2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350

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2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Race details [1]
Race 16 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2009 Toyota Save Mart 350 program cover.jpg
The 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 program cover.
Date June 21, 2009 (2009-06-21)
Location Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.2 km (1.99 miles)
Distance 110 laps, 218.9 mi (352.285 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching as low as 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds up to 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h) [2]
Average speed 71.012 miles per hour (114.283 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Red Bull Racing
Time 76.475
Most laps led
Driver Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports
Laps 37
Winner
No. 9Kasey KahneRichard Petty Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNT
Announcers Bill Weber (his last broadcast), Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr. [3]

The 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on June 21, 2009 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Kasey Kahne picked up his first-ever win on a road course after leading 37 laps, giving car owner Richard Petty his first win as an owner in 10 years. All of Petty's cars finished in the top 10, except for Reed Sorenson, who finished a distant 40th.

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Sonoma Raceway, the circuit where the race was held

Race results

PosGridCarDriverTeamMake
159 Kasey Kahne [4] Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge
2414 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
3347 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota
41148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
52411 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
61742 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
72044 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge
82633 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
91324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
10819 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge
113855 Patrick Carpentier Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
123313 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota
133499 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford
142326 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway RacingFord
15272 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge
16183 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Toyota
17739 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
181017 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway RacingFord
191220 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
202596 Bobby Labonte Hall of Fame Racing Ford
213098 Paul Menard Yates Racing Ford
22218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
232107 Casey Mears Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
24908 Boris Said John Carter Racing Ford
2561 Martin Truex Jr. Earnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet
263588 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
272909 Ron Fellows Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
281516 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway RacingFord
291629 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
304134 John Andretti Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet
314200 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip RacingToyota
323271 David Gilliland TRG Motorsports Chevrolet
33406 David Ragan Roush Fenway RacingFord
343631 Jeff Burton Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
35145 Mark Martin Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
36227 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota
373187 Scott Speed* NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
381877 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske RacingDodge
393912 David Stremme Penske RacingDodge
402843 Reed Sorenson Richard Petty MotorsportsDodge
414302 Brandon Ash Ash Motorsports Dodge
421966 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota
433704 P. J. Jones Robby Gordon MotorsportsToyota

Failed to Qualify: Scott Speed (#82), Tom Hubert (#27), Chris Cook (#37), Brian Simo (#36)

* Scott Speed's team paid Joe Nemechek to let Speed drive his car in the race.

References

  1. "2009 Toyota / Save Mart 350". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  2. "Weather for the 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350". The Old Farmer's Almanac. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  3. "The Race: Toyota/Save Mart 350". Jayski's Silly Season Site . ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. "2009 Official Race Results : Toyota/SaveMart 350". NASCAR. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009.
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