2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

February 2025 CUST Race 21 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 2008 08 3 2008 21 36 2008_Sunoco_Red_Cross_Pennsylvania_500_program_cover.jpg 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 program cover Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 2.5 4.023 200 500 804.672 Temperatures reaching up to 80.1 F C; average wind speeds of 17.1 mph km/h with 0.23 in cm of rain within 24 hours of the raceWeather History for Long Pond, PA Almanac.com https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/PA/Long%20Pond/2008-08-03 2026-06-12 www.almanac.com en 130.567 mi/h Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 53.503 Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 55 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing ESPN Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett The 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500,http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/pocono.htm Pocono race renamed Sunoco Presents The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Presented By Cheez-Its July 1, 2008 May 16, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516210429/http://jayski.com/pages/tracks/pocono.htm dead the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. ESPN carried the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage of the 500 mi km race starting at 1:15 PM US EDT. The race was sponsored by Sunoco through its official NASCAR gasoline sponsorship and will benefit the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter (covering Philadelphia and the surrounding five-county region), and marked the first time since 1996 that a race at the 2.5 mi km track has had a corporate sponsor. Pre-Race News Terry Labonte will pinch hit this week for Patrick Carpentier in the #10 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge while Chad McCumbee will drive the #45 Petty Enterprises ride. Carpentier is running in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on Saturday (8/2) in Montreal, Quebec. Qualifying Jimmie Johnson took the pole position with Mark Martin and David Gilliland in the second and third positions, and Jeff Gordon starting fourth. RANKRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-06-01 Racing-Reference en-USDRIVERNBRCARTIMESPEED1 Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet53.503  168.215  2 Mark Martin8Chevrolet53.712  167.560  3 David Gilliland38Ford53.832  167.187  4 Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet53.858  167.106  5 Matt Kenseth17Ford53.930  166.883  6 Ryan Newman12Dodge53.962  166.784  7 Kasey Kahne9Dodge54.047  166.522  8 Brian Vickers83Toyota54.047  166.522  9 Greg Biffle16Ford54.049  166.516  10 Kurt Busch2Dodge54.072  166.445  11 Bobby Labonte43Dodge54.089  166.392  12 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet54.103  166.349  13 Juan Pablo Montoya42Dodge54.152  166.199  14 Denny Hamlin11Toyota54.167  166.153  15 Carl Edwards99Ford54.192  166.076  16 David Ragan6Ford54.239  165.932  17 Martin Truex, Jr.1Chevrolet54.245  165.914  18 Tony Raines70Chevrolet54.260  165.868  *19 Travis Kvapil28Ford54.273  165.828  20 Tony Stewart20Toyota54.291  165.773  21 Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet54.293  165.767  22 Paul Menard15Chevrolet54.346  165.606  23 Joe Nemechek78Chevrolet54.352  165.587  *24 Dave Blaney22Toyota54.358  165.569  25 Terry Labonte10Dodge54.374  165.520  *26 Sam Hornish, Jr.77Dodge54.376  165.514  27 Kyle Busch18Toyota54.381  165.499  28 David Reutimann44Toyota54.392  165.466  29 Elliott Sadler19Dodge54.403  165.432  30 Clint Bowyer07Chevrolet54.423  165.371  31 A. J. Allmendinger84Toyota54.479  165.201  *32 Reed Sorenson41Dodge54.490  165.168  33 Casey Mears5Chevrolet54.493  165.159  34 Chad McCumbee45Dodge54.536  165.029  *35 Michael McDowell00Toyota54.542  165.010  *36 Regan Smith01Chevrolet54.628  164.751  37 Bill Elliott21Ford54.643  164.705  *38 Robby Gordon7Dodge54.650  164.684  39 Jeff Burton31Chevrolet54.658  164.660  40 Scott Riggs66Chevrolet54.696  164.546  41 Jamie McMurray26Ford54.703  164.525  42 Michael Waltrip55Toyota54.819  164.177  43 J. J. Yeley96Toyota55.123  163.271  *44 Chad Chaffin34Chevrolet55.791  161.316  * OP: qualified via owners points PC: qualified as past champion PR: provisional QR: via qualifying race * - had to qualify on time Failed to Qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34). Race Recap After "Happy Hour" was washed out on Saturday due to rain, a mandatory caution would be flying at Lap 20, however two accidents predated them. A rain delay held up the race with 69 laps left, and Carl Edwards would win his fourth race of the season. Results POSRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-06-01 Racing-Reference en-USST#DRIVERCARLAPSSTATUSLEDPTS11599  Carl EdwardsFord200running5319022020  Tony StewartToyota200running01703148  Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet200running3417042129  Kevin HarvickChevrolet200running01605166  David RaganFord200running116063007  Clint BowyerChevrolet200running0150779  Kasey KahneDodge200running41151828  Mark MartinChevrolet200running5515294126  Jamie McMurrayFord200running214310424  Jeff GordonChevrolet200running013411517  Matt KensethFord200running3135121288  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Chevrolet200running113213916  Greg BiffleFord200running212914612  Ryan NewmanDodge200running012115171  Martin Truex, Jr.Chevrolet200running0118161928  Travis KvapilFord200running0115173445  Chad McCumbeeDodge200running0112181870  Tony RainesChevrolet200running0109193184  A. J. AllmendingerToyota200running0106203721  Bill ElliottFord200running1108213931  Jeff BurtonChevrolet200running010022335  Casey MearsChevrolet200running097231411  Denny HamlinToyota200running094243500  Michael McDowellToyota200running091253601  Regan SmithChevrolet200running088262677  Sam Hornish, Jr.Dodge200running085272919  Elliott SadlerDodge200running08228883  Brian VickersToyota200running079294066  Scott RiggsChevrolet199running181302844  David ReutimannToyota199running073312422  Dave BlaneyToyota199running070322510  Terry LabonteDodge199running067331143  Bobby LabonteDodge199running06434338  David GillilandFord199running061353241  Reed SorensonDodge199running058362718  Kyle BuschToyota199running05537387  Robby GordonDodge198running05238102  Kurt BuschDodge198running554394396  J. J. YeleyToyota196out of fuel046401342  Juan Pablo MontoyaDodge146engine043412378  Joe NemechekChevrolet138crash040422215  Paul MenardChevrolet137crash037434255  Michael WaltripToyota24engine139Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:POSNAMENBROWNER44Chad Chaffin34Bob Jenkins References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway