Race 14 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
2008 Pocono 500 program cover
Date
June 8, 2008 (2008-June-08)
Official name
Pocono 500
Location
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather
Temperatures reaching up to 91.9 °F (33.3 °C); average wind speeds of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)[1]
Average speed
125.209 miles per hour (201.504 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Kasey Kahne
Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Time
52.873
Most laps led
Driver
Kasey Kahne
Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Laps
69
Winner
No. 9
Kasey Kahne
Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
TNT
Announcers
Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Motor car race
The 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and was run on Sunday, June 8 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was the first NASCAR telecast on TNT for the 2008 season starting at 12:30 PM US EDT and on radio via MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio at 1:15 PM US EDT.
^"2008 Pocono 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
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