Although Friday May 16 was postponed by inclement weather, the event rebounded on Saturday May 17 by exceeding the biggest single-day attendance numbers in recorded history! Despite $4.00 per gallon gasoline and a lukewarm national economy, almost 40,000 spectators were packed to capacity at both 18th annual Cruisin' Ocean City 2008 event locations on Saturday.

The event reset all existing one-day traffic records again for Cruisin' Ocean City, shattering the Saturday 2007 record of 30,000. The traffic flow meters on Ocean City’s Coastal Highway and Baltimore Ave showed their largest automobile event count ever recorded, with event spectator traffic lined up from the entry gates past the Intercoastal Waterway Bridge on State Highway 50. 

New event sponsors AAA Mid-Atlantic, American Autowire, Billet Specialties, Dupont Hot Hues, Jig-A-Loo Lubricants, Slide-Lok, Roush Performance, Those Garage Guys, and Toyota's Mobile Hybrid Experience joined returning sponsors Barry Grant Products, Cobras at Maxx Motors, Colonial Crossings of Williamsburg, Flaming River, Flowmaster, GM Performance, Goodmark Industries, Goodyear, Maryland Lottery, Meguiar's and Miller Electric. The event sponsors were showcased in a massive 20,000 square foot Sponsorship Walkway along the Beachside Inlet.

The 18th annual Cruisin’ Ocean City 2008 special event guest was legendary NHRA Drag Racing champion “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. Garlits' exhibit display location at the Ocean City Beachside Inlet was swarmed all weekend long, as literally tens of thousands of spectators and participants lined up for hours to receive his autograph and share his drag racing experiences.