2008 Sprint Cup Season
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2008 Sprint Cup Season is the-fifty nineth NASCAR Cup season began on February 17,2008 with the 2008 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ends on November 16,2008 with 2008 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jimmie Johnson won the championship becoming the first to threepete since Cale Yarborough in 1978[1]. This was the first year the Car of Tomorrow competed the full cup schedule. Due to Sprints merger with Nextel, the series will be named Sprint Cup
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[edit] Changes
Instead of the Dodge Avenger, the Dodge Charger will stay and the Car of Tomorrow will run full time. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will leave DEI to drive the #88 AMP Energy Drink/U.S. National Guard Chevy Hendrick Motorsports, Kyle Busch left Hendrick to drive the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevy replacing J.J. Yeley and sponosred by M&M's Yeley was let go due to poor performance, Gibbs will run Toyota's. Budweiser left DEI to sponsor the #9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge, and Best Buy will leave Haas CNC Racing to spnosor the #19 and Sam Hornish Jr. will drive the #77 Mobil 1 Dodge . DEI Merged with Ginn Racing to take co ownership of the #01 Chevy's. Sterling Marlin was let go, Mark Martin and newley signed Aric Almirola will drive the #8 which is still unsponsored and Regan Smith to take full time seat in the #01, and Joe Nemechek left to pursue other options is gonig to pilot the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevy .Jeremy Mayfield after a bad season was releived of the #36 Bill Davis Racing Toyota and will be replaced by Johnny Benson and Mike Skinner. Johnny Sauter and Jeff Green are released, [[Jeremy Mayfield]] will drive #70 Atlas Copco Chevy and Scott Riggs will drive the #66 State Water Heaters. David Reutimann will drive 5 races in the #00 Aarons Toyota then take over in the #44 and be replaced by Michael McDowell, Dale Jarrett will run six races then retire. The #21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford wil return driven by multiple drivers. Robert Yates will retired at the end of 2007 giving the team over to his son Doug Yates , the team will be renamed Yates Racing fielding the #38 and #28 (used to be #88) TBA sponsored Fords driven by David Gilliland (#38) and Travis Kvapil will take the place off the retiring Ricky Rudd in what is now #28 . Morgan-McClure Motorsports who fields the #4 Chevy will not return, they will team will close their shop.
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Chase
see 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup
[edit] Teams Competing
NOTE:
- (R)= Rookie
- (RET)= Retiring Driver
- (C)= Champion
- (*)= Chase Competitor
- (ROTY)= Rookie of the Year
[edit] Unsigned Drivers
[edit] Links
Jayski
racing reference
NASCAR.com
| Preceded by: 2007 Nextel Cup Season | Cup Seasons 2008 Sprint Cup Season | Succeeded by: 2009 Sprint Cup Season |
