Race details | |||
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Race 21 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
Pocono Raceway, the race track where the race was held. | |||
Date | August 3, 2008 | ||
Official name | Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 | ||
Location | Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) | ||
Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); average wind speeds of 17.1 miles per hour (27.5 km/h) with 0.23 inches (0.58 cm) of rain within 24 hours of the race [1] | ||
Average speed | 130.567 miles per hour (210.127 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
Time | 53.503 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Mark Martin | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
Laps | 55 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett |
The 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, [2] the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. ESPN carried the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage of the 500 miles (800 km) race starting at 1:15 PM US EDT. The race was sponsored by Sunoco through its official NASCAR gasoline sponsorship and will benefit the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter (covering Philadelphia and the surrounding five-county region), and marked the first time since 1996 that a race at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) track has had a corporate sponsor.
Jimmie Johnson took the pole position with Mark Martin and David Gilliland in the second and third positions, and Jeff Gordon starting fourth.
After "Happy Hour" was washed out on Saturday due to rain, a mandatory caution would be flying at Lap 20, however two accidents predated them. A rain delay held up the race with 69 laps left, and Carl Edwards would win his fourth race of the season.
Failed to Qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34).
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