Jimmie Johnson would defeat his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon by slightly more than 1.6 seconds after a grueling three hours and twenty-eight minutes of racing.[2]
Kyle Busch suffered through three different illnesses during this race; including a non-H1N1 form of the flu. After driving for 62 laps, he felt weak and went into the pits in order for David Gilliland to perform the substitute duty for him. David Gilliland finished the race in 28th place but Busch received the points for it.[3]Mike Bliss walked away as the last-place finisher after encountering engine problems on lap 11.[2]
The Big One struck with six laps to go after Dale Earnhardt Jr. was turned around and collected 8 other cars (including all 4 Richard Petty Motorsports cars). This led to a red flag of almost 22 minutes.
The gambling pundits handpicked Jimmie Johnson to be the winner of the race; with Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth being wild cards. Just before the race, Johnson had an average finish of 6th place in his 13 prior races at Auto Club Speedway and finished worse than tenth place only twice.[4]
2009, pepsi, thirtieth, race, 2009, nascar, sprint, season, also, served, fourth, race, 2009, chase, sprint, took, place, october, 2009, auto, club, speedway, american, community, fontana, california, race, detailsrace, 2009, nascar, sprint, seriesauto, club, . The 2009 Pepsi 500 was the thirtieth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and also served as the fourth race in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup It took place on October 11 2009 at Auto Club Speedway in the American community of Fontana California 2009 Pepsi 500Race detailsRace 30 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesAuto Club SpeedwayDateOctober 11 2009 2009 10 11 LocationAuto Club Speedway Fontana CaliforniaCoursePermanent racing facility2 0 mi 3 23 km Distance250 laps 500 mi 804 672 km WeatherTemperatures up to 69 8 F 21 0 C wind speeds up to 8 9 miles per hour 14 3 km h 1 Average speed143 908 miles per hour 231 597 km h Attendance70 000 2 Pole positionDriverDenny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingTime39 158Most laps ledDriverJimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsLaps126WinnerNo 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkABCAnnouncersJerry Punch Dale Jarrett and Andy PetreeSummary editJimmie Johnson would defeat his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon by slightly more than 1 6 seconds after a grueling three hours and twenty eight minutes of racing 2 Kyle Busch suffered through three different illnesses during this race including a non H1N1 form of the flu After driving for 62 laps he felt weak and went into the pits in order for David Gilliland to perform the substitute duty for him David Gilliland finished the race in 28th place but Busch received the points for it 3 Mike Bliss walked away as the last place finisher after encountering engine problems on lap 11 2 The Big One struck with six laps to go after Dale Earnhardt Jr was turned around and collected 8 other cars including all 4 Richard Petty Motorsports cars This led to a red flag of almost 22 minutes The gambling pundits handpicked Jimmie Johnson to be the winner of the race with Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth being wild cards Just before the race Johnson had an average finish of 6th place in his 13 prior races at Auto Club Speedway and finished worse than tenth place only twice 4 Results edit Finish Start Car Driver Make Pts bns Laps Status Winnings1 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 195 10 250 Running 302 8012 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 175 5 250 Running 211 4263 4 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 170 5 250 Running 195 7734 9 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 165 5 250 Running 136 6255 20 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 160 5 250 Running 143 2486 11 99 Carl Edwards Ford 150 0 250 Running 158 3567 31 6 David Ragan Ford 146 0 250 Running 117 5008 24 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 147 5 250 Running 121 9259 8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 138 0 250 Running 113 95010 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 134 0 250 Running 142 82811 16 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 130 0 250 Running 121 52512 22 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 127 0 250 Running 120 810References edit Weather information for the 2009 Pepsi 500 a b c Results of the 2009 Pepsi 500 at Racing Reference Kyle s Busch Illness During the Race Archived 2014 07 26 at the Wayback Machine at Driver Averages Gambling pundit information at The Spread nbsp This NASCAR related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in California is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Pepsi 500 amp oldid 1135806689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
