2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301

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2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
Race details [1] [2] [3]
Race 17 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Date June 28, 2009 (2009-June-28)
Official name Lenox Industrial Tools 301
Location Loudon, New Hampshire
Course New Hampshire Motor Speedway
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 273 laps, 288.834 mi (464.833 km)
Scheduled Distance 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.508 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 82 °F (28 °C); wind speeds up to 11.39 miles per hour (18.33 km/h) [4]
Average speed 97.497 miles per hour (156.906 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Stewart-Haas Racing
Time N/A
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 93
Winner
No. 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Turner Network Television
Announcers Ralph Sheheen, [5] Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty
Nielsen Ratings
  • 4.1 (Final)
  • 3.5/9 (Overnight)
  • (5.555 million) [6]

The 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the 17th stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on June 28, 2009, in Loudon, New Hampshire, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. 101,000 people attended the race. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Joey Logano won the rain-shortened 273-lap race starting from the 24th position in his first career win. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports was second, with Penske Racing's Kurt Busch third.

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Tony Stewart was awarded the pole position after qualifying was rained out and the starting order was determined by owners' points. He was immediately passed by Gordon at the start of the race. Busch took the first position on lap seven, before Gordon retook it on the 20th lap. Gordon lost the lead to Busch twelve laps later. Jimmie Johnson assumed the lead on lap 50, and maintained it for the following 73 laps. He led another 20 laps for a total of 93 laps, more than any other driver. His teammate Gordon re-assumed the lead following a caution period on the 159th lap and maintained it until Stewart passed him on lap 196. Bobby Labonte led laps 238 to 247 before Ryan Newman became the leader on lap 247. Logano took over first place sixteen laps later when Newman made a pit stop for fuel. The race ended early on the 273rd lap due to earlier rain and Logano was declared the winner. There were 11 cautions and 21 lead changes amongst 14 drivers during the event.

It was Logano's first victory in the Cup Series; at the age of 19 years, 1 month and 4 days, he became the youngest driver in series history to win a race. [7] After the race, Gordon lowered Stewart's advantage in the Drivers' Championship from 84 to 69 points. Johnson, Busch and Edwards rounded out the top five. Chevrolet maintained the Manufacturers' Championship lead with 126 points, 32 ahead of Toyota, 46 in front of Ford, and 52 ahead of Dodge with 19 races to go in the season. The race attracted 5.555 million television viewers.

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where the race was held. NHIS Vue aerienne.jpg
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where the race was held.

The 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the 17th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on June 28, 2009, in Loudon, New Hampshire, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, [2] an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. [8] The New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn 1.058 mi (1.703 km) oval track. [9] [10] Its turns are banked at two to seven degrees; both the front stretch (the finish line) and the back stretch are banked at one degree. [9]

Before the race, Tony Stewart led the Drivers' Championship with 2,364 points, followed by Jeff Gordon with 2,280 points. Jimmie Johnson was third with 2,207 points, Kurt Busch was fourth with 2,084 points, and Carl Edwards fifth with 2,051 points. Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top twelve drivers. [11] Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 120 points, 35 points ahead of Toyota in second place. Third-placed Ford had 77 points, and was seven points in front of Dodge in the fourth position. [12] Kurt Busch was the race's defending champion. [13]

Ahead of the event, the organizers expanded the track's infield section to make more than 400 percent usable land available. Safety changes increased the track's catch fences near the grandstands to more than 21 ft (6.4 m) high with the installation of wheel fence arch posts. Six strands of 58 in (16 mm), high-strength cable supported its lower section, and sixteen strands of 38 in (9.5 mm) cable composed the upper section. [14]

Ted Christopher, a driver who had last started a Cup Series race in the 2006 season, would attempt to qualify for Kirk Shelmerdine Racing. It would be his first time driving the Car of Tomorrow; he had previously competed for the team in three previous races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Christopher said he was looking forward to compete in the event and was asked by team owner Kirk Shelmerdine to undergo a seat fitting, "I went over to see him last weekend when I was [in North Carolina]. He said come over and try the seat in the car. It fit good and he called me on Monday and said they he [sic] had got a sponsor and wanted me to run his car. I'm looking forward to it. I think I've made the race for him every time we've tried to qualify at New Hampshire." [15]

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 50 minutes, and the third 60 minutes. [3] During the first practice session, Kurt Busch was fastest with a 29.149 seconds lap, ahead of David Reutimann in second and Montoya third. Johnson, Reed Sorenson, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano filled positions three to ten. [16] During the session, Stewart lost control of his car, [17] and crashed into the wall at turn two, causing heavy damage to the rear of his car. [3] He used a back-up car for the rest of the session; his team prepared to take the primary car's engine into the back-up vehicle before the race. [17] Martin made contact with a barrier between turns three and four and spun; he sustained no major vehicular damage. [3]

Tony Stewart (pictured in 2007) was awarded pole position after rain caused qualifying to be canceled. TonyStewartAugust2007.jpg
Tony Stewart (pictured in 2007) was awarded pole position after rain caused qualifying to be canceled.

A total of 46 drivers entered qualifying on Friday afternoon; [3] [18] due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, 43 could race. Each driver ran two laps, with pole position to 42nd determined by the competitor's fastest speeds. 43rd position was awarded to the most recent series champion or the next fastest qualifier. [3] Heavy rain caused NASCAR officials to cancel qualifying and used owner points to determine the starting order. [19] [20] Stewart had his second pole position at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. [19] He was joined on the grid's front row by Gordon. [17] [21] Johnson, Kurt Busch, Edwards, Ryan Newman, Hamlin, Biffle, Kyle Busch and Kenseth were in positions three to ten. [21] The three drivers who did not qualify were Dexter Bean, Christopher and Mike Wallace; [22] Regan Smith qualified 43rd after Wallace's team withdrew from the event. [23]

On Saturday morning, [3] [24] Sorenson was quickest in the second practice session with a time of 29.647 seconds. Positions two to ten were occupied by Joe Nemechek, Casey Mears, Truex, Reutimann, Johnson, Montoya, Jeff Burton, Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick. [24] Later that day, [3] [25] Truex led the third practice session with a 29.713 seconds lap. Johnson, Biffle, Sorenson, Martin, Harvick. Montoya, Kurt Busch, Reutimann and Bobby Labonte were in positions two to ten. [25]

Qualifying results

Qualifying results
GridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerReason
114 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 1st in Owners' Points
224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet2nd in Owners' Points
348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3rd in Owners' Points
42 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 4th in Owners' Points
599 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 5th in Owners' Points
639 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet6th in Owners' Points
711 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7th in Owners' Points
816 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway RacingFord8th in Owners' Points
918 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs RacingToyota9th in Owners' Points
1017 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway RacingFord10th in Owners' Points
115 Mark Martin Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet11th in Owners' Points
1242 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet12th in Owners' Points
139 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge13th in Owners' Points
1400 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota14th in Owners' Points
1531 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet15th in Owners' Points
1633 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress RacingChevrolet16th in Owners' Points
1783 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota17th in Owners' Points
1847 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota18th in Owners' Points
1926 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway RacingFord19th in Owners' Points
2088 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet20th in Owners' Points
2107 Casey Mears Richard Childress RacingChevrolet21st in Owners' Points
221 Martin Truex Jr. Earnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet22nd in Owners' Points
2319 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge23rd in Owners' Points
2420 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs RacingToyota24th in Owners' Points
2529 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress RacingChevrolet25th in Owners' Points
2677 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske RacingDodge26th in Owners' Points
2743 Reed Sorenson Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge27th in Owners' Points
2896 Bobby Labonte Hall of Fame Racing Ford28th in Owners' Points
2955 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip RacingToyota29th in Owners' Points
3044 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge30th in Owners' Points
316 David Ragan Roush Fenway RacingFord31st in Owners' Points
3212 David Stremme Penske RacingDodge32nd in Owners' Points
3398 Paul Menard Yates Racing Ford33rd in Owners' Points
347 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota34th in Owners' Points
3534 John Andretti Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet35th in Owners' Points
3609 Brad Keselowski Phoenix Racing ChevroletPast race winner in the 2009 season
3782 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing TeamToyota16 attempts, 36th in Owners' Points
3871 David Gilliland TRG Motorsports Chevrolet16 attempts, 37th in Owners' Points
3987 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota16 attempts, 38th in Owners' Points
4066 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota16 attempts, 41st in Owners' Points
4136 Patrick Carpentier Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota16 attempts, 42nd in Owners' Points
4237 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Dodge9 attempts, 50th in Owners' Points
4378 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet8 attempts, 40th in Owners' Points
Failed to qualify
4451 Dexter Bean BlackJack RacingDodge5 attempts, 51st in Owners' Points
4527 Ted Christopher Kirk Shelmerdine Racing Toyota2 attempts, 57th in Owners' Points
4664 Mike Wallace Gunselman Motorsports Toyota11 attempts, 49th in Owners' Points
The starting order was determined by owner's points after rain cancelled qualifying.
Sources: [22] [26] [27]

Race

Live television coverage of the race began at 12:30 p.m. EDT in the United States on TNT. [3] Around the start of the race, weather conditions were cloudy with the air temperature at 68 °F (20 °C) and the track temperature at 89 °F (32 °C); a chance of rain showers was forecast. [28] Billy Mauldin, the President and CEO of Motor Racing Outreach began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. [29] The 2009 Miss New Hampshire Lindsey Graham performed the United States National Anthem with Denise Doucette singing the National Anthem of Canada. [30] The winner of a sponsored sweepstakes competition Pete Dingeman commanded the drivers to start their engines. [29] [30] NASCAR announced that a competition caution would take place on lap 35 due to the forecasted rain, requiring drivers to undertake mandatory pit stops for tire wear analysis. [31] [32] No driver fell to the rear of the field for the beginning of the event. [32]

Jeff Gordon led early on and finished the race in the second position. National Guard Bureau.jpg
Jeff Gordon led early on and finished the race in the second position.

The race began at 2:16 p.m. local time. [29] Jeff Gordon passed Stewart on the outside at the exit of the second turn. [29] [31] Stewart lost two further places further on in the lap. [31] On the second lap, Kurt Busch began challenging Jeff Gordon for the first position, as Stewart dropped to fifth. [29] Edwards moved past Stewart for sixth at the end of lap three. Biffle took third from Newman at turn three on lap four, as Kurt Busch continued his attempts to pass Gordon on the same lap. Kyle Busch fell to tenth when Montoya passed him on lap six. [28] Kurt Busch overtook Jeff Gordon at the first turn for the lead on lap seven. [32] Biffle passed Jeff Gordon for second place one lap later. [29] On lap 16, [29] Patrick Carpentier hit the outside wall at turn four due to a broken brake line, causing the first caution. Some drivers made pit stops for tires under caution. [31] [32]

The race restarted on lap 20, with Jeff Gordon passing Kurt Busch on the outside lane at the fourth turn to retake the lead. [29] [31] On the 21st lap, the second caution was waved; Jamie McMurray was hit from behind by Harvick, sending him into the turn four barrier after losing traction in his car. McMurray struck the wall with his vehicle's rear. Under caution, some drivers again made pit stops. [31] [32] Jeff Gordon maintained the lead at the lap 26 restart. [32] A third caution came out on the following lap. A. J. Allmendinger spun in turn two. This and the following cautions prompted NASCAR to move the competition caution to lap 45, as some drivers again made pit stops under caution. [31] Racing resumed on lap 32, with Kurt Busch overtaking Jeff Gordon on the outside to regain the lead. [32] On lap 41, Reutimann overtook Newman for eighth place. [29] Newman lost the ninth position to Martin who was on the inside line two laps later. On lap 44, Stewart passed Truex for 14th. [31] That same lap, Johnson progressed to the fifth position. [29]

The competition caution was waved on the 46th lap. [29] Elliott Sadler staggered his pit stop, [29] allowing him to lead lap 48. [2] After the pit stops, Jeff Gordon returned to the first position for the lap 50 restart. Johnson overtook his teammate Jeff Gordon on the inside for the lead on the lap. [31] Biffle made contact with a barrier at the outside of turn four on lap 53. [29] [31] Three laps later, Kurt Busch passed Martin to move into fourth. [29] On the 60th lap, Sadler lost control of his car in the second turn, hitting Scott Speed's vehicle. That sent Speed into Michael Waltrip, who hit the wall, and Robby Gordon spun in avoidance, necessitating the fifth caution. [31] [32] During the caution, 16 drivers made pit stops. [29] Johnson led at the restart on lap 64, [31] followed by his teammate Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch. On the next lap, Stewart progressed to fourth on the inside line. [29] Kyle Busch fell to fourth when Jeff Gordon and Stewart overtook him on lap 66. [31] On lap 72, Kenseth passed Bowyer for the tenth position. [29] Edwards turned left to pass Kenseth for 14th 21 laps later. By the 100th lap, Jeff Gordon lowered his teammate Johnson's lead from 2.1 seconds to half a second in slower traffic. [29] [31]

Jimmie Johnson, who finished in ninth, led a race-high 93 laps Jimmie Johnson.jpg
Jimmie Johnson, who finished in ninth, led a race-high 93 laps

Truex lost 12th place to Montoya 14 laps later. Green flag pit stops began on the 119th lap. Johnson made his pit stop four laps later, handing the lead to Montoya, who held it for seven laps until his own stop. [29] Hamlin, Sorenson, and Robby Gordon each staggered their pit stops, leading one lap each. After the pit stops, Johnson regained the lead. Between laps 145 and 148, Martin and Burton passed Kyle Busch on the inside for seventh and eighth. [31] [32] On lap 151, a sixth caution came out because debris was located in turn two. [31] Several drivers including Johnson made pit stops for tires during the caution. Johnson stalled in the pit road entry and fell to third. [29] His teammate Jeff Gordon led at the lap 159 restart. Leaving the second turn, Jeff Gordon, Johnson, and Kurt Busch ran three abreast; Gordon kept the lead. [31] Two laps later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a battle between Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch to move into second on the inside line. [29] [31] Rain was reported during the 162nd lap; NASCAR officials deemed the track safe. [29]

On lap 164, Johnson got loose on the exit to turn four and avoided hitting a wall. [29] He fell to sixth, behind Stewart and Truex. [32] Five laps later, Paul Menard locked his left-front tire, and he crashed into the turn three wall, prompting the seventh caution. [29] Most drivers stayed on the track during the caution. Racing resumed on lap 175 as Jeff Gordon maintained the lead. [31] On the lap, [29] a multi-car accident triggered the eighth caution and then a 16-minute red flag for track clearing. [32] After Earnhardt spun his tires, Truex was hit from behind by an unsighted Kyle Busch into turn one, [31] [32] collecting Burton, Harvick, Mears, Reutimann, Brian Vickers, David Ragan and McMurray. None of the leaders made pit stops when driving resumed. [29] At the end of lap 180, the race resumed with Jeff Gordon leading Kurt Busch and Stewart. Newman continued after he struck a wall on lap 181. [28] On the 183rd lap, Logano's left rear tire burst from contact with Newman and Reutimann between turns three and four; [32] [33] its carcass tore through his car's sheet metal, and he spun near the pit road entrance. [31] The ninth caution came out due to debris on the track. [29] Logano was sent to the end of the longest line for entering pit road when it was closed and for speeding in it. [33]

Joey Logano (pictured in 2015) took his first career victory and became the youngest driver to win a Cup Series race. Joey Logano at the Daytona 500 (cropped).JPG
Joey Logano (pictured in 2015) took his first career victory and became the youngest driver to win a Cup Series race.

Jeff Gordon maintained the lead at the lap 188 restart. Two laps later, Speed collided with a wall between turns one and two, prompting the tenth caution. [32] The leaders remained on the circuit during the caution. Jeff Gordon held the first position from Stewart at the 196th lap restart. [31] Stewart overtook Jeff Gordon at turn two to assume the lead. [29] Earnhardt moved in front of Kahne for eighth on lap 203. [32] Eight laps later, Johnson passed Earnhardt for the eighth position. Earnhardt lost a further position to Kahne on the 216th lap. By lap 218, Stewart's lead had reduced and Jeff Gordon was close behind. Stewart increased his advantage to 1.1 seconds nine laps later. On lap 231, Martin lost seventh to Johnson. The leaders made pit stops for car adjustments four laps later, handing the lead to Martin and later Biffle. [29] One of Stewart's crew members dropped a lug nut for the right-front wheel at his pit stop. [34] Labonte led laps 238 to 247 before he made his pit stop, promoting Newman to first place. [32] Newman stayed out because his team believed rain would fall. [29] On lap 259, Jeff Gordon overtook Reutimann for third. [31] Four laps later, [29] Newman was low on fuel, necessitating a pit stop. [32]

Logano took the lead after his crew chief Greg Zipadelli instructed him to remain on track as the driver was about to enter pit road for fuel. [35] As Logano was due to make his final pit stop on lap 278, [36] rain showers necessitated the eleventh caution on lap 266. [29] Pace car driver Brett Bodine reported that the rain was falling more heavily on the backstretch. Six laps later, a NASCAR official in turn two reported a saturated track as the rain stopped. [29] Logano switched off his engine to conserve fuel. [37] The race was stopped for a second time on lap 273 out of a scheduled 301. [29] [36] All cars parked on pit road and jet dryers circulated the track to clear water. [29] [34] The race was ended at 5:42 p.m. local time because of the rain. [29] This gave Logano the victory, his first in the Cup Series. At 19 years, 1 month, and 4 days, he was the youngest driver to win a Cup Series race. [38] Logano bested Kyle Busch's record of 20 years, four months, and two days in the 2005 Sony HD 500 at Auto Club Speedway. [38] [39] Jeff Gordon finished second, Kurt Busch third, Reutimann fourth, and Stewart fifth. Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Sam Hornish Jr., Johnson and Kahne completed the top ten. There were 21 lead changes among 14 drivers during the race. Johnson's 93 laps lead was more than any other driver. Logano led once for a total of ten laps. [2]

Post-race

"Now ... you have to listen to people say how you lucked into the whole deal. In the end, I hope he enjoys it because a win is a win and I don't think any less of mine because it's a rain-shortened race, so he shouldn't (either)."

David Reutimann on Logano's first career victory. [40]

Logano appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his first career victory in front of a crowd of 101,000 people; [34] [35] the win earned him $276,201. [2] He said of becoming the first rookie driver to win in 71 races, "This is so special, I think your first win no matter where it is is huge. Obviously it's not the way you want to win your first race, in the rain, but 20 years down the road when you look in the record books, no one will know the difference. I'll take them any way I can." [35] Jeff Gordon spoke of his happiness that he could challenge for the victory, "I wasn't very good on the restarts and those guys there, the #2 [Busch] and the #14 [Stewart] and the #48 [Johnson] got me but I could ride right there with him. Then my pit crew, they did the job in the pits and they were phenomenal and got us out front." [34] Kurt Busch commented on his third-place finish, "Overall, last year, to drive into Victory Lane and do it in a rain-shortened race and today to have it where we were fast enough to win and not get the win, you know, that's how this sport evens itself out. You have your good and your bad luck." [37]

The event was the third in 2009 after the Daytona 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 to be stopped by inclement weather conditions. [41] Since NASCAR began implementing a television network contract in 2001, the start times of most daytime races were moved to begin later in the day. [42] Kurt Busch said having a consistent start time for races would have potentially allowed competitors to complete all the event's scheduled laps, "If we had a consistent time for our races, that would be better for our fans. That would create more viewership knowing that they knew when to find the race." [42] Ramsey R. Poston, spokesperson for NASCAR, said the organization supported the idea of consistent times for the start of races. He planned to talk about the idea with the sport's broadcasters. [42]

Kyle Busch apologized for causing the eight-car crash that stopped the race on lap 175, [43] "I got into Martin and I hate it for him and Jeff Burton and those guys. It was just hard racing on a restart. It looked like the 88 spun his tires a little bit. I went to the middle to go for a lane and these double-file restarts everything is so tight anyways and I just got into the 1 a little bit there and got him sideways." [43] Vickers stated Kyle Busch should have been disqualified after he reviewed video footage of the accident in the care center, "That's the second week in a row that stupidity has cost us a race, and it's frustrating." [43] Truex said he felt Kyle Busch should have slowed, "Kyle just lost his head like he usually does when something bad happens. He decided he wasn't going to lift, he was going to turn me on the straightaway for no good reason at all." [43] Burton said he felt the accident was a consequence of NASCAR's rules on double-file restarts, "I don't think the fans want to see more wrecks. But they want to see more aggressive racing so that is the product of that. You can't change something without there being some kind of negative consequences and this is an example." [44]

Stewart continued to lead the Drivers' Championship with 2,524 points, [45] as Jeff Gordon lowered his advantage to 69 points. [11] [45] Johnson maintained third with 2,355 points, Kurt Busch kept fourth with 2,254 points, and Edwards was fifth with 2,157 points. Hamlin passed Ryan Newman for seventh, and Kyle Busch scored more points than Biffle to take over eighth. Kenseth, Martin and Montoya rounded out the top twelve. [45] Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship with 126 points. Toyota followed in second with 94 points. With 80 points, Ford was ahead of Dodge in fourth with 74 points. [12] The race had a television audience of 5.555 million. [6] It took two hours, 57 minutes, and 45 seconds to complete; because it concluded under caution, no margin of victory was recorded. [2]

Race results

Race results
PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
12420Joey LoganoJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2731901
2224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2731751
342Kurt BuschPenske RacingDodge2731701
41400David ReutimannMichael Waltrip RacingToyota273160
5114Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet2731601
63609Brad KeselowskiPhoenix RacingChevrolet273150
7918Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota273146
82677Sam Hornish Jr.Penske RacingDodge273142
9348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2731482
10139Kasey KahneRichard Petty MotorsportsDodge273134
112107Casey MearsRichard Childress RacingChevrolet273130
121242Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet2731321
132088Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet273124
14115Mark MartinHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2731261
15711Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2731231
163534John AndrettiFront Row MotorsportsChevrolet273115
172743Reed SorensonRichard Petty MotorsportsDodge2731171
18816Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord2731141
19599Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord273106
201633Clint BowyerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet273103
212896Bobby LabonteHall of Fame RacingFord2731051
221017Matt KensethRoush Fenway RacingFord27397
231847Marcos AmbroseJTG Daugherty RacingToyota27394
242955Michael WaltripMichael Waltrip RacingToyota27391
25347Robby GordonRobby Gordon MotorsportsToyota272931
262319Elliott SadlerRichard Petty MotorsportsDodge272901
274378Regan SmithFurniture Row RacingChevrolet27282
283212David StremmePenske RacingDodge27279
29639Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet270811
303398Paul MenardYates RacingFord26773
311531Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet25170
323044A. J. AllmendingerRichard Petty MotorsportsDodge23867
331926Jamie McMurrayRoush Fenway RacingFord23764
342529Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23161
351783Brian VickersRed Bull Racing TeamToyota19058
363782Scott SpeedRed Bull Racing TeamToyota18955
37221Martin Truex Jr.Earnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet17452
38316David RaganRoush Fenway RacingFord17449
393987Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota6746
403871David GillilandTRG MotorsportsChevrolet4843
414237Tony RainesFront Row MotorsportsDodge3040
424066Dave BlaneyPrism MotorsportsToyota2937
434136Patrick CarpentierTommy Baldwin RacingToyota1434
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
Sources: [2] [27] [46]

Standings after the race

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The 2009 Dickies 500 was the 34th stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the eighth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on November 8, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, before a crowd of 167,000. Kurt Busch of the Penske Racing team won the 334-lap race starting from third position. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing finished second and Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Sylvania 300</span> Motor car race

The 2009 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the first in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on September 20, 2009, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, before a crowd of 101,000 people. The 300-lap race was won by Mark Martin of the Hendrick Motorsports team after starting from fourteenth position. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing finished second and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya was in third place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 AAA 400</span> Motor car race

The 2009 AAA 400 was the twenty-eighth stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the second in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on September 27, 2009, at Dover International Speedway, in Dover, Delaware before a crowd of 110,000 people. The 400-lap race was won by Jimmie Johnson of the Hendrick Motorsports team after he started from pole position. His teammate Mark Martin finished second and Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Aaron's 499</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Aaron's 499 was the 9th race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the first of two Sprint Cup races held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It started at 1 p.m. EDT on April 25, 2010. The race was televised on Fox and was also broadcast on MRN Radio at 12 p.m. After Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman previous crash, officials decided that they would change from the rear wing to the rear spoiler which debuted in the 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500. The race, which was extended by 12 laps, shattered numerous NASCAR records: it marked the first time under the modified green-white-checkered finish rules that a race had gone to the maximum three attempts allowed. There were eight caution flags, a record-setting 29 different leaders and a record-setting 88 lead changes. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race, his first win of the season and his first since the 2007 Daytona 500, while the Earnhardt-Ganassi teammates of Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya finished second and third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Lenox Industrial Tools 301</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 27, 2010, at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway; contested over 301 laps, it was the seventeenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 1 p.m. EDT on TNT. It was also broadcast on the radio station Performance Racing Network at 12 p.m. EDT. The race was won by the Jimmie Johnson, driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Chevrolet driver Tony Stewart finished second, and Kurt Busch, was third driving a Dodge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Coke Zero 400</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola, the 52nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 3, 2010, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the 18th race – and official halfway point – of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. It was scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. US EDT, but began at 9:24 US EDT due to a rain delay the race began. It was telecast on TNT and Motor Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) by radio at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Irwin Tools Night Race</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Irwin Tools Night Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 21, 2010 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps, it was the twenty-fourth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, while David Reutimann finished second, and Jamie McMurray clinched third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 AAA 400</span> Motor car race

The 2010 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 26, 2010, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. The 400 lap race was the twenty-eighth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, of the Hendrick Motorsports team. Jeff Burton finished second, and Joey Logano, who started nineteenth, clinched third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Price Chopper 400</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Price Chopper 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 3, 2010 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The 300 lap race was the twenty-ninth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race was also the third event in the ten round Chase for the Sprint Cup competition, which would conclude the 2010 season. Greg Biffle, of the Roush Fenway Racing team, won the race, with Jimmie Johnson finishing second and Kevin Harvick third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Bank of America 500</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 16, 2010, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-first race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the fifth race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Jamie McMurray, for the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team. Kyle Busch finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started tenth, clinched third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500</span> Motor car race

The 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 24, 2010, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. It was contested over 500 laps, and was the thirty-second race of the season and the sixth race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race was won by Denny Hamlin for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Mark Martin driving for Hendrick Motorsports finished second and Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick, who started thirty-sixth, came third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 AMP Energy Juice 500</span> Motor car race

The 2010 AMP Energy Juice 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 31, 2010, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps, it was the thirty-third race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the seventh race in the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Clint Bowyer for the Richard Childress Racing team. Bowyer's teammate, Kevin Harvick, finished in second, while Juan Pablo Montoya clinched third.

The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 14, 2010, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the thirty-fifth, and the ninth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Carl Edwards, for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Ryan Newman finished second, and Joey Logano clinched third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500</span> Motor car race

The 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the second race of the 2011 season and was won by Jeff Gordon for Hendrick Motorsports. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing finished in second, while Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson, finished third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series</span> 65th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 65th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 42nd modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 16, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway, with the Sprint Unlimited, followed by the Daytona 500 on February 24. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17.

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