2008 Pep Boys Auto 500

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2008 Sprint Cup Series wacker plate compactor


Budweiser Shootout cork underlayment


Gatorade Duels


Daytona 500


Auto Club 500


UAW-Dodge 400


Kobalt Tools 500


Food City 500


Goody's Cool Orange 500


Samsung 500


Subway Fresh Fit 500


Aaron's 499


Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400


Dodge Challenger 500


Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race XXIV


Coca-Cola 600


Best Buy 400


Pocono 500


LifeLock 400


Toyota/Save Mart 350


Lenox Industrial Tools 301


Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola


LifeLock.com 400


Allstate 400 at the Brickyard


Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500


Centurion Boats at the Glen


3M Performance 400


Sharpie 500


Pepsi 500


Chevy Rock & Roll 400


Chase for the Sprint Cup


Sylvania 300


Camping World RV 400


Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman


AMP Energy 500


Bank of America 500


TUMS QuikPak 500


Pep Boys Auto 500


Dickies 500


Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500


Ford 400


Italics - Non-Points Races.


The 2008 Pep Boys Auto 500, is the thirty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the third to the last race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race will be held on October 26 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. ABC will carry the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT and Performance Racing Network along with Sirius Satellite Radio will have radio coverage starting at that same time. This race will be the last at this track in the current Chase format as they will swap this date for the Labor Day weekend date as a night race with Auto Club Speedway, and the Southern California track assuming the Chase date for 2009.


Pre-race News


Team Red Bull's #83 Toyota driven by Brian Vickers was slapped with a very stiff penalty after last week's race at Martinsville. After a post-race inspection at NASCAR's Research and Development center discovered that the sheet metal used was illegal after being lightened to below minimum gauge, NASCAR slapped crew chief Kevin Hamlin with an indefinite suspension and a US $100,000 fine (donated to the NASCAR Foundation.) The stock car racing body also gave an indefinite suspension to car chief Craig Smokstad, and deducted 150 owners and drivers points from the team. It had been speculated the metal had been dipped in acid, but NASCAR and Vickers denied it. (Normally, such an infraction would be a six-week suspension, but only four races remained; Ryan Pemberton was named permanent crew chief for the #83 team for 2009.)


Michael Waltrip will make his 1,000th NASCAR start (all national and regional series; was the 1983 Baby Grand National (4-cylinder) Champion) in this race.


Camping World was named the new sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series for the 2009 season on Thursday (10/23). Craftsman, a division of Sears Holdings, is leaving the series' title sponsorship which they have done since its' inception in 1995.


Kyle Petty will make his 850th career start.


Oualifying


Qualifying was rained out for the 10th time this season, which is a new record. Because of the cancellation, points leader Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole as per the NASCAR rule book. It also marks the third consecutive time that the field will be lined up according to the points standings.


Issues with ABC Affilaies


KXLY-TV in Spokane did not air the race due to the main transmitter that was knocked out by heavy winds. NASCAR Countdown was also not seen on KABC-TV in Los Angeles in favor of Hannah Montana and the Suite Life of Zack and Cody in order to fulfill an E/I requirement and on WCVB-TV in Boston which covered a news report on a shooting at the annual gun show.[citation needed]


Failed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain: Joey Logano (#02), Bryan Clauson (#40).


NOTE: The #08 car, to have been driven by Johnny Sauter was withdrawn earlier in the week.


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