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2009 Sharpie 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 24 of 36 Saturday, August 22, 2009 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:08:31 Average speed: 84.82 mph Pole speed: 124.484 mph Cautions: 11 for 76 laps Margin of victory: .098 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 12 Green flag passes: 2,594 (6.1 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 Kyle Busch 15 4 1 1 16 5 20 46 26 46 100.0 53 498 99.6 68 13.6 500 127.8 Mark Martin 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 12 11 12 100.0 72 500 100.0 240 48.0 500 139.6 Marcos Ambrose 25 3 3 3 25 9 20 59 39 35 59.3 14 424 84.8 0 0.0 500 108.0 Greg Biffle 2 16 4 1 17 8 -9 32 41 32 100.0 23 486 97.2 76 15.2 500 111.0 Denny Hamlin 41 13 5 5 41 18 36 96 60 31 32.3 22 271 54.2 0 0.0 500 93.0 Ryan Newman 9 10 6 1 17 9 -6 65 71 65 100.0 4 497 99.4 0 0.0 500 98.5 Kurt Busch 13 2 7 2 22 5 14 54 40 46 85.2 25 467 93.4 0 0.0 500 116.2 Jimmie Johnson 21 5 8 1 22 6 34 74 40 51 68.9 46 443 88.6 107 21.4 500 116.7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 27 25 9 3 27 16 11 90 79 31 34.4 13 269 53.8 0 0.0 500 85.1 Matt Kenseth 5 12 10 2 18 10 -8 59 67 55 93.2 4 486 97.2 0 0.0 500 95.2 Jamie McMurray 17 7 11 7 26 15 -2 103 105 29 28.2 3 287 57.4 0 0.0 500 84.2 Brian Vickers 14 19 12 6 24 20 -9 65 74 13 20.0 0 48 9.6 0 0.0 500 68.0 Casey Mears 7 22 13 5 26 19 -20 104 124 21 20.2 0 73 14.6 0 0.0 500 70.9 David Ragan 23 17 14 12 27 19 -1 103 104 20 19.4 1 94 18.8 0 0.0 500 72.8 Scott Speed 3 26 15 2 26 21 -19 66 85 14 21.2 1 77 15.4 0 0.0 500 68.5 Carl Edwards 32 28 16 15 34 27 8 76 68 1 1.3 5 16 3.2 0 0.0 500 62.9 David Reutimann 18 14 17 4 23 13 -4 90 94 60 66.7 6 326 65.2 0 0.0 500 84.0 Jeff Burton 37 27 18 15 41 27 0 116 116 1 0.9 16 3 0.6 0 0.0 500 54.7 Reed Sorenson 10 21 19 10 35 21 4 106 102 20 18.9 3 69 13.8 0 0.0 500 65.1 David Stremme 34 29 20 20 34 29 6 86 80 0 0.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 500 54.2 Clint Bowyer 6 11 21 2 22 10 -5 46 51 39 84.8 3 440 88.0 0 0.0 500 89.9 Martin Truex Jr 24 6 22 2 28 10 25 93 68 56 60.2 16 420 84.0 0 0.0 500 89.2 Jeff Gordon 33 9 23 8 39 21 9 88 79 20 22.7 2 119 23.8 0 0.0 499 66.2 Paul Menard 39 32 24 24 41 33 -2 72 74 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 40.3 Juan Pablo Montoya 11 8 25 2 28 8 -10 57 67 48 84.2 5 463 92.6 0 0.0 498 95.2 Elliott Sadler 42 31 26 8 42 31 13 66 53 0 0.0 1 1 0.2 0 0.0 498 42.8 Regan Smith 28 23 27 22 35 29 -13 58 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 48.0 Kasey Kahne 29 30 28 21 32 28 -2 65 67 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 497 52.1 Scott Wimmer 26 35 29 4 36 33 -10 27 37 0 0.0 0 2 0.4 0 0.0 496 40.6 John Andretti 40 33 30 6 40 34 4 39 35 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 494 36.1 Michael Waltrip 36 15 31 1 36 18 -1 102 103 30 29.4 7 208 41.6 9 1.8 490 65.7 Robby Gordon 31 34 32 12 38 32 -15 68 83 2 2.9 3 8 1.6 0 0.0 490 43.4 Tony Stewart 30 36 33 27 42 34 14 29 15 0 0.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 489 47.8 Joey Logano 8 38 34 7 42 37 -1 10 11 3 30.0 4 10 2.0 0 0.0 484 40.6 Sam Hornish, Jr. 38 18 35 14 38 23 6 97 91 5 5.2 0 25 5.0 0 0.0 472 52.4 Bobby Labonte 20 39 36 6 39 30 4 23 19 14 60.9 1 91 18.2 0 0.0 461 61.1 A.J. Allmendinger 19 40 37 10 40 32 -11 22 33 15 68.2 23 124 24.8 0 0.0 452 73.3 Kevin Harvick 16 24 38 14 38 20 3 67 64 19 28.4 14 73 14.6 0 0.0 438 61.1 David Gilliland 12 20 39 4 39 23 -12 45 57 23 51.1 5 178 35.6 0 0.0 354 64.5 Terry Labonte 22 37 40 22 40 37 -23 15 38 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 244 38.0 Joe Nemechek 43 41 41 38 43 41 -1 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 48 29.4 Tony Raines 35 42 42 34 43 42 -9 1 10 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 26.4 Dave Blaney 4 43 43 4 43 43 -39 0 39 0 0.0 0 3 0.6 0 0.0 8 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.