NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona

Daytona International Speedway — July 5, 2008

Kyle Busch

Winner

162

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Kyle Busch won the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2008, leading 31 of 162 laps. Carl Edwards finished second; Matt Kenseth rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

2008

Winner

Kyle Busch

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Kyle Busch		162	—	Running	31	190
2	24	+22	Carl Edwards		162	—	Running	1	175
3	19	+16	Matt Kenseth		162	—	Running	—	165
4	36	+32	Kurt Busch	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	David Ragan		162	—	Running	—	155
6	37	+31	Robby Gordon	Dodge	162	—	Running	1	155
7	41	+34	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.		162	—	Running	51	152
9	25	+16	Clint Bowyer		162	—	Running	—	138
10	2	-8	Mark Martin		162	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Brian Vickers		162	—	Running	—	130
12	14	+2	Kevin Harvick		162	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	124
14	10	-4	Patrick Carpentier	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Paul Menard		162	—	Running	19	123
16	43	+27	Terry Labonte	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	Martin Truex, Jr.		162	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Joe Nemechek		162	—	Running	—	109
19	12	-7	Dave Blaney		162	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Tony Stewart		162	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	David Reutimann		162	—	Running	—	100
22	39	+17	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Jimmie Johnson		162	—	Running	4	99
24	8	-16	Regan Smith		162	—	Running	—	91
25	21	-4	Michael McDowell		162	—	Running	—	88
26	15	-11	Denny Hamlin		162	—	Running	6	90
27	29	+2	Michael Waltrip		162	—	Running	1	87
28	5	-23	Johnny Sauter		162	—	Running	—	79
29	42	+13	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	76
30	26	-4	Jeff Gordon		162	—	Running	46	78
31	11	-20	Travis Kvapil		161	—	Running	—	70
32	40	+8	Jamie McMurray		157	—	Running	—	67
33	22	-11	Jon Wood		155	—	Running	—	64
34	16	-18	Casey Mears		152	—	Running	—	61
35	7	-28	Boris Said		149	—	Running	2	63
36	32	-4	Ryan Newman	Dodge	149	—	Running	—	55
37	23	-14	Jeff Burton		140	—	Running	—	52
38	31	-7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dodge	132	—	DNF	—	49
39	38	-1	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	129	—	DNF	—	46
40	27	-13	David Gilliland		124	—	DNF	—	43
41	18	-23	Sterling Marlin		103	—	DNF	—	40
42	13	-29	A.J. Allmendinger		100	—	DNF	—	37
43	33	-10	Greg Biffle		69	—	DNF	—	34

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 9 matched drivers, the model averaged 10.6 positions off — worse than the season average of 8.5. Below Average

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
1	Kyle Busch	16.0	1	+15.0	Coinflip
5	David Ragan	18.5	5	+13.5	Coinflip
12	Kevin Harvick	20.0	12	+8.0	Coinflip
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	20.1	17	+3.1	Coinflip
23	Jimmie Johnson	19.4	23	-3.6	Coinflip
25	Michael McDowell	17.4	25	-7.6	Coinflip
26	Denny Hamlin	17.4	26	-8.6	Coinflip
34	Casey Mears	19.4	34	-14.6	Coinflip
42	A.J. Allmendinger	20.5	42	-21.5	Moderate

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.