2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Last updated January 22, 2026 Background Phoenix International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway , Dover International Speedway , Bristol Motor Speedway , and Martinsville Speedway . [ 2] The standard track at Phoenix International Raceway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. [ 3] The track's turns were banked at 11 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at three degrees. The back stretch, which has a dogleg shape instead of a straight, has 9 degrees of banking. [ 3] The racetrack has seats for 76,800 spectators. [ 3]
Before the race, Jeff Gordon led the Drivers' Championship with 1,154 points, followed by Jimmie Johnson in second on 992 points. Kurt Busch was in third on 974 points, Clint Bowyer was fourth with 967 points, and Tony Stewart was fifth on 963 points. Denny Hamlin , Kyle Busch , Carl Edwards , Matt Kenseth , Kasey Kahne rounded out the top ten. [ 4] In the Manufacturers' Championship , Chevrolet was leading with 48 points, ten points ahead of their rival Ford in second. Toyota , with 37 points, was six points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. [ 5] Johnson was the race's defending champion. [ 6]
Entry list Car [ 7] Driver Make Team 00 David Reutimann Toyota Michael Waltrip 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Teresa Earnhardt 02 Brandon Ash Dodge Kenneth Wood 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Walter Czarnecki 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Mary Hendrick 06 Trevor Boys Dodge Theresa Boys 6 David Ragan Ford Mike Dee 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Richard Childress 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Robby Gordon 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge James Finch 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge George Gillett Jr. 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota J.D. Gibbs 12 David Stremme Dodge Roger Penske 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Margaret Haas 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jack Roush 17 Matt Kenseth Ford John Henry 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Joe Gibbs 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge George Gillett Jr. 20 Joey Logano Toyota Joe Gibbs 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Rick Hendrick 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Geoff Smith 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Richard Childress 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Richard Childress 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Bobby Ginn III 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Teresa Earnhardt 36 Scott Riggs Toyota Tommy Baldwin 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Tony Stewart 41 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota Jeremy Mayfield 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet Teresa Earnhardt 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Richard Petty 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge George Gillett Jr. 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Rob Kauffman 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Jeff Gordon 51 Dexter Bean Dodge David Bean 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Michael Waltrip 64 Todd Bodine Toyota Larry Gunselman 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Phil Parsons 71 David Gilliland Chevrolet Kevin Buckler 73 Tony Raines Dodge Barry Haefele 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Bill Davis 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Barney Visser 82 Scott Speed Toyota Dietrich Mateschitz 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Dietrich Mateschitz 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Andrea Nemechek 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Rick Hendrick 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Jeffrey Moorad 98 Paul Menard Ford Max Jones 99 Carl Edwards Ford Jack Roush
Qualifying Martin took the pole at Phoenix with a speed of 133.814 mph, 0.018 seconds in front of second place, Kyle Busch. Kurt Busch took third place 0.23 seconds of the leader and Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers rounded out the top five.
Start [ 8] [ 9] Car Driver Make Avg. Speed Time Behind 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 133.814 26.903 0.000 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 133.725 26.921 00.018 3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 133.700 26.926 00.023 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 133.690 26.928 00.025 5 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 133.551 26.956 00.053 6 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 133.487 26.969 00.066 7 98 Paul Menard Ford 133.482 26.970 00.067 8 00 David Reutimann Toyota 133.457 26.975 00.072 9 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 133.437 26.979 00.076 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 133.338 26.999 00.096 11 99 Carl Edwards Ford 133.318 27.003 00.100 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 133.259 27.015 00.112 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 133.240 27.019 00.116 14 6 David Ragan Ford 133.156 27.036 00.133 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 133.121 27.043 00.140 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 133.077 27.052 00.149 17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 133.023 27.063 00.160 18 82 Scott Speed Toyota 132.831 27.102 00.199 19 12 David Stremme Dodge 132.812 27.106 00.203 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 132.631 27.143 00.240 21 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 132.626 27.144 00.241 22 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 132.616 27.146 00.243 23 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 132.607 27.148 00.245 24 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 132.602 27.149 00.246 25 44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 132.558 27.158 00.255 26 1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 132.519 27.166 00.263 27 71 David Gilliland Chevrolet 132.499 27.170 00.267 28 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 132.470 27.176 00.273 29 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 132.402 27.190 00.287 30 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 132.353 27.200 00.297 31 20 Joey Logano Toyota 132.168 27.238 00.335 32 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 132.086 27.255 00.352 33 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 132.023 27.268 00.365 34 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 131.950 27.283 00.380 35 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 131.936 27.286 00.383 36 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 131.825 27.309 00.406 37 36 Scott Riggs Toyota 131.670 27.341 00.438 38 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 131.608 27.354 00.451 39 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge 131.521 27.372 00.469 40 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 130.928 27.496 00.593 41 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 130.567 27.572 00.669 42 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 130.534 27.579 00.676 43 73 Tony Raines Dodge 131.406 27.396 00.493 Failed to qualify 44 64 Todd Bodine Toyota 130.676 27.549 45 41 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 130.317 27.625 46 51 Dexter Bean Dodge 129.716 27.753 47 02 Brandon Ash Dodge 128.141 28.094 48 06 Trevor Boys Dodge 124.249 28.974
Race recap Phoenix International Raceway chaplain Ken Bowers would give out the invocation. Big Machine Records recording artists Kate & Kacey sang the national anthem for this race and future talk show host Michael Strahan delivered the command to start engines 5 minutes after the anthem was sung.
Mark Martin started from the pole and dominated the first one hundred laps of the race, relinquishing the lead only under caution. At this point, the front runners were Martin, Kurt Busch , Kyle Busch , and Tony Stewart . Those four were consistently in the top five for the first two hundred laps. On lap 167, the caution came out for Robby Gordon 's wreck and several cars stayed out. By lap 267, all cars that have stayed out have pitted except Dale Earnhardt Jr. On lap 300, Earnhardt made slight contact with Casey Mears and hit the wall. Ryan Newman , during this caution, accidentally stayed out of the pits because of having radio problems. He was the only car that didn't pit. On the restart, Martin blew by Newman and cruised to his first win since August 2005.
Results Fin [ 10] [ 9] St # Driver Make Laps Led Status Pts 1 1 5 Mark Martin Chevy 312 157 running 195 2 6 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 312 19 running 175 3 3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 312 63 running 170 4 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 312 1 running 165 5 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 312 0 running 155 6 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 312 0 running 150 7 26 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 312 0 running 146 8 8 00 David Reutimann Toyota 312 1 running 147 9 35 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 312 0 running 138 10 11 99 Carl Edwards Ford 312 0 running 134 11 28 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 312 0 running 130 12 36 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 312 0 running 127 13 21 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 312 0 running 124 14 29 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 312 0 running 121 15 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 312 0 running 118 16 30 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 312 4 running 120 17 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 312 0 running 112 18 19 12 David Stremme Dodge 311 0 running 109 19 5 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 311 2 running 111 20 38 07 Casey Mears Chevy 311 0 running 103 21 31 20 Joey Logano Toyota 311 0 running 100 22 14 6 David Ragan Ford 311 0 running 97 23 7 98 Paul Menard Ford 311 0 running 94 24 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 311 0 running 91 25 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 311 0 running 88 26 24 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy 311 0 running 85 27 17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 311 0 running 82 28 9 78 Regan Smith Chevy 311 0 running 79 29 42 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 311 1 running 81 30 33 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 311 0 running 73 31 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 310 63 running 75 32 40 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 310 0 running 67 33 27 71 David Gilliland Chevy 310 0 running 64 34 18 82 Scott Speed Toyota 310 0 running 61 35 25 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 309 0 running 58 36 37 36 Scott Riggs Toyota 307 0 running 55 37 32 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 307 1 running 57 38 41 34 John Andretti Chevy 307 0 running 49 39 23 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 243 0 running 46 40 39 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge 117 0 crash 43 41 22 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 76 0 rear axle 40 42 34 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 59 0 brakes 37 43 43 73 Tony Raines Dodge 56 0 brakes 34
References ↑ Weather information for the 2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac ↑ "Tracks" . NASCAR.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on November 11, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010 . 1 2 3 "Phoenix International Raceway" . NASCAR.com . Turner Sports . Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2010 . ↑ "Points Standings" . NASCAR . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2014 . ↑ "Manufacturers' Championship Classification" . Jayski's Silly Season Site . ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014 . ↑ "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved August 25, 2015 . ↑ "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 Entry List – Phoenix Raceway" . frcs.pro . Retrieved June 16, 2021 . ↑ "2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Qualifying Results and Race Lineup – Phoenix Raceway" . frcs.pro . Retrieved June 16, 2021 . 1 2 "Race Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved June 16, 2021 . ↑ "2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 – The Third Turn" . www.thethirdturn.com . Retrieved June 16, 2021 .
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