Results Of Nascar's Daytona 500

Race Results
POS	DRIVER	CAR	MANUFACTURER	LAPS	MONEY	START	LEAD	PTS	BONUS	PENALTY
1	Ryan Newman	12	Dodge	200		7	8	190	5
2	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	200		43	9	175	5
3	Tony Stewart	20	Toyota	200		6	16	170	5
4	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	200		24	86	170	10
5	Reed Sorenson	41	Dodge	200		5	5	160	5
6	Elliott Sadler	19	Dodge	200		35	0	150	0
7	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge	200		10	1	151	5
8	Robby Gordon	7	Dodge	200		26	0	142	0
9	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	200		3	12	143	5
10	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	200		18	7	139	5
11	Bobby Labonte	43	Dodge	200		13	0	130	0
12	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	200		23	0	127	0
13	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	200		36	9	129	5
14	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	200		16	0	121	0
15	Sam Hornish Jr	77	Dodge	200		19	0	118	0
16	Dale Jarrett	44	Toyota	200		20	0	115	0
17	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	200		4	32	117	5
18	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	200		42	0	109	0
19	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	200		11	0	106	0
20	Martin Truex Jr.	1	Chevrolet	200		25	0	103	0
21	Scott Riggs	66	Chevrolet	200		27	0	100	0
22	Paul Menard	15	Chevrolet	200		21	0	97	0
23	Jeremy Mayfield	70	Chevrolet	200		33	0	94	0
24	Clint Bowyer	07	Chevrolet	200		31	4	96	5
25	J.J. Yeley	96	Toyota	200		37	0	88	0
26	Jamie McMurray	26	Ford	200		38	0	85	0
27	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	200		1	1	87	5
28	David Gilliland	38	Ford	200		32	0	79	0
29	Michael Waltrip	55	Toyota	200		2	3	81	5
30	Travis Kvapil	28	Ford	200		30	0	73	0
31	Mark Martin	8	Chevrolet	200		12	0	70	0
32	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Dodge	200		15	0	67	0
33	Dario Franchitti	40	Dodge	199		40	0	64	0
34	Kyle Petty	45	Dodge	197		39	0	61	0
35	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	194		28	1	63	5
36	Regan Smith	01	Chevrolet	194		29	0	55	0
37	Casey Mears	5	Chevrolet	194		9	0	52	0
38	Dave Blaney	22	Toyota	189		34	1	54	5
39	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	186		8	5	51	5
40	John Andretti	34	Chevrolet	184		22	0	43	0
41	Joe Nemechek	78	Chevrolet	171		41	0	40	0
42	David Ragan	6	Ford	161		14	0	37	0
43	Kenny Wallace	87	Chevrolet	141		17	0	34	0

Tony Stewart Can Run His Car Just As Good As His Mouth

The payback was perfect. Tony Stewart turned the tables on Hendrick Motorsports to win the Nationwide Series opener.

Stewart and teammate Kyle Busch finished 1-2 Saturday, combining to hold off Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished third.

The Joe Gibbs Racing teammates showed they have learned some important lessons about cooperation from the drivers at Hendrick, the team that fired Busch to make room for Earnhardt Jr.

"We worked with each other the whole race. That's something that, you know, we've learned that from [those] guys," Stewart said. "And it just shows if you get two of these guys to work with each other, Kyle and I can. I think Kyle and I could have stayed up front all day no matter how many guys challenged."

That will be tested in the 500 and the expected showdown between Hendrick and Gibbs.

It will be Stewart, Busch and Denny Hamlin, who won his Daytona qualifying race Thursday, against Hendrick's all-star cast of Earnhardt, two-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears.

Earnhardt, Daytona pole-winner Johnson and Gordon are all former 500 winners. Gibbs' drivers still are looking for that first win in NASCAR's biggest event.

But Earnhardt Jr.'s convinced Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing are for real.

"The Toyota has been fast," said Junior, who had his string of Speedweeks victories ended at two. "Those guys, you know, got knowledge to get cars around the track, know how to get to Victory Lane. They're going to be tough, I think, all year."

Joe Gibbs Racing switched from Chevrolets to Toyotas over the winter, giving the Japanese automaker a marquee team for its second season on the Sprint Cup and Nationwide circuits.

Stewart and Busch put on a good show Saturday, leading 93 of the 120 laps.

"This car was just fast," said Stewart, who finished second in both the Budweiser Shootout and his 150-mile qualifying race earlier in Daytona's Speedweeks. "It just had so much speed."

Jimmie Johnson Will Have A Front Row Seat In The 2008 Daytona 500

NASCAR is back. Ignoring Tony Stewart already, reigning NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson won his second Daytona 500 pole less than 24 hours after new Hendrick teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the checkered flag in the non-points Budweiser Shootout.

Pole Position

Jimmie Johnson may have won the pole for next Sunday's Daytona 500, but that doesn't exactly mean the defending Cup champ is on easy street. The last polesitter to win the Great American Race was Dale Jarrett in 2000.

Won Daytona 500 From Pole

Year	Driver
2000	Dale Jarrett
1999	Jeff Gordon
1987	Bill Elliott
1985	Bill Elliott
1984	Cale Yarborough
1980	Buddy Baker
1968	Cale Yarborough
1966	Richard Petty
1962	Fireball Roberts

Michael Waltrip, caught using what is basically steroids for cars last year, also had a great run Sunday, taking the outside pole.

Only the top two qualifiers locked in starting positions for next week's 50th running of the Daytona 500.

Asked if this makes him the favorite to win the 500, Johnson said, "We have to wait until we get out in the draft and see how these cars work. That's really a true test of these cars. We know we have the fastest single car."