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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 20 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 2009 Brickyard 400 program cover | |||
| Date | July 26, 2009 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.023 km (2.5 miles) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 82 °F (28 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h) [1] | ||
| Average speed | 145.882 miles per hour (234.774 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 49.436 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | |
| Laps | 116 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett | ||
The 2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, the 16th running of the event, was the twenty-first race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). It was the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage for the 2009 season. The 160-lap, 400 miles (640 km) event took place on July 26 at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) IMS located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town surrounded by Indianapolis). Along with ESPN, the IMS Radio Network, working with Performance Racing Network, provided radio coverage on terrestrial radio, World Harvest Radio International also provided Shortwave feed of the IMS coverage, and with Sirius XM Radio holding the satellite radio rights. Juan Pablo Montoya dominated the race leading almost 120 laps, but after a pit penalty while under green flag conditions toward the end of the race, Jimmie Johnson held off a hard charging Mark Martin to claim victory, his third triumph at the storied venue. [2] The race was known as Allstate 400 for the last time, as Allstate Insurance announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the race. [3]
