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2008 Dickies 500

The 2008 Dickies 500
Dickies 500

The Dickies 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas, USA. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005....
was the second to last 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 Chase for the Sprint Cup races number 34 and eight overall respectively. The 334-lap, race was held on November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the List of United States cities by population in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Situated in and a cultural gateway into the Western United States, the city covers nearly in Tarrant County, Texas and Denton County, Texas counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County....
. ABC broadcast the race 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....
with Performance Racing Network

Performance Racing Network

The Performance Racing Network is a radio network controlled by Speedway Motorsports, Inc..PRN broadcasts all NASCAR-sanctioned Nextel Cup and Busch Series events held at Speedway Motorsports-controlled tracks which include Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Te...
and 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...
radio coverage starting at that same time.

lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m3388204",this)' onMouseout='hide("m3388204")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Jeff_Gordon">Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
won the pole position, with Martin Truex, Jr.

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Pre-Race News

Another sponsor is leaving NASCAR. Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational corporation public company which produces imaging and photography materials and equipment. Long known for its wide range of photographic film products, Kodak is re-focusing on two major markets: digital photography and digital printing....
, who has been the official photography supplier to the motorsports body, will leave at the end of the 2008 season and discontinue their association with Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
to concentrate on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
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Qualifying

Jeff Gordon

Race Recap

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 ....
used fuel milage to sweep the season series at TMS. Points leader 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....
finished one lap down in 15th place, but still leads edwards by 106 points.

Failed to Qualify: Tony Raines

Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
(#70), Bryan Clauson

Bryan Clauson

Bryan Clauson, born in Sacramento, California on June 15, 1989, is an United States auto racing driver. He is a member of the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver development program....
(#40), Chad McCumbee

Chad McCumbee

Chad McCumbee is an United States stock car driver who also has acting experience. He was born in Supply, North Carolina, North Carolina.McCumbee currently drives the #07 ASI Limited Chevrolet Silverado for SS-Green Light Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series....
(#45), Max Papis

Max Papis

Massimiliano "Max" Papis is a racing driver from Como, Italy who has competed in several top-level motorsports series such as Formula One and Champ Car....
(#13), Johnny Sauter

Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
(#08).