2008 Kobalt Tools 500

February 2025 CUST Race 4 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Kobalt Tools 500 Weather information for the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac. Accessed 2013-06-18. 2013-06-21. 2008 03 9 2008 4 36 2008_Kobalt_Tools_500_program_cover.png 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 program Kobalt Tools 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia 1.54 2.48 325 500.5 805.476 Temperatures reaching up to 57.9 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 11.1 mph km/h 140.975 mi/h Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports 29.927 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 173 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held on March 9, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, located outside the Georgia state capital. The race was televised on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT, and broadcast on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio starting at 1 PM US EDT. Pre-Race News A major shakeup at Team Red Bull finds A. J. Allmendinger out of the #84 Toyota and Mike Skinner, who drove the #27 Bill Davis Racing ride last week takes over for four races to give the team feedback on the current information. Meanwhile, Johnny Benson will replace Skinner in the #27 ride. Qualifying Qualifying suffered from a short rain delay in the beginning stages but was finally reopened with Jeff Gordon winning the pole followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards and Bobby Labonte rounding out the top five. Forty-eight cars attempted to make the race but only 43 are able to start a Sprint Cup Race. Failed to qualify: John Andretti (#34), Johnny Benson (#27), Bill Elliott (#21), Burney Lamar (#08), Ken Schrader (#49). Race thumb|Kyle Busch won the race. For the first time since June 1954 (when Al Keller won in a Jaguar on the road course at Linden Airport), a foreign nameplate found its way to the winners' circle as Kyle Busch dominated the field to win his fifth Cup race of his career, and his first win driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. The victory also gave Toyota their first Sprint Cup victory after 40 races. Carl Edwards, still smarting from last week's win that found a loose oil tank, costing him 100 points in the drivers chase, his owner Jack Roush 100 owners' points and suspended crew chief Bob Osborne for six races until April 30 as well as a $100,000 fine, was in the lead until there were 50 laps to go and Edwards' transmission in the #99 Ford blew up, finishing 42nd, and falling deeper out of the top 12. Much of the pre and post-race talk was about the tires Goodyear supplied to the teams. Tony Stewart claimed that the tires were shoddy in a post-race commentary. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also said that the tires did not work well on the subject of its grip, while Jeff Gordon claimed that in light of Stewart's gripes that "I think he went a little overboard". The tiremaker commented the day after that in a press release "if the drivers aren't happy, Goodyear's not happy." Results POSRace Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/ 2021-05-29 Racing-Reference en-USST#DRIVERSPONSOR / OWNERCARLAPSMONEYSTATUSLEDPTS1618  Kyle BuschSnickers   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota325175575running17319523220  Tony StewartHome Depot 10 Years Service Award   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota325162886running01703288  Dale Earnhardt Jr.AMP Energy / National Guard   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet325125050running6217041316  Greg BiffleJackson Hewitt   (Jack Roush)Ford325106875running11655124  Jeff GordonDuPont   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet325136686running11606707  Clint BowyerDirecTV   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet32594850running521557829  Kevin HarvickShell / Pennzoil   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet325124086running014683817  Matt KensethDeWalt   (Jack Roush)Ford325124341running014293583  Brian VickersRed Bull   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota32579200running1143101531  Jeff BurtonAT&T Mobility   (Richard Childress)Chevrolet325123958running013411292  Kurt BuschMiller Lite   (Roger Penske)Dodge32579325running013012543  Bobby LabonteCheerios / Betty Crocker   (Petty Enterprises)Dodge325114436running1132131148  Jimmie JohnsonLowe's / Kobalt Tools   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet325127786running0124141212  Ryan NewmanAlltel   (Roger Penske)Dodge324115075running0121152211  Denny HamlinFedEx Ground   (Joe Gibbs)Toyota324112691running0118161942  Juan Pablo MontoyaWrigley's Big Red   (Chip Ganassi)Dodge324104058running011517395  Casey MearsKellogg's / Carquest   (Rick Hendrick)Chevrolet32489850running0112182866  Scott RiggsState Water Heaters   (Gene Haas)Chevrolet32493808running0109192015  Paul MenardMenards / Energizer   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet32483225running0106203000  David ReutimannAaron's Dream Machine   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota32392808running01032131  Martin Truex Jr.Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet323105633running010022108  Mark MartinU.S. Army   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet323108458running09723146  David RaganAAA   (Jack Roush)Ford32383850running09424267  Robby GordonValvoline / Jim Beam   (Robby Gordon)Dodge32395858running091253377  Sam Hornish Jr.Penske Truck Rental   (Roger Penske)Dodge323117550running088264344  Dale JarrettUPS   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota32273725running085273484  Mike SkinnerRed Bull   (Dietrich Mateschitz)Toyota32269800running0822899  Kasey KahneBudweiser   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge322107041running184294228  Travis KvapilZaxby's   (Yates Racing)Ford32299689running076302755  Michael WaltripNAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip)Toyota32181508running073312541  Reed SorensonTarget / Polaroid   (Chip Ganassi)Dodge32199489running070323138  David GillilandFreeCreditReport.com   (Yates Racing)Ford32181222running067332340  Dario FranchittiFastenal   (Chip Ganassi)Dodge32178050running064341622  Dave BlaneyCaterpillar   (Bill Davis)Toyota32169025running061352110  Patrick CarpentierCintas   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge32068990running058361778  Joe NemechekFurniture Row Racing   (Barney Visser)Chevrolet32068955running055373796  J.J. YeleyDLP HDTV / H.H. Gregg   (Jeff Moorad)Toyota32076920running052384101  Regan SmithDEI / Principal Financial Group   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)Chevrolet32076885running049393670  Jeremy MayfieldHaas Automation   (Gene Haas)Chevrolet31868850running046402426  Jamie McMurrayIrwin Industrial Tools   (Jack Roush)Ford31776810running043414045  Kyle PettyParalyzed Veterans of America   (Petty Enterprises)Dodge31368765running04042499  Carl EdwardsAflac   (Jack Roush)Ford274116145engine3342431819  Elliott SadlerBest Buy / Garmin   (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)Dodge25794518crash034Failed to qualifyPOSNAMENBRSPONSOROWNERCAR44Ken Schrader49Qtrax.comBeth Ann MorgenthauDodge45Bill Elliott21Little Debbie Nutty BarsWood BrothersFord46Johnny Benson Jr.27Toyota Certified Used VehiclesBill DavisToyota47Burney Lamar08Rhino's Energy DrinkJohn CarterDodge48John Andretti34Front Row MotorsportsBob JenkinsChevrolet References Sprint Cup Series 2008 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 2008 Food City 500 Kobalt Tools 500 Kobalt Tools 500 Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:March 2008 sports events in the United States