2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
Race details
Race 21 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
	2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 program cover
Date	August 3, 2008
Official name	Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
Location	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.023 km (2.5 miles)
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
Average speed	130.567 miles per hour (210.127 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jimmie Johnson ;
Time	53.503
Most laps led
Driver	Mark Martin
Laps	55
Winner
No. 99	Carl Edwards
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett

Last updated February 21, 2025

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.

Pre-Race News

Terry Labonte will pinch hit this week for Patrick Carpentier in the #10 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge while Chad McCumbee will drive the #45 Petty Enterprises ride. Carpentier is running in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on Saturday (8/2) in Montreal, Quebec.

Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson took the pole position with Mark Martin and David Gilliland in the second and third positions, and Jeff Gordon starting fourth.

RANK^[3]	DRIVER	NBR	CAR	TIME	SPEED
1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	53.503	168.215
2	Mark Martin	8	Chevrolet	53.712	167.560
3	David Gilliland	38	Ford	53.832	167.187
4	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	53.858	167.106
5	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	53.930	166.883
6	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	53.962	166.784
7	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	54.047	166.522
8	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	54.047	166.522
9	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	54.049	166.516
10	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	54.072	166.445
11	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	54.089	166.392
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Chevrolet	54.103	166.349
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Dodge	54.152	166.199
14	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	54.167	166.153
15	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	54.192	166.076
16	David Ragan	6	Ford	54.239	165.932
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Chevrolet	54.245	165.914
18	Tony Raines	70	Chevrolet	54.260	165.868	*
19	Travis Kvapil	28	Ford	54.273	165.828
20	Tony Stewart	20	Toyota	54.291	165.773
21	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	54.293	165.767
22	Paul Menard	15	Chevrolet	54.346	165.606
23	Joe Nemechek	78	Chevrolet	54.352	165.587	*
24	Dave Blaney	22	Toyota	54.358	165.569
25	Terry Labonte	10	Dodge	54.374	165.520	*
26	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Dodge	54.376	165.514
27	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	54.381	165.499
28	David Reutimann	44	Toyota	54.392	165.466
29	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge	54.403	165.432
30	Clint Bowyer	07	Chevrolet	54.423	165.371
31	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Toyota	54.479	165.201	*
32	Reed Sorenson	41	Dodge	54.490	165.168
33	Casey Mears	5	Chevrolet	54.493	165.159
34	Chad McCumbee	45	Dodge	54.536	165.029	*
35	Michael McDowell	00	Toyota	54.542	165.010	*
36	Regan Smith	01	Chevrolet	54.628	164.751
37	Bill Elliott	21	Ford	54.643	164.705	*
38	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	54.650	164.684
39	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	54.658	164.660
40	Scott Riggs	66	Chevrolet	54.696	164.546
41	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	54.703	164.525
42	Michael Waltrip	55	Toyota	54.819	164.177
43	J.J. Yeley	96	Toyota	55.123	163.271	*
44	Chad Chaffin	34	Chevrolet	55.791	161.316	*

OP: qualified via owners points

PC: qualified as past champion

PR: provisional

QR: via qualifying race

* - had to qualify on time

Failed to Qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34).

Race Recap

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.

Results

POS^[4]	ST	#	DRIVER	SPONSOR / OWNER	CAR	LAPS	MONEY	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	15	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	241875	running	53	190
2	20	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	196536	running	0	170
3	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	188086	running	34	170
4	21	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	153936	running	0	160
5	16	6	David Ragan	AAA Insurance (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	111725	running	1	160
6	30	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	111950	running	0	150
7	7	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	200	122316	running	41	151
8	2	8	Mark Martin	Steak-umm Burgers (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	126933	running	55	152
9	41	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	93675	running	2	143
10	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	126311	running	0	134
11	5	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	120591	running	3	135
12	12	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard / AMP Energy (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	83500	running	1	132
13	9	16	Greg Biffle	Dish Network Turbo HD (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	83475	running	2	129
14	6	12	Ryan Newman	Avis (Roger Penske)	Dodge	200	115850	running	0	121
15	17	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	103308	running	0	118
16	19	28	Travis Kvapil	Hitachi Power Tools (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	99589	running	0	115
17	34	45	Chad McCumbee	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	200	89133	running	0	112
18	18	70	Tony Raines	Haas Automation (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	200	66975	running	0	109
19	31	84	A.J. Allmendinger	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	200	70425	running	0	106
20	37	21	Bill Elliott	Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies (Wood Brothers)	Ford	200	86645	running	1	108
21	39	31	Jeff Burton	AT&T Mobility / Team USA (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	112208	running	0	100
22	33	5	Casey Mears	Cheez-It / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	84050	running	0	97
23	14	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	105341	running	0	94
24	35	00	Michael McDowell	Champion Mortgage (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	200	86833	running	0	91
25	36	01	Regan Smith	DEI / Principal Financial Group (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	200	76850	running	0	88
26	26	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Dodge	200	110875	running	0	85
27	29	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy / Garmin (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	200	95295	running	0	82
28	8	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	200	76200	running	0	79
29	40	66	Scott Riggs	Haas Automation (Gene Haas)	Chevrolet	199	82108	running	1	81
30	28	44	David Reutimann	UPS (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	199	68200	running	0	73
31	24	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Toyota	199	79208	running	0	70
32	25	10	Terry Labonte	Charter Communications (Gillett Evernham Motorsports)	Dodge	199	64375	running	0	67
33	11	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	199	103611	running	0	64
34	3	38	David Gilliland	FreeCreditReport.com (Yates Racing)	Ford	199	74472	running	0	61
35	32	41	Reed Sorenson	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	199	91039	running	0	58
36	27	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	199	81600	running	0	55
37	38	7	Robby Gordon	Menards / Johns Manville (Robby Gordon)	Dodge	198	71425	running	0	52
38	10	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	198	63300	running	5	54
39	43	96	J.J. Yeley	DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad)	Toyota	196	71175	out of fuel	0	46
40	13	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	146	90933	engine	0	43
41	23	78	Joe Nemechek	Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	138	62880	crash	0	40
42	22	15	Paul Menard	Menards / Energizer (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	137	70730	crash	0	37
43	42	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	24	62999	engine	1	39
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
POS	NAME	NBR	SPONSOR	OWNER	CAR
44	Chad Chaffin	34	Weber Grill	Bob Jenkins	Chevrolet

References

↑ "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
↑ Pocono race renamed Sunoco Presents The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Presented By Cheez-Its
↑ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
↑ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

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[1] "2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2013.

[2] Pocono race renamed Sunoco Presents The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Presented By Cheez-Its

[3] "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

[4] "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

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