List of 2009 NASCAR races
The following is a list of the 2009 NASCAR races from the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, along with their venues.
Some sponsors (and associated names) of the events are identified as TBA pending completion of the 2009 season sponsorship agreements.
See also 2009 in NASCAR and the List of 2008 NASCAR races.
Sprint Cup Series
Date | Venue | Event | Pole sitter | Winner | TV | |
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02/07/09 | Daytona International Speedway | Budweiser Shootout ≠ ♣ | Paul Menard | Kevin Harvick | ||
02/12/09 | Daytona International Speedway | Gatorade Duel #1 At Daytona ₪ | Martin Truex Jr. | Jeff Gordon | ||
02/12/09 | Daytona International Speedway | Gatorade Duel #2 At Daytona ₪ | Mark Martin | Kyle Busch | ||
02/15/09 | Daytona International Speedway | 51st Daytona 500 ♣ | Martin Truex Jr. | Matt Kenseth[1] | ||
02/22/09 | Auto Club Speedway | Auto Club 500 | Brian Vickers | Matt Kenseth[2] | ||
03/01/09 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Shelby 427 | Kyle Busch | Kyle Busch | ||
03/08/09 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Kobalt Tools 500 | Mark Martin[3] | Kurt Busch | ||
03/22/09 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Food City 500 | Mark Martin | Kyle Busch | ||
03/29/09 | Martinsville Speedway | Goody's Fast Relief 500 | Jeff Gordon ♦ | Jimmie Johnson[4] | ||
04/05/09 | Texas Motor Speedway | Samsung 500 | David Reutimann | Jeff Gordon | ||
04/18/09 | Phoenix International Raceway | Subway Fresh Fit 500 ♣ | Mark Martin | Mark Martin | ||
04/26/09 | Talladega Superspeedway | Aaron's 499 | Juan Pablo Montoya[5] | Brad Keselowski[6] | ||
05/02/09 | Richmond International Raceway | Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400 ♣[7] | Brian Vickers | Kyle Busch | ||
05/09/09 | Darlington Raceway | Southern 500 ♣[8] | Matt Kenseth | Mark Martin[9] | ||
05/16/08 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXV† ♣ | Jimmie Johnson | Tony Stewart | ||
05/24/09 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Coca-Cola 600 ♣[10] | Ryan Newman | David Reutimann[11] | ||
05/31/09 | Dover International Speedway | Autism Speaks 400 Presented by Heluva Good! | David Reutimann | Jimmie Johnson | ||
06/07/09 | Pocono Raceway | Pocono 500 | Tony Stewart ♦ | Tony Stewart[12] | ||
06/14/09 | Michigan International Speedway | LifeLock 400 | Brian Vickers | Mark Martin | ||
06/21/09 | Infineon Raceway | Toyota/Save Mart 350 | Brian Vickers | Kasey Kahne | ||
06/28/09 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | Tony Stewart ♦ | Joey Logano [13] | ||
07/04/09 | Daytona International Speedway | Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola♣ | Tony Stewart ♦ | Tony Stewart | ||
07/11/09 | Chicagoland Speedway | LifeLock.com 400♣ | Brian Vickers | Mark Martin | ||
07/26/09 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Allstate 400 at the Brickyard | Mark Martin[14] | Jimmie Johnson | ||
08/02/09 | Pocono Raceway | Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500[15] | Tony Stewart♦ | Denny Hamlin | ||
08/09/09 | Watkins Glen International | Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen[16] | Jimmie Johnson | Tony Stewart | ||
08/16/09 | Michigan International Speedway | CARFAX 400 | Brian Vickers | Brian Vickers | ||
08/22/09 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Sharpie 500 ♣ | Mark Martin[17] | Kyle Busch | ||
09/06/09 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Pep Boys Auto 500 | Martin Truex Jr. | Kasey Kahne | ||
09/12/09 | Richmond International Raceway | Chevy Rock & Roll 400 ♣ | Mark Martin | Denny Hamlin | ||
09/20/09 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Sylvania 300 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Mark Martin | ||
09/27/09 | Dover International Speedway | AAA 400 | Jimmie Johnson | Jimmie Johnson | ||
10/04/09 | Kansas Speedway | Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods | Mark Martin | Tony Stewart | ||
10/11/09 | Auto Club Speedway | Pepsi 500 | Denny Hamlin | Jimmie Johnson | ||
10/17/09 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | NASCAR Banking 500 Only from Bank of America ♣ | Jimmie Johnson | Jimmie Johnson | ||
10/25/09 | Martinsville Speedway | TUMS Fast Relief 500 | Ryan Newman | Denny Hamlin | ||
11/01/09 | Talladega Superspeedway | AMP Energy 500 | Jimmie Johnson | Jamie McMurray | ||
11/08/09 | Texas Motor Speedway | Dickies 500♣ | Jeff Gordon | Kurt Busch | ||
11/15/09 | Phoenix International Raceway | Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil | Martin Truex Jr. | Jimmie Johnson | ||
11/22/09 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Ford 400♣ | Jimmie Johnson | Denny Hamlin |
♦ - Qualifying rained out. Starting order set by owner's points.
≠ − Non points race involving pole sitters from 2007 races.
₡ - Starting order determined by random draw.
‡ - Front Row is set for Daytona 500.
₪ − Race to set fields for Daytona 500.
† — Non points races.
♣ — Race will either be run at night, or start in the late afternoon, and finish under lights.
Nationwide Series
♦ - Qualifying cancelled due to weather. Starting order set by owner's points.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
♦ - Qualifying rained out. Starting order set by owner's points.
Notes
- ↑ Kenseth passed Elliott Sadler on the final green flag lap, lap 152, before rain resulted in the yellow flag, the red flag eventually flew and all cars were parked on pit road, and finally NASCAR called the race complete, declaring Kenseth the winner.
- ↑ Kenseth joined just three other drivers (Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Jeff Gordon) who have won the race following a victory at the Daytona 500
- ↑ First pole for Martin in 257 races.
- ↑ With this win, Johnson had won five of the last 6 Martinsville races, and Hendrick Motorsports had won 10 of 13.
- ↑ Montoya's first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole.
- ↑ Keselowski's first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win
- ↑ This race saw a record-tying 15 cautions. Race started on Speed in some markets because of overrun from Major League Baseball games.
- ↑ For record-keeping purposes, this is the 53rd running of the Rebel 500, not to be confused with the original Southern 500, discontinued as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, and not a "major".
- ↑ First Rebel 500 win; second Darlington win overall.
- ↑ Scheduled to run Sunday evening, May 24th, the Coca-Cola 600 was postponed due to rain, and rescheduled to run at noon, on Monday, May 25th.
- ↑ David Reutimann won the Coca-Cola 600 in a rain shortened race after completing 227 of 400 laps. This was Reutimann's first Cup Series win. This was also the first win for the Michael Waltrip Racing team, owner of the #00 car. Shortest "600".
- ↑ First Owner-Driver win since Ricky Rudd at Martinsville Speedway in 1998.
- ↑ 273 laps (rain).
- ↑ At 50, Martin became the oldest driver to take the pole in the 100 year history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- ↑ Scheduled to run Sunday, August 2nd, the Pennsylvania 500 was postponed due to rain, and rescheduled to run at noon, on Monday, August 3rd.
- ↑ Scheduled to run Sunday, August 9th, the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen was postponed due to rain, and rescheduled to run at noon, on Monday, August 10th.
- ↑ Mark Martin's 1000th start in NASCAR touring series races.
- ↑ Only race scheduled for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2009.
- 1 2 With his wins at the Auto Club Speedway, Kyle Busch became the only driver to win two NASCAR National Touring Series victories in the same day.
- ↑ Harvick's first win driving his own Kevin Harvick Inc. race team car
- ↑ Ragan's first NASCAR Nationwide Series win.
- ↑ The first NASCAR national series event for the three-year-old speedway, a seven-eighths-mile tri-oval in Newton, Iowa, designed by former NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace.
- ↑ Only Camping World Truck Series race on network television.
- ↑ Scheduled to run Saturday, March 28th, due to rain the Kroger 250 was postponed to Monday March 30th. Race moved to Speed.
- ↑ Race started at 5 PM because of IndyCar qualifying for the Road Runner Indy 300; 55 laps run on April 25; race postponed because of thunderstorms and high winds. Race stopped after 80 more laps were run Monday.
- ↑ Originally scheduled to run on Friday, May 29th, the AAA Insurance 200 was postponed due to rain, and rescheduled to run at 6PM Saturday, May 30th.
- ↑ Scott's first NASCAR series victory.
- ↑ With this win, Hornaday became the first driver to win four consecutive races in the 15-year history of the NCWT Series.
- ↑ Sauter's first NASCAR Truck Series win.
- ↑ Ron Hornaday clinched the NASCAR 2009 Camping World Truck Series championship at Phoenix.
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