| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 2008 Pocono 500 program cover | |||
| Date | June 8, 2008 | ||
| Official name | Pocono 500 | ||
| Location | Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 91.9 °F (33.3 °C); average wind speeds of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 125.209 miles per hour (201.504 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | ||
| Time | 52.873 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kasey Kahne | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | |
| Laps | 69 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 9 | Kasey Kahne | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers |
Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
The 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and was run on Sunday, June 8 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was the first NASCAR telecast on TNT for the 2008 season starting at 12:30 PM US EDT and on radio via MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio at 1:15 PM US EDT.
- ^ "2008 Pocono 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-09.