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Sprint Cup race number 1 of 36
February 15, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:51:40
Average Speed: 132.816 mph
Pole Speed: 188.001 mph Cautions: 8 for 35 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 180,000

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	39	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	152	1,530,388	running	7	190
2	32	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	152	1,115,724	running	0	170
3	20	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Valvoline (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	152	786,563	running	0	165
4	22	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	152	632,013	running	0	160
5	30	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	152	515,113	running	24	160
6	33	6	David Ragan	UPS (Jack Roush)	Ford	152	412,163	running	0	150
7	27	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	152	371,238	running	0	146
8	5	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Old Spice (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	152	371,371	running	15	147
9	34	43	Reed Sorenson	McDonald's (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	152	362,324	running	0	138
10	13	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	152	325,713	running	0	134
11	1	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	152	350,663	running	1	135
12	28	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	152	316,646	running	0	127
13	3	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	152	356,935	running	14	129
14	8	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	152	325,546	running	0	121
15	25	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	152	298,838	running	0	118
16	2	5	Mark Martin	Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	152	313,588	running	1	120
17	23	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	152	295,246	running	0	112
18	16	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac (Jack Roush)	Ford	152	326,454	running	0	109
19	37	34	John Andretti	Window World (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	152	287,668	running	0	106
20	35	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	152	297,863	running	0	103
21	42	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	152	287,696	running	0	100
22	12	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com (Jeff Moorad)	Ford	152	308,352	running	1	102
23	40	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	152	288,160	running	0	94
24	43	66	Terry Labonte	Window World (Phil Parsons)	Toyota	152	273,963	running	0	91
25	17	36	Scott Riggs	Red Bank Outfitters (Tommy Baldwin)	Toyota	152	273,513	running	0	88
26	10	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	152	295,963	running	0	85
27	14	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	152	291,063	running	1	87
28	26	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	152	317,654	running	0	79
29	15	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	152	313,846	running	0	76
30	11	8	Aric Almirola	Guitar Hero (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	152	286,288	running	0	73
31	7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	152	336,149	running	0	70
32	29	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Dodge	151	289,933	running	0	67
33	24	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing (Roger Penske)	Dodge	151	300,763	running	0	64
34	31	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Toyota	151	287,158	running	0	61
35	38	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	151	268,763	running	0	58
36	36	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	150	295,252	running	0	55
37	21	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	139	274,713	running	0	52
38	19	98	Paul Menard	Menards / Quaker State (Yates Racing)	Ford	138	296,229	crash	0	49
39	6	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	134	305,171	crash	0	46
40	18	41	Jeremy Mayfield	All Sport (Jeremy Mayfield)	Toyota	126	265,238	running	0	43
41	4	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	123	349,182	crash	88	50
42	41	28	Travis Kvapil	Golden Corral (Yates Racing)	Ford	90	263,963	running	0	37
43	9	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	79	317,720	crash	0	34

* Race shortened to 152 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify: Joe Nemechek (#87), Boris Said (#08), Brad Keselowski (#09), Kirk Shelmerdine (#27), Mike Wallace (#71), Tony Raines (#37), Mike Garvey (#73), Derrike Cope (#75), Mike Skinner (#23), Kelly Bires (#51), Carl Long (#46), Geoffrey Bodine (#64), Norm Benning (#57)

Qualifying results for this race:
(OP: qualified via owners points; PC: qualified as past champion; * - had to qualify on time)
NOTE: The Daytona 500 uses a different qualification procedure than all other races.

 Rank         Driver          Nbr     Car      Time     Speed
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+
   1  Martin Truex, Jr.         1 Chevrolet     47.872   188.001  
   2  Mark Martin               5 Chevrolet     47.919   187.817  
   3  Ryan Newman              39 Chevrolet     47.929   187.778  
   4  Juan Pablo Montoya       42 Chevrolet     47.938   187.743  
   5  Bill Elliott             21 Ford          47.939   187.739  PC
   6  Jimmie Johnson           48 Chevrolet     47.942   187.727  
   7  Aric Almirola             8 Chevrolet     47.962   187.649  
   8  Travis Kvapil            28 Ford          47.981   187.574  *
   9  Jeff Gordon              24 Chevrolet     48.025   187.402  
  10  Tony Stewart             14 Chevrolet     48.042   187.336  PC
  11  Bobby Labonte            96 Ford          48.074   187.211  
  12  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.      88 Chevrolet     48.108   187.079  
  13  Paul Menard              98 Ford          48.117   187.044  
  14  Regan Smith              78 Chevrolet     48.148   186.924  *
  15  Kyle Busch               18 Toyota        48.155   186.896  
  16  Greg Biffle              16 Ford          48.157   186.889  
  17  Scott Speed              82 Toyota        48.169   186.842  
  18  David Reutimann          00 Toyota        48.173   186.827  
  19  Joe Nemechek             87 Toyota        48.178   186.807  *
  20  Boris Said               08 Ford          48.185   186.780  *
  21  Joey Logano              20 Toyota        48.192   186.753  
  22  Clint Bowyer             33 Chevrolet     48.199   186.726  
  23  Matt Kenseth             17 Ford          48.228   186.614  
  24  Jamie McMurray           26 Ford          48.255   186.509  
  25  Denny Hamlin             11 Toyota        48.270   186.451  
  26  Carl Edwards             99 Ford          48.286   186.389  
  27  David Ragan               6 Ford          48.290   186.374  
  28  Reed Sorenson            43 Dodge         48.369   186.070  
  29  Elliott Sadler           19 Dodge         48.370   186.066  
  30  Marcos Ambrose           47 Toyota        48.384   186.012  
  31  Jeff Burton              31 Chevrolet     48.398   185.958  
  32  Scott Riggs              36 Toyota        48.415   185.893  *
  33  Brian Vickers            83 Toyota        48.424   185.858  
  34  Michael Waltrip          55 Toyota        48.438   185.805  
  35  A.J. Allmendinger        44 Dodge         48.447   185.770  *
  36  John Andretti            34 Chevrolet     48.494   185.590  
  37  Brad Keselowski          09 Chevrolet     48.499   185.571  *
  38  Kasey Kahne               9 Dodge         48.513   185.517  
  39  Robby Gordon              7 Toyota        48.515   185.510  
  40  Casey Mears              07 Chevrolet     48.537   185.426  
  41  David Stremme            12 Dodge         48.546   185.391  
  42  Kurt Busch                2 Dodge         48.549   185.380  
  43  Jeremy Mayfield          41 Toyota        48.627   185.082  *
  44  Sam Hornish, Jr.         77 Dodge         48.628   185.079  
  45  Kirk Shelmerdine         27 Toyota        48.687   184.854  *
  46  Mike Wallace             71 Chevrolet     48.689   184.847  *
  47  Tony Raines              37 Dodge         48.885   184.106  *
  48  Mike Garvey              73 Dodge         48.912   184.004  *
  49  Kevin Harvick            29 Chevrolet     49.019   183.602  
  50  Terry Labonte            66 Toyota        49.439   182.043  PC
  51  Derrike Cope             75 Dodge         49.445   182.020  *
  52  Mike Skinner             23 Chevrolet     49.470   181.928  *
  53  Kelly Bires              51 Dodge         49.532   181.701  *
  54  Carl Long                46 Dodge         49.715   181.032  *
  55  Geoffrey Bodine          64 Toyota        49.776   180.810  *
  56  Norm Benning             57 Chevrolet     50.734   177.396  *
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+

To the back: Tony Stewart (#14) backup car, Matt Kenseth (#17) backup car, Kevin Harvick (#29) backup car, John Andretti (#34) backup car, Ryan Newman (#39) backup car, Sam Hornish, Jr. (#77) backup car, Scott Speed (#82) backup car

Cautions: Laps: 9-10 (#8 spun turn 3), 27-29 (competition), 56-59 (#28 accident turn 1), 82-85 (#20 accident turn 4), 120-123 (debris), 125-132 (#2,7,11,18,26,48,82,83,88,99 accident turn 2), 139-142 (#31,98 accident backstretch), 147-152 (#8 accident backstretch)

Lap leaders: M. Truex Jr. 1, M. Martin 2, Ky. Busch 3-52, D. Earnhardt Jr. 53, T. Stewart 54-68, J. Gordon 69-82, Ky. Busch 83-120, B. Labonte 121, E. Sadler 122-145, M. Kenseth 146-152

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Matt Kenseth 190 2 Kevin Harvick 170 -20 3 A.J. Allmendinger 165 -25 4 Clint Bowyer 160 -30 5 Elliott Sadler 160 -30 6 David Ragan 150 -40 7 Tony Stewart 147 -43 8 Michael Waltrip 146 -44 9 Reed Sorenson 138 -52 10 Martin Truex, Jr. 135 -55 11 Kurt Busch 134 -56 12 Jeff Gordon 129 -61 13 David Reutimann 127 -63 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 121 -69 15 Mark Martin 120 -70 16 Casey Mears 118 -72 17 Marcos Ambrose 112 -78 18 Carl Edwards 109 -81 19 John Andretti 106 -84 20 Greg Biffle 103 -87 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

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