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2009 Aaron's 499

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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

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	09	Brad Keselowski	Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming (James Finch)	Chevrolet	188	312075	running	1	190
2	11	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard / AMP Energy (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	224200	running	20	175
3	25	39	Ryan Newman	Prelude to the Dream / U.S. Army (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	188	201104	running	10	170
4	34	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	188	161598	running	0	160
5	8	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	188	144798	running	1	160
6	28	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	188	130750	running	13	155
7	2	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	140225	running	1	151
8	30	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	188	136648	running	2	147
9	22	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	188	153276	running	4	143
10	20	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	146456	running	6	139
11	41	43	Reed Sorenson	U.S. Air Force (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	188	137401	running	0	130
12	10	6	David Ragan	UPS (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	107500	running	2	132
13	24	98	Paul Menard	Turtle Wax / Menards (Yates Racing)	Ford	188	129431	running	2	129
14	17	87	Joe Nemechek	Maui Shower Company (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	188	92900	running	1	126
15	6	78	Regan Smith	National Day of Prayer / Furniture Row (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	188	91775	running	0	118
16	15	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	110175	running	2	120
17	13	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	136315	running	9	117
18	43	13	Max Papis	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Toyota	188	88975	running	0	109
19	39	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	188	100275	running	3	111
20	1	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Tums Dual Action (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	188	133298	running	7	108
21	31	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	188	98600	running	1	105
22	18	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	188	104275	running	28	102
23	29	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice / Office Depot (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	188	101198	running	0	94
24	16	99	Carl Edwards	Claritin (Jack Roush)	Ford	187	139506	crash	2	96
25	23	18	Kyle Busch	Pedigree (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	187	138273	running	42	98
26	33	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	187	107548	running	0	85
27	40	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	187	94825	running	1	87
28	12	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com (Jeff Moorad)	Ford	179	113804	crash	0	79
29	42	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Toyota	179	104635	crash	0	76
30	36	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	179	137026	crash	2	78
31	37	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing (Roger Penske)	Dodge	179	118915	crash	0	70
32	27	41	Jeremy Mayfield	Big Red (Jeremy Mayfield)	Toyota	179	82075	crash	1	72
33	3	1	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	179	121190	crash	24	69
34	4	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Penske Truck Rental / AAA (Roger Penske)	Dodge	179	103685	crash	3	66
35	38	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Hunt Brothers Pizza (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	164	84675	running	0	58
36	35	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	133	123973	running	0	55
37	14	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont / Pepsi Throwback Challenger (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	128	121201	running	0	52
38	19	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	127	118353	running	0	49
39	5	33	Clint Bowyer	BB&T (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	8	88875	running	0	46
40	26	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports (Kevin Buckler)	Chevrolet	6	80550	crash	0	43
41	21	36	Scott Riggs	Tommy Baldwin Racing (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Toyota	6	80325	crash	0	40
42	32	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	6	88155	crash	0	37
43	7	5	Mark Martin	Carquest / Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	6	88464	crash	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Robby Gordon	7	qualifying time disallowed
Kasey Kahne	9	engine change
Brad Keselowski	09	engine change
David Stremme	12	engine change
Elliott Sadler	19	engine change
Reed Sorenson	43	engine change
A.J. Allmendinger	44	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Michael McDowell	66	Prism Motorsports	Phil Parsons	Toyota
45	Eric McClure	4	Hefty SteelSak / Wal-Mart	Jerry McClure	Chevrolet
WD	Geoffrey Bodine	64		Larry Gunselman	Toyota

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	7	7
	8	13	6	#07,2,5,9,17,19,24,26,29,33,36,44,71,83 accident turn 3	#82
	14	29	16
	30	34	5	debris	none
	35	43	9
	44	46	3	#55 spun tri-oval	#44
	47	61	15
	62	64	3	#2 spun tri-oval	#31
	65	85	21
	86	88	3	debris	#31
	89	124	36
	125	127	3	debris	#98
	128	147	20
	148	150	3	debris	#43
	151	172	22
	173	175	3	#1,18 spun turn 4	#34
	176	180	5
	181	184	4	#1,7,11,12,41,42,48,55,77,96 accident backstretch	none
	185	188	4
Percent of race run under caution: 17.6% Average green flag run: 15.5 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	4	4
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5	5	1
Juan Pablo Montoya	6	6	1
David Ragan	7	8	2
John Andretti	9	9	1
Greg Biffle	10	10	1
Joey Logano	11	13	3
Martin Truex, Jr.	14	17	4
Juan Pablo Montoya	18	18	1
Kurt Busch	19	20	2
Denny Hamlin	21	21	1
Jeff Burton	22	22	1
Denny Hamlin	23	23	1
Jeff Burton	24	27	4
Kurt Busch	28	29	2
Ryan Newman	30	30	1
Kyle Busch	31	43	13
Scott Speed	44	44	1
Kyle Busch	45	47	3
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	48	49	2
Matt Kenseth	50	52	3
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	53	61	9
Michael Waltrip	62	62	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	63	74	12
Denny Hamlin	75	76	2
Juan Pablo Montoya	77	77	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	78	79	2
Jimmie Johnson	80	80	1
Denny Hamlin	81	82	2
Sam Hornish, Jr.	83	85	3
Joe Nemechek	86	86	1
Paul Menard	87	88	2
Denny Hamlin	89	91	3
Jimmie Johnson	92	92	1
Denny Hamlin	93	110	18
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	111	113	3
Martin Truex, Jr.	114	115	2
Joey Logano	116	116	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	117	120	4
Brian Vickers	121	122	2
Martin Truex, Jr.	123	124	2
Carl Edwards	125	125	1
Kyle Busch	126	133	8
Elliott Sadler	134	136	3
Kurt Busch	137	139	3
Denny Hamlin	140	140	1
Casey Mears	141	142	2
Jeff Burton	143	143	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	144	144	1
Kurt Busch	145	145	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	146	147	2
Jeremy Mayfield	148	148	1
Kurt Busch	149	153	5
Kyle Busch	154	171	18
Matt Kenseth	172	177	6
Ryan Newman	178	186	9
Carl Edwards	187	187	1
Brad Keselowski	188	188	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kurt Busch	1299
2	Jeff Gordon	1294	-5
3	Jimmie Johnson	1235	-64
4	Tony Stewart	1232	-67
5	Denny Hamlin	1190	-109
6	Kyle Busch	1124	-175
7	Carl Edwards	1119	-180
8	Clint Bowyer	1098	-201
9	Jeff Burton	1092	-207
10	Greg Biffle	1081	-218
11	David Reutimann	1077	-222
12	Matt Kenseth	1063	-236
13	Ryan Newman	1033	-266
14	Kasey Kahne	1030	-269
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1018	-281
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	1018	-281
17	Brian Vickers	995	-304
18	Mark Martin	971	-328
19	Marcos Ambrose	937	-362
20	Kevin Harvick	918	-381
21	Casey Mears	911	-388