kevin Harvick 2812 -617 wins 0
9 -3 Jeff Gordon 2791 -638 wins 0
10 +2 Matt Kenseth 2783 -646 wins 0
11 -3 Kasey Kahne 2756 -673 wins 2
12 -3 Denny Hamlin 2735 -694 wins 1

For his 8th Sprint Cup win in 2008 and his 12th
race win, Kyle Busch wins at Watkins Glen.

The race started with the points order because
qualifying was cancelled due to bad weather so
Kyle Busch started in 1st and led the first lap.
Then Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took over leading for 33
laps but lost it when pitting 6 laps behind Kyle
Busch and then pitting on a caution and coming out 31st.
Dale Jr. finished 22nd and slipped 2 spots in the points.

Tony Stewart led 1 lap of the race and finished
2nd behind his Joe Gibbs teammate. Marcus Ambrose,
in the Wood Brothers' 21 car, won Saturday's
Nationwide Series race and finished 3rd in the
Sprint Cup race.

Juan Pablo Montoya led 2 laps and finished 4th.
Martin Truex, Jr. finished 5th and Kevin Harvick
finished 6th. Jimmie Johnson led 2 laps and finished
8th. A.J. Allmendinger was 9th and Carl Edwards
finished 10th.

Contact between David Gilliland and Michael
McDowell resulted in a nine car crash with 8 laps to
go, additionally taking out Bobby Labonte, Max Papis,
Sam Hornish, Jr., Joe Nemechek, Michael Waltrip
Dave Blaney, and Reed Sorenson.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 23 of 36 | August 17, 2008
3M Performance 400 | Michigan International Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 3254 Leader wins 8
2 +1 Carl Edwards 3012 -242 wins 4
3 +1 Jimmie Johnson 3010 -244 wins 2
4 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2985 -269 wins 1
5 -- Jeff Burton 2945 -309 wins 1
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2754 -500 wins 0
7 +2 Tony Stewart 2744 -510 wins 0
8 -1 Kasey Kahne 2713 -541 wins 2
9 +1 Denny Hamlin 2689 -565 wins 1
10 -2 Greg Biffle 2689 -565 wins 0
11 -- Kevin Harvick 2670 -584 wins 0
12 +1 Matt Kenseth 2628 -626 wins 0

Carl Edwards wins his 4th race in 2008 at Pocono.
With a rain delay interrupting the race, strategy
shuffled cars around with gas an issue at the end.

Carl Edwards led 53 laps and had just enough
gas to cross the finish line and pick up the
checkered flag.

Kyle Busch was in 5th and stopped on pit road
on lap 198 for a splash of fuel and was stuck there
so finished in 35th place.

Other cars ran out of fuel just before the
finish line like Dale Earnhardt Jr. who fell from
4th to 12th and Jeff Gordon who fell from 8th to 10th.

Tony Stewart finished 2nd. Jimmie Johnson
had a strong run, led 34 laps and finished 3rd.

Kevin Harvick finished 4th, David Ragan led 1
lap and finished 5th. Clint Bowyer was 6th and
Kasey Kahne who had a strong run, was the leader
at the red flag stop for rain, finished 7th.

Mark Martin also had a strong run with a
fast #8, led 55 laps and finished 8th.

Jamie McMurray led 2 laps and finished 9th.
Matt Kenseth led 3 laps and finished 11th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 22 of 36 | August 10, 2008
Centurion Boats at The Glen | Watkins Glen International

1 -- Kyle Busch 3059 Leader 21 wins 7
2 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2883 -176 wins 1
3 +2 Carl Edwards 2874 -185 wins 4
4 -- Jimmie Johnson 2859 -200 wins 2
5 -2 Jeff Burton 2833 -226 wins 1
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2678 -381 wins 0
7 +2 Kasey Kahne 2592 -467 wins 2
8 -1 Greg Biffle 2589 -470 wins 0
9 +1 Tony Stewart 2569 -490 wins 0
10 -2 Denny Hamlin 2547 -512 wins 1
11 +2 Kevin Harvick 2520 -539 wins 0
12 -- Clint Bowyer 2512 -547 wins 1

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Jimmie Johnson started on the pole and won his second
race at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Speedway.

JJ had led earlier but at the last competition
yellow Denny Hamlin was leading going in and
with a terrific pit-stop JJ took the lead again
with 7 laps to go. Carl Edwards was close behind
but couldn't over take him.

Tires were a huge issue with only being able to
run about 12 laps before wearing out. Nascar held
6 competition yellows to bring the drivers in to
evaluate their tires frequently. Along with the
regular cautions there were 52 laps out of 160 run
under caution. Matt Kenseth and Juan Pablo Montoya
both had the right rear tire blow up on the track.

Jimmie Johnson led a total of 71 laps and won.
Carl Edwards was 2nd and led 4 laps. Denny Hamlin
finished 3rd after leading 26 laps. Elliott Sadler
finished 4th after leading 5 laps. Jeff Gordon
finished 5th after leading 7 laps.

Jamie McMurray finished 6th, Kasey Kahne
finished 7th, and Greg Biffle finished 8th.

Jeff Burton led 10 laps and finished 9th.
A.J. Allmendinger led 4 laps and finished 10th.

Mark Martin started 2nd and finished 11th.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led 8 laps and finished 12th.
Kyle Busch led 14 laps and finished 15th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 21 of 36 | August 3, 2008
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 | Pocono Raceway

1 -- Kyle Busch 3004 Leader wins 7
2 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2751 -253 wins 1
3 -- Jeff Burton 2733 -271 wins 1
4 +1 Jimmie Johnson 2689 -315 wins 2
5 -1 Carl Edwards 2684 -320 wins 3
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2544 -460 wins 0
7 -- Greg Biffle 2460 -544 wins 0
8 +4 Denny Hamlin 2453 -551 wins 1
9 +2 Kasey Kahne 2441 -563 wins 2
10 -- Tony Stewart 2399 -605 wins 0
11 -3 Matt Kenseth 2366 -638 wins 0
12 +1 Clint Bowyer 2362 -642 wins 1

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