Kyle Busch wins at Chicagoland in both the Nationwide
and Sprint Cup Series. He lead 165 laps in all
but with 17 laps to go Jimmie Johnson took the
lead. After the #38 car of David Gilliand blew an
engine with 7 laps to go the restart had 2 laps to
go and set up a duel between Jimmie Johnson and
Kyle Busch. Kyle pushed up behind Jimmie and
got a run, passing on the high side. They were
side by side for a time but Jimmie got slightly
loose and Kyle pulled away to win.

Jimmie Johnson led a total of 15 laps.
Kevin Harvick finished 3rd. Greg Biffle led
43 laps and finished 4th. Tony Stewart led
11 laps and finished 5th.

Tony Stewart announced on Thursday that
he will be leaving Joe Gibbs Racing in 2009
to take a no-buy-in deal with 50% ownership in
Haas CNC Racing which will become Stewart-Haas.
Racing.

Brian Vickers led 2 laps and finished 6th.
Matt Kenseth finished 7th and David Ragan
finished 8th. Martin Truex, Jr. led 2 laps
but finished 9th. Ryan Newman finished 10th.

Jeff Gordon led 6 laps and finished 11th.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started 2nd but had a
poor handling car and finished 16th. Kurt
Busch led 1 lap and finished 28th. Carl
Edwards led 15 laps, had a broken front
splinter and finished 32nd.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 20 of 36 | July 27, 2008
Lifelock.com 400 | Chicagoland Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2881 Leader 2 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2622 -259
3 -- Jeff Burton 2593 -288
4 -- Carl Edwards 2509 -372
5 -- Jimmie Johnson 2494 -387
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2384 -497
7 +4 Greg Biffle 2318 -563
8 +1 Matt Kenseth 2317 -564
9 +4 Kevin Harvick 2308 -573
10 +2 Tony Stewart 2305 -576
11 -3 Kasey Kahne 2292 -589
12 -5 Denny Hamlin 2283 -598

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Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 19 of 36 | July 12, 2008
Lifelock.com 400 | Chicagoland Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2686 Leader
2 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2504 -182
3 -1 Jeff Burton 2484 -202
4 -- Carl Edwards 2437 -249
5 -- Jimmie Johnson 2319 -367
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2249 -437
7 -- Denny Hamlin 2240 -446
8 +2 Kasey Kahne 2177 -509
9 +4 Matt Kenseth 2166 -520
10 +1 Clint Bowyer 2159 -527
11 -3 Greg Biffle 2153 -533
12 -3 Tony Stewart 2145 -541

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With a rain out and gas strategy Kurt Busch is the
winner of the scheduled 301 lap race that was ended
after 284 laps due to the rain.

Those that took gas on the caution at lap 218 were
definitely in a better position than the leading 15
who had to stop for gas on the caution at lap 271.

Tony Stewart who was leading 132 laps was one of
these cars and when he came out 14th he had a long
way to go back to the front and then the rain came
and the race was stopped on lap 285.

Kurt Busch was in the lead after leading 10 laps
and Michael Waltrip was 2nd. J.J. Yeley was 3rd and
Martin Truex, Jr. was 4th, while Elliott Sadler finished
5th. Reed Sorensen finished 6th and Casey Mears who
had a great run in the front half of the race finished
7th after leading 53 laps.

Denny Hamlin finished 8th, Jimmie Johnson finished
9th after contending for the lead from 2nd place, and
Bobby Labonte finished 10th.

Jeff Gordon was as high as 2nd but finished 11th,
Jeff Burton finished 12th, and Tony Stewart finished
13th after having led 132 laps. Kevin Harvick finished
14th after having led 54 laps.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started 5th and finished 23rd
after being run into the rear by Jamie McMurray when
entering pit road on lap 271.

Next week’s Sprint Cup Race
Race 18 of 36 | July 5, 2008
Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola | Daytona International Speedway
1 -- Kyle Busch 2496 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 2432 -64
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2352 -144
4 -- Carl Edwards 2262 -234
5 -- Jimmie Johnson 2220 -276
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2171 -325
7 +1 Denny Hamlin 2150 -346
8 -1 Greg Biffle 2119 -377
9 +2 Tony Stewart 2042 -454
10 -1 Kasey Kahne 2031 -465
11 -1 Clint Bowyer 2021 -475
12 +1 Kevin Harvick 2016 -480
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13 -1 Matt Kenseth 2001 -495
14 +3 Martin Truex Jr. 1945 -551
15 +1 Ryan Newman 1905 -591
16 -1 Brian Vickers 1903 -593
17 -3 David Ragan 1888 -608
18 +4 Kurt Busch 1794 -702
19 -1 Travis Kvapil 1731 -765
20 -1 Juan Montoya 1705 -791
21 +2 Bobby Labonte 1705 -791
22 -1 David Gilliland 1692 -804
23 +1 Casey Mears 1657 -839
24 -4 Jamie McMurray 1656 -840
25 -- Elliott Sadler 1621 -875

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Leading 77 of the 112 lap race, Kyle Busch had a strong
finish with a green-white checker. This was Kyle's first
win on a road course after only 7 starts and his fifth
Sprint Cup win of the season.

David Gilliand had his best career finish in 2nd
place. Jeff Gordon had a rough start with poor handling
and was down to 23rd on lap 47 after starting in 5th
but finished 3rd. He's called Mr. Sonoma after his
5 previous wins.

Clint Bowyer finished 4th, Casey Mears finished 5th,
and Juan Pablo Montoya finished 6th after running 2nd
getting spun out and working back up from 15th.

Ryan Newman was 7th, Matt Kenseth was 8th, and
Carl Edwards finished 9th after leading 2 laps.
Tony Stewart was in 2nd place when he was spun out
by a slidding Kevin Harvick in lap 105 but finished 10th.

Greg Biffle finished 11th after leading 1 lap.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started 15th and finished 11th
just trying to make it through the road course which
he doesn't really like to race.

Jimmie Johnson led 27 laps but finished 15th and
Kasey Kahne, the pole sitter, led 4 laps but finished
43rd.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 17 of 36 | June 29, 2008
LENOX Industrial Tools 301 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2408 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 2299 -109
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2259 -149
4 -- Carl Edwards 2150 -258
5 -- Jimmie Johnson 2079 -329
6 +3 Jeff Gordon 2041 -367
7 +1 Greg Biffle 2016 -392
8 -2 Denny Hamlin 2008 -400
9 -2 Kasey Kahne 1958 -450
10 +2 Clint Bowyer 1924 -484
11 -- Tony Stewart 1908 -500
12 +2 Matt Kenseth 1892 -516

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Gambling on gas strategy and staying out at the end going
through a caution with 3 laps to go and a green-white
checker Dale Jr. ended his 76 (points race) no-win streak.

Dale Jr. said with a huge smile on his face "They can
write what they want but we won one."

Dale Jr. won after racing for the lead with Jamie
McMurray in the last 6 laps, then a caution with 3 laps
to go and the green-white checker was set up. But the
#88 had very little fuel left and Dale Jr. was driving
on the flat, reving up then turning off the car, just
doing whatever he could to save gas. The green flag
was thrown then the white flag then a caution on the
last lap with Junior maintaining his speed to cross
the checkered line and win! He drove directly towards
the pit road but ran out of gas and his crew
gladly pushed him into the Winner's Circle.

Kasey Kahne came in 2nd, Matt Kenseth led 41 laps
and came in 3rd, Brian Vickers led 44 laps and came in
4th, while Tony Stewart led 1 lap and came in 5th.

Jimmie Johnson led 65 laps and came in 6th, Carl
Edwards led 21 laps and came in 7th, David Ragan led
1 lap and came in 8th, Elliott Sadler was 9th, and
Jamie McMurray led 1 lap coming in 10th.

Jeff Gordon was in the top 10 then had a too fast
exiting pit road penalty, went to the end of the lead
lap and came in 18th.

203 laps were run on this 2 mile track for the
Lifelock 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 16 of 36 | June 22, 2008
Toyota/Save Mart 350 | Infineon Raceway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2213 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 2181 -32
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2129 -84
4 -- Carl Edwards 2007 -206
5 +1 Jimmie Johnson 1959 -254
6 -1 Denny Hamlin 1926 -287
7 +2 Kasey Kahne 1889 -324
8 -1 Greg Biffle 1884 -329
9 -1 Jeff Gordon 1876 -337
10 -- Kevin Harvick 1817 -396
11 +1 Tony Stewart 1774 -439
12 -1 Clint Bowyer 1764 -449

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From pole sitter to checkered flag Kasey Kahne wins
the Pocono 500. This was his 5th win from the pole
after leading 69 laps.

Brian Vickers in the Red Bull #83 was 2nd.
after leading 18 laps. Denny Hamlin in the Fedex
#11 finished 3rd after leading 17 laps and Dale
Earnhardt, Jr. finished 4th after starting 7th.

Jeff Burton finished 5th and Jimmie Johnson
finished 6th after starting 2nd and leading 59 laps.

Matt Kenseth was 7th, Kurt Busch was 8th,
Carl Edwards was 9th and Mark Martin was 10th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 15 of 36 | June 15, 2008
Lifelock 400 | Michigan International Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2084 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 2063 -21
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1939 -145
4 -- Carl Edwards 1856 -228
5 +4 Denny Hamlin 1800 -284
6 +1 Jimmie Johnson 1799 -285
7 -2 Greg Biffle 1781 -303
8 -2 Jeff Gordon 1767 -317
9 +3 Kasey Kahne 1719 -365
10 -- Kevin Harvick 1690 -394
11 -3 Clint Bowyer 1679 -405
12 -1 Tony Stewart 1614 -470

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Kyle Busch wins his 4th Sprint Cup race of the
season, the Best Buy 400 Benefiting Student Clubs
for Autism Speaks at Dover.

Greg Biffle was the pole sitter, led 164 laps from
the beginning but was overtaken by Kyle Busch who
dominated the second half leading 158 laps. Steve
Addington, Busch's crew chief made adjustments on
a less than perfect car and they pulled ahead of
the ever present Roush-Fenway cars.

Kyle was in the Craftsman Truck race on Friday
and the Nationwide Series race on Saturday with a good
chance of winning until taken out with mechanical problems.

Carl Edwards came in 2nd having led 64 laps,
Greg Biffle finished 3rd fighting a tight car and voltage
problems at the end. Matt Kenseth had his best finish
of the year with 4th. Jeff Gordon struggled and was
too loose at the end but led 3 laps and finished 5th.
Martin Truex, Jr. last year's race winner, finished 6th
the last car on the lead lap.

On lap 19 there was a big wreck with Elliott Sadler
coming into contact with #38 David Gilliland and 10 cars
ended up wrecking including Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, and Clint Bowyer.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. came back out 10 laps down and
finished 35th 13 laps down. Tony Stewart, Elliott
Sadler, and Denny Hamlin were out.

Jimmie Johnson finished 7th but 1 lap down.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race

Race 14 of 36 | June 8, 2008
Pocono 500 | Pocono Raceway

1 -- Kyle Busch 2050 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 1908 -142
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1779 -271
4 +2 Carl Edwards 1713 -337
5 +6 Greg Biffle 1658 -392
6 +4 Jeff Gordon 1646 -404
7 +2 Jimmie Johnson 1644 -406
8 -3 Clint Bowyer 1633 -417
9 -5 Denny Hamlin 1630 -420
10 -3 Kevin Harvick 1566 -484
11 -3 Tony Stewart 1551 -499
12 -- Kasey Kahne 1524 -526

Kyle Busch led early, had a penalty leaving off a lug
nut, went to the rear and then came back to win the
race. He led a total of 169 laps.

Greg Biffle was the pole sitter, led 95 laps and
with 127 laps to go he was out of the race with a bad
vibration and oil leak.

Tony Stewart won the Friday night Nationwide race
but on lap 3 had a collision with Elliott Sadler that
put him into the wall. He came back to finish 21st.

Carl Edwards came in 2nd, Jeff Gordon was 3rd
after leading 24 laps. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was
4th after leading 35 laps. David Ragan came in
5th after leading 2 laps and Matt Kenseth was 6th
after leading 3 laps.

Denny Hamlin finished 7th after leading 15 laps.
Travis Kvapil led 2 laps and finished 8th. Dave
Blaney finished 9th and Jeff Burton finished 10th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race
Sprint All-Star Race | Lowe's Motor Speedway
It's a Non-point race

Race 12 of 36 | May 25, 2008
Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway

1 -- Kyle Busch 1690 Leader
2 -- Jeff Burton 1611 -79
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1556 -134
4 +2 Denny Hamlin 1500 -190
5 -1 Clint Bowyer 1490 -200
6 +1 Jimmie Johnson 1442 -248
7 +3 Carl Edwards 1400 -290
8 -- Tony Stewart 1397 -293
9 -4 Kevin Harvick 1396 -294
10 +3 Jeff Gordon 1326 -364
11 -1 Greg Biffle 1269 -226
12 +2 David Ragan 1266 -424

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On the 3/4 mile track at Richmond, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
came so close to winning on the track he last won
at 2 years ago but a fierce battle with Kyle Busch
for the lead led to a spin out with 2 laps to go.

Denny Hamlin led the race for a record breaking
381 laps. He had won Friday in the Nationwide series
and was the pole sitter for the Sprint Cup race but
his perfect night ended too soon with a soft then
flat tire before end of the race.

The fans stood and cheered when Dale Jr. took
with 8 laps to go, then Denny Hamlin who had
dropped back with a soft tire pulled to the side
of the track and caution was called. Dale Jr.'s
lead was shortened by the caution and Kyle Busch
made a run on the restart. They battled side by
side with the #88 a little ahead. Then the #18
got loose into Dale Jr. causing him to spin. The
fans stood and waved their fists at Kyle
for the spin out of their favorite driver.

Clint Bowyer who started 31st but had been
running 3rd took over the lead and after 8 caution
laps he kept the lead to the checkered flag.

Kyle Busch finished 2nd, Mark Martin was 3rd,
Tony Stewart was 4th and Martin Truex, Jr. 5th.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. came back to finish 15th.
last lap and then come around to lead. But it

Next week's Sprint Cup Race
Dodge Challenger 500 | Darlington Raceway

Race 11 of 36 | May 10, 2008

1 +1 Kyle Busch 1495 Leader
2 -1 Jeff Burton 1477 -18
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1391 -104
4 +3 Clint Bowyer 1372 -123
5 +1 Kevin Harvick 1350 -145
6 -2 Denny Hamlin 1349 -146
7 -2 Jimmie Johnson 1318 -177
8 +1 Tony Stewart 1297 -198
9 -1 Greg Biffle 1269 -226
10 -- Carl Edwards 1230 -265
11 -- Ryan Newman 1212 -283
12 +1 Kasey Kahne 1162 -333

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At the 2.66 mile Super Speedway Talladega
Kyle Busch came from behind, led 12 laps,
got pushes from Jeff Gordon and Juan Montoya
to win the Aarons 499 race.

In the last lap with the white flag, the
Big Wreck occured and Kyle Busch won under
the yellow flag.

This was Kyle Busch's 7th win this season.
He has 2 Sprint Cup wins with Joe Gibbs Racing,
2 wins in the Truck series, and 3 wins in
the Nationwide Series.

When 2 drivers teamed up and pushed
to the front they would gain a lot of
momentum to take the lead. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
and Tony Stewart did it, Michael Waltrip and
Jimmie Johnson did it and Kyle Busch and
Jeff Gordon did it.

6-time winner at Talladega, Jeff Gordon's
strategy was to stay in second place until the
last lap and then come around to lead. But it
didn't quite work out that way and he dropped
back loosing momentum to finish 21st.

Juan Montoya, led 1 lap and pushed behind
Kyle Busch for a time to come in second. Denny
Hamlin led 38 laps and came in third. David Ragan
was 4th, Brian Vickers led 4 laps and finished 5th.

Travis Kvapil finished 6th, Casey Mears finished
7th, and Ryan Newman led 5 laps and finished 8th.
Clint Bowyer was 9th and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished
10th after leading 45 laps.

Jeff Burton was caught up in the last crash
but is still leading in the points.

Carl Edwards had issues with the Right Front
tire times 3. They didn't have the camber right.

Tony Stewart won for the first time at Talladega
in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday from the
pole. He almost won the pole for Sunday's race but
Joe Nemecheck was a half second faster. Tony led
the most laps in the Aaron's 499 but cut the right
front tire down and hit the wall loosing his
momentum. He finished 38th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race
Crown Royal Dan Lowry 500 | Richmond International Raceway

Race 10 of 36 | May 3, 2008

1 -- Jeff Burton 1347 Leader
2 -- Kyle Busch 1325 -22
3 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1268 -79
4 +2 Denny Hamlin 1248 -99
5 -1 Jimmie Johnson 1245 -102
6 -1 Kevin Harvick 1208 -139
7 +1 Clint Bowyer 1182 -165
8 +2 Greg Biffle 1148 -199
9 -2 Tony Stewart 1137 -210
10 -1 Carl Edwards 1084 -263
11 +1 Ryan Newman 1062 -285
12 +5 Juan Pablo Montoya 1029 -318

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Nascar Sprint Cup Racing is off this week for
the Nationwide Series race in Mexico.

Kyle Busch won his first road race ever
by taking the lead with 9 laps to go.

Marcus Ambrose finished 2nd, Scott
Pruett 3rd and Carl Edwards 4th.

Next week's Sprint Cup Race
Aaron's 499 | Talledaga Speedway

Race 9 of 36 | April 27, 2008

1 -- Jeff Burton 1215 Leader
2 +1 Kyle Busch 1135 -80
3 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1129 -86
4 +2 Jimmie Johnson 1116 -99
5 -3 Kevin Harvick 1115 -100
6 +1 Denny Hamlin 1078 -137
7 -1 Tony Stewart 1057 -158
8 +3 Clint Bowyer 1044 -171
9 -- Carl Edwards 1041 -174
10 -2 Greg Biffle 1039 -176
11 +1 Kasey Kahne 929 -286
12 -2 Ryan Newman 915 -300
13 +1 Jeff Gordon 907 -308
14 +2 Martin Truex, Jr. 897 -318
15 -2 Matt Kenseth 869 -346

Jimmie Johnson Gas Strategy Wins Subway Fresh Fit 500

Jimmie Johnson ends the race the only car on the
lead lap because he did not pit and made it to
the win with gas to spare for doughnuts. Everyone
else green-flag pitted to get gas and ended one lap
down. What strategy by Chad Knaus! He had Jimmie
slow it down being in front by 10 or 20 seconds at
the end to conserve gas as he got closer to the
finish line.

Jimmie had a good car all night up front in
the beginning and then again at the front at the
end. He led 120 laps and this was the second win
at Phoenix the time before being November 2007.

With 70 laps to go, a good race segment was
Mark Martin in the #8 and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the
#88 racing each other, first one leading then the other.
Both looked to be winners but both pitted for gas
with about 10 laps to go. Mark Martin led 68 laps
and finished 5th. Dale Jr. led 87 laps and finished
7th moving up one position in the points.

Jeff Burton started 39th and had a good steady
run finishing 6th and retaining the points lead.

Ryan Newman started at the pole, his 43rd career
pole, but finished 43rd after leading 37 laps, because
the power steering blew up.

Jeff Gordon had a better night than last week
beacuse he finished 13th. Kevin Harvick finished
18th after running out of gas. Carl Edwards finished
4th after going a lap down and having a pit road penalty.

Aaron's 499 | Talledaga Speedway

Race 9 of 36 | April 27, 2008

1 -- Jeff Burton 1215 Leader
2 +1 Kyle Busch 1135 -80
3 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1129 -86
4 +2 Jimmie Johnson 1116 -99
5 -3 Kevin Harvick 1115 -100
6 +1 Denny Hamlin 1078 -137
7 -1 Tony Stewart 1057 -158
8 +3 Clint Bowyer 1044 -171
9 -- Carl Edwards 1041 -174
10 -2 Greg Biffle 1039 -176
11 +1 Kasey Kahne 929 -286
12 -2 Ryan Newman 915 -300
13 +1 Jeff Gordon 907 -308
14 +2 Martin Truex, Jr. 897 -318
15 -2 Matt Kenseth 869 -346

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Carl Edwards Has 3rd Win of Season

Carl Edwards wins the Samsung 500 for his 3rd
win of the season. At the Texas Motor Speedway
Carl started 2nd, led a total of 123 laps, and
from 233 regained the lead to finish the green-
white-checkered race.

Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch were also
strong contenders and finished 2nd and 3rd after
leading 65 laps and 50 laps respectively.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the pole sitter and
led 31 laps but lost handling on the car dropping
back but finished 12th 1 lap down. Only the top
10 finishers were on the lead lap.

Jeff Gordon had troubles with a poor handling
car too loose and all over the place. He ended up
in the wall on lap 109. They tried to correct the
problem and he came out on the track again 108 laps
down but couldn't keep a competitive speed. He
finished 43rd dead last for only the 2nd time in
his career.

Martin Truex, Jr. was 4th but dropped a valve
spring and his engine blew with 9 laps to go.

Subway Fresh Fit 500 | Phoenix International Speedway

Race 8 of 36 | Saturday April 12, 2008

1 -- Jeff Burton 1065 Leader
2 -- Kevin Harvick 1006 -59
3 +2 Kyle Busch 1001 -64
4 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 978 -87
5 +1 Tony Stewart 957 -108
6 +4 Jimmie Johnson 921 -144
7 +1 Denny Hamlin 913 -152
8 +3 Ryan Newman 901 -164
9 -6 Greg Biffle 901 -164
10 +4 Carl Edwards 881 -184
11 +1 Clint Bowyer 874 -191
12 -5 Kasey Kahne 874 -191
13 +2 Matt Kenseth 820 -245
14 -5 Jeff Gordon 783 -282

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Denny Hamlin Wins the Goody's Cool Orange 500

With rain sprinkling all day, Denny Hamlin started
2nd, led the first lap and went on to win. The
rain held off until after the race but the weather
was very cool.

The Hendrick's cars were 1, 2, and 3 in the middle
of the race and finished 2nd, 4th and 6th leading the
most laps.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led the most laps at 146
but finished 6th. Jimmie Johnson led 134 laps but
after contact and a spin came back to finish 4th.
Jeff Gordon came back from 33rd to finish 2nd after
contact in a crash and minor damage on lap 56.

Denny Hamlin led a total of 82 laps dominating
at the end. Jeff Gordon finished 2nd after leading
90 laps. Jeff Burton finished 3rd after leading
37 laps. Jimmie Johnson finished 4th after leading
134 laps and Tony Stewart finished 5th.

Kyle Busch had a gear problem and had to go
behind the wall and finished 38th dropping him
from the lead in points to 5th.

Samsung 500 | Texas Motor Speedway

Race 7 of 36 | April 6, 2008

1 +3 Jeff Burton 915 Leader
2 +1 Kevin Harvick 876 -39
3 -1 Greg Biffle 855 -60
4 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 846 -69
5 -4 Kyle Busch 831 -84
6 +1 Tony Stewart 811 -104
7 -1 Kasey Kahne 786 -129
8 +7 Denny Hamlin 758 -157
9 +5 Jeff Gordon 749 -166
10 +3 Jimmie Johnson 746 -169
11 -3 Ryan Newman 741 -174
12 -3 Clint Bowyer 740 -175

Jeff Burton Wins the Food City 500 at Bristol

With 5 laps to go Kevin Harvick moves up into
Tony Stewart spinning him out and Jeff Burton
moves into 2nd place before the yellow comes out.
Then on the restart leader Denny Hamlin looses
momentum with a fuel pick-up problem and Jeff
Burton takes over 1st place to lead 2 laps for the
win!

Richard Childress Racing cars Jeff Burton,
Kevin Harvick (led 32) and Clint Bowyer (led 81)
take 1, 2, and 3 in the Food City 500. Clint Bowyer
also won the Nationwide Race Saturday.

Greg Biffle finished 4th and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
had his 3rd straight top 5 by finishing 5th. He
needed tires but went with Tony Erury, Jr.'s call
to stay out for track position.

Denny Hamlin was disappointed with a 6th place
finish after the fuel pick-up failed to keep him in
first place. He had led 98 laps.

Kasey Kahne finished 7th, Aric Almirola of DEI
finished 8th, David Gilliland finished 9th and
Matt Kenseth was 10th.

Another disappointed Joe Gibbs' driver was
Tony Stewart finishing 14th after having led 267 laps!

Jeff Gordon finished 11th after having a difficult
run with a car that was pushing almost all day.

Kyle Busch finished 17th after leading 7 laps
and still retains the points lead.

Jimmie Johnson finished 18th after having
led 14 laps at the beginning of the race.

Michael Waltrip finished 23rd after having
led 5 laps during the race.

Goody's Cool Orange 500 | Martinsville Speedway

Race 6 of 36 | March 30, 2008

1 -- Kyle Busch 782 Leader
2 -- Greg Biffle 752 -30
3 -- Kevin Harvick 749 -33
4 +1 Jeff Burton 745 -37
5 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 686 -96
6 +1 Kasey Kahne 674 -108
7 +1 Tony Stewart 656 -126
8 -4 Ryan Newman 635 -147
9 +7 Clint Bowyer 606 -176
10 -- Kurt Busch 605 -177
11 +1 Matt Kenseth 604 -178
12 -1 Martin Truex Jr. 595 -187

Kyle Busch Wins the Kobalt Tools 500

Kyle Busch is the youngest ever Sprint Club driver to
win at Altanta. He'll be 23 in May.

Kyle won Friday night's race in the Truck Series
and was on his way to winning the Nationwide Series
Race but right-sided the wall due to mechanical
failure.

Carl Edwards was trying for a 3peat and was leading
for 51 laps when his car began smoking and he was black
flagged. The 99 car was out with engine failure.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started in second place and
led the first 39 laps and then 23 more laps finishing
in 3rd. Tony Stewart, Kyle's teammate and the second
Toyota was fighting the slippery tires for which he
was strongly criticizing Goodyear, but finished 2nd.

Greg Biffle finished 4th, Jeff Gordon, the pole sitter
finished 5th, and Clint Bower finished 6th after leading 52 laps.

7th place was Kevin Harvick, 8th place was Matt
Kenseth, 9th place was Brian Vickers, and 10th was
Jeff Burton.

Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway

Race 5 of 36 | March 16, 2008

1 -- Kyle Busch 665 Leader
2 +3 Greg Biffle 592 -73
3 +1 Kevin Harvick 574 -91
4 -2 Ryan Newman 571 -94
5 +1 Jeff Burton 555 -110
6 -3 Kasey Kahne 534 -131
7 +3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 531 -134
8 +3 Tony Stewart 525 -140
9 +4 Brian Vickers 491 -174
10 +2 Kurt Busch 478 -187
11 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 471 -194
12 +4 Matt Kenseth 470 -195

Rain Delay at Auto Club 500, Fontana, CA

On lap 85 the rain came again and stopped the Auto Club 500
less than half-way.

Jeff Gordon led the most laps at 57 but was in
6th place at the final stop.

There was an earlier red flag stop after a firey crash
involving Casey Mears and Sam Hornish, Jr. which also
collected Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Reed Sorensen.

Jimmie Johnson was in 1st when the rains stopped the
race and had led 11 laps. Travis Kvapil was in 2nd
and Kyle Busch was in 3rd.

The race was continued on Monday and Carl Edwards
won with Jimmie Johnson 2nd, Jeff Gordon 3rd, Kyle
Busch 4th and Matt Kenseth 5th.

Kyle Busch is now the points leader in both Sprint Cup
and Craftsman Truck Series.

The Sprint Cup 400 | Las Vegas Speedway

Race 3 of 36 | March 2, 2008

1 +3 Kyle Busch 335 Leader
2 -1 Ryan Newman 329 -6
3 -- Tony Stewart 316 -19
4 -2 Kurt Busch 299 -36
5 +13 Carl Edwards 296 -39
6 -- Kasey Kahne 294 -41
7 +6 Kevin Harvick 268 -67
8 +17 Jimmie Johnson 267 -68
9 -- Greg Biffle 262 -73
10 +1 Jeff Burton 261 -74
11 +1 Brian Vickers 257 -78
12 +7 Martin Truex Jr. 253 -82

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Ryan Newman Wins the 50th Daytona 500

Ryan Newman in the #2 Alltel Dodge, owner Roger Penske, was
pushed to the front by teammate Kurt Busch in the #2 Miller Lite
Dodge in the last 2 laps to win the 2008 Daytona 500.

Tony Stewart led 16 laps but was shuffled back to finish
3rd. His teammate, Kyle Busch trying to get in a pushing
line with Tony finished 4th after leading 86 laps, the most in
the race. Reed Sorensen led 5 laps and finished 5th.

Elliott Sadler, in another Dodge, finished 6th.
Kasey Kahne finished 7th after leading 1 lap. Robby
Gordon finished 8th and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished 9th
after leading 12 laps. Greg Biffle finished 10th after
leading 7 laps.

Jeff Gordon was out due to suspension problems on the
front right which takes a lot of pressure around the Daytona
track.

Jimmie Johnson was involved in a crash and finished
27th but still on the lead lap.

Auto Club 500 | California Speedway

Race 2 of 36 | February 24, 2008

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In his first outing with Hendrick's Motor Sports, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
wins the Bud Shootout and Hendrick's cars 24, 48 and 5 are right
behind him. Dale Jr. had a strong showing by leading most of
the 70 laps and holding off a strong second place Tony Stewart.
Jimmie Johnson gave Junior a few good pushes in following
him around the track and finished 3rd. Jeff Gordon also
co-operated well with his new teammate and finished 4th.

Reed Sorenson finished 5th and Casey Mears finished 6th.
The crowd cheered loudly and were on their feet when
Dale Jr. passed Tony Stewart with 3 laps to go to
regain the lead and win the race. Here's hoping this
is a good sign of the way Junior's season will go.

Daytona 500
Race 1 of 36 | February 17, 2008