Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the thirtieth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama before a crowd of 145,000. The 190-lap race was won by Tony Stewart of the Joe Gibbs Racing team after he started from thirty-fourth position. Paul Menard finished second and David Ragan came in third.Travis Kvapil, who had the pole position, held the lead until he was passed by Carl Edwards on lap nine. The race was first stopped sixty-three laps later when a multi-car collision was triggered by Brian Vickers, and was restarted seventeen minutes later, with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. leading the field. A second red-flag period was triggered after Edwards got into teammate Greg Biffle starting a chain-reaction involving a further ten drivers. Stewart led the field for the remainder of the race, until Regan Smith passed Stewart below the yellow line (out of bounds line) on the final lap. Stewart was therefore handed the victory, and Smith was demoted from second to 18th. The race had a total of ten cautions and sixty-four lead changes among twenty-eight different drivers during the race, which set a new Sprint Cup Series record.It was Stewart's first victory of the season, his first at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 33rd of his career. The result advanced him to seventh in the Drivers' Championship, two-hundred and thirty-two points behind leader Jimmie Johnson (who extended his lead to seventy-two points over Edwards). Toyota extended its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, twelve points ahead of Ford in second place. Chevrolet remained in third with a forty-one points advantage over Dodge with six races left in the season. The race attracted 7.44 million television viewers."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 2 of
2
with 100 triples per page.
- 2008_AMP_Energy_500 abstract "The 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the thirtieth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama before a crowd of 145,000. The 190-lap race was won by Tony Stewart of the Joe Gibbs Racing team after he started from thirty-fourth position. Paul Menard finished second and David Ragan came in third.Travis Kvapil, who had the pole position, held the lead until he was passed by Carl Edwards on lap nine. The race was first stopped sixty-three laps later when a multi-car collision was triggered by Brian Vickers, and was restarted seventeen minutes later, with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. leading the field. A second red-flag period was triggered after Edwards got into teammate Greg Biffle starting a chain-reaction involving a further ten drivers. Stewart led the field for the remainder of the race, until Regan Smith passed Stewart below the yellow line (out of bounds line) on the final lap. Stewart was therefore handed the victory, and Smith was demoted from second to 18th. The race had a total of ten cautions and sixty-four lead changes among twenty-eight different drivers during the race, which set a new Sprint Cup Series record.It was Stewart's first victory of the season, his first at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 33rd of his career. The result advanced him to seventh in the Drivers' Championship, two-hundred and thirty-two points behind leader Jimmie Johnson (who extended his lead to seventy-two points over Edwards). Toyota extended its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, twelve points ahead of Ford in second place. Chevrolet remained in third with a forty-one points advantage over Dodge with six races left in the season. The race attracted 7.44 million television viewers.".
- Q4610404 abstract "The 2008 AMP Energy 500 was the thirtieth stock car race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama before a crowd of 145,000. The 190-lap race was won by Tony Stewart of the Joe Gibbs Racing team after he started from thirty-fourth position. Paul Menard finished second and David Ragan came in third.Travis Kvapil, who had the pole position, held the lead until he was passed by Carl Edwards on lap nine. The race was first stopped sixty-three laps later when a multi-car collision was triggered by Brian Vickers, and was restarted seventeen minutes later, with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. leading the field. A second red-flag period was triggered after Edwards got into teammate Greg Biffle starting a chain-reaction involving a further ten drivers. Stewart led the field for the remainder of the race, until Regan Smith passed Stewart below the yellow line (out of bounds line) on the final lap. Stewart was therefore handed the victory, and Smith was demoted from second to 18th. The race had a total of ten cautions and sixty-four lead changes among twenty-eight different drivers during the race, which set a new Sprint Cup Series record.It was Stewart's first victory of the season, his first at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 33rd of his career. The result advanced him to seventh in the Drivers' Championship, two-hundred and thirty-two points behind leader Jimmie Johnson (who extended his lead to seventy-two points over Edwards). Toyota extended its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, twelve points ahead of Ford in second place. Chevrolet remained in third with a forty-one points advantage over Dodge with six races left in the season. The race attracted 7.44 million television viewers.".