courtesy of Jayski.com Sprint Cup Race #18 of 36 for the 2008 season -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race: Saturday, July 5, 2008 in Daytona Beach, FL Title Sponsor: Coca-Cola Track: Daytona International Speedway Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 8:19pm/et -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace TNT's Countdown to Green Pre-Race Show: 6:30 - 8:00pm/et TNT 8:00 pm/et Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Thursday, July 10 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED and Thursday, July 10 at 1:30pm/et on HD Net (High Def) Announcers: Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty Pit Reporters: Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Ralph Sheheen, Lindsay Czarniak TNT's Revolving Studio: Marc Fein and Larry McReynolds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week Motor Racing Network Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates/Times/TV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practices: Thursday, July 3, 4:00 - 5:20pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour Practice: Thursday, July 3, 6:35 - 7:45pm/et on TV-SPEED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying Information/Times/TV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying Draw: Thursday, July 3, 3:00pm/et Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42 [if no past champ prov used, then 43rd goes next fastest non top-35 driver], Friday, July 4 at 4:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 2:00am/et; live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio. THIS is an IMPOUND race -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Diagram: Track Website: Daytona International Speedway Track Specs: Track/Race Length: 2.5 mile oval, 160 laps, 400 miles Tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns 18-degree banking in the tri-oval and 6-degree banking on the straightaways Date track opened: 1959 Banking in turns 1-4: 31 degrees Banking in tri-oval: 18 degrees Banking on backstretch: 3 degrees Banking on the straightaway: 6 degrees Length of frontstretch: 3,800 feet Length of backstretch: 3,400 feet Grandstand Seating: 168,000. Pit Road Speed: 55 mph Pace Car Speed: 70 mph Pit Road Length: 1,600 feet Pit Road Width: 50 feet Opened: 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former winners of the Coke Zero 400 courtesy of Wikipedia.Org: Firecracker 250 1959: Fireball Roberts 1960: Jack Smith 1961: David Pearson 1962: Fireball Roberts Firecracker 400 1963: Fireball Roberts (race changed to a 400-mile event) 1964: A.J. Foyt 1965: A.J. Foyt 1966: Sam McQuagg 1967: Cale Yarborough 1968: Cale Yarborough 1969: LeeRoy Yarbrough 1970: Donnie Allison 1971: Bobby Isaac 1972: David Pearson 1973: David Pearson 1974: David Pearson 1975: Richard Petty 1976: Cale Yarborough 1977: Richard Petty (2 hour rain delay red flag near the halfway point) 1978: David Pearson 1979: Neil Bonnett 1980: Bobby Allison 1981: Cale Yarborough 1982: Bobby Allison 1983: Buddy Baker 1984: Richard Petty (his 200th and final career win) 1985: Greg Sacks (first career Cup series victory) 1986: Tim Richmond 1987: Bobby Allison 1988: Bill Elliott (race switched to a Saturday race) Pepsi 400 1989: Davey Allison 1990: Dale Earnhardt 1991: Bill Elliott 1992: Ernie Irvan 1993: Dale Earnhardt 1994: Jimmy Spencer 1995: Jeff Gordon 1996: Sterling Marlin (117 laps / 292.5 miles due to rain) 1997: John Andretti (first career Cup series victory) 1998: Jeff Gordon (race changed to a night race; postponed until October due to wildfires) 1999: Dale Jarrett 2000: Jeff Burton 2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2002: Michael Waltrip 2003: Greg Biffle 2004: Jeff Gordon 2005: Tony Stewart 2006: Tony Stewart 2007: Jamie McMurray
Coke Zero 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of NASCAR.com POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 185.916 48.409 Leader 2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 185.870 48.421 -0.012 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Nat'l Guard Defending Freedom / AMP Energy 185.437 48.534 -0.125 4 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 185.288 48.573 -0.164 5 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Haas Automation 185.250 48.583 -0.174 6 6 David Ragan Ford AAA 185.246 48.584 -0.175 7 60 Boris Said Ford No Fear / Advance Auto Parts 185.181 48.601 -0.192 8 01 Regan Smith* Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 184.976 48.655 -0.246 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 184.828 48.694 -0.285 10 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper 184.676 48.734 -0.325 11 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Ford. Drive one. 184.672 48.735 -0.326 12 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 184.653 48.740 -0.331 13 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 184.638 48.744 -0.335 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese's 184.532 48.772 -0.363 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 184.528 48.773 -0.364 16 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 184.487 48.784 -0.375 17 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 184.472 48.788 -0.379 18 09 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 184.460 48.791 -0.382 19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford R+L Carriers 184.430 48.799 -0.390 20 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Pillsbury Cinnabon / Cheerios 184.388 48.810 -0.401 21 00 Michael McDowell* Toyota Champion Mortgage 184.362 48.817 -0.408 22 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 184.362 48.817 -0.408 23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 184.211 48.857 -0.448 24 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 184.170 48.868 -0.459 25 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 184.166 48.869 -0.460 26 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 184.090 48.889 -0.480 27 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 184.083 48.891 -0.482 28 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 184.049 48.900 -0.491 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 183.970 48.921 -0.512 30 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 183.820 48.961 -0.552 31 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Juicy Fruit Slim Pack 183.809 48.964 -0.555 32 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / Alltel 183.760 48.977 -0.568 33 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 183.737 48.983 -0.574 34 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 183.625 49.013 -0.604 35 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Swing Vote 183.587 49.023 -0.614 36 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 183.542 49.035 -0.626 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 183.441 49.062 -0.653 38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy / Garmin 183.355 49.085 -0.676 39 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Polaroid / TUMS 183.307 49.098 -0.689 40 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Marathon with WeldTec 183.258 49.111 -0.702 41 9 Kasey Kahne+ Dodge Budweiser 182.671 49.269 -0.860 42 77 Sam Hornish Jr.*+ Dodge Penske Truck Rental 181.734 49.523 -1.114 43 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Richard Petty Driving Experience Champion's Provisional Did Not Qualify 44 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza 184.268 48.842 -0.433 45 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 184.079 48.892 -0.483 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie
Coke Zero 400 Results courtesy of Nascar.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 190/5 162 Running 2 24 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 175/5 162 Running 3 19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford R+L Carriers 165/0 162 Running 4 36 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 160/0 162 Running 5 6 6 David Ragan Ford AAA 155/0 162 Running 6 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 155/5 162 Running 7 41 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 146/0 162 Running 8 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Nat'l Guard Defending Freedom (ACU) / AMP Energy 152/10 162 Running 9 25 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 138/0 162 Running 10 2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 134/0 162 Running 11 28 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 130/0 162 Running 12 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese's 127/0 162 Running 13 20 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Pillsbury Cinnabon / Cheerios 124/0 162 Running 14 10 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper 121/0 162 Running 15 1 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 123/5 162 Running 16 43 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Richard Petty Driving Experience 115/0 162 Running 17 35 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Swing Vote 112/0 162 Running 18 4 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 109/0 162 Running 19 12 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 106/0 162 Running 20 17 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 103/0 162 Running 21 34 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 100/0 162 Running 22 39 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Polaroid / TUMS 97/0 162 Running 23 30 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 99/5 162 Running 24 8 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 91/0 162 Running 25 21 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Champion Mortgage 88/0 162 Running 26 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 90/5 162 Running 27 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 87/5 162 Running 28 5 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Haas Automation 79/0 162 Running 29 42 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Penske Truck Rental 76/0 162 Running 30 26 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 78/5 162 Running 31 11 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Ford. Drive one. 70/0 161 Running 32 40 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Marathon with WeldTec 67/0 157 Running 33 22 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 64/0 155 Running 34 16 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 61/0 152 Running 35 7 160 Boris Said Ford No Fear / Advance Auto Parts 63/5 149 Out Of The Race 36 32 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / Alltel 55/0 149 Running 37 23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 52/0 140 Out Of The Race 38 31 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Juicy Fruit Slim Pack 49/0 132 Running 39 38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy / Garmin 46/0 129 Running 40 27 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 43/0 124 Out Of The Race 41 18 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 40/0 103 Out Of The Race 42 13 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 37/0 100 Running 43 33 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 34/0 69 Out Of The Race * Denotes Rookie
