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Motor car race
The
2008 Sylvania 300
was the twenty-seventh race of the
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season
and the first race of the
Chase for the Sprint Cup
.
Summary
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The 300-lap, 317.4 miles (510.8 km) race was held on September 14 at the 1.058 miles (1.703 km)
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
in
Loudon, New Hampshire
.
ABC
televised the race beginning at 1 pm
US EDT
with radio coverage by
Performance Racing Network
along with
Sirius Satellite Radio
starting at that same time. This was PRN's first race to be broadcast from NHMS as
Motor Racing Network
handled the
June event
following an agreement settled in May, almost one year following the purchase of the facility by
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Pre-race news
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- Joey Logano
would race after the previous week's cancellation of qualifying at
Richmond
due to the remains of
Hanna
to try to qualify for this week's race.
Qualifying
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After a 90-minute practice session, rain hit Loudon and washed out qualifying, so the field was lined up according to the rulebook.
Race recap
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Kyle Busch
, who came into the race as the top seed in the chase, suffered major mechanical problems as his sway bar was broken.
Matt Kenseth
was involved in a major crash and, when all was settled,
Greg Biffle
won and jumped to third place in the Chase standings.
Failed to make race as qualifying was canceled due to rain:
Tony Raines
(#34) and
Carl Long
(#46).
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