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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

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Mark Martin5Chevrolet15.414   124.484  
2   Greg Biffle16Ford15.436   124.307  
3   Scott Speed82Toyota15.456   124.146   *
4   Dave Blaney66Toyota15.478   123.970   *
5   Matt Kenseth17Ford15.487   123.897  
6   Clint Bowyer33Chevrolet15.488   123.889  
7   Casey Mears07Chevrolet15.505   123.754  
8   Joey Logano20Toyota15.511   123.706  
9   Ryan Newman39Chevrolet15.519   123.642  
10   Reed Sorenson43Dodge15.523   123.610  
11   Juan Pablo Montoya42Chevrolet15.526   123.586  
12   David Gilliland71Chevrolet15.526   123.586   *
13   Kurt Busch2Dodge15.532   123.539  
14   Brian Vickers83Toyota15.543   123.451  
15   Kyle Busch18Toyota15.545   123.435  
16   Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet15.557   123.340  
17   Jamie McMurray26Ford15.569   123.245  
18   David Reutimann00Toyota15.584   123.126  
19   A.J. Allmendinger44Dodge15.587   123.103  
20   Bobby Labonte96Ford15.594   123.047  
21   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet15.602   122.984  
22   Terry Labonte08Toyota15.620   122.843   *
23   David Ragan6Ford15.627   122.787  
24   Martin Truex Jr1Chevrolet15.631   122.756  
25   Marcos Ambrose47Toyota15.642   122.670  
26   Scott Wimmer4Chevrolet15.645   122.646   *
27   Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet15.653   122.584  
28   Regan Smith78Chevrolet15.654   122.576   *
29   Kasey Kahne9Dodge15.659   122.537  
30   Tony Stewart14Chevrolet15.661   122.521  
31   Robby Gordon7Toyota15.666   122.482  
32   Carl Edwards99Ford15.674   122.419  
33   Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet15.675   122.411  
34   David Stremme12Dodge15.688   122.310  
35   Tony Raines37Dodge15.700   122.217   *
36   Michael Waltrip55Toyota15.713   122.115  
37   Jeff Burton31Chevrolet15.714   122.108  
38   Sam Hornish, Jr.77Dodge15.721   122.053  
39   Joe Nemechek87Toyota15.784   121.566   *
40   Mike Skinner36Toyota15.793   121.497   *
41   Paul Menard98Ford15.807   121.389  
42   John Andretti34Chevrolet15.826   121.244  
43   Denny Hamlin11Toyota15.907   120.626   OP
44   Max Papis13Toyota15.938   120.392   *
45   Elliott Sadler19Dodge15.997   119.947   OP
46   Mike Wallace64Toyota16.066   119.432   *
47   Aric Almirola09Dodge16.166   118.694   *

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Mike Skinner (#36), Max Papis (#13), Mike Wallace (#64), Aric Almirola (#09), Dexter Bean (#51-WD)