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2009 Food City 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 5 of 36 Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps* on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:54:35 Average speed: 92.139 mph Pole speed: 125.773 mph Cautions: 9 for 58 laps Margin of victory: .391 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 13 Green flag passes: 1,410 (3.2 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 Kyle Busch 19 1 1 1 20 2 16 22 6 16 72.7 90 493 98.0 378 75.1 503 149.2 Denny Hamlin 24 4 2 1 29 6 21 40 19 16 40.0 37 447 88.9 7 1.4 503 119.6 Jimmie Johnson 3 2 3 1 10 2 0 8 8 8 100.0 37 503 100.0 88 17.5 503 123.6 Jeff Gordon 10 5 4 3 15 7 4 26 22 26 100.0 19 503 100.0 0 0.0 503 109.0 Kasey Kahne 5 7 5 3 22 8 -4 26 30 23 88.5 29 478 95.0 0 0.0 503 107.4 Mark Martin 1 10 6 1 16 8 -13 10 23 10 100.0 17 479 95.2 2 0.4 503 101.5 Ryan Newman 2 9 7 1 19 8 16 23 7 23 100.0 18 501 99.6 25 5.0 503 108.9 Jeff Burton 40 16 8 7 40 14 1 25 24 18 72.0 39 403 80.1 0 0.0 503 92.7 Juan Pablo Montoya 12 6 9 3 24 10 18 35 17 22 62.9 20 452 89.9 0 0.0 503 94.8 Marcos Ambrose 13 3 10 2 17 6 2 21 19 20 95.2 25 493 98.0 0 0.0 503 108.4 Kurt Busch 32 14 11 10 39 18 26 68 42 11 16.2 25 284 56.5 0 0.0 503 83.0 David Reutimann 6 8 12 1 15 8 3 20 17 20 100.0 13 503 100.0 1 0.2 503 97.4 Clint Bowyer 31 11 13 11 41 18 9 66 57 22 33.3 10 293 58.3 0 0.0 503 80.3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 34 17 14 8 42 19 25 49 24 3 6.1 7 87 17.3 0 0.0 503 74.6 Carl Edwards 38 15 15 4 36 15 2 24 22 16 66.7 4 456 90.7 0 0.0 503 83.4 A.J. Allmendinger 26 19 16 15 28 19 9 57 48 1 1.8 3 6 1.2 0 0.0 503 72.7 Tony Stewart 15 21 17 10 25 18 15 41 26 16 39.0 7 137 27.2 0 0.0 502 80.3 Travis Kvapil 17 12 18 12 31 18 -11 45 56 8 17.8 1 78 15.5 0 0.0 502 74.1 David Stremme 29 20 19 13 38 22 21 89 68 12 13.5 12 158 31.4 0 0.0 502 67.1 Elliott Sadler 22 18 20 3 29 17 -19 27 46 4 14.8 0 101 20.1 0 0.0 502 74.9 Robby Gordon 35 22 21 20 40 25 3 54 51 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 501 53.9 Bobby Labonte 36 27 22 8 39 26 5 47 42 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 501 50.1 Reed Sorenson 7 23 23 7 27 22 -8 38 46 2 5.3 1 31 6.2 0 0.0 501 63.9 Casey Mears 37 30 24 8 42 28 -25 24 49 1 4.2 0 12 2.4 0 0.0 501 50.1 Paul Menard 42 28 25 5 40 25 -7 44 51 4 9.1 1 29 5.8 0 0.0 501 56.7 Martin Truex Jr 20 25 26 15 27 22 3 49 46 4 8.2 0 35 7.0 0 0.0 501 61.7 David Ragan 41 32 27 16 42 29 -4 44 48 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 500 46.4 Scott Speed 11 34 28 11 40 32 -19 10 29 2 20.0 1 19 3.8 0 0.0 500 49.3 Brian Vickers 27 24 29 22 34 28 0 42 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 499 48.1 Kevin Harvick 30 29 30 14 39 30 17 71 54 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 499 44.1 Sam Hornish, Jr. 25 33 31 5 38 31 -6 38 44 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 499 39.7 Michael Waltrip 21 26 32 1 35 28 -6 50 56 0 0.0 0 6 1.2 2 0.4 497 51.5 Matt Kenseth 33 36 33 23 38 34 -5 32 37 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 497 35.3 John Andretti 39 37 34 34 43 37 5 8 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 495 27.9 Aric Almirola 18 38 35 16 39 36 -2 27 29 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 494 44.4 David Gilliland 14 35 36 9 37 30 -9 32 41 12 37.5 6 80 15.9 0 0.0 493 53.7 Jamie McMurray 9 39 37 5 39 30 0 29 29 7 24.1 4 123 24.5 0 0.0 491 60.2 Joey Logano 23 31 38 23 38 30 -6 26 32 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 490 39.2 Greg Biffle 4 13 39 3 39 20 -26 7 33 7 100.0 8 294 58.4 0 0.0 326 76.2 Sterling Marlin 43 40 40 14 43 40 -3 0 3 0 0.0 0 2 0.4 0 0.0 91 27.8 Joe Nemechek 28 41 41 13 43 41 -15 1 16 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 82 29.5 Todd Bodine 16 42 42 3 42 39 -32 13 45 4 30.8 0 23 4.6 0 0.0 58 45.4 Dave Blaney 8 43 43 2 43 41 -1 2 3 2 100.0 0 32 6.4 0 0.0 33 40.9 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.