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Sprint Cup race number 7 of 36
April 5, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:25:22
Average Speed: 146.372 mph
Pole Speed: 190.517 mph Cautions: 6 for 30 laps
Margin of Victory: .378 sec
Attendance: 176,300

Glossary 2009 Sprint Cup results / 2009 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont / National Guard / GED Plus (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	541,874	running	105	195
2	9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	367,724	running	1	175
3	14	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	249,625	running	93	170
4	7	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice / Office Depot (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	334	219,146	running	16	165
5	3	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	221,363	running	55	160
6	23	5	Mark Martin	Cheez-It / Carquest (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	163,975	running	3	155
7	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	334	184,071	running	0	146
8	28	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	151,000	running	1	147
9	15	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	176,304	running	0	138
10	13	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	176,579	running	9	139
11	1	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	334	172,346	running	40	135
12	22	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	334	139,025	running	0	127
13	5	98	Paul Menard	Quaker State / Menards (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	156,079	running	1	129
14	32	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	155,213	running	0	121
15	21	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	334	150,002	running	0	118
16	18	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	334	147,746	running	1	120
17	12	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	136,833	running	0	112
18	8	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	333	160,246	running	2	114
19	6	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	333	153,371	running	0	106
20	20	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	333	128,625	running	6	108
21	35	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	125,375	running	0	100
22	19	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	109,575	running	0	97
23	40	25	Brad Keselowski	GoDaddy.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	332	105,325	running	0	94
24	34	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	332	114,475	running	0	91
25	31	1	Martin Truex, Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	332	140,913	running	0	88
26	26	34	John Andretti	MyAutoLoan.com (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	332	111,275	running	0	85
27	17	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	331	139,593	running	0	82
28	37	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	331	100,075	running	0	79
29	30	71	David Gilliland	Capital Windows (Kevin Buckler)	Chevrolet	330	95,775	running	0	76
30	10	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	330	145,524	running	0	73
31	33	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	330	92,700	running	0	70
32	42	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	329	102,700	running	0	67
33	41	8	Aric Almirola	Guitar Hero Metallica (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	328	102,450	running	0	64
34	25	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Super 8 Motels (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	328	92,400	running	0	61
35	39	13	Max Papis	GEICO (Bob Germain)	Toyota	326	88,275	running	0	58
36	38	43	Reed Sorenson	McDonald's (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	315	127,524	running	0	55
37	4	6	David Ragan	UPS (Jack Roush)	Ford	293	94,025	engine	1	57
38	36	26	Jamie McMurray	Valvoline / Sears Auto Center (Jack Roush)	Ford	255	92,875	running	0	49
39	29	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Toyota	249	104,058	engine	0	46
40	24	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com (Jeff Moorad)	Ford	229	112,802	crash	0	43
41	11	47	Marcos Ambrose	Clorox / Kingsford / Little Debbie (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	216	99,606	engine	0	40
42	27	09	Mike Bliss	Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming (James Finch)	Dodge	76	84,390	clutch	0	37
43	43	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports (Phil Parsons)	Toyota	48	84,717	brakes	0	34

Failed to qualify: Joe Nemechek (#87), Scott Speed (#82), Jeremy Mayfield (#41), Todd Bodine (#64), Scott Riggs (#36)

Qualifying results for this race:
(OP: qualified via owners points; PC: qualified as past champion; * - had to qualify on time)

 Rank         Driver          Nbr     Car      Time     Speed
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+
   1  David Reutimann          00 Toyota        28.344   190.517  
   2  Jeff Gordon              24 Chevrolet     28.392   190.194  
   3  Matt Kenseth             17 Ford          28.428   189.954  
   4  David Ragan               6 Ford          28.431   189.934  
   5  Paul Menard              98 Ford          28.435   189.907  
   6  Kasey Kahne               9 Dodge         28.436   189.900  
   7  Tony Stewart             14 Chevrolet     28.450   189.807  
   8  Kyle Busch               18 Toyota        28.507   189.427  
   9  Jimmie Johnson           48 Chevrolet     28.508   189.421  
  10  Joey Logano              20 Toyota        28.531   189.268  
  11  Marcos Ambrose           47 Toyota        28.538   189.221  
  12  Sam Hornish, Jr.         77 Dodge         28.539   189.215  
  13  Carl Edwards             99 Ford          28.545   189.175  
  14  Greg Biffle              16 Ford          28.548   189.155  
  15  Jeff Burton              31 Chevrolet     28.553   189.122  
  16  Juan Pablo Montoya       42 Chevrolet     28.593   188.857  
  17  Kevin Harvick            29 Chevrolet     28.597   188.831  
  18  Brian Vickers            83 Toyota        28.605   188.778  
  19  Clint Bowyer             33 Chevrolet     28.606   188.772  
  20  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.      88 Chevrolet     28.610   188.745  
  21  Ryan Newman              39 Chevrolet     28.628   188.627  
  22  Denny Hamlin             11 Toyota        28.641   188.541  
  23  Mark Martin               5 Chevrolet     28.645   188.515  
  24  Bobby Labonte            96 Ford          28.652   188.469  
  25  A.J. Allmendinger        44 Dodge         28.678   188.298  
  26  John Andretti            34 Chevrolet     28.679   188.291  
  27  Mike Bliss               09 Dodge         28.722   188.009  *
  28  Kurt Busch                2 Dodge         28.731   187.950  
  29  Robby Gordon              7 Toyota        28.739   187.898  
  30  David Gilliland          71 Chevrolet     28.749   187.833  *
  31  Martin Truex, Jr.         1 Chevrolet     28.772   187.682  
  32  David Stremme            12 Dodge         28.801   187.493  
  33  Regan Smith              78 Chevrolet     28.802   187.487  *
  34  Michael Waltrip          55 Toyota        28.830   187.305  
  35  Casey Mears              07 Chevrolet     28.834   187.279  
  36  Jamie McMurray           26 Ford          28.840   187.240  
  37  Bill Elliott             21 Ford          28.871   187.039  *
  38  Reed Sorenson            43 Dodge         28.885   186.948  
  39  Max Papis                13 Toyota        28.955   186.496  *
  40  Brad Keselowski          25 Chevrolet     28.977   186.355  *
  41  Aric Almirola             8 Chevrolet     29.008   186.156  *
  42  Dave Blaney              66 Toyota        29.015   186.111  *
  43  Joe Nemechek             87 Toyota        29.027   186.034  *
  44  Scott Speed              82 Toyota        29.065   185.790  *
  45  Jeremy Mayfield          41 Toyota        29.135   185.344  *
  46  Todd Bodine              64 Toyota        29.261   184.546  *
  47  Scott Riggs              36 Toyota        29.352   183.974  *
  48  Elliott Sadler           19 Dodge         29.606   182.395  OP
+----+-----------------------+---+----------+---------+---------+

Cautions: Laps: 98-102 (debris), 157-161 (#19 spun frontstretch), 221-225 (oil on track), 222-236 (#33,77,96 accident turn 2), 252-258 (oil on track), 305-308 (#12 spun turn 4)

Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-7, D. Reutimann 8-46, M. Kenseth 47-50, D. Reutimann 51, T. Stewart 52, Ky. Busch 53-54, M. Kenseth 55-87, T. Stewart 88-98, M. Kenseth 99-116, G. Biffle 117-152, J. Gordon 153, D. Ragan 154, Ku. Busch 155, M. Martin 156, G. Biffle 157-208, T. Stewart 209-211, J. Gordon 212, M. Martin 213-214, J. Johnson 215, P. Menard 216, G. Biffle 217-221, J. Gordon 222-252, D. Earnhardt Jr. 253-258, J. Gordon 259-295, C. Edwards 296-304, T. Stewart 305, B. Vickers 306, J. Gordon 307-334

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Jeff Gordon 1154 2 Jimmie Johnson 992 -162 3 Kurt Busch 974 -180 4 Clint Bowyer 967 -187 5 Tony Stewart 963 -191 6 Denny Hamlin 938 -216 7 Kyle Busch 914 -240 8 Carl Edwards 889 -265 9 Matt Kenseth 864 -290 10 Kasey Kahne 851 -303 11 David Reutimann 845 -309 12 Jeff Burton 835 -319 13 Juan Pablo Montoya 819 -335 14 Kevin Harvick 796 -358 15 Greg Biffle 775 -379 16 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 768 -386 17 Ryan Newman 743 -411 18 Mark Martin 742 -412 19 Brian Vickers 737 -417 20 A.J. Allmendinger 731 -423 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

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