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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 9 of 36
Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:23:20 Average speed: 147.565 mph Pole speed: 188.171 mph	Cautions: 9 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .175 sec Attendance: 142000 Lead changes: 57
Green flag passes: 11,290 (72.8 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2009 standings

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

Loop data for this race:
Brad Keselowski	9	29	1	1	41	17	28	463	435	264	57.0	8	91	48.4	1	0.5	188	98.9
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	11	12	2	1	22	6	7	324	317	288	88.9	6	172	91.5	20	10.6	188	117.2
Ryan Newman	25	27	3	1	39	20	-15	264	279	80	30.3	3	46	24.5	10	5.3	188	77.8
Marcos Ambrose	34	20	4	4	38	18	-19	387	406	77	19.9	4	54	28.7	0	0.0	188	81.4
Scott Speed	8	28	5	1	43	25	-33	219	252	52	23.7	5	30	16.0	1	0.5	188	69.5
Kurt Busch	28	11	6	1	33	11	83	378	295	281	74.3	5	136	72.3	13	6.9	188	100.1
Greg Biffle	2	31	7	1	35	20	-62	254	316	133	52.4	4	50	26.6	1	0.5	188	72.7
Brian Vickers	30	4	8	1	34	15	58	345	287	217	62.9	2	112	59.6	2	1.1	188	86.8
Joey Logano	22	14	9	1	28	13	18	410	392	200	48.8	3	121	64.4	4	2.1	188	88.8
Jeff Burton	20	34	10	1	34	22	21	255	234	147	57.6	10	67	35.6	6	3.2	188	94.8
Reed Sorenson	41	5	11	2	43	20	-17	229	246	123	53.7	1	84	44.7	0	0.0	188	70.5
David Ragan	10	18	12	1	26	12	-4	489	493	369	75.5	3	141	75.0	2	1.1	188	96.0
Paul Menard	24	8	13	1	34	21	-39	253	292	125	49.4	4	50	26.6	2	1.1	188	63.7
Joe Nemechek	17	16	14	1	41	18	-1	406	407	191	47.0	4	91	48.4	1	0.5	188	74.3
Regan Smith	6	26	15	3	34	23	7	359	352	87	24.2	12	27	14.4	0	0.0	188	72.2
Casey Mears	15	10	16	1	30	14	12	420	408	305	72.6	3	121	64.4	2	1.1	188	90.1
Matt Kenseth	13	13	17	1	22	10	13	451	438	378	83.8	1	151	80.3	9	4.8	188	99.9
Max Papis	43	21	18	15	41	29	-19	121	140	2	1.7	2	2	1.1	0	0.0	188	50.0
Elliott Sadler	39	17	19	1	41	13	-10	394	404	228	57.9	6	113	60.1	3	1.6	188	73.9
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	7	20	1	30	11	9	416	407	329	79.1	2	138	73.4	7	3.7	188	89.7
Michael Waltrip	31	15	21	1	41	20	30	413	383	195	47.2	9	58	30.9	1	0.5	188	72.3
Denny Hamlin	18	1	22	1	26	10	-34	346	380	278	80.3	6	128	68.1	28	14.9	188	104.5
Tony Stewart	29	24	23	4	41	21	-18	306	324	126	41.2	6	53	28.2	0	0.0	188	64.2
Carl Edwards	16	33	24	1	34	26	-11	95	106	37	38.9	7	24	12.8	2	1.1	187	57.1
Kyle Busch	23	19	25	1	37	12	17	322	305	211	65.5	5	123	65.4	42	22.3	187	93.1
David Reutimann	33	2	26	1	40	16	40	336	296	158	47.0	7	84	44.7	0	0.0	187	66.5
John Andretti	40	23	27	1	38	29	-34	135	169	0	0.0	3	8	4.3	1	0.5	187	44.1
Bobby Labonte	12	30	28	5	33	25	4	290	286	64	22.1	2	16	8.5	0	0.0	179	53.9
Robby Gordon	42	32	29	9	42	28	-23	133	156	26	19.5	1	10	5.3	0	0.0	179	46.0
Jimmie Johnson	36	9	30	1	36	10	20	419	399	323	77.1	3	152	80.9	2	1.1	179	85.5
David Stremme	37	3	31	1	40	14	-6	421	427	217	51.5	2	111	59.0	0	0.0	179	74.1
Jeremy Mayfield	27	25	32	1	42	27	-15	204	219	7	3.4	7	4	2.1	1	0.5	179	46.3
Martin Truex Jr	3	6	33	1	33	11	-30	321	351	207	64.5	0	141	75.0	24	12.8	179	90.4
Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	22	34	1	34	16	-39	405	444	226	55.8	2	92	48.9	3	1.6	179	61.7
A.J. Allmendinger	38	35	35	21	43	36	17	42	25	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	164	29.5
Kasey Kahne	35	36	36	17	42	37	18	39	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	133	28.8
Jeff Gordon	14	38	37	3	39	37	6	35	29	27	77.1	0	5	2.7	0	0.0	128	34.2
Kevin Harvick	19	37	38	14	43	37	0	38	38	5	13.2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	127	30.1
Clint Bowyer	5	39	39	3	39	37	-9	16	25	15	93.8	0	6	3.2	0	0.0	8	57.7
David Gilliland	26	40	40	6	40	39	19	44	25	13	29.5	0	1	0.5	0	0.0	6	46.0
Scott Riggs	21	42	41	11	42	41	4	36	32	8	22.2	0	1	0.5	0	0.0	6	48.4
Jamie McMurray	32	41	42	10	42	40	19	42	23	7	16.7	0	1	0.5	0	0.0	6	44.7
Mark Martin	7	43	43	4	43	42	-12	15	27	11	73.3	0	5	2.7	0	0.0	6	52.0

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.