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2008 - Samsung 500 Race Results


Race Name - Samsung 500
Date - 4/6/2008
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 509 miles
Pole Speed - 190.907 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 27
Average Race Speed - 144.81 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $6,307,748
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Carl Edwards 99 Aflac (Jack Roush) 339 Ford 123 $541,150
2 5 Jimmie Johnson 48 Lowes (Rick Hendrick) 339 Chevrolet 65 $364,286
3 3 Kyle Busch 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 339 Toyota 50 $250,750
4 4 Ryan Newman 12 Alltel Samsung (Roger Penske) 339 Dodge 0 $236,725
5 14 Denny Hamlin 11 FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs) 339 Toyota 0 $206,841
6 35 Jeff Burton 31 Prilosec OTC (Richard Childress) 339 Chevrolet 0 $197,033
7 24 Tony Stewart 20 Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) 339 Toyota 0 $184,236
8 31 Mark Martin 8 US Army (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 339 Chevrolet 0 $174,358
9 8 Matt Kenseth 17 DeWalt (Jack Roush) 339 Ford 68 $173,891
10 25 Clint Bowyer 7 Jack Daniels (Richard Childress) 339 Chevrolet 0 $145,025
11 21 Kevin Harvick 29 Shell Pennzoil (Richard Childress) 338 Chevrolet 0 $167,411
12 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 National Guard AMP Energy (Rick Hendrick) 338 Chevrolet 31 $151,275
13 7 David Ragan 6 AAA Insurance (Jack Roush) 338 Ford 0 $131,125
14 32 Jamie McMurray 26 Crown Royal Cask No 16 (Jack Roush) 338 Ford 0 $128,375
15 41 David Gilliland 38 Yates Racing (Yates Racing) 338 Ford 0 $138,083
16 36 Brian Vickers 83 Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz) 338 Toyota 0 $116,725
17 19 Paul Menard 15 Menards Quaker State (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 338 Chevrolet 0 $123,125
18 38 Travis Kvapil 28 Yates Racing (Yates Racing) 338 Ford 0 $140,639
19 11 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Texaco Havoline (Chip Ganassi) 337 Dodge 0 $139,733
20 30 Bobby Labonte 43 Cheerios Sams Club (Petty Enterprises) 337 Dodge 0 $149,511
21 29 Dave Blaney 22 Caterpillar (Bill Davis) 337 Toyota 0 $124,783
22 22 Casey Mears 5 CheezIt Carquest (Rick Hendrick) 337 Chevrolet 0 $121,625
23 23 Kurt Busch 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 337 Dodge 0 $102,125
24 42 Reed Sorenson 41 Target (Chip Ganassi) 337 Dodge 0 $132,189
25 10 Kasey Kahne 9 Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) 336 Dodge 0 $132,916
26 26 Elliott Sadler 19 Best Buy (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) 336 Dodge 0 $127,170
27 13 Scott Riggs 66 State Water Heaters (Gene Haas) 336 Chevrolet 0 $113,383
28 27 Patrick Carpentier 10 Valvoline (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) 335 Dodge 0 $99,125
29 9 Mike Skinner 84 Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz) 334 Toyota 0 $93,525
30 15 Robby Gordon 7 Jim Beam (Robby Gordon) 334 Dodge 0 $115,533
31 20 Michael Waltrip 55 NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip) 333 Toyota 0 $99,997
32 17 Sam Hornish Jr 77 Mobil 1 (Roger Penske) 333 Dodge 0 $134,925
33 40 Michael McDowell 0 Aarons Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip) 332 Toyota 0 $91,700
34 28 Bill Elliott 21 Motorcraft (Wood Brothers) 332 Ford 0 $105,495
35 34 Regan Smith 1 Dale Earnhardt Inc (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 331 Chevrolet 0 $94,025
36 12 Martin Truex Jr 1 Bass Pro Shops Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt Inc) 330 Chevrolet 2 $115,908
37 43 Joe Nemechek 78 Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser) 330 Chevrolet 0 $83,775
38 39 Jeremy Mayfield 70 Haas Automation (Gene Haas) 329 Chevrolet 0 $82,625
39 16 Greg Biffle 16 Dish Network (Jack Roush) 312 Ford 0 $90,500
40 37 John Andretti 34 Front Row Motorsports (Bob Jenkins) 263 Chevrolet 0 $82,375
41 6 David Reutimann 44 UPS (Michael Waltrip) 253 Toyota 0 $82,260
42 33 JJ Yeley 96 DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad) 173 Toyota 0 $90,165
43 18 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont (Rick Hendrick) 124 Chevrolet 0 $131,327