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2009 Auto Club 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 2 of 36 Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:40:51 Average speed: 135.839 mph Pole speed: 183.439 mph Cautions: 5 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 1.463 sec Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 19 Green flag passes: 2,321 (11.2 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2009 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Matt Kenseth 24 3 1 1 32 6 10 33 23 22 66.7 26 224 89.6 84 33.6 250 131.4 Jeff Gordon 6 1 2 1 9 2 7 18 11 18 100.0 39 250 100.0 64 25.6 250 133.7 Kyle Busch 10 9 3 2 17 6 6 40 34 39 97.5 6 250 100.0 0 0.0 250 110.1 Greg Biffle 5 2 4 1 27 5 12 27 15 27 100.0 46 248 99.2 16 6.4 250 122.1 Kurt Busch 4 19 5 1 22 5 -5 51 56 41 80.4 10 247 98.8 2 0.8 250 111.0 Denny Hamlin 23 11 6 4 18 10 5 47 42 44 93.6 0 249 99.6 0 0.0 250 99.9 Carl Edwards 25 6 7 1 20 10 13 48 35 36 75.0 6 218 87.2 1 0.4 250 102.3 Tony Stewart 11 4 8 1 19 8 -1 40 41 37 92.5 1 249 99.6 3 1.2 250 101.9 Jimmie Johnson 2 5 9 1 15 3 -4 32 36 32 100.0 38 250 100.0 74 29.6 250 121.3 Brian Vickers 1 13 10 5 37 18 22 78 56 26 33.3 3 73 29.2 0 0.0 250 85.2 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 10 11 1 16 11 4 41 37 41 100.0 0 246 98.4 1 0.4 250 90.5 Kasey Kahne 22 18 12 10 31 18 17 72 55 13 18.1 0 51 20.4 0 0.0 250 82.1 David Stremme 38 24 13 1 38 18 14 96 82 18 18.8 4 103 41.2 3 1.2 250 78.6 David Reutimann 7 14 14 5 39 17 12 68 56 24 35.3 0 169 67.6 0 0.0 250 81.0 Michael Waltrip 42 27 15 2 43 20 24 76 52 15 19.7 1 66 26.4 0 0.0 250 72.6 Jamie McMurray 3 8 16 1 20 9 -5 41 46 37 90.2 2 210 84.0 0 0.0 250 89.1 David Ragan 13 12 17 4 30 14 -13 36 49 28 77.8 0 118 47.2 0 0.0 249 85.8 Travis Kvapil 37 34 18 16 39 23 1 54 53 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 65.9 Clint Bowyer 21 30 19 13 34 21 -12 49 61 1 2.0 0 18 7.2 0 0.0 249 70.4 Bobby Labonte 16 21 20 10 31 23 -1 60 61 10 16.7 0 22 8.8 0 0.0 249 61.5 Reed Sorenson 17 29 21 17 42 27 16 85 69 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 51.4 Marcos Ambrose 14 17 22 12 33 21 -9 70 79 17 24.3 1 43 17.2 0 0.0 249 68.4 Sam Hornish, Jr. 26 25 23 14 33 21 15 67 52 1 1.5 1 7 2.8 0 0.0 249 72.3 Casey Mears 29 26 24 6 40 31 -3 57 60 0 0.0 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 249 44.2 Elliott Sadler 20 36 25 18 40 28 5 67 62 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 50.7 Joey Logano 34 28 26 8 42 32 3 94 91 8 8.5 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 249 40.6 Martin Truex Jr 33 35 27 20 38 28 -7 70 77 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 53.2 Ryan Newman 28 20 28 15 43 26 18 90 72 2 2.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 248 57.6 A.J. Allmendinger 8 39 29 6 39 29 -20 35 55 4 11.4 0 35 14.0 0 0.0 248 59.2 Robby Gordon 12 23 30 12 40 32 -9 88 97 5 5.7 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 248 44.6 John Andretti 40 32 31 1 43 36 4 54 50 0 0.0 0 2 0.8 1 0.4 248 32.8 Jeff Burton 41 37 32 30 42 34 -6 56 62 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 247 35.5 David Gilliland 32 40 33 19 42 35 -15 42 57 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 246 37.2 Jeremy Mayfield 39 38 34 25 43 39 -12 31 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 245 28.9 Aric Almirola 31 33 35 24 42 30 -9 62 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 242 45.0 Scott Riggs 36 41 36 22 41 37 -7 27 34 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 240 45.8 Paul Menard 27 22 37 16 40 30 -27 66 93 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 221 46.7 Kevin Harvick 19 16 38 8 38 16 -4 45 49 31 68.9 0 196 78.4 0 0.0 207 71.9 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 35 15 39 11 43 25 15 76 61 8 10.5 0 35 14.0 0 0.0 205 54.9 Mark Martin 18 7 40 1 40 20 -16 52 68 37 71.2 7 139 55.6 1 0.4 179 73.0 Scott Speed 9 31 41 5 42 36 -13 68 81 9 13.2 1 22 8.8 0 0.0 172 34.0 Dave Blaney 30 42 42 2 42 41 -8 9 17 0 0.0 0 2 0.8 0 0.0 50 29.9 Joe Nemechek 43 43 43 31 43 43 -17 3 20 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 25.8 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.