| 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 6 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,269,418 | Race Date: | Mar 30, 2008 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .398 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3h 35m 41s | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 20 | Average Speed: | 73.163 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 18 For 99 Laps | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Denny Hamlin D. Hamlin | Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Toyota: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Toyota | Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Mike Ford | Crew Chief: | Steve Letarte | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 82 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 96.288 MPH | |||||
| Official 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Freight | Running |  | 190 | 500 | 82 |
| 2 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 175 | 500 | 90 |
| 3 | 24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | AT&T Mobility | Running | | 170 | 500 | 37 |
| 4 | 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's | Running | | 165 | 500 | 136 |
| 5 | 9 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot | Running | | 155 | 500 | 0 |
| 6 | 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard | Running | | 160 | 500 | 146 |
| 7 | 39 | 5 | Casey Mears | Kellogg's / Carquest | Running | | 146 | 500 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Irwin Industrial Tools | Running |  | 142 | 500 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Claritin | Running | | 138 | 500 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 7 | Clint Bowyer | BB&T | Running | | 134 | 500 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | David Ragan | AAA Insurance | Running | | 130 | 500 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil | Running | | 127 | 500 | 0 |
| 13 | 29 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Wrigley's Big Red | Running |  | 124 | 500 | 0 |
| 14 | 33 | 1 | Regan Smith (R) | DEI / Principal Financial Grou | Running | | 121 | 500 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | McDonald's | Running | | 118 | 500 | 0 |
| 16 | 35 | 15 | Paul Menard | Menards / Pittsburgh Paints | Running | | 115 | 500 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser | Running | | 112 | 500 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Yates Racing | Running | | 109 | 499 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel | Running | | 106 | 499 | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Jackson Hewitt | Running | | 103 | 499 | 0 |
| 21 | 42 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | Running | | 100 | 499 | 0 |
| 22 | 43 | 40 | Dario Franchitti (R) | Kennametal | Running | | 97 | 499 | 0 |
| 23 | 40 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull | Out of Fuel | | 94 | 497 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 38 | David Gilliland | FreeCreditReport.com | Running | | 91 | 497 | 0 |
| 25 | 32 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | Running | | 93 | 497 | 3 |
| 26 | 34 | 0 | Michael McDowell (R) | Aaron's Dream Machine | Running | | 85 | 497 | 0 |
| 27 | 23 | 96 | J.J. Yeley | DLP HDTV | Running | | 82 | 497 | 0 |
| 28 | 26 | 77 | Sam Hornish, Jr. (R) | Mobil 1 | Running | | 79 | 497 | 0 |
| 29 | 37 | 10 | Patrick Carpentier (R) | Charter Communications | Running | | 76 | 497 | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools | Running | | 73 | 496 | 0 |
| 31 | 30 | 84 | Mike Skinner | Red Bull | Running | | 70 | 496 | 0 |
| 32 | 31 | 70 | Jeremy Mayfield | Haas Automation | Running | | 67 | 495 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite | Running | | 64 | 493 | 0 |
| 34 | 17 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Little Debbie Snack Cakes | Running | | 61 | 492 | 0 |
| 35 | 15 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 58 | 483 | 0 |
| 36 | 38 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target | Running | | 55 | 471 | 0 |
| 37 | 7 | 49 | Ken Schrader | Microsoft Small Business | Running | | 52 | 467 | 0 |
| 38 | 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's | Running | | 49 | 443 | 0 |
| 39 | 15 | 44 | David Reutimann | UPS | Rear Gear | | 51 | 441 | 3 |
| 40 | 41 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Charter Communications | Running | | 43 | 440 | 0 |
| 41 | 36 | 66 | Scott Riggs | State Water Heaters | Running | | 40 | 420 | 0 |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | Aric Almirola (R) | U.S. Army | Engine | | 37 | 379 | 0 |
| 43 | 18 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar | Engine | | 39 | 374 | 4 |
