| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 18 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 157,440 | running | 67 | 185 |
| 2 | 8 | 42 | Jamie McMurray | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 104,025 | running | 43 | 175 |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 132,517 | running | 9 | 170 |
| 4 | 16 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 113,545 | running | 50 | 165 |
| 5 | 7 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Irwin Industrial Tools / Sharpie (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 107,175 | running | 120 | 165 |
| 6 | 11 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 500 | 95,350 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 10 | 43 | Jeff Green | Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 500 | 93,600 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 500 | 101,903 | running | 104 | 147 |
| 9 | 15 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 107,853 | running | 6 | 143 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 106,308 | running | 34 | 139 |
| 11 | 12 | 30 | Jeff Burton | America Online (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 500 | 73,175 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 23 | 6 | Mark Martin | Viagra (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 70,550 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 38 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 500 | 99,350 | running | 17 | 129 |
| 14 | 9 | 21 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft / U.S. Air Force (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 500 | 87,681 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 13 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 500 | 105,903 | running | 18 | 123 |
| 16 | 25 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 108,203 | running | 2 | 120 |
| 17 | 21 | 16 | Greg Biffle | National Guard / Subway (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 68,925 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 17 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 500 | 101,813 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 30 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 500 | 92,131 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 24 | 22 | Scott Wimmer | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 500 | 84,425 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 5 | 06 | Travis Kvapil | Mobil 1 / Jasper Engines (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 55,975 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 26 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Georgia-Pacific / Brawny (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 500 | 72,025 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 36 | 31 | Robby Gordon | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 500 | 91,487 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 22 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Racing (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 92,042 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 27 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 85,500 | running | 30 | 93 |
| 26 | 6 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline (James Rocco) | Chevrolet | 500 | 83,287 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 34 | 25 | Brian Vickers | GMAC Financial Services (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 498 | 65,835 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 4 | 0 | Ward Burton | NetZero (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 497 | 58,085 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 28 | 41 | Casey Mears | Target / Breast Cancer Research (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 496 | 67,950 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 29 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers) | Chevrolet | 488 | 73,764 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 20 | 49 | Ken Schrader | Schwan's Home Service (Beth Ann Morgenthau) | Dodge | 484 | 54,275 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 33 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | M&M's (Yates Racing) | Ford | 475 | 93,033 | crash | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 3 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 449 | 103,173 | crash | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 14 | 77 | Brendan Gaughan | Kodak / Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel) | Dodge | 424 | 62,020 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 39 | 4 | Jimmy Spencer | Lucas Oil Products (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 421 | 53,975 | running | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 35 | 32 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | Tide (Cal Wells) | Chevrolet | 404 | 61,925 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 32 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS (Yates Racing) | Ford | 403 | 84,792 | running | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 31 | 02 | Hermie Sadler | SCORE Motorsports (Hermie Sadler) | Chevrolet | 159 | 53,825 | electrical | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 37 | 98 | Chad Chaffin | Mach One Inc. (William Edwards) | Ford | 100 | 53,765 | rear end | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 41 | 72 | Kirk Shelmerdine | Vote for Bush (Kirk Shelmerdine) | Ford | 86 | 53,690 | engine | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 42 | 80 | Mario Gosselin | Hover Motorsports (Stan Hover) | Ford | 74 | 53,640 | suspension | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 43 | 37 | Kevin Lepage | Carter's Royal Dispos-All (John Carter) | Dodge | 11 | 53,590 | vibration | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 40 | 50 | Todd Bodine | Arnold Development Companies (Don Arnold) | Dodge | 1 | 52,891 | crash | 0 | 34 |
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Failed to qualify: Klaus Graf (#59), Mike Garvey (#75), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Ryan McGlynn (#00), Greg Sacks (#13), Brad Teague (#94), Carl Long (#46)
To the back: Kevin Lepage (#37) engine change, Kirk Shelmerdine (#72) engine change
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | |
 | 4 | 7 | 4 | #01,50 accident turn 2 | none |
 | 8 | 16 | 9 | | |
 | 17 | 22 | 6 | #77,40,19 accident turn 4 | #4 |
 | 23 | 40 | 18 | | |
 | 41 | 47 | 7 | #21 spun turn 2 | #72 |
 | 48 | 65 | 18 | | |
 | 66 | 71 | 6 | #31 accident turn 4 | #80 |
 | 72 | 76 | 5 | | |
 | 77 | 83 | 7 | #21,31 accident turn 4 | #4 |
 | 84 | 106 | 23 | | |
 | 107 | 113 | 7 | #88,41,32,4 accident turn 3 | #31 |
 | 114 | 183 | 70 | | |
 | 184 | 201 | 18 | #45 spun turn 2 | #01 |
 | 202 | 291 | 90 | | |
 | 292 | 297 | 6 | #99 spun turn 2 | #24 |
 | 298 | 321 | 24 | | |
 | 322 | 335 | 14 | debris | #31 |
 | 336 | 354 | 19 | | |
 | 355 | 360 | 6 | #18,43,49 accident turn 4 | #21 |
 | 361 | 371 | 11 | | |
 | 372 | 376 | 5 | #22 spun turn 2 | none |
 | 377 | 409 | 33 | | |
 | 410 | 416 | 7 | #88 spun turn 3 | #45 |
 | 417 | 417 | 1 | | |
 | 418 | 427 | 10 | debris | #06 |
 | 428 | 450 | 23 | | |
 | 451 | 455 | 5 | #38 spun turn 4 | #22 |
 | 456 | 467 | 12 | | |
 | 468 | 472 | 5 | #8,45 accident turn 2 | #38 |
 | 473 | 476 | 4 | | |
 | 477 | 484 | 8 | #01,38 accident turn 2 | #10 |
 | 485 | 489 | 5 | | |
 | 490 | 493 | 4 | #99,31 spun turn 3 | #10 |
 | 494 | 500 | 7 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 25.0% Average green flag run: 20.8 laps |
'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Ryan Newman | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Rusty Wallace | 10 | 42 | 33 |
| Terry Labonte | 43 | 50 | 8 |
| Kasey Kahne | 51 | 67 | 17 |
| Terry Labonte | 68 | 89 | 22 |
| Tony Stewart | 90 | 107 | 18 |
| Kurt Busch | 108 | 108 | 1 |
| Sterling Marlin | 109 | 130 | 22 |
| Kurt Busch | 131 | 184 | 54 |
| Matt Kenseth | 185 | 185 | 1 |
| Kurt Busch | 186 | 249 | 64 |
| Kevin Harvick | 250 | 292 | 43 |
| Rusty Wallace | 293 | 293 | 1 |
| Matt Kenseth | 294 | 294 | 1 |
| Kevin Harvick | 295 | 355 | 61 |
| Kurt Busch | 356 | 356 | 1 |
| Jamie McMurray | 357 | 376 | 20 |
| Jeff Gordon | 377 | 382 | 6 |
| Jamie McMurray | 383 | 404 | 22 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 405 | 410 | 6 |
| Jamie McMurray | 411 | 411 | 1 |
| Sterling Marlin | 412 | 439 | 28 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 440 | 500 | 61 |
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