2009 LifeLock.com 400

2009 LifeLock.com 400

Race details [1]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Layout of Chicagoland Speedway
Date	July 11, 2009 (2009-07-11)
Official name	LifeLock.com 400
Location	Chicagoland Speedway (Joliet, Illinois)
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.414 km (1.5 miles)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching a low of 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed	133.804 miles per hour (215.337 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team
Most laps led
Driver	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	195
Winner
No. 5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Turner Network Television
Announcers	Ralph Sheheen, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty

The 2009 LifeLock.com 400 was the nineteenth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, marking the start of the second half of the season.

Summary

This 267 lap 400.5 miles (644.5 km) event was held on Saturday night, July 11 at the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Chicagoland Speedway. This would be the last TV broadcast of the year for the TNT Summer Series, with radio being handled by Sirius XM Radio (satellite) and MRN (over-the-air) starting at 7 PM US EDT. The green flag waved shortly after 8:17 or 8:19 PM US EDT.

Pre-race news

Michael Waltrip Racing held a press conference on Tuesday July 7, with the announcements being that driver/owner Michael Waltrip will run a limited schedule in 2010, with one of those races being the 52nd Daytona 500, and replacing him as the third full-time driver will be Martin Truex Jr., who will leave Earnhardt Ganassi Racing at the end of the 2009 season, stepping down from the #1 Chevrolet Impala SS to drive the #56 Toyota Camry.

Qualifying

Brian Vickers won his 5th pole of the season with rookie Scott Speed taking 2nd position, marking the first time both Red Bull teammates started a NASCAR race on the front row.

Race recap

Mark Martin dominated the race, leading 4 times for 195 laps, but would be passed by Jimmie Johnson on the third to last restart. The race would then have some wild final laps, as Martin went to the lead with 15 laps left after a pass on Brian Vickers when he and Denny Hamlin touched. Jeff Gordon was the highest car with fresh tires, making up six spots in only two laps, but would finish 2nd as Mark Martin pulled away from the rest of the field restarting on the outside lane and would go on to win his 4th race of the season. By finishing 1st and 2nd in both races sponsored by LifeLock this season, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon win the Musgrave family (no relation to Ted Musgrave) $1,000,000.

Results

Top Ten Finishers
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Make	Team
1	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
2	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
3	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Richard Petty Motorsports
4	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Stewart Haas Racing
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing
6	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Stewart Haas Racing
7	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull Racing Team
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports
9	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing
10	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

References

1. Weather information for the 2009 LifeLock.com 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac. Accessed 2013-06-21. 2013-07-05.