2009 Food City 500
The 2009 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This 500 lap, 266.5 miles (428.9 km) race took place on March 22 of that year at the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, and was telecast on Fox beginning at 1:30 PM US EDT, with radio broadcasting being handled by Performance Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) beginning at 1 PM US EDT.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
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2009 Food City 500 program cover | |||
| Date | March 22, 2009 | ||
| Official name | Food City 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.857 km) | ||
| Distance | 503 laps, 268.099 mi (431.463 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 66 °F (19 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 92.139 miles per hour (148.283 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
| Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Time | 15.256 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 378 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
This race was the last to use the 2008 season Top 35 in owners points rule. Beginning with the next race, the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500, each week's current standings will be used to determine automatic qualifiers for each week's race.
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