2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350

February 2025 NAS Toyota/Save Mart 350 2008 06 22 2008 16 36 2008_Toyota_Save_Mart_350_program_cover.jpg 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 program cover Toyota/Save Mart 350 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California 1.99 3.2 112 222.88 358.69 Temperatures reaching up to 89.1 F C; wind speeds up to 18.1 mph km/hWeather information for the 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at The Old Farmers' Almanac 76.445 mi/h Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports 1:17.40 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 78 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Turner Network Television Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty The 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule. The event was held on Sunday, June 22, 2008, at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California, televised on TNT starting at 3:30 PM US EDT, and broadcast on radio via Sirius Satellite Radio and Performance Racing Network starting at 4 PM US EDT. Pre-Race News thumb|left|The drivers on the parade lap It was announced by Joe Gibbs Racing that 18-year-old Joey Logano, who won the Nationwide Series Meijer 300 at Kentucky Motor Speedway one week earlier will attempt to drive in several late-season Sprint Cup races. At 1990 5 24 2008 6 14 of age, Logano became the youngest NASCAR-sanctioned major series race winner surpassing Casey Atwood's age of 1980 8 25 1999 7 4. The biannual rite of road course ringers replacing regular drivers happened as per custom this week at Infineon Raceway. Among this week's changes among those already locked into the Top 35, Scott Pruett replaced Reed Sorenson in the #41 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge starting 28th and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. employed Canadian Ron Fellows in the #01 Chevrolet for Regan Smith, starting 22nd. Four drivers - Italian Max Papis, who drove the #66 Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet in the 28th slot for Scott Riggs, who transferred to the #70 ride this week, and failed to make the race; Brian Simo drove Front Row Motorsports' #34 car, which switched from Chevrolet to Ford for No Fear Racing, and started 43rd ("Shotgun on the field"); Aussie Marcos Ambrose in the #21 Wood Brothers Ford, who started seventh and Boris Said in the No Fear Racing #60 Ford who will started 14th - made the race in the knockout phase of the qualifying. Kyle Busch will solely concentrate on trying to win the 2008 Sprint Cup championship, abandoning racing separate events in the Nationwide Series and the Craftsman Truck Series unless they are in conjunction with Sprint Cup events. Race notes The Australian rookie Marcos Ambrose had his first NASCAR Cup race/start in this race. He started 7th and the NASCAR Cup world noticed him. When Marcos Ambrose came to Sonoma to race, the fans and drivers remembered him for him being crashed by Robby Gordon in 2007 at Montreal with 2 laps left. Marcos Ambrose because of his road course talent & good finishes in the Busch series in his past, qualified seventh; and was contending to win in his Wood Bros. #21 Chevy. However, with 25 laps left, NASCAR veteran Elliott Sadler tapped Marcos Ambrose who crashed and was damaged enough that he could not race anymore that day. Marcos Ambrose was really unhappy about the end of his good run and in post-race ceremonies he argued with Elliott Sadler in the garages. Ambrose said to reporters that he felt like beating Elliott Sadler for the tap but he got over it the next week after a call/apology from Sadler. Marcos finished in 42nd spot as a heartbreak for his first NASCAR Cup run. Italian driver Max Papis also had one of his first NASCAR Cup races at Sonoma. He drove for Gene Haas' (Now Stewart-Haas) #66 Automation chevy and ended up in 35th spot. The 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 also had one of NASCAR's largest numbers of road course drivers competing in the races with 8 drivers (Ron Fellows, Marcos Ambrose, Patrick Carpentier, Boris Said, Scott Pruett, Sam Hornish, Brian Simo, Robby Gordon). Qualifying Kasey Kahne, who went out third in qualifying won the session, his second this season. Kahne, driver of the #9 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Budweiser Dodge had bettered Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s time, and then sweated out 44 other attempts to sit on P-1. Jimmie Johnson started next to Kahne on the front row, with Kurt Busch and Bobby Labonte in the second row, followed by Jeff Gordon and Elliott Sadler in the third row. RANKRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-06-01 Racing-Reference en-USDRIVERNBRCARTIMESPEED1 Kasey Kahne9Dodge1:17.740  92.153  2 Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet1:17.836  92.040  3 Kurt Busch2Dodge1:17.865  92.005  4 Bobby Labonte43Dodge1:17.918  91.943  5 Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet1:17.935  91.923  6 Elliott Sadler19Dodge1:18.003  91.843  7 Marcos Ambrose21Ford1:18.023  91.819  *8 Robby Gordon7Dodge1:18.097  91.732  9 Ryan Newman12Dodge1:18.279  91.519  10 Greg Biffle16Ford1:18.340  91.448  11 Terry Labonte45Dodge1:18.340  91.448  *12 Carl Edwards99Ford1:18.487  91.276  13 Denny Hamlin11Toyota1:18.547  91.207  14 Boris Said60Ford1:18.568  91.182  *15 Dale Earnhardt Jr.88Chevrolet1:18.585  91.162  16 Dave Blaney22Toyota1:18.589  91.158  17 Sam Hornish Jr.77Dodge1:18.598  91.147  18 Jamie McMurray26Ford1:18.604  91.140  19 Clint Bowyer07Chevrolet1:18.606  91.138  20 Jeff Burton31Chevrolet1:18.676  91.057  21 Juan Pablo Montoya42Dodge1:18.704  91.025  22 Ron Fellows01Chevrolet1:18.715  91.012  23 Casey Mears5Chevrolet1:18.739  90.984  24 Joe Nemechek78Chevrolet1:18.764  90.955  *25 Martin Truex Jr.1Chevrolet1:18.768  90.951  26 Brian Vickers83Toyota1:18.784  90.932  27 Scott Pruett41Dodge1:18.808  90.904  28 Max Papis66Chevrolet1:18.838  90.870  *29 Paul Menard15Chevrolet1:18.895  90.804  30 Kyle Busch18Toyota1:18.904  90.794  31 David Gilliland38Ford1:18.906  90.792  32 Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet1:18.922  90.773  33 Matt Kenseth17Ford1:18.931  90.763  34 Michael McDowell00Toyota1:18.991  90.694  35 Michael Waltrip55Toyota1:19.032  90.647  36 A.J. Allmendinger84Toyota1:19.152  90.509  *37 Patrick Carpentier10Dodge1:19.270  90.375  *38 David Ragan6Ford1:19.286  90.356  39 Tony Stewart20Toyota1:19.337  90.298  40 Aric Almirola8Chevrolet1:19.399  90.228  41 Brian Simo34Ford1:19.481  90.135  *42 J. J. Yeley96Toyota1:19.535  90.074  *43 Travis Kvapil28Ford1:19.688  89.901  OP44 Scott Riggs70Chevrolet1:19.740  89.842  *45 Dario Franchitti40Dodge1:19.822  89.750  *46 David Reutimann44Toyota1:20.660  88.817  OP47 Brandon Ash02Dodge1:21.295  88.124  * OP: qualified via owners points PC: qualified as past champion PR: provisional QR: via qualifying race * - had to qualify on time Failed to Qualify: J. J. Yeley (#96), Scott Riggs (#70), Dario Franchitti (#40), Brandon Ash (#02) Race recap Kyle Busch came from the 30th starting position to win the race under a green-white-checker finish, the second furthest back in this race to win, bettering Juan Pablo Montoya's position one year earlier. Results POSRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-06-01 Racing-Reference en-USST#DRIVERSPONSOR / OWNERCARLAPSMONEYSTATUSLEDPTS13018  Kyle BuschM&M's   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota112309925running7819523138  David GillilandFreeCreditReport.com   (Yates Racing)Ford112207658running01703524  Jeff GordonDuPont Cromax Pro   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet112191736running016541907  Clint BowyerJack Daniel's   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet112143725running01605235  Casey MearsKellogg's / Carquest   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet112123075running015562142  Juan Pablo MontoyaTexaco / Havoline   (Chip Ganassi)Dodge112130533running01507912  Ryan NewmanAlltel   (Roger Penske)Dodge112140025running014683317  Matt KensethDeWalt   (Jack Roush)Ford112142841running0142912 99  Carl EdwardsOffice Depot   (Jack Roush)Ford112134725running2143103920  Tony StewartHome Depot   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota112136261running01341110 16  Greg Biffle3M   (Jack Roush)Ford11295600running1135121588  Dale Earnhardt Jr.National Guard / AMP Energy   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet11294050running0127132031  Jeff BurtonAT&T Mobility   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet112128508running0124142683  Brian VickersRed Bull   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota11284200running012115248  Jimmie JohnsonLowe's   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet112135336running2712316251  Martin Truex Jr.Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet112113433running0115171145  Terry LabonteWells Fargo   (Petty Enterprises)Dodge11297883running0112181826  Jamie McMurrayCrown Royal   (Jack Roush)Ford11289375running010919619  Elliott SadlerStanley Tools   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge112106695running0106201622  Dave BlaneyCaterpillar   (Bill Davis)Toyota11296233running0103213400  Michael McDowellNAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota11292233running0100224128  Travis KvapilCalifornia Highway Patrol   (Yates Racing)Ford112105639running097233710  Patrick CarpentierValvoline   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge11275350running09424386  David RaganAAA Insurance   (Jack Roush)Ford11285250running091253555  Michael WaltripNAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota11286672running088262478  Joe NemechekFurniture Row / DenverMattress.com   (Barney Visser)Chevrolet11272800running085271311  Denny HamlinFedEx Office   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota112110441running08228408  Aric AlmirolaU.S. Army   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet112108933running079292201  Ron FellowsPrincipal Financial Group   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet11282550running076303229  Kevin HarvickShell / Pennzoil   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet112118661running073311777  Sam Hornish Jr.Mobil 1   (Roger Penske)Dodge112116825running0703232  Kurt BuschMiller Lite   (Roger Penske)Dodge11174605running0673319  Kasey KahneBudweiser   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge111110936running469342915  Paul MenardMenards / Johns Manville   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet11178880running061352866  Max PapisHaas Automation   (Gene Haas)Chevrolet11170745running0583687  Robby GordonCamping World / RVs.com / DLP HDTV   (Robby Gordon)Dodge11078635running055373684  A.J. AllmendingerRed Bull   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota10970500running052382741  Scott PruettTarget   (Chip Ganassi)Dodge10897599crash04939443  Bobby LabonteCheerios / Betty Crocker   (Petty Enterprises)Dodge103107511electrical046404244  David ReutimannUPS   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota9970125crash043411460  Boris Said7-Eleven Slurpee / No Fear   (Mark Simo)Ford9470000shocks04042721  Marcos AmbroseLittle Debbie Honey Buns   (Wood Brothers)Ford8388250transmission037434334  Brian SimoNo Fear   (Bob Jenkins)Ford2070164transmission034Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:POSNAMENBRSPONSOROWNERCAR44J. J. Yeley96DLP HDTVJeff MooradToyota45Scott Riggs70Haas AutomationGene HaasChevrolet46Dario Franchitti40Texaco / Havoline - The HartfordChip GanassiDodge47Brandon Ash02Sprinter Trucking / Sunny D ManufacturingKenneth WoodDodge NOTE: Race extended two laps due to green-white checker finish. References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 LifeLock 400 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Toyota Save Mart 350 Toyota Save Mart 350 Category:NASCAR races at Sonoma Raceway