2008 Pep Boys Auto 500
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Date
October 26, 2008
Official name
Pep Boys Auto 500
Location
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 33 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 Atlanta Motor Speedway (after 1997, before Atlanta International Speedway) | |||
| Date | October 26, 2008 | ||
| Official name | Pep Boys Auto 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.48 km (1.54 miles) | ||
| Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 134.272 miles per hour (216.090 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 2008 Owner's Points | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Laps | 128 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
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. Pep Boys Auto 500 was 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.