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2009 Samsung 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 7 of 36 Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 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: 176300 Lead changes: 28 Green flag passes: 2,501 (8.2 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 Jeff Gordon 2 3 1 1 29 4 -5 51 56 38 74.5 39 332 99.4 105 31.4 334 134.0 Jimmie Johnson 9 13 2 1 29 11 -3 70 73 45 64.3 9 243 72.8 1 0.3 334 97.3 Greg Biffle 14 1 3 1 18 5 20 76 56 74 97.4 65 334 100.0 93 27.8 334 126.4 Tony Stewart 7 4 4 1 12 3 4 33 29 33 100.0 33 334 100.0 16 4.8 334 124.5 Matt Kenseth 3 2 5 1 28 5 6 93 87 71 76.3 20 322 96.4 55 16.5 334 118.7 Mark Martin 23 9 6 1 29 12 21 73 52 44 60.3 24 222 66.5 3 0.9 334 93.9 Juan Pablo Montoya 16 10 7 4 37 12 12 82 70 59 72.0 2 287 85.9 0 0.0 334 90.4 Kurt Busch 28 6 8 1 32 11 27 79 52 49 62.0 6 280 83.8 1 0.3 334 96.6 Jeff Burton 15 7 9 2 22 10 3 64 61 52 81.3 13 300 89.8 0 0.0 334 94.6 Carl Edwards 13 8 10 1 30 8 7 68 61 51 75.0 6 328 98.2 9 2.7 334 103.2 David Reutimann 1 26 11 1 29 11 3 56 53 32 57.1 15 220 65.9 40 12.0 334 105.8 Denny Hamlin 22 12 12 4 25 15 7 80 73 51 63.8 5 230 68.9 0 0.0 334 80.3 Paul Menard 5 18 13 1 18 12 -6 67 73 60 89.6 7 189 56.6 1 0.3 334 84.7 David Stremme 32 16 14 9 33 18 18 95 77 38 40.0 4 164 49.1 0 0.0 334 76.9 Ryan Newman 21 24 15 15 32 24 0 54 54 1 1.9 2 10 3.0 0 0.0 334 68.4 Brian Vickers 18 17 16 1 24 17 -14 63 77 30 47.6 0 86 25.7 1 0.3 334 70.0 Sam Hornish, Jr. 12 15 17 8 25 16 1 86 85 47 54.7 7 139 41.6 0 0.0 334 75.0 Kyle Busch 8 33 18 1 39 22 -7 52 59 9 17.3 14 98 29.3 2 0.6 333 94.0 Kasey Kahne 6 20 19 5 26 17 -11 58 69 23 39.7 1 115 34.4 0 0.0 333 76.8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 20 11 20 1 24 13 -17 89 106 65 73.0 9 248 74.3 6 1.8 333 78.9 Casey Mears 35 23 21 17 40 26 5 55 50 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 333 51.5 Clint Bowyer 19 19 22 16 26 21 -7 44 51 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 333 62.8 Brad Keselowski 40 25 23 9 42 30 24 87 63 9 10.3 1 3 0.9 0 0.0 332 44.5 Michael Waltrip 34 28 24 21 36 27 16 68 52 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 51.6 Martin Truex Jr 31 29 25 23 40 29 5 63 58 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 52.2 John Andretti 26 32 26 23 39 31 -6 50 56 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 46.7 Kevin Harvick 17 36 27 17 40 32 -18 38 56 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 51.9 Bill Elliott 37 34 28 9 39 33 6 65 59 7 10.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 331 41.2 David Gilliland 30 30 29 15 35 28 1 60 59 0 0.0 3 1 0.3 0 0.0 330 57.3 Joey Logano 10 31 30 6 36 28 -27 46 73 14 30.4 0 27 8.1 0 0.0 330 55.5 Regan Smith 33 37 31 2 40 35 -1 55 56 14 25.5 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 330 41.4 Elliott Sadler 42 38 32 32 42 36 8 36 28 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 329 35.0 Aric Almirola 41 39 33 11 42 37 1 56 55 7 12.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 328 31.9 A.J. Allmendinger 25 21 34 13 39 27 -11 58 69 1 1.7 3 2 0.6 0 0.0 328 54.1 Max Papis 39 40 35 34 43 39 -2 12 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 326 27.5 Reed Sorenson 38 35 36 29 40 36 -1 39 40 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 315 38.4 David Ragan 4 5 37 1 37 10 -37 45 82 39 86.7 5 288 86.2 1 0.3 293 87.0 Jamie McMurray 36 41 38 7 41 31 22 68 46 26 38.2 1 26 7.8 0 0.0 255 59.6 Robby Gordon 29 22 39 21 39 29 6 69 63 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 249 48.7 Bobby Labonte 24 27 40 18 40 29 -11 44 55 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 229 50.7 Marcos Ambrose 11 14 41 3 41 22 -24 36 60 30 83.3 2 179 53.6 0 0.0 216 64.9 Mike Bliss 27 42 42 27 43 42 -15 12 27 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 76 27.3 Dave Blaney 43 43 43 38 43 43 0 6 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 48 25.4 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.