2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Jimmie Johnson, the 2008 Sprint Cup Series champion. This was the third of his five consecutive titles.
Carl Edwards came in second behind Johnson by 69 points.
Greg Biffle finished third in the championship.
Regan Smith, the 2008 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Chevrolet won the Manufacturer's championship with 11 wins.

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 60th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 37th modern-era Cup season. It was contested over thirty-six races, and began on February 9 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race, followed by the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17. The season continued with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup beginning on September 14 with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and concluded with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16.

As a result of the merger between Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, NASCAR's premier series was renamed as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning with the 2008 season,[1] 2008 marked the first season that the Car of Tomorrow was used for the entire season after being used for select races during the 2007 season. Coors Light also replaced Budweiser as the Official Beer of NASCAR, thereby becoming the new sponsor of the Pole Award given to pole winner in each Sprint Cup Series race. However, Budweiser was still the official sponsor for Bud Shootout at Daytona in February. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned champion at season's end, making him only the second driver in NASCAR's top division to win three championships in a row, with the first being Cale Yarborough.

That was final full-season at 36 races of Robby Gordon and Michael Waltrip before they raced 34-35 races in 2009.


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