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The 2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Checker Auto Parts 500

The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, Arizona....
 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the 2008 Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for the 2008 Daytona 500 on February 17....
 and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup
2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup

The 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup consists of the final ten races that conclude the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The championship chase began with the 2008 Sylvania 300 on September 14, 2008 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and will conclude with the 2008 Ford 400 on November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway....
. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
 in the Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
 suburb of Avondale
Avondale, Arizona

Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403....
. ABC broadcast the race on television beginning at 3 PM US EST
North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
 while MRN
Motor Racing Network

The Motor Racing Network is the radio broadcasting operation of NASCAR, promoting themselevs as "The Voice of NASCAR." It broadcasts coverage of most major NASCAR races at the top three levels of NASCAR at tracks owned by International Speedway Corporation as well as Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway: the NASCAR Sprint Cup Ser...
 along with Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and ente...
 had radio coverage starting at 2:45 PM US EST.

lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m3358368",this)' onMouseout='hide("m3358368")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Jimmie_Johnson">Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
 won the Pole for Sunday's race, while the man closest to him, Carl Edwards
Carl Edwards

Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
 starts fifth.

race delayed by rain for almost half an hour, then held up another twenty minutes due to a major accident, Johnson all but clinched the 2008 Sprint Cup Championship, his third in a row.

ers in the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the USA were forced to switch from ABC to ESPN 2 to see the finish of the race on Lap 284 as the network broadcast America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos , is an United States Reality show television program on American Broadcasting Company in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes....
 at 7:30 PM EST, while ABC continued the race to its conclusion (313 laps) in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones.






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The 2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Checker Auto Parts 500

The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, Arizona....
 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the 2008 Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for the 2008 Daytona 500 on February 17....
 and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup
2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup

The 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup consists of the final ten races that conclude the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The championship chase began with the 2008 Sylvania 300 on September 14, 2008 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and will conclude with the 2008 Ford 400 on November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway....
. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
 in the Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
 suburb of Avondale
Avondale, Arizona

Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403....
. ABC broadcast the race on television beginning at 3 PM US EST
North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
 while MRN
Motor Racing Network

The Motor Racing Network is the radio broadcasting operation of NASCAR, promoting themselevs as "The Voice of NASCAR." It broadcasts coverage of most major NASCAR races at the top three levels of NASCAR at tracks owned by International Speedway Corporation as well as Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway: the NASCAR Sprint Cup Ser...
 along with Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and ente...
 had radio coverage starting at 2:45 PM US EST.

Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
 won the Pole for Sunday's race, while the man closest to him, Carl Edwards
Carl Edwards

Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
 starts fifth.

Recap

In a race delayed by rain for almost half an hour, then held up another twenty minutes due to a major accident, Johnson all but clinched the 2008 Sprint Cup Championship, his third in a row.

Lap 284: ESPN's Heidi Game
Heidi Game

In professional American football, the Heidi Game refers to a famous American Football League game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, played on November 17, 1968 in Oakland, California....
 Ruse

Viewers in the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the USA were forced to switch from ABC to ESPN 2 to see the finish of the race on Lap 284 as the network broadcast America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos , is an United States Reality show television program on American Broadcasting Company in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes....
 at 7:30 PM EST, while ABC continued the race to its conclusion (313 laps) in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones. NASCAR Chairman Brian France
Brian France

Brian France is the Chief executive officer and Chair of NASCAR, taking over the position from his father, Bill France, Jr., in 2003 . He had previously managed NASCAR's marketing department and touring divisions and was involved in the creation of the Craftsman Truck Series....
 was enraged by this decision:



It should be noted that other broadcast networks since 2001 (when the national television contracts took place) had previously broadcast races to the conclusion, even in rain delay cases. The 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the 2005 Aaron's 312 (NNS) at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 2005 Pepsi 400
Coke Zero 400

The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held on the first Saturday night of July, usually around Independence Day weekend, at Daytona International Speedway....
 at Daytona International Speedway each ran late past network hours and were retained on the broadcast network until their conclusions. ESPN, on the other hand, pulled a similar "Heidi Game" rule at the 2007 LifeLock 400
2007 LifeLock 400

The 2007 Kansas 400 is the 29th race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the third race of the ten in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Championship Series....
 at the Kansas Speedway.