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2008 Food City 500

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Race 5 of 36 in the [2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series](2008-nascar-sprint-cup-series) season
Race Name	Food City 500
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Year	2008
Race_No	5
Season_No	36
Image	2008_Food_City_500_program_cover.jpg
Caption	2008 Food City 500 program cover
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course_mi	0.533
Course_km	0.857
Distance_laps	506
Distance_mi	269.698
Distance_km	434.036
Scheduled_laps	500
Scheduled_mi	266.5
Scheduled_km	428.89
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 53.6 F; wind speeds up to 11.1 mph
Avg	89.775 mi/h
Pole_Driver	Jimmie Johnson
Pole_Team	Hendrick Motorsports
Pole_Time	2007 Owner's Points
Most_Driver	Tony Stewart
Most_Team	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most_laps	267
Car	31
First_Driver	Jeff Burton
First_Team	Richard Childress Racing
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This race aired on Fox starting at 1:30 PM EDT with radio coverage handled by Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio with programming starting at 1 PM US EDT. The race marked the last race utilizing the 2007 Top 35 owners points exemption. Starting with the Goody's Cool Orange 500 on March 30 each week's Top 35 teams will be exempt.

The race marked the 676th and final career points start for Dale Jarrett, who made one final start in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Dale's father, Ned, himself a former series champion and television commentator, waved the green flag for his son's final race. Starting on March 30 David Reutimann became the new driver of the #44 car, while Michael McDowell made his debut in the #00 car.

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Background

The track, Bristol Motor Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 mi long. The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees. The track has a seating capacity of 160,000 people. The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 266.5 mi. The 2007 winner was Kyle Busch.

Qualifying

Qualifying was canceled due to rain on March 14 so the field was set by the rulebook for the second (and final) time this year using the 2007 Owners' points. As a result, Jimmie Johnson was on the pole.

Race

Jarrett started deep in the field and fell one lap down to the leader just before the first competition caution on lap 50. That caution was brought out because the track surface had been washed clean by a rain the previous night. He finished 37th.

Drivers that spun out include Kyle Busch (while in the lead) and Robby Gordon. The only car in the 43 car field that wasn't running at the end was driven by Brian Vickers.

With two laps left, Kevin Harvick bobbled entering a turn and pushed up into second place Tony Stewart. Stewart hit the wall, bringing out a caution, and finished as the last car on the lead lap in 14th. Denny Hamlin was leading at the time but he suddenly slowed after he had fuel pickup problems and quickly faded to finish eighth. The race went six laps past its scheduled length due to the green-white-checker finish rule, and was won by Jeff Burton. Richard Childress Racing finished 1-2-3 for the first time in team history, with Harvick finishing second and Clint Bowyer third.

Results

Pos	St	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Points
1	8	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	506	running	2	190
2	10	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	506	running	32	175
3	3	07	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	506	running	81	170
4	14	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	506	running	0	160
5	15	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	506	running	0	155
6	12	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	506	running	98	155
7	20	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	506	running	0	146
8	16	8	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	506	running	0	142
9	32	38	David Gilliland	Ford	506	running	0	138
10	4	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	506	running	0	134
11	2	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	506	running	0	130
12	36	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	506	running	0	127
13	11	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	506	running	0	124
14	6	20	Tony Stewart	Toyota	506	running	267	131
15	21	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dodge	505	running	0	118
16	9	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	504	running	0	115
17	22	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	504	running	7	117
18	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	504	running	14	114
19	27	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	504	running	0	106
20	39	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	504	running	0	103
21	24	6	David Ragan	Ford	504	running	0	100
22	31	66	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	503	running	0	97
23	40	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	503	running	5	99
24	28	7	Robby Gordon	Dodge	503	running	0	91
25	25	96	J. J. Yeley	Toyota	503	running	0	88
26	17	01	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	503	running	0	85
27	30	28	Travis Kvapil	Ford	503	running	0	82
28	35	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	501	running	0	79
29	7	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	501	running	0	76
30	33	70	Jeremy Mayfield	Chevrolet	500	running	0	73
31	23	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	500	running	0	70
32	29	15	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	499	running	0	67
33	13	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	499	running	0	64
34	34	22	Dave Blaney	Toyota	498	running	0	61
35	42	78	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	498	running	0	58
36	26	40	Dario Franchitti	Dodge	497	running	0	55
37	37	44	Dale Jarrett	Toyota	496	running	0	52
38	19	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	489	running	0	49
39	38	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	486	crash	0	46
40	43	84	Mike Skinner	Toyota	441	running	0	43
41	41	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	420	running	0	40
42	5	5	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	417	running	0	37
43	18	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	373	running	0	34

Failed to make race due to cancellation of qualifying: Patrick Carpentier (#10), Jeff Green (#21), John Andretti (#34).

References

"2008 Food City 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
"Bristol Motor Speedway Track Facts". Bristol Motor Speedway.
"Race Results".

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