Race Lineup
AMP Energy 500
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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- Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Laps Actual: 190 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 140.281
- Cautions: 10 for 41 laps
- Lead Changes: 64
- Green Flag Passes: 12,416 (83.3 passes per green flag lap)
Race weekend links appear as data becomes available.
| START | VEH # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Academy Sports + Outdoors | Yates Racing | |
| 2 | 5 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Pop-Tarts / CARQUEST | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 3 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 4 | 01 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | DEI / Principal Financial Group | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 5 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Johns Manville / Menards | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 6 | 33 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | Realtree "Driven to the Outdoo… | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 7 | 78 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com | Barney Visser | |
| 8 | 70 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | iQ Drive | Stewart-haas Racing | |
| 9 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | Team Red Bull | |
| 10 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 11 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | Hunt Brothers Pizza | Joe Custer | |
| 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | Jack Roush | |
| 13 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| 14 | 347 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | Champion Mortgage | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | AMP Energy "Ride With Dale Jr.… | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 16 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | AAA Travel | Mike Dee | |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | AT&T Mobility | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 18 | 109 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | Phoenix Racing | |
| 19 | 44 | David Reutimann | Toyota | UPS | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 20 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Jeff Gordon | |
| 21 | 84 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Red Bull | Team Red Bull | |
| 22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | Jack Roush | |
| 23 | 45 | Terry Labonte | Dodge | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | Kyle Petty | |
| 24 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Samsung HDTV / Alltel | Team Penske | |
| 25 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA AUTO PARTS | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 26 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 27 | 21 | Jon Wood | Ford | Motorcraft | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| 28 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | BernzOmatic Fat Boy | Geoff Smith | |
| 29 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Caterpillar | Bill Davis | |
| 30 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Target | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| 31 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT | John Henry | |
| 32 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | Richard Petty Motorsports | |
| 33 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | Walter Czarnecki | |
| 34 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Toyota | Subway / Home Depot | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 35 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 37 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Pedigree | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 38 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | Evernham Motorsports | |
| 39 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 40 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | MONOPOLY at McDonald's | Evernham Motorsports | |
| 41 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Ford. Drive one. | Max Jones | |
| 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | MAPEI / Menards | Robby Gordon | |
| 43 | 96 | Ken Schrader | Toyota | DLP HDTV | Jeffrey Moorad |