2008 Coca-Cola 600

February 2025 NAS Coca-Cola 600 2008 05 25 2008 12 36NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule, NASCAR Schedule, Auto Racing Schedule - ESPN http://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2008 ESPN.com 2008_Coca-Cola_600_program_cover.jpeg Coca-Cola 600 Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 1.5 2.414 400 600 965.606 Warm with temperatures approaching 79 F C; wind speeds up to 7 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/28027/2008-05-25 Weather information for the 2008 Coca-Cola 600 The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-06-17 https://archive.today/20240526171145/https://www.webcitation.org/6HX9OSHRS?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/28027/2008-05-25 2024-05-26 live 135.772 mi/h 160,000 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 29.121 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports 76 9 Kasey Kahne Gillett Evernham Motorsports Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds Performance Racing Network 2008 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, made by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. The painting is named "Classic!" The 2008 Coca-Cola 600, the 49th running of the event, was a NASCAR stock car race held on May 25, 2008, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the twelfth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The 400-lap race was won by Kasey Kahne of the Gillett Evernham Motorsports team, who started from the 2nd position. Greg Biffle finished second and Kyle Busch came in third. Background thumb|left|Lowe's Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held. The Coca-Cola 600 was the twelfth scheduled stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, out of 36, and the 49th iteration of the event. It was held on May 25, 2008, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.05/25/2008 Race: Coca Cola 600 (Cup) - Racing-Reference.info https://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=2&series=W&id=2008-12 www.racing-reference.info 10 March 2019 March 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190328000815/https://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=2&series=W&id=2008-12 dead Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located thirteen miles from Charlotte, North Carolina in Concord, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad-oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the Nextel All-Star Challenge, and the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR.Charlotte Motor Speedway Track History https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/fans/track-history/ www.charlottemotorspeedway.com 11 March 2019 The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI). Following the 2008 Coca-Cola 600, Humpy Wheeler retired as track president.NASCAR promoter Humpy Wheeler to retire after Coca-Cola 600 https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/nascar-promoter-humpy-wheeler-retire-after-coca-cola-600 Autoweek 11 March 2019 Entry list Car2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca Cola 600 Entry List - Charlotte Motor Speedway https://frcs.pro/nascar/cup/races/entrylist/2008/charlotte-motor-speedway/coca-cola-600 2021-06-18 frcs.pro Driver MakeTeam00Michael McDowellToyotaMichael Waltrip Racing01Regan SmithChevroletDale Earnhardt, Inc.1Martin Truex JrChevroletDale Earnhardt, Inc.2Kurt BuschDodgePenske Racing5Casey MearsChevroletHendrick Motorsports6David RaganFordRoush Fenway Racing07Clint BowyerChevroletRichard Childress Racing7Robby GordonDodgeRobby Gordon Motorsports08Tony RainesDodgeE&M Motorsports8Mark MartinChevroletDale Earnhardt, Inc.9Kasey KahneDodgeEvernham Motorsports10Patrick CarpentierDodgeEvernham Motorsports11Denny HamlinToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing12Ryan NewmanDodgePenske Racing15Paul MenardChevroletDale Earnhardt, Inc.16Greg BiffleFordRoush Fenway Racing17Matt KensethFordRoush Fenway Racing18Kyle BuschToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing19Elliott SadlerDodgeEvernham Motorsports20Tony StewartToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing21Jon WoodFordWood Brothers Racing22Dave BlaneyToyotaBill Davis Racing24Jeff GordonChevroletHendrick Motorsports26Jamie McMurrayFordRoush Fenway Racing28Travis KvapilFordYates Racing29Kevin HarvickChevroletRichard Childress Racing31Jeff BurtonChevroletRichard Childress Racing33Ken SchraderChevroletRichard Childress Racing34Jeff GreenChevroletFront Row Motorsports38David GillilandFordYates Racing40Sterling MarlinDodgeChip Ganassi Racing41Reed SorensonDodgeChip Ganassi Racing42Juan Pablo MontoyaDodgeChip Ganassi Racing43Bobby LabonteDodgePetty Enterprises44David ReutimannToyotaMichael Waltrip Racing45Kyle PettyDodgePetty Enterprises48Jimmie JohnsonChevroletHendrick Motorsports50Stanton BarrettChevroletSKI Motorsports55Michael WaltripToyotaMichael Waltrip Racing66Scott RiggsChevroletHaas CNC Racing70Johnny SauterChevroletHaas CNC Racing77Sam Hornish JrDodgePenske Racing78Joe NemechekChevroletFurniture Row Racing83Brian VickersToyotaRed Bull Racing Team84AJ AllmendingerToyotaRed Bull Racing Team88Dale Earnhardt JrChevroletHendrick Motorsports96JJ YeleyToyotaHall of Fame Racing99Carl EdwardsFordRoush Fenway Racing Qualifying There were a total of three practice sessions prior to the race. During the first session on Thursday, May 22, 2008, David Ragan had the fastest speed at 181.622 mph.NASCAR Practice #1 Speeds for the 2008 Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway https://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/practice/1/2008/charlotte-motor-speedway/coca-cola-600/120 NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet 11 March 2019 en Before Saturday's first practice session, both Haas CNC Racing cars - the No. 66 of Scott Riggs and the No. 70 Johnny Sauter - were impounded by NASCAR officials and taken to the research and development center for illegal wing adjustments. As a result, they were forced to drive backup cars and start at the rear of the starting lineup. Both teams were also charged a US $100,000 fine in addition to having their crew chiefs suspended for the next six races starting at Dover and running through Daytona.Newton David Riggs, Sauter cars impounded before Cup practice http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3410955 ESPN.com ESPN 11 March 2019 en 24 May 2008 The second practice session took place on Saturday, May 24, 2008, with Greg Biffle taking the top position with a speed of 180.282 mph.NASCAR Practice #2 Speeds for the 2008 Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway https://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/practice/2/2008/charlotte-motor-speedway/coca-cola-600/120 NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet 11 March 2019 en Brian Vickers had the fastest practice speed at 180.735 mph during the third and final practice session on Saturday.NASCAR Practice #3 Speeds for the 2008 Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway https://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/practice/3/2008/charlotte-motor-speedway/coca-cola-600/120 NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet 11 March 2019 en Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole, currently known as the Busch Pole Award, with a speed of 185.433 mph for his second pole of 2008 and the fourth of his career.Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page http://www.jayski.com/next/2008/12lms2008.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20180513084912/http://www.jayski.com/next/2008/12lms2008.htm 2018-05-13 11 March 2019 13 May 2018 He began on P-1 with Sprint All-Star Race XXIV champion Kasey Kahne next to him filling out the front row. Pos2008 Coca-Cola 600 qualifying results https://www.racing-reference.info/qual-results/2008-12/W/ live Racing Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20210429071002/https://www.racing-reference.info/qual-results/2008-12/W/ 2021-04-29 No. Driver Manufacturer Time Speed 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.121 185.433 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 29.142 185.300 3 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 29.150 185.249 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 29.194 184.969 5 6 David Ragan Ford 29.273 184.470 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 29.278 184.439 7 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet 29.319 184.181 8 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 29.331 184.106 9 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 29.352 183.974 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.360 183.924 11 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 29.373 183.842 12 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29.383 183.780 13 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 29.400 183.673 14 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 29.409 183.617 15 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 29.415 183.580 16 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 29.435 183.455 17 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 29.437 183.443 18 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29.438 183.436 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.439 183.430 20 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 29.452 183.349 21 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet 29.464 183.275 22 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 29.474 183.212 2343Bobby LabonteDodge29.476183.200241Martin Truex JrChevrolet29.481183.1692515Paul MenardChevrolet29.487183.1322640Sterling MarlinDodge29.499183.0572784AJ AllmendingerToyota29.532182.8522844David ReutimannToyota29.552182.7292955Michael WaltripToyota29.558182.6923099Carl EdwardsFord29.643182.1683120Tony StewartToyota29.652182.1133238David GillilandFord29.667182.0203333Ken SchraderChevrolet29.673181.9843410Patrick CarpentierDodge29.692181.8673596JJ YeleyToyota29.715181.7263645Kyle PettyDodge29.717181.7143701Regan SmithChevrolet29.719181.7023812Ryan NewmanDodge29.747181.5313907Clint BowyerChevrolet29.755181.4824000Michael McDowellToyota29.758181.4644128Travis KvapilFord29.974180.1564242Juan MontoyaDodge30.080179.5214370Johnny SauterChevrolet29.761181.446Failed to qualify4434Jeff GreenChevrolet29.774  181.366 4550Stanton BarrettChevrolet29.982  180.108  4621Jon WoodFord29.991  180.054  4778Joe NemechekChevrolet30.061  179.635  4808Tony RainesDodge30.739  175.673  Failed to Qualify: Jeff Green (No. 34), Stanton Barrett (No. 50), Jon Wood (No. 21), Joe Nemechek (No. 78) and Tony Raines (No. 08).Qualifying Times: Coca Cola 600. https://www.crash.net/nascar/results/91890/1/qualifying-times-coca-cola-600 Crash 11 March 2019 en 24 May 2008 Race recap The 2008 Coca-Cola 600 began with a scheduled green flag at 5:45 p.m. EST. The race award was set at approximately $6,648,557. The Car of Tomorrow had a successful race following its initial introduction at the 2007 Food City 500, and a record number of green flag passes was set with the average green flag run lasting 29.2 laps. Kyle Busch led for the first 33 laps and lost his lead to Brian Vickers until a cut tire sent Vickers into the turn 4 wall while leading the field by an entire backstretch. Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Busch then traded the lead amongst themselves several times after Vickers fell out of contention. Kurt Busch held the longest lead of the race from laps 67 to 119 which totaled to 53 laps led in one consecutive run. Dale Earnhardt Jr. maintained the most laps led throughout at 76 laps. There was a total of 39 lead changes during the race with 16 different drivers leading a lap. Johnson, who was leading late in the race, fell out of the race after experiencing engine failure that caused him to finish 39th. Robby Gordon and Patrick Carpentier also had engine trouble, and Paul Menard was eliminated from the running due to his car overheating. Approximately 12.5% of the race was run under caution, including five turning related accidents and three cautions citing debris. After pit stops cycled through with 10 laps to go, Tony Stewart led the 2nd place car of Kasey Kahne by a large margin. Stewart cut a tire while leading with 2 laps to go, putting the victory in the lap of Kahne. With his eighth career win, Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep by following up his 2008 Sprint All-Star Race win with a win in the 600. Kahne's margin of victory was 10.203 seconds. This was his first win in 2008—ending his 52 race winless drought. Greg Biffle finished 2nd, Busch finished 3rd, while Jeff Gordon and Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the Top 5. The total race time was 4:25:09. Live television coverage of the 2008 Coca-Cola 600 began at 6:30 p.m. EDT in the United States on Fox. Radio coverage was handled by Sirius Satellite Radio and the Speedway Motorsports, Inc.-owned Performance Racing Network on terrestrial radio stations. Race results Fin2008 Coca-Cola 600 - The Third Turn https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/2008_Coca-Cola_600 2021-06-18 www.thethirdturn.com enRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Coca_Cola_600/W/ live 2021-06-18 Racing-Reference en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20210428031028/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Coca_Cola_600/W/ 2021-04-28 St # Driver Make TeamLapsLedStatusPts 1 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Evernham Motorsports 40066running190 2 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford Roush Fenway Racing 4002running175 3 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 40061running170 4 18 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy Hendrick Motorsports 4000running160 5 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Hendrick Motorsports 40076running165 6 14 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Richard Childress Racing 4001running155 7 12 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Roush Fenway Racing 4001running151 8 9 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Evernham Motorsports 4003running147 9 30 99 Carl Edwards Ford Roush Fenway Racing 4000running138 10 28 44 David Reutimann Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing 4000running134 11 23 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Petty Enterprises 4000running130 12 5 6 David Ragan Ford Roush Fenway Racing 4002running132 13 20 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Racing 4000running124 14 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Richard Childress Racing 4000running121 15 7 8 Mark Martin Chevy Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 4000running118 16 8 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Penske Racing 40064running120 17 11 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Bill Davis Racing 4002running117 18 31 20 Tony Stewart Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 39923running114 19 37 01 Regan Smith Chevy Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3990running106 20 27 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull Racing Team 3990running103 21 38 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Penske Racing 3991running105 22 17 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 3990running97 23 15 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Roush Fenway Racing 3990running94 24 16 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3991running96 25 39 07 Clint Bowyer Chevy Richard Childress Racing 3980running88 26 41 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing 3980running85 27 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing 3970running82 28 13 66 Scott Riggs Chevy Haas CNC Racing3970running -71 29 21 5 Casey Mears Chevy Hendrick Motorsports 3961running81 30 42 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 3960running73 31 26 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 3960running70 32 40 00 Michael McDowell Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing 3950running67 33 33 33 Ken Schrader Chevy Richard Childress Racing 3950running64 34 24 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 3950running61 35 43 70 Johnny Sauter Chevy Haas CNC Racing3950running -92 36 36 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Petty Enterprises 3890running55 37 34 10 Patrick Carpentier Dodge Evernham Motorsports 3630engine52 38 35 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota Hall of Fame Racing 3530running49 39 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Hendrick Motorsports 35135engine51 40 32 38 David Gilliland Ford Yates Racing 3430running43 41 25 15 Paul Menard Chevy Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 2440overheating40 42 3 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull Racing Team 18461crash42 43 22 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 1810engine342008 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte Results - ESPN http://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults?raceId=200805250003&series=sprint ESPN.com 10 March 2019 Post-race standings Rank Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 1860 2 Jeff Burton 1766 (–94) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1721 (–139) 4 Denny Hamlin 1596 (–264) 5 Clint Bowyer 1578 (–282) 6 Carl Edwards 1538 (–322) 7 Kevin Harvick 1517 (–343) 8 Tony Stewart 1511 (–349) 9 Jimmie Johnson 1493 (–367) 10 Jeff Gordon 1486 (–374) 11 Greg Biffle 1483 (–377) 12 Kasey Kahne 1454 (–406) 13 David Ragan 1398 (–462) 14 Ryan Newman 1369 (–491) 15 Martin Truex Jr. 1291 (–569) 16 Matt Kenseth 1264 (–596) 17 Juan Pablo Montoya 1263 (–597) 18 Bobby Labonte 1258 (–602) 19 Travis Kvapil 1240 (–620) 20 Brian Vickers 1203 (–657) References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 2008 Best Buy 400 Coca-Cola 600 Coca-Cola 600 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway