Sorenson was too fast entering and exiting pit road, served a drive thru penalty. Busch and Jimmie Johnson switched positions for first and second, Ragan gained five positions, and teammate Kenseth gained 7 positions on pit road. Drivers start their first round of pit stops Ku. The second caution came out on lap 41 due to light rain. Joe Nemechek made his way to pit road where his crew then pushed the car to the garage on lap 37. Since the restart, in 13 laps, defending Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth moved up to 11th position from 20th position David Ragan ran in 7th from the 19th position.

The field restarted on lap 23 with Jimmie Johnson in the lead, followed by McMurray, Jeff Gordon and brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch. Joey Logano, Dave Blaney and others stopped for fuel. VIckers reported his car's carburetor had stopped working a few times under caution. Newman, again, came down pit road for repairs. the left endplate of the rear spoiler on Newman's car fell off. Ryan Newman's transponder was malfunctioning and had to go to pit road for repair. The first caution came out on lap 5 a light rain shower over turn 4. (35th), and Reed Sorenson (17th) started from the back due to changes in the engine and the transmissions.Īctress Angie Harmon waved the green flag as Jamie McMurray started in first place, but was passed by Jimmie Johnson on the backstretch for the lead.

The race started at 3 pm local time, and run into prime time, counterprogramming against the Academy Awards.Ĭapitol Records Nashville recording artists Little Big Town performed the National Anthem and actor Hugh Laurie gave the command to start engines.īrian Vickers (the polesitter), Michael Waltrip (42nd), David Reutimann (7th) Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Fox broadcast the race beginning at 5 pm US EST with radio coverage on MRN (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) starting at 5:15 pm US EST. the 500 miles (800 km) race occurred on February 22, 2009, at the 2 miles (3.2 km) Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, 60 miles (97 km) from Los Angeles and was one of the cleanest races in the history of the track with only one caution for an on track incident out of all 250 laps. The 2009 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

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