2009 Brickyard 400

2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
Race details
Race 20 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2009 Brickyard 400 program cover
2009 Brickyard 400 program cover
Date July 26, 2009 (2009-July-26)
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 82 °F (28 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)[1]
Average speed 145.882 miles per hour (234.774 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 49.436
Most laps led
Driver Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
Laps 116
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

The 2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, the 16th running of the event, was the twenty-first race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). It was the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage for the 2009 season. The 160-lap, 400 miles (640 km) event took place on July 26 at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) IMS located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town surrounded by Indianapolis). Along with ESPN, the IMS Radio Network, working with Performance Racing Network, provided radio coverage on terrestrial radio, World Harvest Radio International also provided Shortwave feed of the IMS coverage, and with Sirius XM Radio holding the satellite radio rights. Juan Pablo Montoya dominated the race leading almost 120 laps, but after a pit penalty while under green flag conditions toward the end of the race, Jimmie Johnson held off a hard charging Mark Martin to claim victory, his third triumph at the storied venue.[2] The race was known as Allstate 400 for the last time, as Allstate Insurance announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the race.[3]

Tires

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Following the fiasco surrounding tire wear in the 2008 race, infuriating the fans and everyone else involved, Goodyear held three tire tests afterward, with the most recent tire test held on June 15–16. The drivers there agreed that the tire wear was much better than last year, mostly because the Car of Tomorrow was not run at IMS in 2007.

Race Results

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Place[4] Car # Driver Car make Team
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
2 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Stewart Haas Racing
4 16 Greg Biffle Ford Roush Fenway Racing
5 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull Racing Team
6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
7 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Richard Petty Motorsports
8 00 David Reutimann Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing
9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Roush Fenway Racing
11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
12 20 Joey Logano Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
13 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Richard Petty Motorsports
14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Stewart Haas Racing
15 99 Carl Edwards Ford Roush Fenway Racing
16 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Championship Racing
17 1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
19 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
20 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Richard Petty Motorsports
21 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Roush Fenway Racing
22 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota JTG Daugherty Racing
23 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Hall of Fame Racing
24 6 David Ragan Ford Roush Fenway Racing
25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
26 21 Bill Elliot Ford Wood Brothers Racing
27 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Penske Championship Racing
28 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Robby Gordon Motorsports
29 98 Paul Menard Ford Yates Racing
30 71 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports
31 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull Racing Team
32 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports
33 08 Terry Labonte Toyota Carter/Simo Racing
34 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Michael Waltrip Racing
36 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
37 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Championship Racing
38 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
39 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing
40 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Richard Petty Motorsports
41 36 Mike Skinner Toyota Tommy Baldwin Racing
42 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports

References

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  1. ^ "2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard weather information". Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Montoya Is Fast (Too Fast), and Johnson Wins at Indy". New York Times. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. ^ "Allstate Ends Sponsorship of Allstate 400 in Indy". ABC News. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-12-07. [dead link]
  4. ^ "2009 Allstate 400 NSCS Race Results". 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-26.