2009 Sharpie 500

February 2025 CUST Race 24 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Sharpie 500 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TN/Bristol/2009-08-22 Official Weather Information : Sharpie 500 The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-05-27 2009 08 22 2009 24 36 Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee 0.533 0.857 500 266.5 428.89 Temperatures up to 82 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/h 80.24 mi/h Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports 15.414 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports 240 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing ESPN Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett thumb The 2009 Sharpie 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 22, 2009, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2009 2009 Sprint Cup Series Schedule ESPN 2011-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201160600/http://espn.go.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2009 1 December 2010 live The 500 lap race was the twenty-fourth in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle Busch, of the Joe Gibbs Racing team, won the race, with Mark Martin finishing second, and Marcos Ambrose third. There were 11 cautions and 12 lead changes throughout the course of the race. http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/24/data/results_official.html 2009 Official Race Results : Sharpie 500 Nascar.Com 2009-08-22 2011-01-05 Summary It took three hours, eight minutes and thirty-one seconds to fully resolve the race. An incredibly packed racetrack of 160,000 people would see eleven cautions for a duration of 76 laps. Approximately 15% of the race was held under caution; with accidents being the predominant cause of the yellow flags. Four drivers failed to make the race: Mike Skinner, Max Papis, Mike Wallace and Aric Almirola. The average green flag run was 35 laps; with a ten-lap caution period for rain.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2009_Sharpie_500/W 2009 Official Race Results : Sharpie 500 Racing Reference 2014-04-08 Dave Blaney was the worst driver of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season coming out of this race with a last-place finish; leaving the race on lap 8 due to an accident. Mark Martin was the undisputed best driver in the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season after this event; even though he finished in second place behind Kyle Busch.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2009/results/24bms2009results.htm Weakest Driver and Strongest Driver : Sharpie 500 Jayski 2014-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143846/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2009/results/24bms2009results.htm 2014-04-13 dead Gambling pundits were marvelled over Kyle Busch's victory in the 2009 Spring Bristol race along with another previous win at the Spring 2007 Bristol race. The same critics would pan the inferior performance of Kevin Harvick at Bristol Motor Speedway; acquiring only an average finish of 11th place in the seventeen previous races at Bristol before this one.http://www.capperspicks.com/blog/nascar/2009-sharpie-500-gambling-picks/ Gambling Pundits' Opinions : Sharpie 500 Cappers Picks 2009-08-22 2014-04-08 Top ten finishers Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Laps Number of laps completed Laps led Number of laps led 1 15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 500 68 2 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 500 240 3 25 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 500 0 4 2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 500 76 5 41 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 500 0 6 9 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 500 0 7 13 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 500 0 8 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 500 107 9 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 500 0 10 5 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 500 0 Timeline Start of race: Mark Martin started with race in first place Lap 8: Dave Blaney had a terminal crash; forcing him to become the last-place driver Lap 27: Tony Raines had problems with his transmission and had to exit from the race Lap 48: Joe Nemechek developed wheel bearing issues in his vehicle; making him the second DNF of the event Lap 244: Terry Labonte cracked his vehicle's rear end; causing his race weekend to end suddenly Lap 353: David Gilliand had a terminal crash; which prevented him from getting a respectable finish Lap 438: Kevin Harvick had a terminal crash; forcing him to leave the race prematurely Lap 490: Michael Waltrip had a terminal crash; ending any hopes of getting a "top 10" finish Finish: Kyle Busch was officially declared the winner of the event References collapsed Sharpie 500 Sharpie 500 Category:NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway Sharpie 500