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searchaux" style="display:none">Qualifying races for the 2008 Daytona 500</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2008_Daytona_500#Qualifying" title="2008 Daytona 500">2008 Daytona 500 § Qualifying</a></div> <p>The <b>2008 Gatorade Duels</b> were a pair of <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Cup_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Cup Series">Sprint Cup Series</a> <a href="/wiki/Stock_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock car">stock car</a> races that were held on February 14, 2008 at <a href="/wiki/Daytona_International_Speedway" title="Daytona International Speedway">Daytona International Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach, Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Both, contested over 60 laps, were the qualifying races for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Daytona_500" title="2008 Daytona 500">2008 Daytona 500</a>. The first race was won by <a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr." title="Dale Earnhardt Jr.">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Motorsports" title="Hendrick Motorsports">Hendrick Motorsports</a> racing team. <a href="/wiki/Reed_Sorenson" title="Reed Sorenson">Reed Sorenson</a> finished second, and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Newman_(racing_driver)" title="Ryan Newman (racing driver)">Ryan Newman</a> clinched third. Afterward, the second race was won by <a href="/wiki/Denny_Hamlin" title="Denny Hamlin">Denny Hamlin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Stewart" title="Tony Stewart">Tony Stewart</a> followed in the second position, ahead of third placed <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a>. </p><p>The races set the field for the 50th running of "The Great American Race". These races are the only ones in the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Sprint_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="NASCAR Sprint Cup">NASCAR Sprint Cup</a> that qualifies drivers and their teams for a points-paying race. As qualifying only sets the front row for the Daytona 500, these races are formatted as follows: </p> <ul><li>The pole sitter for the Daytona 500 (<a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a>) was on the point for the first race, with odd-numbered racers who have times in the first event, with the third-fastest driver sitting next to the pole sitter on the front row, then fifth- and seventh-fastest drivers in the second row, and so on.</li> <li>The second-fastest overall driver (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltrip" title="Michael Waltrip">Michael Waltrip</a>) was the pole sitter for race two, with the fourth-fastest driver alongside in the front row, then the sixth- and eighth-fastest cars in row two, and so forth.</li></ul> <p>Positions three through 39 were filled that way (not counting the pole drivers in each race) along with the top drivers in each race not locked in from the previous season's Top 35, automatically qualify for the race. After that, the three fastest cars that did not qualify in the races along with a past champions provisional (if needed) completes the 43-car field. Had all past champions made the race, the next fastest car would have been entered into the field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_Ten_Finishers">Top Ten Finishers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Gatorade_Duels&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Top Ten Finishers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><i><b>Failed to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Daytona_500" title="2008 Daytona 500">Daytona 500</a></b></i> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Race 1 </th> <th>Race 2 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Red_Bull" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Red Bull">84</a>-<a href="/wiki/A._J._Allmendinger" title="A. J. Allmendinger">A. J. Allmendinger</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAM_Racing" title="BAM Racing">49</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ken_Schrader" title="Ken Schrader">Ken Schrader</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_Brothers_Racing" title="Wood Brothers Racing">21</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott" title="Bill Elliott">Bill Elliott</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evernham_Motorsports" title="Evernham Motorsports">10</a>-<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Carpentier" title="Patrick Carpentier">Patrick Carpentier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No_Fear_Racing" title="No Fear Racing">60</a>-<a href="/wiki/Boris_Said" title="Boris Said">Boris Said</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Front_Row_Motorsports" title="Front Row Motorsports">37</a>-<a href="/wiki/Eric_McClure" title="Eric McClure">Eric McClure</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Racing_(NASCAR_team)" title="Phoenix Racing (NASCAR team)">09</a>-<a href="/wiki/Sterling_Marlin" title="Sterling Marlin">Sterling Marlin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davis_Racing" title="Bill Davis Racing">27</a>-<a href="/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve" title="Jacques Villeneuve">Jacques Villeneuve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/E%26M_Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="E&M Motorsports">08</a>-<a href="/wiki/Carl_Long" title="Carl Long">Carl Long</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SKI_Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="SKI Motorsports">50</a>-<a href="/wiki/Stanton_Barrett" title="Stanton Barrett">Stanton Barrett</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_1_and_2">Race 1 and 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Gatorade_Duels&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Race 1 and 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="12">Top Ten Finishers </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Race 1 </th> <th colspan="5">Race 2 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Pos. </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Car Make </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Pos. </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Car Make </th> <th>Team </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr." title="Dale Earnhardt Jr.">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Motorsports" title="Hendrick Motorsports">Hendrick Motorsports</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Hamlin" title="Denny Hamlin">Denny Hamlin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs_Racing" title="Joe Gibbs Racing">Joe Gibbs Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reed_Sorenson" title="Reed Sorenson">Reed Sorenson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dodge" title="Dodge">Dodge</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chip_Ganassi_Racing" title="Chip Ganassi Racing">Chip Ganassi Racing</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a 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