Sprint Cup All-Star Race

[Vez]

Sprint Showdown RESULTS
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 4 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull PE 40 Running
2 8 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 PE 40 Running
3 3 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance PE 40 Running
4 2 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull PE 40 Running
5 15 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser PE 40 Running
6 17 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine PE 40 Running
7 16 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com PE 40 Running
8 10 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing PE 40 Running
9 20 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV PE 40 Running
10 6 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar PE 40 Running
11 5 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam PE 40 Running
12 13 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target PE 40 Running
13 18 49 Chad McCumbee Dodge Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil PE 40 Running
14 9 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters PE 40 Running
15 22 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Coca-Cola Classic PE 40 Running
16 12 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Johns Manville / Menards PE 40 Running
17 7 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing PE 40 Running
18 25 34 Jeff Green Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports PE 40 Running
19 21 21 Bill Elliott Ford U.S. Air Force PE 40 Running
20 14 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS PE 40 Running
21 23 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group PE 40 Running
22 26 146 Carl Long Dodge Romeo Guest Construction PE 40 Running
23 24 08 Tony Raines Dodge getFUBAR.com PE 29 Running
24 11 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Haas Automation PE 27 In Pit
25 19 150 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink / Check 'n Go PE 14 In Pit
26 1 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools PE 6 In Pit
27 27 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Charter Comm. PE 2 In Pit
* Denotes Rookie

[RaceFanStan]

01. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge / Started 24th (Last) / (Fan Vote Winner)
02. Greg Biffle #16 Ford / Started 5th
03. Matt Kenseth #17 Ford / Started 14th
04. Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet / Started 21st
05. Tony Stewart #20 Toyota / Started 12th
06. Ryan Newman #12 Dodge / Started 8th
07. Sam Hornish Jr #77 Dodge / Started 23rd / (Sprint Showdown 2nd place)
08. Dale Earnhardt Jr #88 Chevrolet / Started 11th
09. Mark Martin #8 Chevrolet / Started 13th
10. Carl Edwards #99 Ford / Started 19th


11. Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet / Started 16th
12. Bobby Labonte #43 Dodge / Started 10th
13. Casey Mears #5 Chevrolet / Started 17th
14. Juan Montoya #42 Dodge / Started 15th
15. Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet / Started 2nd
16. Martin Truex Jr #1 Chevrolet / Started 4th
17. A J Allmendinger #84 Toyota / Started 22nd / (Sprint Showdown Winner)
18. Clint Bowyer #07 Chevrolet / Started 9th
19. Jamie McMurray #26 Ford / Started 6th
20. Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet / Started 7th
21. Dale Jarrett #44 Toyota / Started 18th
22. Kurt Busch #2 Dodge / Started 3rd
23. Denny Hamlin #11 Toyota / Started 20th / DNF - Engine Failure lap 84
24. Kyle Busch #18 Toyota / Started on the pole / DNF - Engine Failure lap 50

[Oli_M]

Shocked at the JGR Toyotas. Had some good bets on them to take home the win. Kyle looked unreal at the start of the race!

[RaceFanStan]

the announcers stated they thought Joe Gibbs Racing was "experimenting" on their engines ...
trying things to make more horsepower by stepping over the edge of what they had been doing ...
the All-Star Race wasn't for points, so it made for a good test session for the Coca-Cola 600 ...
I imagine that Joe Gibbs Racing wasn't the only team "experimenting" in the All-Star Race.

[call_me_andrew]

Can you believe some people called the race boring? I thought it was great.

[harvick#1]

I don't know, dont got speed

[guitars12]

I thought that the racing in general was pretty good. They still are learning stuff about the car. Nascar will have to put a limit on the amount of side force the teams are using. But did the all star race match up to all the hype that everyone was anticapating? No! Very uneventful as far as agressive driving and wrecks go. They advertise wrecks, emotions, anger which we didn't see really much of. Yes in past years we have seen that. But the point I'm making is speed channel built up this hype and led even new coming fans of the sport to believe that is was going to be an exciting race. I bet most of the fans were dissappointed in the race's outcome. I hope the 600 is more eventful, we will have to see. Reporters!!!!!!! don't sell us a piece of chocolate cake that doesn't taste like chocolate. By the way, congrats to Kasey Kayne.

[BenRoethig]

Only about six or seven people do. Why Fox couldn't have put this on FX (or the big network) which are actually in most cable packages is beyond me.

[Lee Roy]

I thought that the racing in general was pretty good. They still are learning stuff about the car. Nascar will have to put a limit on the amount of side force the teams are using. But did the all star race match up to all the hype that everyone was anticapating? No! Very uneventful as far as agressive driving and wrecks go. They advertise wrecks, emotions, anger which we didn't see really much of. Yes in past years we have seen that. But the point I'm making is speed channel built up this hype and led even new coming fans of the sport to believe that is was going to be an exciting race. I bet most of the fans were dissappointed in the race's outcome. I hope the 600 is more eventful, we will have to see. Reporters!!!!!!! don't sell us a piece of chocolate cake that doesn't taste like chocolate. By the way, congrats to Kasey Kayne.

I thought it was a great race. A lot of strategy played out. Whoda thunk that the driver voted in by the fans would actually take the whole enchilada.

I was happy they didn't have wrecks. I guess I'm just wierd that way.

[RaceFanStan]

Shocked at the JGR Toyotas. Had some good bets on them to take home the win.
Kyle looked unreal at the start of the race!

the announcers stated they thought Joe Gibbs Racing was "experimenting" on their engines ...
trying things to make more horsepower by stepping over the edge of what they had been doing ...
the All-Star Race wasn't for points, so it made for a good test session for the Coca-Cola 600 ...
I imagine that Joe Gibbs Racing wasn't the only team "experimenting" in the All-Star Race.

Joe Gibbs Racing WAS trying something new & radical in their engines !

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/head...dex.html?imw=Y