| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 26 | 7 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 493 | 128,861 | running | 247 | 95 |
| 15 | 3 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 499 | 111,095 | running | 68 | 123 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 111,308 | running | 47 | 160 |
| 1 | 16 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 186,051 | running | 36 | 185 |
| 19 | 9 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Crown Royal (Jack Roush) | Ford | 498 | 119,325 | running | 33 | 111 |
| 33 | 6 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 435 | 102,225 | engine | 32 | 69 |
| 4 | 2 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 132,241 | running | 25 | 165 |
| 6 | 20 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 109,758 | running | 6 | 155 |
| 20 | 43 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Harrah's (Jim Smith) | Chevrolet | 498 | 67,700 | running | 4 | 108 |
| 3 | 22 | 6 | Mark Martin | Viagra (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 109,625 | running | 1 | 170 |
| 11 | 18 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 118,186 | running | 1 | 135 |
| 2 | 35 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 500 | 143,915 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 7 | 13 | 21 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Genuine Parts (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 500 | 104,439 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 37 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 120,041 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 25 | 38 | Elliott Sadler | M&M's (Yates Racing) | Ford | 500 | 114,091 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 10 | 01 | Joe Nemechek | U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers) | Chevrolet | 500 | 103,508 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | Jason Leffler | FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 500 | 69,375 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 26 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 500 | 118,133 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 32 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS (Yates Racing) | Ford | 500 | 106,733 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 16 | 30 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 499 | 98,895 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 24 | 41 | Casey Mears | Target (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 499 | 95,688 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 19 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Georgia-Pacific / Brawny (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 498 | 84,958 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 21 | 1 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline (James Rocco) | Chevrolet | 498 | 95,858 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 14 | 43 | Jeff Green | Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 497 | 99,286 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 23 | 4 | Mike Wallace | Lucas Oil Products (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 497 | 70,450 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 11 | 49 | Ken Schrader | Schwan's Home Service (Beth Ann Morgenthau) | Dodge | 496 | 69,200 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 29 | 42 | Jamie McMurray | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 496 | 77,275 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 27 | 17 | 77 | Travis Kvapil | Kodak / Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel) | Dodge | 490 | 77,810 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 41 | 37 | Kevin Lepage | Carter's Royal Dispos-All (John Carter) | Dodge | 489 | 65,010 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 8 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Jackson Hewitt (Jack Roush) | Ford | 487 | 82,825 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 31 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 477 | 95,414 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 33 | 22 | Scott Wimmer | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 466 | 85,097 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 5 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 436 | 111,661 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 34 | 42 | 07 | Dave Blaney | SKF / Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 416 | 72,075 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 27 | 25 | Brian Vickers | GMAC / ditech.com (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 412 | 72,025 | running | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 15 | 0 | Mike Bliss | NetZero / Best Buy (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 410 | 63,975 | overheating | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 38 | 66 | Hermie Sadler | Peak Fitness (Jeff Stec) | Ford | 340 | 63,925 | crash | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 36 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts (Jack Roush) | Ford | 321 | 81,875 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 21 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 304 | 71,815 | overheating | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 28 | 32 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | Tide (Cal Wells) | Chevrolet | 151 | 63,740 | overheating | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 40 | 09 | Johnny Sauter | Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts (James Finch) | Dodge | 55 | 63,690 | brakes | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 39 | 34 | Randy LaJoie | Mach One Inc. (William Edwards) | Chevrolet | 27 | 63,640 | engine | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 34 | 75 | Mike Garvey | Jani-King / Rinaldi Air Conditioning (Robert Rinaldi) | Dodge | 18 | 63,053 | brakes | 0 | 34 |
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Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett (#92), Jeff Fuller (#61), Kirk Shelmerdine (#27), Carl Long (#00)
To the back: Ken Schrader (#49) backup car, Mike Wallace (#4) engine change
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | |
 | 4 | 7 | 4 | #12 stalled turn 4 | none |
 | 8 | 12 | 5 | | |
 | 13 | 16 | 4 | #43 spun turn 4 | #12 |
 | 17 | 58 | 42 | | |
 | 59 | 66 | 8 | #88,99 accident turn 2 | #15 |
 | 67 | 69 | 3 | | |
 | 70 | 77 | 8 | #99,66 accident turn 2 | none |
 | 78 | 89 | 12 | | |
 | 90 | 93 | 4 | #15 accident turn 1 | #12 |
 | 94 | 127 | 34 | | |
 | 128 | 133 | 6 | #07 stalled turn 3 | #48 |
 | 134 | 182 | 49 | | |
 | 183 | 188 | 6 | #16,25 accident turn 4 | #01 |
 | 189 | 256 | 68 | | |
 | 257 | 262 | 6 | #01 accident turn 4 | #45 |
 | 263 | 275 | 13 | | |
 | 276 | 281 | 6 | #40 spun turn 2 | #24 |
 | 282 | 284 | 3 | | |
 | 285 | 288 | 4 | #8 spun turn 2 | #77 |
 | 289 | 322 | 34 | | |
 | 323 | 327 | 5 | #43 accident turn 2 | #48 |
 | 328 | 387 | 60 | | |
 | 388 | 394 | 7 | #45 spun turn 3 | #17 |
 | 395 | 404 | 10 | | |
 | 405 | 409 | 5 | #88 spun turn 4 | #01 |
 | 410 | 432 | 23 | | |
 | 433 | 437 | 5 | debris | #17 |
 | 438 | 447 | 10 | | |
 | 448 | 454 | 7 | #97 accident turn 3 | #88 |
 | 455 | 491 | 37 | | |
 | 492 | 497 | 6 | oil on track | none |
 | 498 | 500 | 3 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 18.2% Average green flag run: 24.1 laps |
'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Jeremy Mayfield | 1 | 47 | 47 |
| Rusty Wallace | 48 | 94 | 47 |
| Bobby Labonte | 95 | 116 | 22 |
| Tony Stewart | 117 | 129 | 13 |
| Robby Gordon | 130 | 133 | 4 |
| Tony Stewart | 134 | 183 | 50 |
| Matt Kenseth | 184 | 184 | 1 |
| Tony Stewart | 185 | 203 | 19 |
| Jeremy Mayfield | 204 | 224 | 21 |
| Tony Stewart | 225 | 389 | 165 |
| Bobby Labonte | 390 | 399 | 10 |
| Kurt Busch | 400 | 415 | 16 |
| Mark Martin | 416 | 416 | 1 |
| Kurt Busch | 417 | 433 | 17 |
| Ryan Newman | 434 | 458 | 25 |
| Sterling Marlin | 459 | 464 | 6 |
| Jeff Gordon | 465 | 500 | 36 |
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