2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 program cover | |||
| Date | May 3, 2008 | ||
| Official name | Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 | ||
| Location | Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.207 km) | ||
| Distance | 410 laps, 307.5 mi (494.873 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching as low as 57 °F (14 °C); wind speeds up to 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 95.786 miles per hour (154.153 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 21.395 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 381 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 07 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 was the tenth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The event was held on May 3, 2008, before a crowd of 112,000, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Originally scheduled for 400 laps, Clint Bowyer won the race after a late caution and subsequent green–white–checker finish extended the race to 410 laps.
Summary
[edit]The race was telecast on Fox starting at 7:45 pm US EDT, with radio coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio and MRN beginning at 7:30 pm US EDT. The race is named for Columbiana, Ohio resident Dan Lowry, who was the winner of an essay contest sponsored by race sponsor Crown Royal whisky. Clint Bowyer won the race.
Pre-race news
[edit]- Last week at Talladega, Ken Schrader filled in on the #70 Haas CNC Racing car. Schrader was the interim substitute for Dario Franchitti's #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, but failed to qualify.
- Johnny Sauter would return again to Haas and pilot their #70 ride for this race.
Race
[edit]The action came with 48 laps left. While Denny Hamlin who dominated the race, led on a fuel crisis, the caution flew for Casey Mears' crash. The crash involved Michael Waltrip in his self-owned #55 Toyota. The replays showed that Mears accidentally forced Waltrip into scraping across the wall. Then instantly afterwards Michael Waltrip pushed Mears around. These hits on Mears' rear caused him to eventually hit the wall nearly head-on. For the shove Waltrip was parked by NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin led 381 laps until a cut tire and a pit road penalty ended his day. On lap 398, Kyle Busch, spun Dale Earnhardt Jr. into the wall, triggering an enormous amount of controversy over the matter and intense boos from the crowd, as Earnhardt was extremely popular due to his family relations with his famous father Dale Sr. Although many fans felt that Busch intentionally caused the accident, years later on Dirty Mo Radio Earnhardt would later address the incident and state that Busch did not intentionally cause the wreck.[2] He would say that "Even in the moment, I knew that it wasn't [Busch] turning me on purpose." Earnhardt had said that Busch had simply had wanted to get a better run off of the corner, but had gotten loose and spun him. At the next Richmond race, Earnhardt would seem to get payback on Busch, as on lap 212 Earnhardt spun Busch heading into Turn 1.
However, Clint Bowyer surged in front of Busch before the caution flag was thrown. Bowyer was able to hold off Busch and Mark Martin to score his second career cup win, despite leading only two laps. His win was the last one when numbered 07, and his win brought Chevrolet to having the most NASCAR wins in history.
Results
[edit]| POS[3] | ST | # | DRIVER | SPONSOR / OWNER | CAR | LAPS | MONEY | STATUS | LED | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | BB&T (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 410 | 226550 | running | 13 | 190 |
| 2 | 7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Pedigree (Joe Gibbs) | Toyota | 410 | 171100 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Mark Martin | U.S. Army (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 410 | 174108 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 15 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Toyota | 410 | 157911 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 410 | 133708 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 10 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 410 | 137975 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Office Depot (Jack Roush) | Ford | 410 | 131375 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 11 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 410 | 125411 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 28 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 410 | 126186 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 9 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) | Dodge | 410 | 113741 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 33 | 31 | Jeff Burton | AT&T Mobility (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 410 | 119658 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 5 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 410 | 104464 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 39 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Speed Racer / Cheerios (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 410 | 113011 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 23 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Dish Network / Dish DVRs (Jack Roush) | Ford | 410 | 84575 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | National Guard / AMP Energy (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 410 | 83000 | running | 15 | 123 |
| 16 | 34 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Discount Tire (Yates Racing) | Ford | 410 | 101089 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 13 | 6 | David Ragan | AAA Insurance (Jack Roush) | Ford | 409 | 80850 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 17 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Toyota | 408 | 90383 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 30 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Haas Automation (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 408 | 88158 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 8 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) | Dodge | 408 | 100470 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 26 | 01 | Regan Smith | Steak-umm Burgers (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 408 | 81000 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 14 | 44 | David Reutimann | UPS (Michael Waltrip) | Toyota | 407 | 71275 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 35 | 77 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Mobil 1 (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 407 | 113650 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs) | Toyota | 407 | 123166 | running | 381 | 101 |
| 25 | 41 | 09 | Sterling Marlin | Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming (James Finch) | Chevrolet | 407 | 67975 | running | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 38 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Charter Communications (Robby Gordon) | Dodge | 406 | 92608 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 42 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Paralyzed Veterans of America (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 406 | 81858 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 32 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz) | Toyota | 406 | 70075 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 36 | 78 | Joe Nemechek | Furniture Row Racing (Barney Visser) | Chevrolet | 406 | 66950 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 400 | 121411 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 25 | 15 | Paul Menard | Menards / Moen (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 397 | 77150 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 6 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 389 | 94408 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 37 | 70 | Johnny Sauter | Haas Automation (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 374 | 67325 | running | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 43 | 96 | J.J. Yeley | DLP HDTV (Jeff Moorad) | Toyota | 365 | 74250 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 20 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Crown Royal (Jack Roush) | Ford | 364 | 74125 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 16 | 5 | Casey Mears | Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 354 | 83975 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 27 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip) | Toyota | 352 | 75397 | parked | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 24 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt NANO Technology (Jack Roush) | Ford | 345 | 113366 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 18 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz) | Toyota | 259 | 65600 | crash | 1 | 51 |
| 40 | 29 | 00 | Michael McDowell | Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip) | Toyota | 258 | 65475 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 40 | 38 | David Gilliland | FreeCreditReport.com (Yates Racing) | Ford | 229 | 65330 | crash | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 21 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 229 | 65205 | crash | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 4 | 10 | Patrick Carpentier | LifeLock (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) | Dodge | 228 | 65471 | crash | 0 | 34 |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
| POS | NAME | NBR | SPONSOR | OWNER | CAR | |||||
| 44 | Ken Schrader | 40 | Kennametal | Felix Sabates | Dodge | |||||
| 45 | Scott Wimmer | 33 | Camping World / RVs.com | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | |||||
| 46 | John Andretti | 34 | Long John Silver's | Bob Jenkins | Chevrolet | |||||
| 47 | Jon Wood | 21 | U.S. Air Force | Wood Brothers | Ford | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Complete weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ Martinelli, Michelle R. (April 18, 2018). "Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch rehash bitter details of decade-old feud". usatoday.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-05-29.