Looking at the transponder data, it looks like Bland, Hagen, and Whitt must have been going at it pretty good for 8th if only .337 seconds separated the three drivers at the checkers.

8 Jeff Bland 12x 30 -05.341 15.281 14.669
9 Darren Hagen 67 30 -05.384 15.154 14.705
10 Cole Whitt 67k 30 -05.678 15.224 14.718