2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen

February 2025 January 2026 CUST Race 22 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Centurion Boats at the Glen http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/2008-08-10 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-06-18 https://archive.today/20240526171102/https://www.webcitation.org/6HX9NVrHL?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/2008-08-10 2024-05-26 live 2008 08 10 2008 22 36 2008_Centurion_Boats_at_the_Glen_program_cover.jpg 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen program cover Centurion Boats at the Glen Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York 2.45 3.942 90 220.5 354.86 Temperatures up to 77 F C; wind speeds up to 11.1 mph km/h 97.148 mi/h Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 2008 Owner's Points Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 52 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing ESPN Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett thumb|The layout of Watkins Glen International NASCAR uses. The 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the second and final road course event of the season. The 90-lap, 220.5 mi km race was held on August 10, 2008, at Watkins Glen International Raceway in the New York namesake village. ESPN carried the race at 1 pm EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 1:15 pm EDT. Pre-race news As this event is being held on a road course, several cars are changing drivers to use road course ringers in place of their regular drivers. Among those expected to run at The Glen: Marcos Ambrose will be in the No. 21 Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers Racing; Boris Said was to have brought out the No. 60 Ford for his self-owned No Fear Racing team, and his "teammate" Brian Simo was to have driven the No. 34 Ford, usually raced for Front Row Motorsports as a Chevrolet, however with the cancellation of the qualifying due to rain, neither car made the field; Canadian Ron Fellows, who won the previous week's rain-shortened NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200, will drive the No. 01 Chevy for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Regan Smith, the usual driver of the No. 01 and a Raybestos Rookie contender, to run a fifth (#81) DEI car for his home race; however, it was announced that the No. 81 car was withdrawn, because Smith had been in 20 races through the Pennsylvania 500. P. J. Jones will be in the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Hall of Fame Racing, replacing J. J. Yeley, who was released. For the rest of the season starting at Michigan, Brad Coleman will take over. Max Papis will race the No. 70 Chevrolet for Haas CNC Racing. Kyle Petty was planning to return to the Petty Enterprises No. 45 this week after an absence of nine races - the first due to his daughter's wedding, the next six to be color commentator on TNT, and two following his annual motorcycle charity ride for the Victory Junction Gang camps in North Carolina and Kansas. However, a deal with Boris Said will have him in the car this week. Qualifying For the second straight year, qualifying was cancelled due to rain, so the rulebook was used to set the starting field with Kyle Busch starting on pole based on owner's points. Failed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Boris Said (#60) and Brian Simo (#34). Recap Kyle Busch set a new NASCAR record with his eighth win of the season, his sixteenth in all three major NASCAR series and swept the road course races by winning. A major accident with eight laps remaining led by Michael McDowell and David Gilliland colliding with one another causing a total of nine cars to be in a wreck. Gilliland hit the tire barrier head on and got hit again 3 more times by Bobby Labonte, Dave Blaney, and by both Max Papis and Joe Nemechek. The wreck also collected Reed Sorenson, Michael Waltrip, and Sam Hornish Jr., who hit the yellow barrels on the entrance of pit road. It also caused Ryan Newman's car to stall but Newman had no damage. The wreck delayed the race under a red flag for 45 minutes. Kyle Busch's win also clinched a spot in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, which includes the top seed. Results Pos St No. Driver Car Laps Money Status Led Points1118Kyle BuschToyota90227000running521952920Tony StewartToyota90192036running117534321Marcos AmbroseFord90141095running016542542Juan Pablo MontoyaDodge90137983running21655181Martin Truex Jr.Chevrolet90133783running015561129Kevin HarvickChevrolet90134661running01507448Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet90132236running215181011Denny HamlinToyota90113866running01429399Carl EdwardsFord90121425running013810192Kurt BuschDodge9081225running0134113784A. J. AllmendingerToyota9074075running0130121317Matt KensethFord90120241running0127133201Ron FellowsChevrolet9080475running01241479Kasey KahneDodge90100141running0121152219Elliott SadlerDodge9096520running0118162026Jamie McMurrayFord9076800running011517531Jeff BurtonChevrolet90109833running0112181783Brian VickersToyota9075925running010919245Casey MearsChevrolet9081950running0106203910Patrick CarpentierDodge9067600running010321816Greg BiffleFord9075400running010022288Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chevrolet9074800running33102231207Clint BowyerChevrolet9082025running094244045Boris SaidDodge9084458running091253600Michael McDowellToyota9082733running088261612Ryan NewmanDodge90104700running08527317Robby GordonDodge9087758running082282715Paul MenardChevrolet9073350running07929624Jeff GordonChevrolet90111011running07630146David RaganFord9073425running073313041Reed SorensonDodge9091989running070323477Sam Hornish Jr.Dodge90107125running067332844David ReutimannToyota8964850running064343566Scott RiggsChevrolet8972933running06135158Aric AlmirolaChevrolet8995283running058362328Travis KvapilFord8988164running055373896P. J. JonesToyota8968825running052384178Joe NemechekChevrolet8660650crash049393355Michael WaltripToyota8370072running046402638David GillilandFord8160390crash043412922Dave BlaneyToyota8160230crash040422143Bobby LabonteDodge8197046crash037434270Max PapisChevrolet8160373crash034Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:PosDriverNo.CAR44Brian Simo34Chevrolet45Boris Said60FordWDRegan Smith81Chevrolet References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 2008 3M Performance 400 Centurion Boats at the Glen Centurion Boats at the Glen Category:NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International