For the third time in the past four events, Carl Edwards has come out on top. This time he was victorious at the final race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2008 season – the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This win however wasn’t enough to bring him the championship and he ended up with 2nd place in the final points standings.

Jimmie Johnson finished back in 15th, but it was more than enough to secure his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series title. He finished the season with a 69 point lead ahead of the second place Edwards.

The top finishers from the race included:

1. Carl Edwards (#99 Ford)
2. Kevin Harvick (#29 Chevrolet)
3. Jamie McMurray (#26 Ford)
4. Jeff Gordon (#24 Chevrolet)
5. Clint Bowyer (#07 Chevrolet)

The top ranking drivers of 2008 were:

1. Jimmie Johnson, 6684 points
2. Carl Edwards, 6615 points
3. Greg Biffle, 6467 points
4. Kevin Harvick, 6408 points
5. Clint Bowyer, 6381 points

The full results from the race are available at:

2008 Ford 400 Results from Homestead-Miami Speedway

The final points standings can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Standings

This weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Phoenix International Raceway was dominated by Jimmie Johnson and the #48 Lowe’s team. He grabbed the pole position during the qualifying for the race and from there led the most laps. Later he would go on to win Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil.

The top finishing racers included:

1. Jimmie Johnson (#48 Chevrolet)
2. Kurt Busch (#2 Dodge)
3. Jamie McMurray (#26 Ford)
4. Carl Edwards (#99 Ford)
5. Denny Hamlin (#11 Toyota)

The full results from the race have been posted at:

2008 Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Results from Phoenix International Raceway

The updated standings can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

For the second week in a row, Carl Edwards came out victorious in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. This week’s win came at Texas Motor Speedway in the Dickies 500. The pole-sitter, Jeff Gordon, finished in second. Behind him were Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer, and Greg Biffle to round out the top five.

Once again Edwards was given the Dow Automotive “Strategic Call of the Race”, EA Sports Move of the Race, and the Sunoco Diamond Performance contingency awards for his efforts at the track.

The full results from this race have been posted at the following link:

2008 Dickies 500 Results from Texas Motor Speedway

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

Mikko Hirvonen drove his Ford Focus RS to a win this weekend during the World Rally Championship’s Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan. He finished 30 seconds ahead of the second place finisher Jari-Matti Latvala, who was also in a Ford Focus RS.

The top finishing drivers were:

1 – Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus RS WRC 07)
2 – Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus RS WRC 07)
3 – Sebastien Loeb (Citroen C4)
4 – Chris Atkinson (Subaru Impreza WRC 2008)
5 – Per-Gunnar Andersson (Suzuki SX4)

Some of the big name drivers that didn’t finish the weekend included Dani Sordo, Francois Duval, Henning Solberg, and Conrad Rautenbach.

The full results from the race have been posted here:

Results from the 2008 WRC Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan

The standings have been updated and can be seen here:

2008 World Rally Championship Standings