| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 500 | 141,833 | running | 137 | 165 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 500 | 139,125 | running | 125 | 170 |
| 1 | 20 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 198,736 | running | 113 | 190 |
| 2 | 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 153,861 | running | 92 | 175 |
| 7 | 7 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 500 | 124,486 | running | 11 | 151 |
| 4 | 14 | 5 | Kyle Busch | Kellogg's / Carquest (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 105,375 | running | 10 | 165 |
| 24 | 18 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 498 | 89,845 | running | 10 | 96 |
| 10 | 33 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | USG Sheetrock / DeWalt (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 130,266 | running | 1 | 139 |
| 29 | 15 | 1 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 496 | 96,670 | running | 1 | 81 |
| 6 | 19 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 500 | 119,316 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 8 | 26 | 10 | Scott Riggs | Valvoline / Stanley Tools (James Rocco) | Dodge | 500 | 89,275 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 2 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Irwin Industrial Tools (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 88,525 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 11 | 21 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 500 | 84,325 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 114,858 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 17 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Snickers (Yates Racing) | Ford | 500 | 107,383 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 24 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel (Roger Penske) | Dodge | 500 | 107,175 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 27 | 6 | David Ragan | AAA (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 113,250 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 23 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Texaco / Havoline (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 109,850 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 9 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Office Depot (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 82,050 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 28 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Target (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 100,083 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 4 | 21 | Ken Schrader | Little Debbie Snack Cakes (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 500 | 95,239 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 11 | 96 | Tony Raines | DLP HDTV (Bill Saunders) | Chevrolet | 500 | 84,550 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 37 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Panasonic Plasma HDTV (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 500 | 88,558 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 42 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 499 | 86,258 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 5 | 18 | J.J. Yeley | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Chevrolet | 499 | 100,958 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 25 | 41 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 498 | 115,366 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 36 | 01 | Regan Smith | U.S. Army (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 498 | 91,083 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 30 | 13 | Joe Nemechek | Ginn Resorts / CertainTeed (Bobby Ginn) | Chevrolet | 497 | 67,700 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 38 | 44 | Dale Jarrett | UPS (Michael Waltrip) | Toyota | 496 | 67,500 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 30 | 39 | 49 | Mike Bliss | Obovo.com (Beth Ann Morgenthau) | Dodge | 493 | 79,747 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 10 | 70 | Johnny Sauter | Yellow Transportation / Haas (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 493 | 67,050 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 34 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Jackson Hewitt (Jack Roush) | Ford | 492 | 84,925 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 43 | 00 | David Reutimann | Domino's (Michael Waltrip) | Toyota | 491 | 67,650 | running | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 25 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports (Robby Gordon) | Ford | 490 | 66,575 | running | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 29 | 40 | David Stremme | Coors Light (Felix Sabates) | Dodge | 490 | 66,525 | running | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 32 | 66 | Jeff Green | Best Buy (Gene Haas) | Chevrolet | 487 | 74,475 | running | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 22 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Toyota | 485 | 74,400 | running | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 40 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Red Bull (Danny Bahar) | Toyota | 483 | 66,350 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 16 | 38 | David Gilliland | M&M's (Yates Racing) | Ford | 469 | 93,514 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 13 | 36 | Jeremy Mayfield | 360 OTC (Bill Davis) | Toyota | 451 | 66,225 | running | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 6 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 445 | 114,911 | running | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 35 | 25 | Casey Mears | National Guard / GMAC (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 371 | 74,115 | running | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 31 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Cheerios / Betty Crocker (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 265 | 102,409 | running | 0 | 34 |
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Failed to qualify: Michael Waltrip (#55), Paul Menard (#15), Kenny Wallace (#78), Kevin Lepage (#37), Brian Vickers (#83), Ward Burton (#4)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 4 | 4 | | |
 | 5 | 8 | 4 | #25 spun turn 4 | none |
 | 9 | 38 | 30 | | |
 | 39 | 46 | 8 | #43 accident turn 1 | #45 |
 | 47 | 90 | 44 | | |
 | 91 | 97 | 7 | debris | #22 |
 | 98 | 100 | 3 | | |
 | 101 | 105 | 5 | #40 spun turn 2 | #18 |
 | 106 | 152 | 47 | | |
 | 153 | 158 | 6 | #84,22 accident turns 4/1 | #18 |
 | 159 | 217 | 59 | | |
 | 218 | 223 | 6 | #36 accident turn 4 | #96 |
 | 224 | 245 | 22 | | |
 | 246 | 250 | 5 | #9 accident turn 4 | #17 |
 | 251 | 306 | 56 | | |
 | 307 | 312 | 6 | debris | #10 |
 | 313 | 336 | 24 | | |
 | 337 | 342 | 6 | #40 spun turn 3 | #18 |
 | 343 | 353 | 11 | | |
 | 354 | 363 | 10 | #7 spun turn 4 | #6 |
 | 364 | 376 | 13 | | |
 | 377 | 382 | 6 | #96 accident turn 1 | #41 |
 | 383 | 423 | 41 | | |
 | 424 | 439 | 16 | #44 accident turn 2 | #96 |
 | 440 | 474 | 35 | | |
 | 475 | 482 | 8 | #18 spun turn 1 | #14 |
 | 483 | 500 | 18 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 18.6% Average green flag run: 29.1 laps |
'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Denny Hamlin | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Elliott Sadler | 41 | 50 | 10 |
| Denny Hamlin | 51 | 55 | 5 |
| Jeff Gordon | 56 | 92 | 37 |
| Matt Kenseth | 93 | 93 | 1 |
| Jeff Gordon | 94 | 138 | 45 |
| Denny Hamlin | 139 | 218 | 80 |
| Tony Stewart | 219 | 224 | 6 |
| Jeff Gordon | 225 | 234 | 10 |
| Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 235 | 303 | 69 |
| Tony Stewart | 304 | 308 | 5 |
| Martin Truex, Jr. | 309 | 309 | 1 |
| Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 310 | 377 | 68 |
| Kyle Busch | 378 | 387 | 10 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 388 | 500 | 113 |
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