2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series2008NASCAR Nationwide SeriesPrevious2007Next2009Champions | SeasonsThe 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series was the 27th season of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the second national professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began on February 16 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300, and ended on November 15 at Homestead–Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. This was the first season in which NASCAR's second national series was known as the Nationwide ...
NASCAR Whelen Modified TourThe NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. The Modified Division is NASCAR's oldest division, and is the only open-wheeled division that NASCAR sanctions. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events are mainly held in the northeastern United States, but the 2007 and 2008 tours expanded to the Midwest with the addition of a race in Mansfield, Ohio. The to...
NASCAR Cup SeriesTop national division auto racing division within NASCARThe NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–200...
2007 NASCAR Busch SeriesThe 2007 NASCAR Busch Series was the 26th season of the NASCAR Busch Series, the second national professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. It began on February 17 with the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on November 17 with the Ford 300 at Homestead–Miami Speedway. Carl Edwards clinched the series championship on November 3 during the O'Reilly Challenge with 2 races remaining. The 2007 season was the final season of the series under Anheuser-Busc...
NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesThe NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). It is the lowest of the company's three national divisions, behind the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series; the only NASCAR series to race production pickup truck-based stock cars; and as of 2025, the most recently established NASCAR-sanctioned national racing competition. Sears, Roebuck & Co held naming rights from 1995 through 2008, orig...
NASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top-ranked motorsports organizations in the world and is one of the largest spectator sports leagues in America. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Each year, NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 48 US states...
Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about 50 mi (80 km) north of Orlando. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event. The venue also hosts the 24 Hours of Daytona, one of three races that make up the Triple Crown of endurance racing. In addition to NASCAR and IMSA, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike Championship, SCCA, and AMA Supercross Championship. Th...
V8 engineA V8 engine is an eight-cylinderpiston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. OriginsThe first known V8 was the Antoinette 8V, designed by Léon Levavasseur, and built since 1904 by the French Antoinette company for use in speedboat racing, cars, and later, airplanes. Also in 1904, V8 engines began small-scale production by Renault and Buchet for use in race cars. The Curtiss V-8 motorcycle motorcycle set an unofficial motorcycle land-speed re...
XfinityComcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, is an American telecommunications business segment and division of Comcast Corporation. It is used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the company. The brand was first introduced in 2010; prior to that, these services were marketed primarily under the Comcast name. As of 2023 its CEO is Dave Watson, its chairman is Brian L. Roberts, and its CFO is Catherine Avgiris. Xfinity went from US$23.7 billion i...
ComcastComcast Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Holdings, is an American multinational mass media, telecommunications, and entertainment conglomerate. Comcast's corporate headquarters is at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, while NBCUniversal, Comcast's New York operations and other major Comcast assets are headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The company was ranked 51st in the Forbes Global 2000 in 2023. It is the fourth-largest telecommunications company by worldwide re...
O'Reilly Auto PartsO'Reilly Automotive, Inc., doing business as O'Reilly Auto Parts, is an American automotive part retailer that provides automotive parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories to professional service providers and do-it-yourself customers. Founded in 1957 by the O'Reilly family, O'Reilly Auto Parts operates more than 6,400 stores in 48 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada.
Stock car racingStock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses. It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. Originating in the southern United States, its largest governing body is NASCAR, whose NASCAR Cup Series is the premier top-level series of professional stock car racing. Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile also have forms of stock car racing in the Americas, some of which NASCAR has operations ...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.