2008 SPRINT Cup standings.
2008 Unofficial Driver Standings: Dodge Challenger 500
Dodge Challenger 500 | Darlington Raceway | Race 11 of 36
| RANK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 1690 | Leader | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Jeff Burton | 1611 | -79 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1556 | -134 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 1500 | -190 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Clint Bowyer | 1490 | -200 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 1442 | -248 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Carl Edwards | 1400 | -290 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Tony Stewart | 1397 | -293 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Kevin Harvick | 1396 | -294 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Jeff Gordon | 1326 | -364 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Greg Biffle | 1308 | -382 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | David Ragan | 1266 | -424 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Chase |
| 13 | Ryan Newman | 1264 | -426 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kasey Kahne | 1264 | -426 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1230 | -460 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Juan Montoya | 1190 | -500 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Brian Vickers | 1161 | -529 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Travis Kvapil | 1155 | -535 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Bobby Labonte | 1128 | -562 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | 1113 | -577 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | David Gilliland | 1088 | -602 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Kurt Busch | 1072 | -618 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Jamie McMurray | 1032 | -658 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Paul Menard | 1027 | -663 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Scott Riggs | 1006 | -684 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mark Martin | 1003 | -687 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Casey Mears | 1000 | -690 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Elliott Sadler | 972 | -718 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | David Reutimann | 967 | -723 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Robby Gordon | 946 | -744 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Reed Sorenson | 872 | -818 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Michael Waltrip | 851 | -839 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Regan Smith* | 835 | -855 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Sam Hornish Jr.* | 806 | -884 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dave Blaney | 793 | -897 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | J.J. Yeley | 702 | -988 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joe Nemechek | 543 | -1147 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jeremy Mayfield | 490 | -1200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kyle Petty | 485 | -1205 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dario Franchitti* | 483 | -1207 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Patrick Carpentier* | 472 | -1218 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Mike Skinner | 423 | -1267 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Michael McDowell* | 417 | -1273 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Dale Jarrett | 367 | -1323 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Bill Elliott | 350 | -1340 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Aric Almirola | 243 | -1447 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Ken Schrader | 234 | -1456 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | A.J. Allmendinger | 211 | -1479 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Sterling Marlin | 158 | -1532 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | John Andretti | 149 | -1541 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Johnny Sauter | 116 | -1574 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Stremme | 84 | -1606 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Jon Wood | 55 | -1635 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Kenny Wallace | 34 | -1656 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Jeff Green | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Scott Wimmer | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Chad McCumbee | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Tony Raines | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Burney Lamar | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Johnny Benson | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Boris Said | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Eric McClure | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Jacques Villeneuve* | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Stanton Barrett | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Carl Long | 0 | -1690 | 0 | 0 | 0 |