Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisNASCAR Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway Results
July 7th 2008 10:41
NASCAR Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway
Pole sitter Paul Menard led the first lap with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. drafting right up on his bumper. A.J. Allmendinger hit the wall on lap 19 to bring out the first caution of the day. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was scored as the race leader at the time of caution. Everyone hit pit road with Kyle Busch coming out with the lead for the first time in the race.
On lap 73 as cars pitted Tony Stewart climbed out of his car and let J.J. Yeley takeover. stewart had been suffering from flu-like symptoms all weekend. Yeley would do his job and get a top 20 finish, actually in 20th.
The race was filled with cautions, a total of eleven yellow flags waved throughout.
With four laps to go the #77 car of Johnny Sauter got into the back of Bobby Labonte which cause him to get into Dave Blaney.Blaney in turn hit Jimmie johnson who spun and clooected a few other cars in the incident. they included Denny Hamlin, J.J. Yeley, Paul Menard, David Reutimann, and Matt Kenseth.
By the time they got the field ready to go green again it was time for a green, white, checkered finish. Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards were drag racing side by side with about one and a half laps to go. In an odd twist Kyle was being pushed from behind by Carl's teammate Matt Kenseth, while Edwards was being pushed from behind by Kyle's brother Kurt.
Behind their racing their was contact between Travis Kvapil and Sam Hornish, Jr. that caused a multi-car accident and brought out the race's final caution flag. By rule the field was frozen at the time that caution came out on the track. After reviewing the computerized scoring loops on the track and the video replays NASCAR declared Kyle Busch the winner of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.
The win was Busch's sixth of the Sprint Cup Series season. Those victories have been on an impressive array of tracks too. This week the win was on Daytona's Superspeedway, he also won at the Superspeedway in Talladega, another was on the concrete mile at Dover, and even one on the road course at Infineon. This seems to be much different than when Jimmie Johnson was winning everything, but mainly on the cookie-cutter tracks. Kyle is doing it in many different ways, and leading the NASCAR points as he does.
Behind Busch and Edwards were Kenseth, Kurt Busch, and David Ragan in the top five. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished in eighth, while the driver who will be his newest teammate next year, Mark Martin was in tenth. the Labontes both had good finishes, Bobby in 13th, and Terry in 16th.Jeff Gordon wound up in 30th spot after a late crash took him out while running in the second spot. Juan Pablo Montoya had more trouble with another driver on the track, and finished in 38th, while the car he crashed with, the #16 of Greg Biffle, finished dead last in 43rd.
Next Saturday the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers head to Chicagoland Speedway for the LifeLock.com 400 where defending champion Tony Stewart will hopefully be healthy and ready to turn his season around.
2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Stats
Scheduled Laps: 160
Total Laps: 162
Distance: 400 miles
Lead Changes: 49
Kyle Busch won his 6th race of the season at Daytona this week.
Pole sitter Paul Menard led the first lap with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. drafting right up on his bumper. A.J. Allmendinger hit the wall on lap 19 to bring out the first caution of the day. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was scored as the race leader at the time of caution. Everyone hit pit road with Kyle Busch coming out with the lead for the first time in the race.
On lap 73 as cars pitted Tony Stewart climbed out of his car and let J.J. Yeley takeover. stewart had been suffering from flu-like symptoms all weekend. Yeley would do his job and get a top 20 finish, actually in 20th.
The race was filled with cautions, a total of eleven yellow flags waved throughout.
With four laps to go the #77 car of Johnny Sauter got into the back of Bobby Labonte which cause him to get into Dave Blaney.Blaney in turn hit Jimmie johnson who spun and clooected a few other cars in the incident. they included Denny Hamlin, J.J. Yeley, Paul Menard, David Reutimann, and Matt Kenseth.
By the time they got the field ready to go green again it was time for a green, white, checkered finish. Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards were drag racing side by side with about one and a half laps to go. In an odd twist Kyle was being pushed from behind by Carl's teammate Matt Kenseth, while Edwards was being pushed from behind by Kyle's brother Kurt.
Behind their racing their was contact between Travis Kvapil and Sam Hornish, Jr. that caused a multi-car accident and brought out the race's final caution flag. By rule the field was frozen at the time that caution came out on the track. After reviewing the computerized scoring loops on the track and the video replays NASCAR declared Kyle Busch the winner of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.
The win was Busch's sixth of the Sprint Cup Series season. Those victories have been on an impressive array of tracks too. This week the win was on Daytona's Superspeedway, he also won at the Superspeedway in Talladega, another was on the concrete mile at Dover, and even one on the road course at Infineon. This seems to be much different than when Jimmie Johnson was winning everything, but mainly on the cookie-cutter tracks. Kyle is doing it in many different ways, and leading the NASCAR points as he does.
Behind Busch and Edwards were Kenseth, Kurt Busch, and David Ragan in the top five. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished in eighth, while the driver who will be his newest teammate next year, Mark Martin was in tenth. the Labontes both had good finishes, Bobby in 13th, and Terry in 16th.Jeff Gordon wound up in 30th spot after a late crash took him out while running in the second spot. Juan Pablo Montoya had more trouble with another driver on the track, and finished in 38th, while the car he crashed with, the #16 of Greg Biffle, finished dead last in 43rd.
Next Saturday the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers head to Chicagoland Speedway for the LifeLock.com 400 where defending champion Tony Stewart will hopefully be healthy and ready to turn his season around.
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Make | Started | Laps | Led |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 9 | 162 | 31 |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 24 | 162 | 1 |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 19 | 162 | 0 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 2 | Dodge | 36 | 162 | 0 |
| 5 | David Ragan | 6 | Ford | 6 | 162 | 0 |
| 6 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Dodge | 37 | 162 | 1 |
| 7 | Kasey Kahne | 9 | Dodge | 41 | 162 | 0 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 3 | 162 | 51 |
| 9 | Clint Bowyer | 7 | Chevrolet | 25 | 162 | 0 |
| 10 | Mark Martin | 8 | Chevrolet | 2 | 162 | 0 |
| 11 | Brian Vickers | 83 | Toyota | 28 | 162 | 0 |
| 12 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 14 | 162 | 0 |
| 13 | Bobby Labonte | 43 | Dodge | 20 | 162 | 0 |
| 14 | Patrick Carpentier | 10 | Dodge | 10 | 162 | 0 |
| 15 | Paul Menard | 15 | Chevrolet | 1 | 162 | 19 |
| 16 | Terry Labonte | 45 | Dodge | 43 | 162 | 0 |
| 17 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | Chevrolet | 35 | 162 | 0 |
| 18 | Joe Nemechek | 78 | Chevrolet | 4 | 162 | 0 |
| 19 | Dave Blaney | 22 | Toyota | 12 | 162 | 0 |
| 20 | Tony Stewart | 20 | Toyota | 17 | 162 | 0 |
| 21 | David Reutimann | 44 | Toyota | 34 | 162 | 0 |
| 22 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | Dodge | 39 | 162 | 0 |
| 23 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 30 | 162 | 4 |
| 24 | Regan Smith | 1 | Chevrolet | 8 | 162 | 0 |
| 25 | Michael McDowell | 0 | Toyota | 21 | 162 | 0 |
| 26 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 15 | 162 | 6 |
| 27 | Michael Waltrip | 55 | Toyota | 29 | 162 | 1 |
| 28 | Johnny Sauter | 70 | Chevrolet | 5 | 162 | 0 |
| 29 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 77 | Dodge | 42 | 162 | 0 |
| 30 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 26 | 162 | 46 |
| 31 | Travis Kvapil | 28 | Ford | 11 | 161 | 0 |
| 32 | Jamie McMurray | 26 | Ford | 40 | 157 | 0 |
| 33 | Jon Wood | 21 | Ford | 22 | 155 | 0 |
| 34 | Casey Mears | 5 | Chevrolet | 16 | 152 | 0 |
| 35 | Boris Said | 60 | Ford | 7 | 149 | 2 |
| 36 | Ryan Newman | 12 | Dodge | 32 | 149 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 23 | 140 | 0 |
| 38 | Juan Pablo Montoy | 42 | Dodge | 31 | 132 | 0 |
| 39 | Elliott Sadler | 19 | Dodge | 38 | 129 | 0 |
| 40 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 27 | 124 | 0 |
| 41 | Sterling Marlin | 9 | Chevrolet | 18 | 103 | 0 |
| 42 | AJ Allmendinger | 84 | Toyota | 13 | 100 | 0 |
| 43 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 33 | 69 | 0 |
2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Stats
Scheduled Laps: 160
Total Laps: 162
Distance: 400 miles
Lead Changes: 49
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