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- Date: February 17, 2008
- [[Daytona 500 Live Coverage| 2008 WINNER: RYAN NEWMAN]]
- TV Coverage: FOX Sports
- [[Daytona 500 Live Coverage| Number of laps: 200]]
- Most victories: 7, Richard Petty
- 2007 Champion: Kevin Harvick
- Team Purse: $18.6 million
- Driver Purse: $1.4 million
- Pole Sitter: Jimmie Johnson
- Race Starter: Richard Petty
- Pace Car Driver: Junior Johnson
- First ever race: 1959
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The 2008 Daytona 500 will be the 50th running of what is known to auto racing fans as both " The Great American Race" and the "Super Bowl of NASCAR". The Daytona 500 is the first race of the NASCAR season. This page will provide live coverage of the 2008 Daytona 500.
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Qualifying
Race qualifying is a 4-pronged process:- Top 35 from 2007 race are exempt
- Front Row determined by time trials
- Majority of positions determined by Daytona Twin 150s
- Final spots past champions and non-exempt qualifiers
NASCAR on FOX
- Play-by-play: Mike Joy
- Race Commentary: Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
- Studio Host: Chris Myers
- Studio Commentary: Jeff Hammond
- FOX has exclusive rights through 2012
- 2001-2006: FOX rotated with NBC
- 1979-2000: CBS had exclusive TV rights
Trivia
Four families have multiple wins:- Lee Petty (1959) and his son Richard (7 times)
- Bobby Allison (3 times) and his son Davey (1992)
- Darrell Waltrip (1989) and his brother Mike (twice)
- Dale Earnhardt (1998) and his son Dale Jr. (2004).
Three drivers won back-to-back:
- Richard Petty
- Cale Yarborough
- Sterling Marlin
- Rain: 1965, 1966, and 2003
- National Energy Crisis: 1974
Two Drivers have won both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500:
Eight Car Manufacturers have won:
- Chevrolet - 20 times (5 in a row)
- Ford - 10 times
- Plymouth - 4 times
- Buick, Dodge, Mercury, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac - 3 each
- 2nd Place: 5 times
- Top 5 Finishes: 12 times
- All-time track leader with 34 wins, but only one 500 title
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2008 Daytona 500 Live Coverage
Here are the 2008 Daytona 500 Top 10 Finishers:2008 Daytona 500 Live Coverage Questions
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Watchmen trailer during the Daytona 500? 1 AnswerWho watches the Daytona 500? For the most part, males. Watchmen, like many comic book movies or dark action movies, will appeal to males. That's there demogr... read more -
How many laps is the Daytona 500? 2 AnswersI used to think 500 too! There are 200 laps in the Daytona 500. It is a 500-mile NASCAR Nextel Cup race series and Daytona is classified as a superspeedway, wit... read more -
Daytona 500 Start time? What channel? Who will have good pre-race coverage? 2 AnswersAll the below are Eastern Times The Sprint race is Sunday at 2pm on Fox. http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/schedule.html The Nationwide race is Saturda... read more
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Laps 151-200
- Ryan Newman wins the Daytona 500
- LAP 200: Final lap to go, Stewart blocks Newman and Kyle Busch
- LAP 199: Stewart still getting pushed
- LAP 198: Stewart in the lad with Newman and Kurt Busch now in front with Sorenson 4th
- LAP 197: Green Flag Racing: Burton getting pushed by Busch on the inside
- LAP 196: 4 laps to go, they are trying to get them back to green within next 2 laps to avoid "overtime" racing 2 extra laps
- LAP 195: With 5 to go, here's the current Top 5: Burton, Kyle Busch, Newman, Dale Jr., and Stewart - Current Stats: 7 Caution Flags (5 in the last 50 laps), 15 different leaders with 40 lead changes
- LAP 194: Mears hits the wall and we are Yellow Flag again!
- LAP 193: Peske Racing has never won at Daytona, despite 14 wins at Indy, and has 2 cars in Top 5 wih 7 laps to go
- LAP 192: Green Flag Racing: Top 3 really tight...
- LAP 191: Still under yellow
- LAP 190: Resetting Top 10 with 10 to go: Burton, Biffle, Newman, Kyle Busch, Mears, Stewart, Kurt Busch, Dale Jr., Kahne, and Sorenson. Next 10: Robbie Gordon, Sadler, Reutimann, Hornish, Harvick, Labonte, Vickers, McMurray, Edwards, and Dale Jarrett. Jeff Burton has never won the 500, and he has the lead with 10 laps to go...
- LAP 189: Yellow Flag - CRASH Blaney and Martin part of 4 cars involved.
- LAP 188: Jeff Burton grabs the lead, with Biffle and Kyle Busch right on their tail
- LAP 187: Green Flag Racing: Going green hoping to the end, and Newman out in front
- LAP 186: Still under caution, and the commentators seem to think we'll have at least 1 more caution before the race ends.
- LAP 185: 15 laps to go, still under caution, and Dale Jr. finally is in to get tires.
- LAP 184: Let's see if Dale Jr. finally goes into the pit row this time, but it's currently closed. Here's the Top 5 currently: Newman, Montoya, Burton, Biffle, and Kyle Busch.
- LAP 183: Yellow Flag - CRASH Bowyer spins out - looks like he'll be able to get tire changes and get back out
- LAP 182: Juan Pablo Montoya, stayed middle of the pack all day, now up to 4th
- LAP 181: Dale Jr. slips to 7th with Bowyer and Newman run 1-2
- LAP 180: Back to Green Flag Racing: Let's reset the Top 10: Dale Jr., Bowyer, Newman, Burton, Biffle, Montoya, Kahne, Kyle Busch, Sadler, and Blaney
- LAP 178: Several of the leaders came in for tire changes - Dale Jr. stays out again, while Kyle Busch costs himself about 5 spots in the race. 4 cras were involved in the crash, in addition to Johnson and Hamlin were Waltrip and Truex... Now only 28 cars on lead lap approaching 20 to go
- LAP 176: Johnson got loose in the turn and crashed, spun into the infield by Hornish, and then hooked up with Hamlin in the wreck - Tony Stewart has the lead followed by Dale Jr., then Kyle Busch, Bowyer, and Newman round out top 5.
- LAP 175: The race is 3/4 complete, and the action at the front continues to move at 185 MPH with 30 cars on lead lap - YELLOW FLAG - CRASH!
- LAP 173: Stewart and Dale Jr., followed by Kyle Busch, Bowyer, and Burton as Top 5 - followed by Newman, Mears, Sorenson, Kurt Busch and Blaney...
- LAP 171: Lights are on as the sun goes down in Daytona, and Dale Jr. briefly re-takes the lead, and then gives it back to Tony Stewart. Jeff Burton up to 5th
- LAP 170: 30 laps to go and buiness is picking up as Tony Stewart jumps into the lead for the 2nd time in the race, and Dale Jr. quickly behind...
- LAP 168: Kahne jumps Dale Jr for the lead, with Stewart in 3rd and Biffle in 4th - Sorenson 5th
- LAP 165: Back under Green Flag Racing with 35 laps left to go to the finish of The Great American Race
- LAP 164: Dale Jr's crew chief thinks they didn't need to come in for more fuel, that they have enough fuel to make it...
- LAP 163: Current 6-10: Biffle, Burton, Sorenson, Mears, and Harvick
- LAP 162: Dale Earnhardt Jr. currentl in the lead under yellow, followed by Dave Blaney, Ton Stewart, Casey Kahne, and Clint Bowyer
- LAP 161: Yellow Flag - CRASH! - Ragan slides into Kenseth and both cars go to the garage - look for a lot of cars to head into pit row - Dale Jr. only one staying out on the track...
- LAP 160: 80% of the race complete, 40 laps to go, 32 cars still on the lead lap, but Kyle Busch has been dominate since about lap 65
- LAP 158: Gordon officially out of the race... Kyle Busch back in front with Stewart 2nd and Dale Jr 3rd...
- LAP 156: Back to Green Flag racing as Gordon has a shock problem...
- LAP 155: Jeff Gordon heading to the garage - major story... Top 5 now is: Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Matt Kenseth
- LAP 154: Still under yellow as Greg Biffle takes the lead off pit row.
- LAP 152: Our 2nd Yellow Flag of the race affords all of the drivers to come in due to debris on the track
Laps 101-150
- LAP 150: 50 laps to go and the Top 10 remains dominated by Kyle Busch in first, followed by: Bowyer, Biffle, Dale Jr., Stewart, Newman, Kenseth, Kahne, Ragan, and Hornish...
- LAP 146: Top 5 reset: Kyle Busch, with Bowyer, Biffle, Dale Jr., all with 0.5 seconds, and Stewart 5th about 2.5-3 seconds behind
- LAP 143: Kurt Busch has gone from back of the pack to front of the pack and then back to middle of the back in 20th... Andretti and Wallace are only cars off track - Nemechek was out for a while but i back out, though hopelessly behind about 25 laps down... still have 32 drivers on lead lap approacing 50 to go
- LAP 140: Jimmy Johnson, who dropped all the way to 28th, is now in top 15... Jeff Burton up to 9th
- LAP 138: Kyle Busch has led the most laps today with 68 of the 138, and he still is in fornt at the moment, followed by the "Killer B's", Bowyer and Biffle. Dale Jr 4th, followed by Newman and Stewart.
- LAP 136: Approaching the 2-hour mark, with still just 1 yellow cauton flag, 12 leaders with 28 lead changes, 33 drivers on the lead lap, and average front speeds at 183-185 MPH
- LAP 133: Jeff Gordon down to 14th, followed by Dale Jarrett 19th, followed by Waltrip in 20th
- LAP 131: Resetting the current Top 10: Kyle Busch, Bowyer, Newman, Biffle, Dale Jr., Stewart, Kahne, Kenseth, Labonte, and Ragan
- LAP 130: Regan Smith slowing down as he hit the wall...
- LAP 127: Toyoa cars gave lead 104 of the 167 laps - Bowyer up to 2nd place
- LAP 125: 75 laps to go and the field continues to run at 185 MPH average at the front with just one yellow flag so far today - fueld management will become a factor down the stretch of the race... Greg Biffle moves into 4th while Stewart drops o 6th
- LAP 124: Kyle Busch regians lead from Newman, with Tony Stewart all the way up to 3rd, followed by Dale Jr., and Clint Bowyer in 5th...
- LAP 122: Ryan Newman takes the lead, followed by Kyle Busch, Earnhardt, and Bowyer... COMMENTARY: Who had Lap 122 in the "When will they show Ashley Judd watching the race" pool?
- LAP 121: 12 Leaders so far in the race with 25 different lead changes and 34 drivers on the lead lap as the majority of the field comes in to pit row
- LAP 119: Edwards in pit row...still less than 2 hours in and about 60% of the race done, flying through this race - still only 1 caution flag today
- LAP 116: Tony Stewart up to 11th, with Bobby Labonte in 13th, Jeff Burton 15th, Darrell Waltrip 17th, and Kurt Busch has dropped to 20th
- LAP 114: Kyle Busch leads, followed by: Biffle, Newman, Dale Jr., Gordon, Bowyer, Kenseth, Kahne, Jornish, and Hamlin
- LAP 111: Get ready for many cars coming into pit row for another topping off of gas and tire changes, with no other real car adjustents needed...
- LAP 109: Biffle jumps ahead of Kenseth for the lead, as Kurt Busch dirfted into the infield briefly after touching the back of Dale Jr.'s car
- LAP 106: Kenseth and Biffle now move into top 3 and are trying to work together as teammates to push past Kyle Busch
- LAP 105: Tony Stewart has been running 14-16 much of the race, with Kevin Harvick in 18th, and Dale Jarrett in 25th...
- LAP 103: Kyle Busch opens up a 0.5 second lead on the rest of the field, as Gordon and Dale Jr. now complete Top 3
- LAP 101: The commentators are talking about the sun off of Turn 4 is right in their eyes, which is only been a recent occurance in this race because they moved thestart time to later in the day the last few years...
Laps 51-100
- LAP 100: We've reached the halfway point of the race and here's our Top 10: Kyle Busch, Newman, Biffle, Hamlin, Kenseth, Gordon, Ragan, Kurt Busch, Mears, and Dale Jr.
- LAP 98: Halfway leader has not won the race since 1992 - as Gordon and Newman jump Kurt Busch into top 3
- LAP 95: Approaching the halfway mark, and the big story so far has been the lack of caution flags (just 1 yellow for 3 laps) and no crashes - 180MPH average speed with 20 lead changes and 9 different leaders - 36 cars on the lead lap
- LAP 94: Kyle jumps ahead of Kurt as the "Busch" race at the front gets interesting...
- LAP 92: Ryan Newman making a big move, he's up to 5th, and Matt Kenseth also running hard...Dale Jr. back up to 8th
- LAP 90: A lot of bunching together and Martin turns out to need all 4 tires replaced because ran over track debris... 4 wide on the track!!!!
- LAP 89: Kurt Busch still leads baby brother Kyle by 0.13 seconds, but Kurt didn't come in for new tires during yellow flag pit stop, and he's sliding a little bit...
- LAP 87: Dale Jr. needs a new ball shifter with "Duct Tape" - $5.00 tape on a multi-million dollar car...that's NASCAR...
- LAP 86: Mark Martin loses the front right tire and has to come off - it happened right at the edge of pit row so it made it easy for him to come off, Martin has never won the 500...
- LAP 84: FOX "Cranks it up" and the new FOX Gopher Cam adds to it by showing just how fast the cars are going on screen with the new camera angles...Kurt Busch - who started at back of the pack - takes the lead
- LAP 83: next 5 under yellow are Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, Truex Jr., and Vickers, whch shows that winning a race isn't just about the driver but the crew getting them out qickly as well... BACK TO GREEN
- LAP 82: Sorenson, the Busch brothers, Gordon and Hmlin are the Top 5 under yellow...
- LAP 81: Still under yellow, and only 2 drivers (Petty and Nemechek) out of the race - Reed Sorenson was the only driver that didn't come in, so he has the lead under yellow
- LAP 80: And there it is, our first Yellow Flag of the day... another pit stop for all the drivers - right side tire changes and fuel top off mostly...
- LAP 78: Still no yellow flags means this race could be fastest in 500 history... we're only 1 hour into the race and we're about 40% done with the race...usually only reaching 50 laps in an hour in a typical race... cars are handling the track well, with most cars that cam in on last pit just getting 4 tires and gas
- LAP 76: Kyle Busch is back up front, followed by Gordon, Hamlin, Kenseth, and Greg Biffle in 5th, followed by Kahne, Dale Jr., Saler, Hornish, and Edwards
- LAP 75: More green flag pit stops...Sorenson and Newman had a brief lead...
- Busch and Hamlin now coming into the pits together... tightening on the air pressure and 4 tires + fuel
- LAP 73: Green flag pit stops being taken by several cars, including many of the leaders
- LAP 71: Casey Mears comes to pit row to take 4 new tires
- LAP 68: Speeds are still top 180 MPH on average, and one the reasons pit stops are being talked about is gasoline in the cars... Elliott Sadler in for a pit stop, looks like he dragged the wall in the corner
- LAP 65: Denny Hamlin has lead the most laps so far... still no yellow flags yet, which is odd because usually you get one by now, so that will affect some of the race crews strategies
- LAP 64: Kyle Busch still leads but almost side-swiped Denny Hamlin off the corner
- LAP 62: John Andretti comes in for 4 new tires, and gets a push out of the pit area...Mark Martin in 13th and Kevin Harvick 22nd with Waltrip back to 24th
- LAP 60: Gordon and Dale Jr. just staying consistent with their cars in the 3rd and 4th positions... Ryan Newman in 16th, while Dale Jarrett, in his final 500, is 22ndHornish and Petty in the pits, while Nemechek is out of the race in the garage...
- LAP 56: Kyle Busch, a.k.a. "Rowdy", has the lead. Track is fast and tires are a big concern in pit row as many cars will come in for first full stop soon...
- LAP 55: Top 3 cars have seperation from the next group of 10-12 cars, but its only about a 1 second gap
- LAP 53: All 3 Toyotas are still in Top 15, with top 2 in Hamlin and Busch, and Stewart won the Naionwide race ysterday.
Laps 1-50
- LAP 50: At the quarter pole of the race, still no yellow flags - it's been a clean race with no 'swapping paint' by anyone so far. Here's the Top 5: Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Gordon, Dale Jr., and Kenseth
- LAP 47: Jeff Gordon takes the lead back from Busch...Matt Kenseth back up to 5th, and Denny Hamlin retakes the lead
- LAP 44: Kyle Busch has the lead last 3 laps, running terrific in the Toyota, average 186 MPH... tire blisters are a concern for several drivers...
- LAP 40: 1/5 of the race over...Jeff Gordon takes the lead, with Kyle Busch right on him, followed by Hamlin, Dale Jr., and Kenseth...Joe Nemechek is out of the race
- LAP 37: Now the leaders are in...
- LAP 36: Pit row action picking up, about the half the drivers have come in for just loosening or tightening of equipment, not a full blown pit stop
- LAP 34: Early pit stops for early vibrations of specific cars, but none of the leaders are in yet
- LAP 28: Hamlin and Kyle Busch, Toyotas running 1-2 with Stewart in 11th, followed by 3 Chevrolets in Gordon, Dale Jr., and Johnson... Hornish is 6th in a Dodge, while Edwards has the top Ford in 9th
- LAP 25: No Yellow Flags so far, so we should see an early pit stop... cars are still using more of the high side of the track so far
- LAP 24: Hamlin still leading, with Gordon close behind
- LAP 22: Kyle Busch moving up quickly into 4th
- LAP 20: Top 10: Hamlin, Gordon, Dale Jr., Johnson, Kle Busch, Hornish, Mears, Kahne, Edwards, an Martin
- LAP 16: Stewart drops to 5th as Hamlin takes the lead and then gives it to Jeff Gordon, the 5th different leader so far today
- LAP 15: Kahne up to 4th, and Dale Jr. running a consistent 5th
- LAP 14: Sam Hornish, former Indy 500 winner, showing a great start in 8th
- LAP 12: Stewart and Hamlin still leading the pack with Gordon close behind talking to his crew about the tightness of the car...Commentary: FOX needs to do what ABC does with the Indy 500 and split screen duing commercials so you don't miss the action on TV
- LAP 10: 5% of the race complete, weather is perfect, so let's set the Top 10 right now: Stewart, Hamlin, Gordon, Johnson, Kahne, Sorenson, Earnhardt, Mears, Hornish, and Edwards
- LAP 8: Engines were a concern all week for the crews...Stewart and Hamlin still 1-2 at the front
- LAP 7: Kevin Harvick letting crew know his engine is reading trouble and may need to come in
- LAP 6: Tony Stewart takes the lead in his Toyota, currently 1-2 Toyotas
- LAP 4: 188 MPH average at the top... Denny Hamlin has the lead, first time a Toyota has the lead in a 500 race
- LAP 3: cars are still bunched together and staying up on the outer edge of the track so far - Johnson takes the lead with Hamlin close behind
- LAP 1: Michael Waltrip jumps ahead of Jimmy Johnson on back stretch
- Race starts in moments - McMurray and Franchitti drop to back of pack because of using the back-up cars..."Boogity Boggity Boogity! Let's go racing!"
Pre-Race
- 3:31PM: Some things to watch for today...the Joe Gibbs owned cars racing Toyota in the race after geting first non-American MFG car win in the Daytona Twin 150s for Denny Hamlin...a new ride, a new color scheme, a new result for Dale Earnhardt Jr.?... tire tread wear, which was a factor on Thursday. It should be a factor necessarily today because of 3 days of racing events before today...
- 3:30PM: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
- 3:25PM: Waiting for the greatest phrase in motor sports...
- 3:20PM: The current drivers are now meeting with past champions, as the innvocation and national anthem is being performed by Trisha Yearwood, 3-time Grammy Award Winner and wife of Garth Brooks...
- 3:10PM: The pre-race "concert" just concluded with all living 500 winners of the past 50 years on the podium, holding a big "50" banner across the infield...
- 3:05PM: Pre-race activities happening right now - Chubby Checker singing? They are celevrating 50 years of the 500...Now it's the Doobie Brothers and Kool & the Gang...now Brooks & Dunn are "Hard working men"...waiting for the drivers to climb in the cars.
Daytona 500 Links
- Official Site: The 50th Running of the Daytona 500
- Speedway Website: Official Site of the Daytona International Speedway
- FOX Sports: Official TV Network for the 2008 Daytona 500
- Wikipedia: Daytona 500 | 2008 Daytona 500
- NASCAR.com: Official Site fro NASCAR
- RotoWorld.com: 2008 Daytona 500 Preview
- FOX Sports: 2008 Daytona 500 entry list
NASCAR on FOX commercial which aired on Super Bowl Sunday
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