2008 Sylvania 300

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2008 Sylvania 300
Race details
Race 27 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
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Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Date September 14, 2008 (2008-September-14)
Official name Sylvania 300
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.702 km)
Distance 300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km)
Weather Mild with temperatures up to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) [1]
Average speed 105.468 miles per hour (169.734 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time qualified by virtue of owner's points
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 96
Winner
No. 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

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Summary

The 300-lap, 317.4 miles (510.8 km) race was held on September 14 at the 1.058 miles (1.703 km) New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. ABC televised the race beginning at 1 pm US EDT with radio coverage by Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio starting at that same time. This was PRN's first race to be broadcast from NHMS as Motor Racing Network handled the June event following an agreement settled in May, almost one year following the purchase of the facility by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

Pre-race news

Qualifying

After a 90-minute practice session, rain hit Loudon and washed out qualifying, so the field was lined up according to the rulebook.

Race recap

Kyle Busch, who came into the race as the top seed in the chase, suffered major mechanical problems as his sway bar was broken. Matt Kenseth was involved in a major crash and, when all was settled, Greg Biffle won and jumped to third place in the Chase standings.

Top ten finishers
(Chase participants in yellow background)
PlaceCar #DriverCar makeTeam
116 Greg Biffle Ford Roush Fenway Racing
248 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
399 Carl Edwards FordRoush Fenway Racing
431 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
588 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ChevroletHendrick Motorsports
62 Kurt Busch Dodge Penske Racing
71 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
820 Tony Stewart Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
911 Denny Hamlin ToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing
1029 Kevin Harvick ChevroletRichard Childress Racing

Failed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Tony Raines (#34) and Carl Long (#46).

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References

  1. "2008 Sylvania 300 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
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