2009 Food City 500

2009 Food City 500
Race details
Race 5 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
	2009 Food City 500 program cover
Date	March 22, 2009
Official name	Food City 500
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course	Permanent racing facility; 0.533 mi (0.857 km)
Distance	503 laps, 268.099 mi (431.463 km)
Scheduled Distance	500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Weather	Temperatures up to 66 °F (19 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
Average speed	92.139 miles per hour (148.283 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Mark Martin;
Time	15.256
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch
Laps	378
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2009 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This 500 lap, 266.5 miles (428.9 km) race took place on March 22 of that year at the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, and was telecast on Fox beginning at 1:30 PM US EDT, with radio broadcasting being handled by Performance Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) beginning at 1 PM US EDT.

This race was the last to use the 2008 season Top 35 in owners points rule. Beginning with the next race, the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500, each week's current standings will be used to determine automatic qualifiers for each week's race.

Entry list

Car^[2]	Driver	Hometown	Make	Sponsor	Team
00	David Reutimann	Zephyrhills, FL	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	Michael Waltrip
1	Martin Truex Jr.	Mayetta, NJ	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	Teresa Earnhardt
2	Kurt Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Dodge	Miller Lite	Walter Czarnecki
5	Mark Martin	Batesville, AR	Chevrolet	Carquest / Kellogg's	Mary Hendrick
6	David Ragan	Unadilla, GA	Ford	UPS	Mike Dee
07	Casey Mears	Bakersfield, CA	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	Richard Childress
7	Robby Gordon	Bellflower, CA	Toyota	SPOT	Robby Gordon
8	Aric Almirola	Tampa, FL	Chevrolet	Champion Apparel	Chip Ganassi
09	Sterling Marlin	Columbia, TN	Dodge	Phoenix Racing	James Finch
9	Kasey Kahne	Enumclaw, WA	Dodge	Budweiser	George Gillett Jr
11	Denny Hamlin	Chesterfield, VA	Toyota	FedEx Express	J D Gibbs
12	David Stremme	South Bend, IN	Dodge	Penske Racing	Roger Penske
14	Tony Stewart	Rushville, IN	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	Margaret Haas
16	Greg Biffle	Vancouver, WA	Ford	3M	Jack Roush
17	Matt Kenseth	Cambridge, WI	Ford	Dewalt	John Henry
18	Kyle Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Toyota	Snickers	Joe Gibbs
19	Elliott Sadler	Emporia, VA	Dodge	Best Buy	George Gillett Jr
20	Joey Logano	Middleton, CT	Toyota	The Home Depot	Joe Gibbs
24	Jeff Gordon	Vallejo, CA	Chevrolet	DuPont	Rick Hendrick
26	Jamie McMurray	Joplin, MO	Ford	Crown Royal	Geoff Smith
28	Travis Kvapil	Janesville, WI	Ford	Golden Corral	Jeff Moorad
29	Kevin Harvick	Bakersfield, CA	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	Richard Childress
31	Jeff Burton	South Boston, VA	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress
33	Clint Bowyer	Emporia, KS	Chevrolet	BB&T	Bobby Ginn III
34	John Andretti	Bethlehem, PA	Chevrolet	WindowWorld.com	Teresa Earnhardt
36	Scott Riggs	Bahama, NC	Toyota	Array Lighting / Nexxus Lighting	Tommy Baldwin
39	Ryan Newman	South Bend, IN	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Tony Stewart
41	Jeremy Mayfield	Owensboro, KY	Toyota	All Sport	Jeremy Mayfield
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Bogota, Colombia	Chevrolet	Target	Teresa Earnhardt
43	Reed Sorenson	Peachtree City, GA	Dodge	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Richard Petty
44	A.J. Allmendinger	Los Gatos, CA	Dodge	Charter Comm.	George Gillett Jr
47	Marcos Ambrose	Launceston, Tasmania	Toyota	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox	Rob Kauffman
48	Jimmie Johnson	El Cajon, CA	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Jeff Gordon
55	Michael Waltrip	Owensboro, KY	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip
64	Todd Bodine	Chemung, NY	Toyota	Fred's Hometown Discount Store	Larry Gunselman
66	Dave Blaney	Hartford, OH	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	Phil Parsons
71	David Gilliland	Riverside, CA	Chevrolet	Capital Window	Kevin Buckler
77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Defiance, OH	Dodge	Mobil 1	Bill Davis
82	Scott Speed	Manteca, CA	Toyota	Red Bull	Dietrich Mateschitz
83	Brian Vickers	Thomasville, NC	Toyota	Red Bull	Dietrich Mateschitz
87	Joe Nemechek	Lakeland, FL	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	Andrea Nemechek
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kannapolis, NC	Chevrolet	National Guard / Amp Energy	Rick Hendrick
96	Bobby Labonte	Corpus Christi, TX	Ford	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Jeffrey Moorad
98	Paul Menard	Eau Claire, WI	Ford	Johns Manville / Menards	Max Jones
99	Carl Edwards	Columbia, MO	Ford	Aflac	Jack Roush

Qualifying

Mark Martin won his second pole in a row. He will start alongside Ryan Newman and teammate Jimmie Johnson in third.

Full qualifying results

Pos^[3]^[4]	Car #	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Make	Speed	Time	Behind
1	5	Mark Martin	Carquest / Kellogg's	Chevrolet	125.773	15.256	0.000
2	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	125.741	15.260	-0.004
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevrolet	125.453	15.295	-0.039
4	16	Greg Biffle	3M	Ford	125.289	15.315	-0.059
5	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser	Dodge	124.954	15.356	-0.100
6	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	124.808	15.374	-0.118
7	43	Reed Sorenson	Charter Comm.	Dodge	124.541	15.407	-0.151
8	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	124.508	15.411	-0.155
9	26	Jamie McMurray	Irwin Industrial Tools	Ford	124.492	15.413	-0.157
10	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevrolet	124.267	15.441	-0.185
11	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull	Toyota	124.194	15.450	-0.194
12	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox	Toyota	124.130	15.458	-0.202
13	42	Juan Montoya	Target	Chevrolet	124.130	15.458	-0.202
14	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports	Chevrolet	123.946	15.481	-0.225
15	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice / Office Depot	Chevrolet	123.897	15.487	-0.231
16	64	Todd Bodine	Gunselman Motorsports	Toyota	123.698	15.512	-0.256
17	28	Travis Kvapil	Golden Corral	Ford	123.658	15.517	-0.261
18	8	Aric Almirola	Guitar Hero	Chevrolet	123.650	15.518	-0.262
19	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's	Toyota	123.626	15.521	-0.265
20	1	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	Chevrolet	123.610	15.523	-0.267
21	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA	Toyota	123.562	15.529	-0.273
22	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Tools	Dodge	123.538	15.532	-0.276
23	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot	Toyota	123.523	15.534	-0.278
24	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight	Toyota	123.491	15.538	-0.282
25	77	Sam Hornish Jr	Mobil 1	Dodge	123.427	15.546	-0.290
26	44	AJ Allmendinger	Charter Comm.	Dodge	123.427	15.546	-0.290
27	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull	Toyota	123.372	15.553	-0.297
28	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	123.324	15.559	-0.303
29	09	Sterling Marlin	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	Dodge	123.189	15.576	-0.320
30	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing	Dodge	123.118	15.585	-0.329
31	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil	Chevrolet	123.071	15.591	-0.335
32	33	Clint Bowyer	BB&T	Chevrolet	123.032	15.596	-0.340
33	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite	Dodge	123.024	15.597	-0.341
34	17	Matt Kenseth	Dewalt	Ford	122.827	15.622	-0.366
35	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	National Guard / Amp Energy	Chevrolet	122.725	15.635	-0.379
36	7	Robby Gordon	SPOT	Toyota	122.709	15.637	-0.381
37	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com	Ford	122.654	15.644	-0.388
38	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	122.404	15.676	-0.420
39	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac	Ford	122.349	15.683	-0.427
40	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell	Chevrolet	122.248	15.696	-0.440
41	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	121.952	15.734	-0.478
42	6	David Ragan	Roush Fenmway Racing	Toyota	121.194	15.733	-0.447
43	98	Paul Menard	Menards	Ford	121.898	15.741	-0.451
Failed to qualify
44	36	Scott Riggs	Array Lighting / Nexxus Lighting	Toyota	122.193	15.703
45	41	Jeremy Mayfield	All Sport	Toyota	122.162	15.707

Pre-Race Notes

Michael Waltrip smacked the wall in practice and was forced to go to a backup car.
The car of Kevin Harvick was so tight it would not turn at about 100 miles per hour. After inspecting the car, it was determined that the cause was the engine rubbing against the tires, but Harvick did not go to a backup car.
Bobby Labonte and Greg Biffle both spun off turn 4 at one point in practice, but both cars suffered minor to no damage.

Race recap

Bobby Allison, a NASCAR Cup Series driver who drove in the formative years in NASCAR, became the honorary starter for this race. He would give out the green flag and later surrendered his "duty" to the regular starter for the other flags.^[5]

The pundits predicted that Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch would be triumphant in the race while Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, David Ragan and Brian Vickers didn't have much of a chance to finish the race in a respectable position.^[6]

Kyle Busch led 378 laps en route to his second victory of 2009. JGR teammate Denny Hamlin finished second, while Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon finished third and fourth, while Kasey Kahne rounded up the top 5. Jeff Gordon still led the points standings, and got his 4th top-10 and 3rd top-5 of the season.

Race results

Fin^[7]	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	19	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers	Toyota	503	378	running	195	232998
2	24	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express	Toyota	503	7	running	175	138275
3	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	503	88	running	170	168876
4	10	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	503	0	running	160	146051
5	5	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser	Dodge	503	0	running	155	143398
6	1	5	Mark Martin	CARQUEST Auto Parts, Kellogg's	Chevy	503	2	running	155	109575
7	2	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army	Chevy	503	25	running	151	129729
8	40	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevy	503	0	running	142	137906
9	12	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevy	503	0	running	138	133473
10	13	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie, Clorox, Kingsford	Toyota	503	0	running	134	113923
11	32	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite	Dodge	503	0	running	130	109075
12	6	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	503	1	running	132	116973
13	31	33	Clint Bowyer	BB&T	Chevy	503	0	running	124	92975
14	34	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard, AMP Energy	Chevy	503	0	running	121	105650
15	38	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac	Ford	503	0	running	118	138606
16	26	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Charter Communications	Dodge	503	0	running	115	91225
17	15	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Old Spice	Chevy	502	0	running	112	101648
18	17	28	Travis Kvapil	Golden Corral	Ford	502	0	running	109	91475
19	29	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing	Dodge	502	0	running	106	123540
20	22	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy	Dodge	502	0	running	103	99975
21	35	7	Robby Gordon	FindMeSpot.com	Toyota	501	0	running	100	108660
22	36	96	Bobby Labonte	Academy Sports & Outdoors	Ford	501	0	running	97	117629
23	7	43	Reed Sorenson	Paralyzed Veterans of America	Dodge	501	0	running	94	127676
24	37	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's	Chevy	501	0	running	91	103900
25	42	98	Paul Menard	Johns Manville, Menards	Ford	501	0	running	88	119681
26	20	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats	Chevy	501	0	running	85	124190
27	41	6	David Ragan	UPS	Ford	500	0	running	82	96450
28	11	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull	Toyota	500	0	running	79	101873
29	27	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull	Toyota	499	0	running	76	116023
30	30	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell, Pennzoil	Chevy	499	0	running	73	122703
31	25	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1	Dodge	499	0	running	70	103810
32	21	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA	Toyota	497	2	running	72	91975
33	33	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	497	0	running	64	131115
34	39	34	John Andretti	WindowWorld.com	Chevy	495	0	running	61	91875
35	18	8	Aric Almirola	Champion Apparel	Chevy	494	0	running	58	91825
36	14	71	David Gilliland	Capital Windows	Chevy	493	0	running	55	83775
37	9	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal	Ford	491	0	running	52	91725
38	23	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot	Toyota	490	0	engine	49	131026
39	4	16	Greg Biffle	3M	Ford	326	0	engine	46	103325
40	43	09	Sterling Marlin	Phoenix Racing	Dodge	91	0	steering	43	83550
41	28	87	Joe Nemechek	Huckleberry's BBQ Sauce	Toyota	82	0	rear end	40	83475
42	16	64	Todd Bodine	Fred's	Toyota	58	0	crash	37	83390
43	8	66	Dave Blaney	Hyde Park Storage Suites	Toyota	33	0	steering	34	82968
Failed to qualify
44		36	Scott Riggs	Array Lighting / Nexxus Lighting	Toyota
45		41	Jeremy Mayfield	All Sport	Toyota

References

^ "Official Weather Information : Food City 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^ "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 Entry List - Bristol Motor Speedway". frcs.pro. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Food City 500 Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR 2009". NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Nascar's Bobby Allison named Honorary Starter for Food City 500". WVLT-TV. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
^ "Odds to Win 2009 Food City 500 – Busch, Edwards and Gordon Favored at Bristol". The Spread. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
^ "2009 Food City 500 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

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[1] "Official Weather Information : Food City 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-10-11.

[2] "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 Entry List - Bristol Motor Speedway". frcs.pro. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[3] "Food City 500 Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR 2009". NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[4] "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[5] "Nascar's Bobby Allison named Honorary Starter for Food City 500". WVLT-TV. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

[6] "Odds to Win 2009 Food City 500 – Busch, Edwards and Gordon Favored at Bristol". The Spread. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

[7] "2009 Food City 500 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

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Points races	Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 Shelby 427 Kobalt Tools 500 Food City 500 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Samsung 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal 400 Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com Coca-Cola 600 Autism Speaks 400 Pocono 500 LifeLock 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Coke Zero 400 LifeLock.com 400 Brickyard 400 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Carfax 400 Sharpie 500 Pep Boys Auto 500 Chevy Rock & Roll 400
Chase for the Sprint Cup	Sylvania 300 AAA 400 Price Chopper 400 Pepsi 500 NASCAR Banking 500 TUMS Fast Relief 500 AMP Energy 500 Dickies 500 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Ford 400
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