2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400

February 2025 March 2026 CUST Race 10 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 2008 05 3 2008 10 36 2008_Crown_Royal_Presents_the_Dan_Lowry_400_program_cover.png 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 program cover Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia 0.75 1.207 410 307.5 494.873 400 300 482.803 Temperatures reaching as low as 57 F C; wind speeds up to 18.1 mph km/hComplete weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac 95.786 mi/h Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 21.395 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 381 07 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 was the tenth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The event was held on May 3, 2008, before a crowd of 112,000, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Originally scheduled for 400 laps, Clint Bowyer won the race after a late caution and subsequent green–white–checkered finish extended the race to 410 laps. Summary The race was telecast on Fox starting at 7:45 pm EDT, with radio coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio and MRN beginning at 7:30 pm EDT. The race is named for Columbiana, Ohio resident Dan Lowry, who was the winner of an essay contest sponsored by race sponsor Crown Royal whisky. Clint Bowyer won the race. Pre-race news Last week at Talladega, Ken Schrader filled in on the #70 Haas CNC Racing car. Schrader was the interim substitute for Dario Franchitti's #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, but failed to qualify. Johnny Sauter would return again to Haas and pilot their #70 ride for this race. Race The action came with 48 laps left. While Denny Hamlin who dominated the race, led on a fuel crisis, the caution flew for Casey Mears' crash. The crash involved Michael Waltrip in his self-owned #55 Toyota. The replays showed that Mears accidentally forced Waltrip into scraping across the wall. Then instantly afterwards Michael Waltrip pushed Mears around. These hits on Mears' rear caused him to eventually hit the wall nearly head-on. For the shove Waltrip was parked by NASCAR. Denny Hamlin led 381 laps until a cut tire and a pit road penalty ended his day. On lap 398, Kyle Busch, spun Dale Earnhardt Jr. into the wall, triggering an enormous amount of controversy over the matter and intense boos from the crowd, as Earnhardt was extremely popular due to his family relations with his famous father Dale Earnhardt. Although many fans felt that Busch intentionally caused the accident, years later on Dirty Mo Radio Earnhardt would later address the incident and state that Busch did not intentionally cause the wreck.Martinelli Michelle R. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch rehash bitter details of decade-old feud https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/04/dale-earnhardt-jr-kyle-busch-nascar-rivalry-feud-details-richmond-2008-history usatoday.com October 19, 2020 April 18, 2018 He would say that "Even in the moment, I knew that it wasn't [Busch] turning me on purpose." Earnhardt had said that Busch had simply had wanted to get a better run off of the corner, but had gotten loose and spun him. At the next Richmond race, Earnhardt would seem to get payback on Busch, as on lap 212 Earnhardt spun Busch heading into Turn 1. However, Clint Bowyer surged in front of Busch before the caution flag was thrown. Bowyer was able to hold off Busch and Mark Martin to score his second career cup win, despite leading only two laps. His win was the last one when numbered 07, and his win brought Chevrolet to having the most NASCAR wins in history. Results PosRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-05-29 Racing-Reference en-USStNo.DriverOwnerCarLapsMoneyStatusLedPoints13107Clint BowyerRichard ChildressChevrolet410226550running131902718Kyle BuschJoe GibbsToyota410171100running0170328Mark MartinDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet410174108running016541520Tony StewartJoe GibbsToyota410157911running0160531Martin Truex Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet410133708running015561012Ryan NewmanRoger PenskeDodge410137975running015071999Carl EdwardsJack RoushFord410131375running014681129Kevin HarvickRichard ChildressChevrolet410125411running014292824Jeff GordonRick HendrickChevrolet410126186running01381099Kasey KahneGillett Evernham MotorsportsDodge410113741running0134113331Jeff BurtonRichard ChildressChevrolet410119658running013012541Reed SorensonChip GanassiDodge410104464running0127133943Bobby LabontePetty EnterprisesDodge410113011running0124142316Greg BiffleJack RoushFord41084575running0121152288Dale Earnhardt Jr.Rick HendrickChevrolet41083000running15123163428Travis KvapilYates RacingFord410101089running011517136David RaganJack RoushFord40980850running0112181722Dave BlaneyBill DavisToyota40890383running0109193066Scott RiggsGene HaasChevrolet40888158running010620819Elliott SadlerGillett Evernham MotorsportsDodge408100470running0103212601Regan SmithDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet40881000running0100221444David ReutimannMichael WaltripToyota40771275running097233577Sam Hornish Jr.Roger PenskeDodge407113650running09424111Denny HamlinJoe GibbsToyota407123166running381101254109Sterling MarlinJames FinchChevrolet40767975running0026387Robby GordonRobby GordonDodge40692608running085274245Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge40681858running082283283Brian VickersDietrich MateschitzToyota40670075running079293678Joe NemechekBarney VisserChevrolet40666950running076301248Jimmie JohnsonRick HendrickChevrolet400121411running073312515Paul MenardDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet39777150running07032642Juan Pablo MontoyaChip GanassiDodge38994408running067333770Johnny SauterGene HaasChevrolet37467325running064344396J. J. YeleyJeff MooradToyota36574250running061352026Jamie McMurrayJack RoushFord36474125crash05836165Casey MearsRick HendrickChevrolet35483975crash055372755Michael WaltripMichael WaltripToyota35275397parked052382417Matt KensethJack RoushFord345113366running049391884A. J. AllmendingerDietrich MateschitzToyota25965600crash151402900Michael McDowellMichael WaltripToyota25865475crash043414038David GillilandYates RacingFord22965330crash04042212Kurt BuschRoger PenskeDodge22965205crash03743410Patrick CarpentierGillett Evernham MotorsportsDodge22865471crash034Failed to qualifyPosDriverNo.OwnerCar44Ken Schrader40Felix SabatesDodge45Scott Wimmer33Richard ChildressChevrolet46John Andretti34Bob JenkinsChevrolet47Jon Wood21Wood BrothersFord References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 Aaron's 499 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 Category:NASCAR races at Richmond Raceway