2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

The 2008 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. ESPN carried the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage of the race starting at 1:15 PM US EDT. The race was sponsored by Sunoco through its official NASCAR gasoline sponsorship and will benefit the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter, and marked the first time since 1996 that a race at the track has had a corporate sponsor.

Pre-Race News

Terry Labonte will pinch hit this week for Patrick Carpentier in the #10 Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge while Chad McCumbee will drive the #45 Petty Enterprises ride. Carpentier is running in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on Saturday in Montreal, Quebec.

Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson took the pole position with Mark Martin and David Gilliland in the second and third positions, and Jeff Gordon starting fourth.

RANK	DRIVER	NBR	CAR	TIME	SPEED
1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	53.503	168.215
2	Mark Martin	8	Chevrolet	53.712	167.560
3	David Gilliland	38	Ford	53.832	167.187
4	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	53.858	167.106
5	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	53.930	166.883
6	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	53.962	166.784
7	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	54.047	166.522
8	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	54.047	166.522
9	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	54.049	166.516
10	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	54.072	166.445
11	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	54.089	166.392
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Chevrolet	54.103	166.349
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Dodge	54.152	166.199
14	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	54.167	166.153
15	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	54.192	166.076
16	David Ragan	6	Ford	54.239	165.932
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Chevrolet	54.245	165.914
18	Tony Raines	70	Chevrolet	54.260	165.868	*
19	Travis Kvapil	28	Ford	54.273	165.828
20	Tony Stewart	20	Toyota	54.291	165.773
21	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	54.293	165.767
22	Paul Menard	15	Chevrolet	54.346	165.606
23	Joe Nemechek	78	Chevrolet	54.352	165.587	*
24	Dave Blaney	22	Toyota	54.358	165.569
25	Terry Labonte	10	Dodge	54.374	165.520	*
26	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Dodge	54.376	165.514
27	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	54.381	165.499
28	David Reutimann	44	Toyota	54.392	165.466
29	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge	54.403	165.432
30	Clint Bowyer	07	Chevrolet	54.423	165.371
31	A.J. Allmendinger	84	Toyota	54.479	165.201	*
32	Reed Sorenson	41	Dodge	54.490	165.168
33	Casey Mears	5	Chevrolet	54.493	165.159
34	Chad McCumbee	45	Dodge	54.536	165.029	*
35	Michael McDowell	00	Toyota	54.542	165.010	*
36	Regan Smith	01	Chevrolet	54.628	164.751
37	Bill Elliott	21	Ford	54.643	164.705	*
38	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	54.650	164.684
39	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	54.658	164.660
40	Scott Riggs	66	Chevrolet	54.696	164.546
41	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	54.703	164.525
42	Michael Waltrip	55	Toyota	54.819	164.177
43	J.J. Yeley	96	Toyota	55.123	163.271	*
44	Chad Chaffin	34	Chevrolet	55.791	161.316	*

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time
Failed to Qualify: Chad Chaffin.

Race Recap

After "Happy Hour" was washed out on Saturday due to rain, a mandatory caution would be flying at Lap 20, however two accidents predated them. A rain delay held up the race with 69 laps left, and Carl Edwards would win his fourth race of the season.