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2009 Dickies 500
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 34 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2009 Dickies 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. "Ghost Riders!"
The 2009 Dickies 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. "Ghost Riders!"
Date November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)
Location Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds up to 8.90 miles per hour (14.32 km/h)[4]
Average speed 147.137 miles per hour (236.794 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 28.255
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 232
Winner
No. 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Nielsen Ratings
  • 3.7/7 (Final)
  • 3.2/6 (Overnight)
  • (5.827 million)[5]

The 2009 Dickies 500 was the 34th stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the eighth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on November 8, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, before a crowd of 167,000. Kurt Busch of the Penske Racing team won the 334-lap race starting from third position. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing finished second and Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth was third.

Going into the event, Jimmie Johnson was leading his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin in the Drivers' Championship by 184 points. Jeff Gordon won the pole position with the quickest recorded lap time in the qualifying session, although he was almost immediately passed by Kasey Kahne at the start of the race. Many Chase for the Sprint Cup participants, including Johnson and Carl Edwards encountered problems during the race. Kyle Busch was leading the race with three laps remaining but ran out of fuel, giving the lead, and the victory, to Kurt Busch. There were a total of eight cautions during the race and thirteen lead changes among four different drivers during the course of the race.

The race saw Kurt Busch achieve his second win of the 2009 season, his first at Texas Motor Speedway, and the 20th of his career. The result advanced Busch from sixth to fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 171 points behind the leader Johnson and seven ahead of third-placed Tony Stewart. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, fifty-five ahead of Toyota, eighty-nine ahead of Ford, and ninety-six in front of Dodge. The race attracted 5.82 million television viewers.

Background

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Further information: 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series § Teams and drivers
Texas Motor Speedway, where the race was held.
The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The Dickies 500 was the 34th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the eighth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup.[2] It was held on November 8, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway,[3] an intermediate track that hold NASCAR races.[6] The standard track at Texas Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long.[7] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, and both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch have a five degree banking.[7]

One team chose to replace their regular driver with a substitute. Penske Championship Racing driver David Stremme (who was unable to secure a top-ten finish) was replaced by the 2009 Aaron's 499 winner Brad Keselowski for the final three races of the 2009 season, to allow Keselowski to gain experience before driving full-time with the team the following season.[8] Richard Petty Motorsports switched from fielding a Dodge to a Ford for driver A. J. Allmendinger in its No. 44 entry starting from the Dickies 500 as preparation for the team fielding three Ford Fusions for the following season.[9][10]

Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship, with 6,248 points, with Mark Martin 184 points behind in second and Jeff Gordon a further eight points adrift in third. Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart were fourth and fifth, and Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Brian Vickers rounded out the top twelve drivers competing for the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup.[11] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet were leading with 244 points, sixty-two points ahead of their rivals Toyota. Ford with 145 points, were nine points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.[12] Edwards was the race's defending champion.[13]

With three rounds of the season remaining, Johnson said he felt he could win one or two more races and would not approach the final three events with a view to protecting his points lead, "We're showing up to win races. Finishing 10th isn't as easy as it sounds. It's a tough field of cars out there and we need to be on our game."[14] His teammate Martin crashed in the preceding race at Talladega Superspeedway and was worn out over people talking to him about his standing in the points, adding, "I'm just ready to have a fresh outlook and get back to it just being about the race itself."[15] Jeff Gordon had won the Samsung 500 at the circuit earlier in the season but acknowledged his team had to "take another step forward", saying, "If we showed up this weekend with the same setup we used in April, we'd run 15th. That's just the way the sport is. Everybody is constantly learning and the competition is constantly getting better and quicker."[13]

Practice and qualifying

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Jeff Gordon had the pole position of his season.

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 45 minutes, and the third and final session 60 minutes.[2] In the first practice session, Clint Bowyer was fastest with a lap of 28.514 seconds, placing ahead of Biffle in second, and Johnson in third. Gordon was fourth fastest, and Edwards placed fifth. Kurt Busch, David Ragan, Jeff Burton, Keselowski and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.[16] Max Papis damaged the right-hand side of his car when he hit the turn two wall; Jamie McMurray, David Reutimann and Mike Bliss also hit the turn two wall. Bliss went to a back-up car because the right side of his car was heavily damaged. John Andretti's engine failed during the early phase of the session, and Andretti changed engines.[2] Burton switched to a back-up car after he collided with the turn two outside wall.[17]

A total of forty-seven drivers were entered in the qualifier on Friday afternoon;[2][18] according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times.[2] Gordon clinched his first pole position of the season, and the 68th of his career,[19] with a time of 28.255 seconds, which was a record in qualifying for the Car of Tomorrow specification at the circuit.[20] This extended his streak of securing a pole position in the Cup Series to seventeen successive seasons.[19][21] He was joined on the grid's front row by Kahne who held pole position until Jeff Gordon's lap. Kurt Busch qualified third, Stewart took fourth, and Kyle Busch started fifth. Edwards qualified sixth after sliding sideways leaving the final turn, while Martin set the seventh fastest time. Biffle qualified eighth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ninth and Clint Bowyer tenth. The four drivers that failed to qualify were Tony Raines, Dave Blaney, Papis and Mike Bliss.[20] Derrike Cope withdrew from the race prior to qualifying.[2] After the qualifier Gordon said, "Our efforts here have improved because we've really focused on it, They started with qualifying, and luckily last time they showed up in the race. ... So we certainly hope we can take this qualifying effort and create those types of results as well."[21]

On Saturday morning, David Reutimann was fastest in the second practice session by setting a lap time of 28.906 seconds, ahead of Stewart in second, and Montoya in third. Kyle Busch was fourth quickest, and Kurt Busch took fifth. Kahne managed sixth. Matt Kenseth, Hamlin, Martin and Johnson followed in the top ten. Of the other drivers in the Chase, Gordon set the eleventh fastest time, while Biffle was placed thirteenth.[22] Later that day, Johnson paced the final practice session with a time of 28.928 seconds, with Edwards in second, and Hamlin in third. Biffle was fourth quickest, and Bill Elliott took fifth. Ragan managed sixth. Robby Gordon was seventh fastest, Earnhardt eighth, Reutimann ninth, and Martin Truex Jr. tenth. Other Chase drivers included Montoya in fourteenth and Newman in sixteenth.[23] Harvick collided with the turn two wall; he sustained minor damage, allowing his team to repair his car.[2]

Qualifying results

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Qualifying results
Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.255 191.117
2 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 28.276 190.975
3 2 Kurt Busch Penske Championship Racing Dodge 28.281 190.941
4 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.328 190.624
5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.343 190.523
6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.399 190.148
7 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.408 190.087
8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.413 190.054
9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.427 189.960
10 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.428 189.954
11 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske Dodge 28.436 189.900
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.442 189.860
13 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.448 189.820
14 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.451 189.800
15 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 28.452 189.793
16 44 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 28.466 189.700
17 6 David Ragan Furniture Row Racing Ford 28.466 189.700
18 43 Reed Sorenson Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 28.482 189.593
19 47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 28.483 189.587
20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.510 189.407
21 02 David Gilliland Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.579 188.950
22 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.589 188.884
23 70 Mike Skinner TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 28.595 188.844
24 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.617 188.699
25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.619 188.686
26 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.625 188.646
27 1 Martin Truex Jr. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.634 188.587
28 71 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 28.670 188.350
29 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 28.675 188.317
30 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.677 188.304
31 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 28.721 188.016
32 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 28.725 187.990
33 19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 28.732 187.944
34 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 28.751 187.820
35 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Championship Racing Dodge 28.754 187.800
36 07 Casey Mears Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.755 187.793
37 36 Michael McDowell Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota 28.804 187.474
38 96 Erik Darnell Hall of Fame Racing Ford 28.849 187.182
39 98 Paul Menard Robert Yates Racing Ford 28.903 186.832
40 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.964 186.438
41 34 John Andretti Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 29.003 186.1881
42 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.385 183.767
43 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Champion's Provisional1
Failed to qualify
44 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 28.929 186.664
45 66 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota 29.008 186.156
46 13 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 29.057 185.842
47 09 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Dodge 29.413 183.592
WD 08 Derrike Cope John Carter Racing Toyota
Sources:[3][20][24]
1 Moved to the back of the field for changing engines (#41) and for changing transmissions (#21)

Race

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The race began at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and was televised live in the United States on ABC.[1] Commentary was provided by play-by-play announcer Jerry Punch, with analysis given by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree.[2] At the start of the race, weather conditions were cloudy.[25] Approximately 167,000 spectators attended the race;[3] Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage said that he had anticipated that between 175,000 and 185,000 people would go to the race.[26] Dr. Roger Marsh began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. The Texas Christian University Marching Band performed the national anthem, and rock band ZZ Top gave the command for drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, two drivers moved to the back of the grid due to unapproved changes: Bill Elliott because of a transmission change, and Andretti because he changed his engine.[25]

Kyle Busch led the most laps of the race (232).

Jeff Gordon retained his pole position lead into the first corner.[25] Exiting the second turn on the third lap, Reutimann made contact with Hornish on the inside lane,[27][28] who was sent up the track and into the left-hand side door on Johnson's car.[29] Johnson collided with the outside wall with the right-rear of his car, and damaged multiple car components;[29] secondary contact with Hornish sent him into the outside barrier.[27] The first caution of the race was subsequently given.[3] None of the leaders elected to make pit stops during the caution,[25] and Johnson drove to his garage for multiple car components to be replaced.[29] Jeff Gordon maintained his lead on the lap nine restart.[30] Kurt Busch passed Jeff Gordon on the inside of the track for the lead position three laps later. After starting twenty-ninth, Robby Gordon had moved up thirteen positions to sixteenth by lap 34. One lap later, Johnson's car was fitted with a new driveshaft.[25]

Earnhardt had moved into fourth by lap 38 and was closing the gap to Gordon in third. Six laps later, Kurt Busch was leading by more than three seconds from Kyle Busch. By the 48th lap, Reutimann, who started thirteenth, had moved into the third position. Green flag pit stops for tires, fuel and car adjustments began on lap 52, when Elliott Sadler became the first driver to pit. Stewart became the new leader after Kurt Busch came onto pit road. Stewart made his pit stop on lap 56, handing the lead to Michael Waltrip. After the leaders made their pit stops, Kyle Busch claimed the lead on lap 58. Six laps later, Kyle Busch had a 2.5 second lead over Kurt Busch. On lap 70, Jeff Gordon fell to eleventh due to a slow pit stop. Two laps later, Marcos Ambrose, who started thirty-fifth, had moved up twenty-nine positions to sixth.[25]

By the 84th lap, Kyle Busch's lead was half a second from Kurt Busch. Two laps later, Hornish collided with the wall and suffered three flat tires, prompting the second caution. During the caution, most of the leaders made pit stops.[25] Kyle Busch remained the leader after the pit stops and maintained it at the lap 92 restart.[3][30] Montoya moved into ninth, as Stewart passed Reutimann for third on the same. Two laps later, Jeff Gordon had moved up into ninth. Sunlight came off the track surface by lap 99, causing track temperatures to cool and drivers were reminded by their crew chiefs to drive cautiously in the turns. Martin moved into the thirteenth position by lap 102. Ambrose had moved into third nine laps later.[25] Although Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus told the driver that his vehicle was damaged beyond repair due to the heavy damage it sustained,[29][31] Johnson rejoined the race on lap 115 after repairs took 68 minutes to complete,[32] albeit without his car's rear bumper. Kyle Busch had built up a one and a half second lead over Kurt Busch by lap 116. Johnson drove to pit road to resolve tire rubbing problems two laps later. Martin moved into the top ten positions by lap 122, as Gordon fell down to fourteenth four laps later. On lap 134, Johnson rejoined the track, but returned to pit road eight laps later as the green flag pit stop period began. Hamlin gained the lead on lap 146. After pit stops, Kyle Busch reclaimed the first position.[25]

Kurt Busch won the race after Kyle Busch made a pit stop for fuel with three laps remaining.

Drivers reported track conditions were changing as cooler air came over the circuit by lap 148.[25] Just as he was about to be lapped by the race leader,[30] Jeff Gordon reported seeing debris at turn one on the 167th lap, which triggered the third caution.[3][25] Some of the leaders chose to make pit stops during the caution as race officials cleaned the debris.[25] Kyle Busch maintained his lead at the restart on lap 173,[30] ahead of Kurt Busch and Earnhardt.[25] The fourth caution was given on lap 175 when Montoya collided with the wall between the first and second turns, damaging his car. Edwards, who was hit by Montoya, had sustained a similar amount of damage to his car. Keselowski was caught up in the crash, and Jeff Gordon was forced to spin sideways but he avoided damaging his car.[30] None of the leaders made pit stops during the caution. Officials cleared the surface at turn one and checked turn two for a brake motor.[25] The race restarted on lap 182 with Kurt Busch leading, ahead of Kyle Busch, and Reutimann.[30]

Kurt Busch had built up a 1.4 second lead four laps later.[25] On lap 206, Reed Sorenson damaged his car, after colliding with the turn two walls due to a right-front tire failure, which caused the fifth and final caution.[3][30] Most of the leaders made pit stops for fuel and car adjustments during the caution.[25] Kyle Busch led on the restart on lap 213, followed by Kurt Busch and Reutimann.[30] Kurt Busch was planned to stay on the track for two stints lasting 60 laps each by his crew chief Pat Tryson as other drivers required fuel stops after 58 lap stints.[32] Five laps later, Kahne moved into ninth position. On lap 221, Earnhardt. dropped two positions to seventh. Eight laps later, Martin moved into the fifth position.[25]

On lap 238, Martin passed Stewart to claim fourth. Kyle Busch maintained a 1.4 second lead over Kurt Busch by the 249th lap. Three laps later, Keselowski exited his garage to rejoin the race. By lap 262, drivers reported their cars were sliding in the corners as their tires became worn. Green flag pit stops began on lap 265; Kyle Busch maintained the lead at the end of the cycle, ahead of Reutimann and Kenseth. On the 290th lap, Kurt Busch's crew reported to him that he was running two laps short of fuel. Six laps later, Kyle Busch started to slow in the corners to conserve fuel. On the 298th lap, Martin dropped one position to run fifth. By the 302nd lap, overall speeds had dropped due to drivers starting to conserve fuel. Green flag pit stops began on lap 311, as Truex made a stop for fuel.[25]

Kyle Busch was leading Reutimann by four seconds by the 314th lap.[25] He and his crew chief Dave Rogers made the decision on the 320th lap not to make a pit stop for additional fuel and remained on the circuit.[33] Two laps later, Kyle Busch was told by his team to slow.[25] On lap 332, Kyle Busch drove to pit road,[30] having run out of fuel in turn three,[33] handing the lead to Kurt Busch.[25] This prevented Kyle Busch from becoming the first driver to win all three events in NASCAR's three major touring series at the same track on the same weekend.[32] One lap later, Ambrose ran out of fuel,[25] as Kurt Busch held the lead to achieve his second victory of the 2009 season and the 20th of his career.[34] Hamlin conserved enough fuel to finish second; he had collided with the barrier earlier in the race while attempting to recover positions from being delayed by slow stops on pit road.[35] Kenseth placed third, ahead of Martin in fourth, and Harvick in fifth. Stewart, Bowyer, Biffle, Burton and Allmendinger rounded out the top ten finishers. There were thirteen lead changes among four different drivers during the race. Kyle Busch led six times for a total of 232 laps, more than any other racer. Kurt Busch led for six periods in the race, for a total of 89 laps.[3]

Post-race

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"This is the first time Kyle and I raced each other hard. It's bittersweet. I was rooting for him, but at the same time, this is for us."

Kurt Busch, speaking after the race.[36]

Kurt Busch performed a backwards victory lap while holding the checkered flag. He required assistance to move his car into victory lane, when he celebrated his second win of the season, and his first at Texas Motor Speedway,[37] earning $440,575 in race winnings.[3] Afterward, he said, "I knew what we had for fuel mileage – I was confident in our guys' numbers. They gave me what I needed to win [Sunday]. We were fast, we were playing cat-and-mouse with Kyle on restarts – you know, it's the first true time that Kyle and I have raced each other hard for a victory like this."[38] Hamlin, who finished second, said "Hats off to Mike (Ford, crew chief) and this whole FedEx Office Camry team. We have a really good car, we just had to learn to stay in the pits. We just lost too many spots on pit road that we couldn't overcome that track position. I was trying to make something happen and got in the wall which ended up killing our car. The good part about that is I was able to save fuel because there was no pressure from behind. I was able to save fuel and our Camry got the best fuel mileage it got all day."[39]

Kyle Busch did not speak to the press after the race.[33] Rogers said of his drivers' performance, "I think he handled it well – it's tough. You lead all these laps and he could have gone for the clean sweep this weekend – win all three in a row. He deserved to win all three in a row and to get beat – it's tough.", he continued, "We're disappointed – this Toyota deserved to be in Victory Lane. I thought we had one of the best cars throughout the entire race, but it just didn't work out that way. We were a little short on fuel."[40] Johnson initially blamed the third-lap accident that saw him place 38th and his Drivers' Championship lead reduced to 73 points on Hornish losing control of his car. Hornish attributed blame for the accident on Reutimann making contact with his car and him having no time to correct his vehicle. Five days after the race, Johnson changed his mind after briefly reviewing the race and speaking to Reutimann; he now thought that Hornish was dealing with handling difficulties and had slowed more than Reutimann thought.[41]

Two days after the race, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing were given penalties for Truex's car. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's penalty, for actions "detrimental to stock car racing", race equipment that did not conform to NASCAR rules, and for the ride height of Truex's car being too low, included a fine of $50,000 for crew chief Kevin Manion, and the loss of 50 owner and driver points for Teresa Earnhardt and Truex. Manion was also placed on probation until December 31, 2009.[42] The car and power plant of race winner Kurt Busch, the vehicle and power unit of second-place finisher Hamlin, Martin's fourth-place entry and Jeff Gordon's engine were transported to the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, North Carolina for inspection.[43]

The race result left Johnson leading the Drivers' Championship with 6,297 points. Martin stood in second, seventy-three points behind Johnson, and thirty-nine ahead of Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch who finished first, moved into fourth position with 6,126 points. Stewart was fifth, as Montoya, Biffle, Hamlin, Newman, and Kahne followed in the top ten positions. The final two positions available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup was occupied with Edwards in eleventh and Vickers in twelfth.[44] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained their lead with 247 points. Toyota remained second with 192 points. Ford followed with 158 points, seven ahead of Dodge in fourth.[12] 5.82 million people watched the race on television.[5] The race took three hours, twenty-four minutes and eighteen seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 25.686 seconds.[3]

Race results

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Race results
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Pts.
1 3 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 334 1901
2 25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 334 1751
3 30 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 334 165
4 7 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 160
5 24 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 155
6 4 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 334 150
7 10 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 333 146
8 8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 333 142
9 42 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 333 138
10 16 44 A.J. Allmedinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 333 134
11 5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 333 1402
12 26 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 333 127
13 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 333 1291
14 27 1 Martin Truex Jr. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 333 121
15 19 47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 333 118
16 13 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 333 115
17 17 6 David Ragan Furniture Row Racing Ford 332 112
18 31 12 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 332 109
19 14 21 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 332 106
20 22 26 Jamie McMurray Roush Fenway Racing Ford 332 103
21 36 07 Casey Mears Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 332 100
22 33 19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 332 97
23 40 55 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 331 94
24 41 34 John Andretti Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 331 91
25 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 331 88
26 15 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 331 85
27 29 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 331 82
28 21 02 David Gilliland Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 331 79
29 39 98 Paul Menard Robert Yates Racing Ford 331 76
30 38 96 Erik Darnell Hall of Fame Racing Ford 331 73
31 28 71 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 331 70
32 32 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 330 67
33 2 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 330 64
34 43 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 311 61
35 35 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Championship Racing Dodge 262 58
36 18 43 Reed Sorenson Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 248 55
37 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 231 52
38 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 205 49
39 6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 174 46
40 11 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 88 43
41 37 36 Michael McDowell Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota 20 40
42 34 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 13 37
43 23 70 Mike Skinner TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 6 34
Sources:[3][45][46]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

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