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2009 Auto Club 500

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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 2 of 36
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:40:51 Average speed: 135.839 mph Pole speed: 183.439 mph	Cautions: 5 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 1.463 sec Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 19
Green flag passes: 2,321 (11.2 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	24	17	Matt Kenseth	Carhartt (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	346615	running	84	195
2	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	250	240926	running	64	175
3	10	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	250	211648	running	0	165
4	5	16	Greg Biffle	3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	161200	running	16	165
5	4	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	250	133900	running	2	160
6	23	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	250	129025	running	0	150
7	25	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	155181	running	1	151
8	11	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice / Office Depot (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	250	139748	running	3	147
9	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	250	160526	running	74	143
10	1	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	250	141473	running	0	134
11	15	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	250	139323	running	1	135
12	22	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	250	139398	running	0	127
13	38	12	David Stremme	Penske Racing (Roger Penske)	Dodge	250	131690	running	3	129
14	7	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	250	123223	running	0	121
15	42	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	250	106250	running	0	118
16	3	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	104550	running	0	115
17	13	6	David Ragan	UPS (Jack Roush)	Ford	249	103400	running	0	112
18	37	28	Travis Kvapil	Farmers Insurance (Yates Racing)	Ford	249	94700	running	0	109
19	21	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	249	94000	running	0	106
20	16	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com (Jeff Moorad)	Ford	249	122679	running	0	103
21	17	43	Reed Sorenson	Charter Communications (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	249	129951	running	0	100
22	14	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	249	106473	running	0	97
23	26	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Auto Club (Roger Penske)	Dodge	249	109960	running	0	94
24	29	07	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	249	106325	running	0	91
25	20	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	249	98350	running	0	88
26	34	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	249	135001	running	0	85
27	33	1	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	249	123540	running	0	82
28	28	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	248	115579	running	0	79
29	8	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Charter Communications (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Dodge	248	87250	running	0	76
30	12	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam (Robby Gordon)	Toyota	248	104760	running	0	73
31	40	34	John Andretti	WindowWorld.com (Bob Jenkins)	Chevrolet	248	92325	running	1	75
32	41	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	247	130931	running	0	67
33	32	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports (Kevin Buckler)	Chevrolet	246	84850	running	0	64
34	39	41	Jeremy Mayfield	All Sport (Jeremy Mayfield)	Toyota	245	83700	running	0	61
35	31	8	Aric Almirola	Guitar Hero (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	242	91475	engine	0	58
36	36	36	Scott Riggs	Red Bank Outfitters (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Toyota	240	83325	running	0	55
37	27	98	Paul Menard	Quaker State / Menards (Yates Racing)	Ford	221	113506	running	0	52
38	19	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	207	120203	crash	0	49
39	35	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	205	100730	engine	0	46
40	18	5	Mark Martin	Carquest / Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	179	90575	engine	1	48
41	9	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	172	94498	engine	0	40
42	30	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports (Phil Parsons)	Toyota	50	82335	fuel pump	0	37
43	43	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	36	82690	fuel pump	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
David Reutimann	00	engine change
Reed Sorenson	43	backup car
Michael Waltrip	55	engine change
Brian Vickers	83	engine change
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	transmission change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Todd Bodine	64	Gunselman Motorsports	Larry Gunselman	Toyota
45	Tony Raines	37	Long John Silver's	Bob Jenkins	Dodge
46	David Starr	51	Allegro Marinade	David Bean	Dodge
47	Mike Garvey	73	Jani-King / Quality Concrete	Barry Haefele	Dodge
48	Sterling Marlin	09	Phoenix Racing	James Finch	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6
	7	22	16	rain	none
	23	42	20
	43	46	4	rain	none
	47	142	96
	143	151	9	rain	#55
	152	170	19
	171	177	7	rain	#83
	178	208	31
	209	215	7	#29 accident turn 1	#9
	216	250	35
Percent of race run under caution: 17.2% Average green flag run: 34.5 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jimmie Johnson	1	43	43
John Andretti	44	44	1
Kurt Busch	45	46	2
Jimmie Johnson	47	77	31
Jeff Gordon	78	85	8
Greg Biffle	86	86	1
Carl Edwards	87	87	1
Jeff Gordon	88	127	40
Greg Biffle	128	142	15
Jeff Gordon	143	143	1
Juan Pablo Montoya	144	144	1
Matt Kenseth	145	170	26
Jeff Gordon	171	171	1
Tony Stewart	172	174	3
Mark Martin	175	175	1
Matt Kenseth	176	195	20
Jeff Gordon	196	209	14
David Stremme	210	212	3
Matt Kenseth	213	250	38

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	385
2	Jeff Gordon	304	-81
3	Kurt Busch	294	-91
3	Tony Stewart	294	-91
5	Greg Biffle	268	-117
6	Clint Bowyer	266	-119
7	Michael Waltrip	264	-121
8	David Ragan	262	-123
9	Carl Edwards	260	-125
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	256	-129
11	Elliott Sadler	248	-137
11	David Reutimann	248	-137
13	A.J. Allmendinger	241	-144
14	Reed Sorenson	238	-147
15	Denny Hamlin	235	-150
16	Kevin Harvick	219	-166
17	Martin Truex Jr	217	-168
18	Kyle Busch	215	-170
19	Jimmie Johnson	213	-172
20	Casey Mears	209	-176
20	Marcos Ambrose	209	-176