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2009 Kobalt Tools 500 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 4 of 36 Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps* on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:59:01 Average speed: 127.573 mph Pole speed: 187.045 mph Cautions: 11 for 54 laps Margin of victory: .332 sec Attendance: 94400 Lead changes: 13 Green flag passes: 1,774 (6.4 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2009 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Kurt Busch 2 1 1 1 5 2 11 19 8 19 100.0 81 330 100.0 234 70.9 330 150.0 Jeff Gordon 16 3 2 1 16 5 8 34 26 34 100.0 33 326 98.8 47 14.2 330 125.0 Carl Edwards 29 5 3 1 29 5 42 56 14 36 64.3 22 311 94.2 28 8.5 330 119.4 Kevin Harvick 10 13 4 4 28 12 3 28 25 21 75.0 7 289 87.6 0 0.0 330 94.2 Brian Vickers 17 7 5 2 30 7 12 36 24 33 91.7 23 322 97.6 0 0.0 330 108.9 Clint Bowyer 21 2 6 2 32 7 2 38 36 27 71.1 4 296 89.7 0 0.0 330 101.0 Kasey Kahne 13 11 7 3 15 10 14 32 18 32 100.0 7 330 100.0 0 0.0 330 99.6 Tony Stewart 11 18 8 7 33 16 2 41 39 12 29.3 4 130 39.4 0 0.0 330 88.0 Jimmie Johnson 7 4 9 1 26 6 -2 27 29 27 100.0 2 329 99.7 11 3.3 330 107.1 Martin Truex Jr 23 9 10 1 24 10 7 39 32 21 53.8 0 288 87.3 1 0.3 330 90.3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 20 10 11 5 20 11 5 30 25 23 76.7 0 313 94.8 0 0.0 330 83.0 Matt Kenseth 30 12 12 5 35 13 12 50 38 15 30.0 3 265 80.3 0 0.0 330 83.7 Denny Hamlin 6 8 13 2 14 7 -14 13 27 13 100.0 3 329 99.7 0 0.0 329 98.3 Jeff Burton 15 14 14 9 25 14 7 34 27 18 52.9 0 273 82.7 0 0.0 329 76.4 Jamie McMurray 3 21 15 3 29 17 -6 48 54 8 16.7 1 107 32.4 0 0.0 328 84.1 Casey Mears 25 20 16 15 36 21 -8 44 52 2 4.5 0 4 1.2 0 0.0 328 69.9 A.J. Allmendinger 38 19 17 16 39 20 19 51 32 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 328 68.1 Kyle Busch 9 28 18 6 36 20 13 51 38 9 17.6 2 60 18.2 0 0.0 327 83.7 David Ragan 39 26 19 18 43 24 18 70 52 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 327 58.0 Elliott Sadler 14 29 20 13 38 27 -8 69 77 5 7.2 0 10 3.0 0 0.0 327 60.7 Aric Almirola 37 25 21 21 37 26 10 72 62 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 327 57.4 Ryan Newman 12 15 22 1 22 15 -18 32 50 26 81.3 0 183 55.5 3 0.9 327 78.5 David Stremme 28 23 23 17 39 25 23 96 73 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 326 63.8 David Gilliland 31 22 24 16 35 22 -1 42 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 326 62.6 Michael Waltrip 24 33 25 19 38 29 -17 62 79 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 326 55.5 Robby Gordon 19 24 26 19 38 28 -4 83 87 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 326 51.0 Juan Pablo Montoya 4 36 27 4 37 26 -36 47 83 17 36.2 7 65 19.7 0 0.0 325 67.8 Paul Menard 33 32 28 23 37 31 2 56 54 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 325 43.3 John Andretti 41 30 29 24 41 33 -7 32 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 325 35.5 Joey Logano 42 27 30 20 42 29 -12 52 64 0 0.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 42.3 Mark Martin 1 6 31 1 33 14 -13 10 23 8 80.0 21 218 66.1 5 1.5 316 92.2 David Reutimann 18 37 32 10 39 31 -4 43 47 5 11.6 1 7 2.1 0 0.0 305 55.2 Reed Sorenson 32 40 33 32 43 39 6 11 5 0 0.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 264 35.9 Greg Biffle 5 17 34 4 34 19 -21 28 49 11 39.3 0 138 41.8 0 0.0 262 78.0 Scott Speed 26 31 35 21 37 33 -20 58 78 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 262 39.9 Bill Elliott 35 16 36 8 39 28 14 42 28 4 9.5 0 11 3.3 0 0.0 201 36.0 Sam Hornish, Jr. 36 35 37 18 39 33 -1 74 75 0 0.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 199 49.5 Marcos Ambrose 34 34 38 20 40 33 9 54 45 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 179 45.1 Joe Nemechek 8 38 39 1 42 38 -9 12 21 0 0.0 10 8 2.4 1 0.3 110 36.4 Bobby Labonte 40 39 40 22 42 37 3 42 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 103 33.7 Dave Blaney 27 41 41 8 43 41 -14 6 20 0 0.0 2 2 0.6 0 0.0 82 28.0 Travis Kvapil 22 42 42 20 42 40 -24 7 31 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 37.7 Mike Bliss 43 43 43 15 43 43 -3 3 6 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 21 24.3 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.