Rookie Performance
• Regan Smith won the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
• Five different drivers were the highest-finishing rookie in 2008:
- Regan Smith (12)
- Sam Hornish Jr. (11)
- Patrick Carpentier (seven)
- Michael McDowell (five)
- Dario Franchitti (one)
As far as laps led in the 2008 season:
Laps Led
• Jimmie Johnson led 1,959 laps this season, more than any other driver.
• 50 drivers led at least one lap this season. No one has led in every race.
• 11 drivers led the most laps in a race this season:
- Jimmie Johnson (10)
- Kyle Busch (seven)
- Carl Edwards (five)
- Tony Stewart (four)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (three)
- Matt Kenseth (two)
- Denny Hamlin (one)
- Greg Biffle (one)
- Kasey Kahne (one)
- Mark Martin (one)
- David Reutimann (one)
source: nascar press release
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