| 2008 Standings |
| RANK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 |
Johnny Benson | 3725 | --- | $754,405 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 |
Ron Hornaday Jr. | 3718 | -7 | $782,560 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 3 |
Todd Bodine | 3621 | -104 | $633,895 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 4 |
Erik Darnell | 3412 | -313 | $474,945 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 |
Matt Crafton | 3392 | -333 | $477,925 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 |
Mike Skinner | 3363 | -362 | $400,775 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 |
Rick Crawford | 3315 | -410 | $369,720 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 |
Dennis Setzer | 3197 | -528 | $422,020 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 |
Jack Sprague | 3125 | -600 | $364,980 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 |
Terry Cook | 3072 | -653 | $324,205 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 |
Chad McCumbee | 2999 | -726 | $344,515 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 |
David Starr | 2929 | -796 | $347,915 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 |
Colin Braun | 2856 | -869 | $332,210 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 |
Kyle Busch | 2854 | -871 | $517,245 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 15 |
Brendan Gaughan | 2840 | -885 | $319,860 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 |
Brian Scott | 2787 | -938 | $322,540 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 |
Shelby Howard | 2636 | -1089 | $294,702 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |
Donny Lia | 2466 | -1259 | $287,360 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |
Jason White | 2338 | -1387 | $271,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |
Ted Musgrave | 2099 | -1626 | $224,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 |
Scott Speed | 2058 | -1667 | $282,445 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 |
T.J. Bell | 1906 | -1819 | $195,470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 |
Justin Marks | 1781 | -1944 | $207,215 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 |
Stacy Compton | 1748 | -1977 | $194,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 |
Jon Wood | 1729 | -1996 | $206,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 |
Chad Chaffin | 1303 | -2422 | $151,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 |
Marc Mitchell | 1295 | -2430 | $150,280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 |
Travis Kvapil | 1276 | -2449 | $133,100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 |
Shane Sieg | 950 | -2775 | $103,465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 |
Michael Annett | 910 | -2815 | $128,580 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 |
Landon Cassill | 892 | -2833 | $97,805 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 |
Andy Lally | 870 | -2855 | $103,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |
Jeff Green | 777 | -2948 | $79,580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 |
Bobby East | 771 | -2954 | $83,395 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 |
Ryan Lawler | 763 | -2962 | $87,205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |
Timothy Peters | 743 | -2982 | $78,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 |
Keven Wood | 728 | -2997 | $75,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 |
Scott Lagasse Jr. | 665 | -3060 | $84,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 |
John Wes Townley | 622 | -3103 | $72,205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 |
Sean Murphy | 608 | -3117 | $63,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 |
J.C. Stout | 563 | -3162 | $76,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 |
Chrissy Wallace | 540 | -3185 | $57,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 |
Butch Miller | 524 | -3201 | $81,142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 |
Phillip McGilton | 491 | -3234 | $56,415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 |
Kevin Harvick | 478 | -3247 | $79,305 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 |
Norm Benning | 469 | -3256 | $69,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 |
Mario Gosselin | 403 | -3322 | $57,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 |
Jack Smith | 366 | -3359 | $36,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 |
Brent Raymer | 365 | -3360 | $45,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 |
Mike Bliss | 352 | -3373 | $41,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 |
Ken Schrader | 348 | -3377 | $29,530 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 |
Willie Allen | 306 | -3419 | $33,505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 |
John Andretti | 291 | -3434 | $32,870 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 |
Denny Hamlin | 270 | -3455 | $33,730 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 |
Wayne Edwards | 267 | -3458 | $55,856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 |
David Stremme | 262 | -3463 | $16,970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 |
Robb Brent | 258 | -3467 | $24,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 |
J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr. | 240 | -3485 | $24,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 |
Chris Jones | 231 | -3494 | $58,780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 |
Erin Crocker | 203 | -3522 | $28,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 |
Tim Cowen | 198 | -3527 | $23,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 |
Nicholas Tucker | 192 | -3533 | $62,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 |
Ryan Newman | 190 | -3535 | $52,325 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 |
Scott Lynch | 185 | -3540 | $25,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 |
Scotty Crockett | 176 | -3549 | $17,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 |
Justin Hobgood | 167 | -3558 | $27,720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 |
Bryan Silas | 167 | -3558 | $21,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 |
Paul Poulter | 161 | -3564 | $16,370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 |
Max Papis | 158 | -3567 | $18,870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 |
Mike Wallace | 155 | -3570 | $17,710 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 |
Tayler Malsam | 155 | -3570 | $19,459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 |
P.J. Jones | 152 | -3573 | $24,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 |
Brad Keselowski | 150 | -3575 | $10,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 74 |
Sam Hornish Jr. | 138 | -3587 | $7,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 |
David Reutimann | 124 | -3601 | $8,935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 |
Derrike Cope | 119 | -3606 | $16,458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 |
Marc Davis | 115 | -3610 | $12,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 |
Aric Almirola | 112 | -3613 | $14,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 |
Regan Smith | 112 | -3613 | $10,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 |
Larry Foyt | 109 | -3616 | $14,785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 |
Jamie McMurray | 109 | -3616 | $7,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 |
James Buescher | 106 | -3619 | $14,685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 |
Ben Stancill | 103 | -3622 | $9,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 |
Paul Tracy | 103 | -3622 | $11,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 |
Brett Thompson | 100 | -3625 | $8,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 |
Kenny Wallace | 97 | -3628 | $8,585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 |
Johnny Sauter | 94 | -3631 | $9,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 |
Justin Allgaier | 91 | -3634 | $12,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 |
Patrick Carpentier | 88 | -3637 | $8,110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 |
Jennifer Cobb | 85 | -3640 | $22,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 |
Joey Logano | 85 | -3640 | $13,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 |
Hermie Sadler | 85 | -3640 | $6,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 |
Brian Sockwell | 76 | -3649 | $8,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 |
Craig Wood | 76 | -3649 | $7,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 |
Bobby Dotter | 73 | -3652 | $7,990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 |
Cale Gale | 73 | -3652 | $7,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 |
John Mickel | 70 | -3655 | $8,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 |
Benny Gordon | 70 | -3655 | $7,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 |
Brandon Knupp | 70 | -3655 | $6,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 |
Bradley Riethmeyer | 70 | -3655 | $9,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 |
Richard Johns | 70 | -3655 | $21,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 |
Joey Clanton | 67 | -3658 | $13,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 |
Russ Dugger | 67 | -3658 | $7,685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 |
Jimmie Johnson | 66 | -3659 | $7,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 |
Ryan Seaman | 64 | -3661 | $18,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 |
Rick Markle | 64 | -3661 | $10,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 |
Ryan Mathews | 64 | -3661 | $7,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 |
Johnny Chapman | 64 | -3661 | $23,974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 |
Larry Gunselman | 61 | -3664 | $28,805 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 |
Dustin Skinner | 61 | -3664 | $6,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 |
Mike Harmon | 61 | -3664 | $7,785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 |
Ryan Hackett | 61 | -3664 | $9,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 |
Michelle Theriault | 58 | -3667 | $10,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 |
Sean Caisse | 55 | -3670 | $6,202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 |
Kevin Lepage | 55 | -3670 | $9,518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |