2009 Dickies 500

2009 Dickies 500
Race details
Race 34 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
	The 2009 Dickies 500 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. "Ghost Riders!"
Date	November 8, 2009
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)
Average speed	147.137 miles per hour (236.794 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jeff Gordon;
Time	28.255
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch
Laps	232
Winner
No. 2	Kurt Busch
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);

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.

^ "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
^ "The Race: Dickie's 500". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on July 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ "2009 Dickies 500". Racing-Reference. Fox Sports Digital. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ "Weather Information for Fort Worth, Texas". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup TV Ratings". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[fx-1] "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.

[race-2] "The Race: Dickie's 500". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on July 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[raceinfo-3] "2009 Dickies 500". Racing-Reference. Fox Sports Digital. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[4] "Weather Information for Fort Worth, Texas". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[ratings-5] "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup TV Ratings". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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