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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES KOBALT TOOLS 500 1.54-Mile Oval 500.5 M – 325 L – Purse: $5,099,491 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 330 195 ** 10 $164,175 Running 2 16 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/Nat’l Guard Youth Challenge Chev 330 175 * 5 186,276 Running 3 29 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 330 170 * 5 156,556 Running 4 10 29 Kevin Harvick Reese's Chevrolet 330 160 143,728 Running 5 17 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 6 21 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 330 150 96,350 Running 7 13 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 330 146 122,173 Running 8 11 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet 330 142
96,048 Running 9 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 330 143 * 5 132,126 Running 10 23 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shop/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 330 139 * 5 117,465 Running 11 20 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National
Guard Chevrolet 330 130 93,650 Running 12 30 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 330 127 122,065 Running 13 6 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground 14 15 31 Jeff
Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 329 121 121,181 Running 15 3 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 328 118 88,675 Running 16 25 07 Casey
Mears DirecTV Chevrolet 328 115 91,925 Running 17 38 44 AJ
Allmendinger Charter
Dodge 328 112 77,825 Running 18 9 18 Kyle
Busch M&M's 19 39 6 David
Ragan 20 14 19 Elliott
Sadler Best Buy Dodge 327 103 86,575 Running 21 37 8 Aric Almirola Cub Cadet Chevrolet 327 100 84,550 Running 22 12 39 Ryan
Newman Haas Automation
Chevrolet 327 102 * 5 109,679 Running 23 28 12 David
Stremme Penske
Dodge 326 94 108,790 Running 24 31 71 David
Gilliland TRG Motorsports
Chevrolet 326 91 73,200 Running 25 24 55 Michael
Waltrip 26 19 7 Robby
Gordon Jim Beam 27 4 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 325 82 109,673 Running 28 33 98 Paul
Menard 29 41 34 John
Andretti WindowWorld.com
Chevrolet 325 76 82,325 Running 30 42 20 # Joey
Logano The Home Depot 31 1 5 Mark
Martin Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 316 75 * 5 89,725 Running 32 18 00 David
Reutimann Aaron's
Dream Machine 33 32 43 Reed
Sorenson Super 8 Dodge 264 64 109,251 Running 34 5 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Ford 262 61 90,475 Accident 35 26 82 # Scott
Speed Red Bull 36 35 21 Bill
Elliott Motorcraft Ford 201 55 70,805 Accident 37 36 77 Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 199 52 89,530 Accident 38 34 47 Marcos
Ambrose Kingsford/Clorox/Little
Debbie 39 8 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO
Motorsports 40 40 96 Bobby
Labonte Ask.com
Ford 103 43 98,289 Engine 41 27 66 Dave
Blaney Prism
Motorsports 42 22 28 Travis
Kvapil Golden
Corral Ford 32 37 70,570 Engine 43 43 09 Mike
Bliss # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) #35 Todd Bodine, #36 Scott Riggs, #41 Jeremy Mayfield, #64 Geoff Bodine. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 94,400, Busch won the KOBALT Tools 500, his 19th NASCAR Sprint Cup
victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver dropped to the rear for
the reason indicated: #6 Ragan (engine change). TIME OF COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Mark Martin (187.045
mph, 29.640 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE EA SPORTS “ GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Jeff Gordon (181.188 mph, Lap 223) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS:
No winner; rolls over to $30,000 at O’REILLY RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD:
Kurt Busch TISSOT
“ CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 54 laps. [Beneficiary in
Brackets] 3-5 (Car #43-Accident, Turn 1 [None]); 13-15 (Car #96-Spin, Turn 4
[None]); 68-73 (Crew member safety [11]); 104-107 (Car #96-Accident, Frontstretch [88]); 158-162 (Debris [88]); 186-191 (Oil on Track
[9]); 205-209 (Car #21 & 77-Accident, Turn 1 [17]); 217-221 (Car #5-Accident,
Turn 1 [29]); 261-264 (Debris [14]); 268-274 (Car #6, 12, 16 & 82-Accident,
Frontstretch [31]); 323-328 (Debris [None]). LAP LEADERS: 13 lead changes
among 8 drivers. Martin 1-5, Ku. Busch 6-12, Nemechek
13, Newman 14-16, Ku, Busch 17-68, Johnson 69-79, Edwards 80-102, Ku. Busch
103-188, Truex 189, Ku. Busch 190-203, J. Gordon
204-250, Ku. Busch 251-323, Edwards 324-328, Ku. Busch 329-330. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jeff Gordon 634 (0) 2 –Clint Bowyer 591 (0) 3 –Kurt Busch 588 (1) 4 –Carl Edwards 547 (0) 5 –Matt Kenseth 546 (2) 6 –Tony Stewart 521 (0) 7 –Kyle Busch 514 (1) 8 –Kevin Harvick 511 (0) 9 –Kasey Kahne 484 (0) 10–Greg Biffle 480 (0) 11–Brian Vickers 477 (0) 12–David Reutimann 475 (0) Pts Wins Ford 26 2 Chevrolet 24 0 Dodge 19 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Joey Logano 43 Scott Speed 41 Max Papis 9 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF AWARD Car
# Pts. Drew Blickensderfer (#17) 1 Todd Parrott (#96) 1 Steve Letarte (#24) 1 THE Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 Carl Edwards (#99) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 2 Michael Waltrip (#55) 1 David Reutimann (#00) 1 Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#14) 1 Jeff Burton (#31) 1 Ryan Newman (#39) 1 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Greg Erwin (#16) 1 Steve Addington (#18) 1 Todd Berrier (#29) 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Mark Martin (# 5) 1 O’REILLY SERVICE & PERFORMANCE”
AWARD Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#14) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Clint Bowyer (#33) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Penske (# 2) 44 Hendrick (#24) 42 Roush Yates (#17) 40 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Kyle Busch 1 Mark Martin 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 Brian Vickers 1 TISSOT “ Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#14) 1 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Clint Bowyer (#33) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 4 Unofficial Race Results for the Kobalt Tools 500 - Sunday, March 8, 2009 Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton, GA - 1.54 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 330 Laps - 508.2 Miles - Purse: $5,099,491
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 94,400 - Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his 19th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following driver dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #6 Ragan (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (4) 35 Todd Bodine, 36 Scott Riggs, 41 Jeremy Mayfield, 64 Geoff Bodine. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 59 Mins, 01 Secs. Average Speed: 127.573 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.332 Seconds Caution Flags: 11 for 54 laps: Laps: 3-5 (#43 accident turn 1 [None]); 13-15 (#96 spun turn 4 [None]); 68-73 (Crew member safety [11]); 104-107 (#96 accident frontstretch [88]); 158-162 (Debris [88]); 186-191 (Oil on track [9]); 205-209 (#21,77 accident turn 1 [17]); 217-221 (#5 accident turn 1 [29]); 261-264 (Debris [14]); 268-274 (#6,12,16,82 accident frontstretch [31]); 323-328 (Debris [None]). Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers: M. Martin 1-5; Kurt Busch 6-12; J. Nemechek 13; R. Newman 14-16; Kurt Busch 17-68; J. Johnson 69-79; C. Edwards 80-102; Kurt Busch 103-188; M. Truex Jr. 189; Kurt Busch 190-203; J. Gordon 204-250; Kurt Busch 251-323; C. Edwards 324-328; Kurt Busch 329-330. Coors Light Pole Award : Mark Martin, #5 (187.045 mph) DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Kevin Harvick, #29 DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Carl Edwards, #99 EA Sports Move of the Race : Jeff Gordon, #24 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Jeff Gordon, #24 (181.188 mph, Lap 223) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder : Kurt Busch, #2 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : Kurt Busch, #2 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Jeff Gordon, #24 (.427 Seconds ) O'Reilly People, Service and Performance Award : Clint Bowyer, #33 (395.982 Seconds) Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Joey Logano, #20 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Kurt Busch, #2 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award : Clint Bowyer, #33 (364.400 Seconds) WIX Lap Leader : Ryan Newman, #39 (3 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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