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2008 OPeR Award: Best Race of the Year

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by Charlie Turner

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December 18, 2008 6:18 pm UTC 3 Comments

I think NASCAR fans forgot how good the 2008 Daytona 500 was.

We live blogged the race at the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog – and had a blast – and the whole thing went incredibly fast.

There was drama - Jeff Gordon went out early, the Toyotas were in the mix right to the last lap in their first Sprint Cup race and Ryan Newman took the checkered flag for Roger Penske.

It was a long time ago. But a worthy OPeR winner.

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3 Responses to “2008 OPeR Award: Best Race of the Year”

  1. User Avatar Luke on December 20th, 2008 1:55 am

    … “the Toyotas were in the mix right to the last lap in their first Sprint Cup race” …

    Don’t you mean the Gibbs Toyota’s? I mean, you know, I’m pretty damn sure it was Toyota’s 37th (points) race in Cup.

  2. User Avatar Charlie Turner on December 20th, 2008 12:44 pm

    You are correct sir. I need an editor. Or a better brand of beer.

  3. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on December 22nd, 2008 9:06 am

    After the awful 2007 that Toyota endured, JGR had to give a collective sigh of relief to the boys at TRD.

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