2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series

The 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series 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-tier series was known as the Nationwide Series, ending the 26-year sponsorship by Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer. The seven-year agreement gives Nationwide Insurance the exclusive rights to tie its brand to NASCAR's second most popular racing series.

The following table shows the 2008 schedule published by NASCAR.

♣ — Race ran at night, or started in the late afternoon and finished at night.

The 2008 TV schedule followed the same format as 2007, with most races broadcast on ESPN2 and six races broadcast on ABC when ESPN2 broadcast larger sporting events. All races were to be shown live on free-to-air TV in Australia on Ten HD

The Camping World 300 presented by Chevrolet was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Tony Stewart won the pole and then went on to win the race. Stewart became the first driver to win the season opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona from the pole. Johnny Sauter, Cale Gale, Kertus Davis and David Gilliland all received 25 point penalties for various infractions.

Did not qualify: #56 Danny O'Quinn Jr., #89 Morgan Shepherd, #91 Larry Gunselman, #36 Kenny Wallace, #61 Kevin Lepage, #87 Joe Nemechek, #52 Donnie Neuenberger, #05 Brett Rowe, #84 Mike Harmon, #0 Kertus Davis

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