The 2008 Carquest Auto Parts 300 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on May 24, 2008. The race was the 31st iteration of the event. It was also the 13th race of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Brian Vickers won the pole but it would be Kyle Busch who would dominate the race leading the most laps and ended up winning the race. But the race was most remembered for a post-race fight that occurred in the pit road area between the crew members of Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski that started a rivalry between the two drivers for years to come.

Background Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, .

During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.

If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit.

Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake 0 Danny Efland JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Kertus Davis JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 02 Andy Ponstein Stott Classic Racing Chevrolet 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 05 Brett Rowe Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 5 Jimmie Johnson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 7 Mike Wallace Germain Racing Toyota 9 Kasey Kahne Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 Brian Vickers Braun Racing Toyota 11 Jason Keller CJM Racing Chevrolet 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 19 Chase Miller (R) Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Josh Wise Fitz Motorsports Dodge 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 24 Eric McClure Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 27 Brad Coleman Baker Curb Racing Ford 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 29 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 Stanton Barrett SKI Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Kyle Busch Braun Racing Toyota 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 37 Burney Lamar Baker Curb Racing Ford 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 40 Bryan Clauson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 47 Kelly Bires JTG Daugherty Racing Ford 52 Brad Teague Means Racing Chevrolet 59 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Ford 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 61 Kevin Lepage Specialty Racing Ford 64 David Stremme Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 77 Cale Gale (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 81 Brad Baker MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 83 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 84 Carl Long Elite 2 Racing Chevrolet 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Dodge 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Kenny Hendrick MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 99 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing ToyotaOfficial Entry list

Qualifying Brian Vickers won the pole for the race with a time of 30.016 and a speed of 179.904. Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 10 Brian Vickers Braun Racing Toyota 30.016 179.904 2 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.085 179.491 3 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.171 178.980 4 9 Kasey Kahne Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 30.190 178.867 5 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 30.244 178.548 6 32 Kyle Busch Braun Racing Toyota 30.308 178.171 7 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.329 178.047 8 1 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 30.335 178.012 9 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.339 177.989 10 83 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.380 177.749 11 29 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.384 177.725 12 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.507 177.009 13 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 30.512 176.980 14 64 David Stremme Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 30.595 176.499 15 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.629 176.304 16 77 Cale Gale (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 30.643 176.223 17 30 Stanton Barrett SKI Motorsports Chevrolet 30.671 176.062 18 19 Chase Miller (R) Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 30.685 175.982 19 59 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Ford 30.692 175.942 20 40 Bryan Clauson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 30.729 175.730 21 27 Brad Coleman Baker Curb Racing Ford 30.804 175.302 22 5 Jimmie Johnson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.848 175.052 23 7 Mike Wallace Germain Racing Toyota 30.866 174.950 24 99 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 30.874 174.904 25 11 Jason Keller CJM Racing Chevrolet 30.948 174.486 26 0 Danny Efland JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.129 173.472 27 89 Morgan Shepherd** Faith Motorsports Dodge 31.147 173.371 28 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 31.173 173.227 29 91 Kenny Hendrick MSRP Motorsprots Chevrolet 31.204 173.055 30 47 Kelly Bires JTG Daugherty Racing Ford 31.213 173.005 31 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 31.231 172.905 32 84 Carl Long Elite 2 Racing Chevrolet 31.290 172.579 33 81 Brad Baker** MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 31.303 172.507 34 61 Kevin Lepage Specialty Racing Ford 31.311 172.463 35 22 Josh Wise Fitz Motorsports Dodge 31.359 172.199 36 4 Derrike Cope Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 31.459 171.652 37 01 Kertus Davis JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.582 170.983 38 02 Andy Ponstein Stott Classic Racing Chevrolet 31.605 170.859 39 24 Eric McClure Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 31.634 170.702 40 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 31.740 170.132 41 52 Brad Teague Means Racing Chevrolet 31.763 170.009 42 33 Kevin Harvick** Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet — — 43 66 Steve Wallace* ** Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet — —Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes 44 37 Burney Lamar Baker Curb Racing Ford 31.946 169.035 45 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet — — 46 05 Brett Rowe Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet — —Official Starting lineup

* – made the field via owners points.

** – Morgan Shepherd, Brad Baker, Kevin Harvick, and Steve Wallace all had to start at the rear of the field. Shepherd and Baker had unapproved impound adjustments while Harvick and Wallace all had to go to backup cars.

Race Outside pole sitter David Ragan took the lead from pole sitter Brian Vickers and Ragan would lead the first lap. The first caution would fly on lap 4 of the race when Danny Efland crashed in turn 2. The race would restart on lap 9 of the race. On the restart, Kasey Kahne would take the lead from Ragan. On lap 20, Ragan took the lead back from Kahne. On lap 26, the second caution flew when Morgan Shepherd cut a left rear tire and slowed down which occurred right in front of the leaders in Ragan and Kahne. Jason Leffler won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 31. On lap 35, Jimmie Johnson took the lead from Leffler. Leffler attempted to take it back from Johnson on the next lap and got Jimmie loose in turns 3 and 4 but they did not know that Sam Hornish Jr., who was behind those two, had a big run on the outside and Hornish took the lead from Leffler and Johnson on lap 36. On lap 44, Jason Leffler would take the lead. On lap 61, Sam Hornish Jr. spun in turn 2 bringing out the third caution of the race. David Ragan won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 66. Unfortunetly for Hornish, things would go from bad to worse for him as on lap 67, his car got loose off turn 2 and crashed into the outside wall on the backstretch bringing out the 4th caution of the race. The race would restart on lap 72. On lap 76, Kyle Busch would take the lead from Ragan. On lap 80, the 5th caution would fly when Robert Richardson Jr. either got loose or had contact with Bryan Clauson in turn 2 and Richardson would crash into the outside wall. The race would restart on lap 86. On the restart, David Ragan attempted to take the lead from Kyle Busch and led that lap but could not get in front of Busch. On lap 123, the 6th caution would fly when rookie Bryan Clauson crashed in turn 2. Brian Vickers won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 128. On the restart, another rookie would get knocked out of the race when Chase Miller's engine blew and began to lay oil on the track. The 7th caution would fly 3 laps later for the oil.

Final laps and post-race fight