2008 Ford 400
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 36 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Homestead-Miami Speedway | |||
| Date | November 16, 2008 | ||
| Location | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 77.9 °F (25.5 °C); wind speeds up to 17.1 miles per hour (27.5 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 129.472 miles per hour (208.365 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Michael Waltrip Racing | ||
| Time | 31.462 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Laps | 157 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree, Jerry Punch | ||
The 2008 Ford 400, a 400.5 miles (644.5 km) race, was the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and decides the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, this race was historic for being the race where Jimmie Johnson became the second driver (after Cale Yarborough) to win the Sprint Cup title three years in a row. The 267-lap race on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) track was held on November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. ABC covered the race beginning at 3 PM US EST and MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at that same time.
The race also served as the final event of Ford Championship Weekend, which also includes the Craftsman Truck Series Ford 200 and Nationwide Series Ford 300 races on Friday and Saturday of that weekend, also serving as the season finales for those series as well.
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.
From 2002 until 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsored all three of the season-ending races; the races had the names Ford 400, Ford 300 and Ford 200, respectively, and the weekend was marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Nationwide Series had held its season-ending races at Homestead from 1995 until 2019.
