2009 U.S. Cellular 250

2009 U.S. Cellular 250 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2009_U.S._Cellular_250/B/ 2009 U.S. Cellular 250 August 1, 2009 21 35 Iowa Speedway track map.png Map of Speedway 2009 08 01 2009 U.S. Cellular 250 Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa D-Shaped oval 0.875 1.408 250 218.750 352.044 Clear 91.858 mph km/h on 56,087 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing 23.310 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports 121 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports ESPN Marty Reid, Randy LaJoie, Rusty Wallace The 2009 U.S. Cellular 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa on August 1, 2009. The race was the first ever Nationwide Series race to be held in Iowa. It was also the 21st race of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., making his 6th career Nationwide Series start, won the pole for the race but it was Brad Keselowski who would dominate the race, leading the most laps and winning the first ever race in Iowa.https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/keepingpace/2009/aug/01/keselowski-wins-inaugural-race-iowa-speedway/ Keselowski wins inaugural race at Iowa Speedway August 1, 2009 Background Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered RV viewing area along the backstretch. The premiere event of the track is the Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend held yearly in July since its inaugural running in 2007. The track opened in September 2006 with the Soy Biodiesel 250, won by Woody Howard, for the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Four Champions playoff. The Indy Racing League announced a race there on June 24, 2007, the Iowa Corn Indy 250, which was won by Dario Franchitti, who barely nipped Marco Andretti at the finish line. The track also secured a combined NASCAR Camping World East-West race where results counted towards both series' championships.http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/12/11/iowa.speedway/index.html NASCAR : NASCAR Drivers, Race Standings & News NASCAR.com 2015-05-29 That race delivered a dramatic battle between 17-year-old Joey Logano from the Busch East Series, who defeated Daytona 500 champion Kevin Harvick, 1998 West Series champion, who represented the West Series at the end of the race. The track was awarded a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and a NASCAR Xfinity Series race in 2009. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake 0 Kertus Davis JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Danny O'Quinn Jr. JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 05 Casey Atwood Day Enterprise Racing Ford 5 Scott Wimmer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Erik Darnell (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 07 Mike Harmon SK Motorsports Chevrolet 09 John Wes Townley (R) RAB Racing Ford 10 Kelly Bires Braun Racing Toyota 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. (R) CJM Racing Toyota 12 Justin Allgaier (R) Penske Racing Dodge 15 Michael Annett (R) Germain Racing Toyota 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Jeremy Clements Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23 Ken Butler III (R) R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 24 Eric McClure Rensi-Hamilton Racing Ford 26 Michael McDowell (R) Whitney Motorsports Dodge 27 Jason Keller Baker Curb Racing Ford 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 29 Stephen Leicht Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Brian Ickler Braun Racing Toyota 33 Cale Gale Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 34 Kevin Hamlin Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 40 Aric Almirola Key Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Coleman Pressley JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 52 Jack Smith Means Racing Chevrolet 58 Chris Horn Horn Auto Racing Chevrolet 60 Auggie Vidovich Roush Fenway Racing Ford 61 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford 62 Brendan Gaughan (R) Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 72 Benny Gordon VSI Racing Ford 73 Kevin Lepage Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge 75 Kenny Hendrick Bob Schact Racing Chevrolet 77 Peyton Sellers Cardinal Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge 81 Sean Murphy MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Ford 87 Jeff Fuller NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Chase Miller MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 96 Andy Ponstein Whitney Motorsports Dodge 99 Trevor Bayne Michael Waltrip Racing ToyotaOfficial Entry list Qualifying Both Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Allgaier tied for the pole position with a time of 23.310 and a speed of 135.135 but Stenhouse got the tiebreaker and Stenhouse won his first career Nationwide Series pole in just his 6th start. Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.310 135.135 2 12 Justin Allgaier (R) Penske Racing Dodge 23.310 135.135 3 6 Erik Darnell (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.322 135.066 4 99 Trevor Bayne Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 23.329 135.025 5 20 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.384 134.707 6 29 Stephen Leicht Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.400 134.615 7 5 Scott Wimmer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.410 134.558 8 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 23.426 134.466 9 26 Michael McDowell (R) Whitney Motorsports Dodge 23.426 134.466 10 1 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 23.488 134.111 11 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.512 133.974 12 10 Kelly Bires Braun Racing Toyota 23.517 133.946 13 27 Jason Keller Baker Curb Racing Ford 23.518 133.940 14 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 23.520 133.929 15 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 23.539 133.820 16 2 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.554 133.735 17 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. (R) CJM Racing Toyota 23.558 133.713 18 34 Tony Raines** *** Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 23.559 133.707 19 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 23.563 133.684 20 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Ford 23.563 133.684 21 62 Brendan Gaughan (R) Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 23.577 133.605 22 05 Casey Atwood Day Enterprise Racing Ford 23.583 133.571 23 23 Ken Butler III (R) R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 23.613 133.401 24 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 23.633 133.288 25 72 Benny Gordon VSI Racing Ford 23.641 133.243 26 47 Coleman Pressley*** JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 23.659 133.142 27 18 Kyle Busch** *** Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.674 133.057 28 40 Aric Almirola Key Motorsports Chevrolet 23.677 133.041 29 32 Brian Ickler Braun Racing Toyota 23.683 133.007 30 09 John Wes Townley (R) RAB Racing Ford 23.731 132.738 31 0 Kertus Davis JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23.755 132.604 32 91 Chase Miller MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 23.759 132.581 33 01 Danny O'Quinn Jr. JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23.768 132.531 34 33 Kevin Harvick** *** Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 23.770 132.520 35 73 Kevin Lepage Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge 23.774 132.498 36 15 Michael Annett (R) Germain Racing Toyota 23.821 132.236 37 61 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford 23.917 131.705 38 81 Sean Murphy MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 23.948 131.535 39 24 Eric McClure* Rensi-Hamilton Racing Ford 24.155 130.408 40 60 Carl Edwards* ** *** Roush Fenway Racing Ford 24.286 129.704 41 87 Jeff Fuller* NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 24.812 126.955 42 07 Mike Harmon* *** SK Motorsports Chevrolet 25.984 121.228 43 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 23.860 132.020Failed to Qualify, withdrew, or driver changes 44 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 23.885 131.882 45 77 Peyton Sellers Cardinal Motorsports Chevrolet 23.907 131.761 46 75 Kenny Hendrick Bob Schacht Racing Chevrolet 23.930 131.634 47 78 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge 24.066 130.890 48 96 Andy Ponstein Whitney Motorsports Dodge 24.140 130.489 49 52 Jack Smith Means Racing Chevrolet 24.190 130.219 50 58 Chris Horn Horn Auto Racing Chevrolet 24.363 129.294 DC 18 Jeremy Clements Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota — — DC 33 Cale Gale Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet — — DC 34 Kevin Hamlin Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet — — DC 60 Auggie Vidovich Roush Fenway Racing Ford — —Official Starting grid * – Made the field via owners points ** – There were 4 different driver changes by Raceday as there were drivers qualifying the cars for the Cup Series drivers. Jeremy Clements qualified for Kyle Busch, Cale Gale qualified for Kevin Harvick, Kevin Hamlin qualified for Tony Raines, and Auggie Vidovich qualified for Carl Edwards. This was during the peak of the Buschwhacker era where Cup Series drivers would drive in the Busch Series and would ask for other drivers to qualify their Busch Series car while they tried to qualify the Cup Series race which would be the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. *** – Tony Raines, Coleman Pressley, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, and Mike Harmon all had to start at the rear of the field. Harmon and Pressley had an unapproved impound adjustment while Busch, Harvick, Raines, and Edwards had driver changes. Race Pole sitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the first lap of the race. The first caution flew on lap 3 when John Wes Townley crashed off of turn 2 after his rear track bar broke. The race restarted on lap 8. On the restart, Justin Allgaier took the lead from Stenhouse. On lap 11, the second caution flew when Sean Murphy, making his Nationwide Series debut, crashed in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 16. On lap 39, the third caution flew when Casey Atwood crashed in turns 1 and 2. Brad Keselowski won the race off of pit road and led the field to the restart on lap 45. On lap 74, the 4th caution flew when Aric Almirola blew a front right tire and hit the outside wall in turn 3. Erik Darnell won the race off of pit road. Mike Bliss and Austin Dillon did not pit and Bliss led the field to a restart on lap 79. On lap 80, Kyle Busch took the lead. On lap 93, the 5th caution flew when Michael McDowell spun down the front-stretch after getting bumped by Tony Raines. The race restarted on lap 98. On lap 105, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Kyle Busch. On lap 108, Brendan Gaughan cut a tire off on turn 4 after he had contact with Brian Ickler. Gaughan went into turn 1 and spun where he collected Ken Butler III that caused Butler to spin while the wreck also collected Austin Dillon, Stephen Leicht, and Matt Carter, bringing the 6th caution of the race. The race restarted on lap 114. Final laps On lap 145, the 7th caution flew for debris in turn 1. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road and led the field to the restart on lap 150. On lap 153, the 8th caution flew when Mike Bliss and Trevor Bayne crashed off of turn 4. The race restarted on lap 158. On lap 166, the 9th caution flew when Brad Coleman and Brian Ickler crashed in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 173. On lap 179, Brad Keselowski attempted to take the lead from Kyle Busch but failed to get in front of him. Keselowski tried again, on lap 186, and battled with Busch until lap 189, when Keselowski was able to get past him. On lap 211, the 10th caution flew when Austin Dillon cut a front left tire and hit the outside wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 219. On lap 224, Kyle Busch took the lead from Keselowski. On lap 229, the 11th caution flew when Morgan Shepherd spun down the front-stretch. The race restarted on lap 234. On the restart, the 12th and final caution flew when Justin Allgaier slid up into Erik Darnell and pinned Darnell and Steve Wallace into the outside wall down the back-stretch. The race restarted on lap 240. On lap 241, Brad Keselowski passed Kyle Busch for the lead. Busch tried to pass him in the closing laps but was unsuccessful. Keselowski took the first checkered flag at Iowa in Nationwide Series history and Busch finished in second. This would be Keselowski's 2nd win of the season and the 4th of his career since 2008. Jason Leffler, Carl Edwards, and Kelly Bires rounded out the top 5 while Jason Keller, Kenny Wallace, Michael McDowell, Scott Lagasse Jr, and Stephen Leicht rounded out the top 10.https://frontstretch.com/2009/08/02/nns-2009-us-cellular-250-iowa/ Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 US Cellular 250 at Iowa 2 August 2009 August 2, 2009 Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 88 Brad Keselowski JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 121 running 195 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 84 running 175 3 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 250 0 running 165 4 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 0 running 160 5 10 Kelly Bires Braun Racing Toyota 250 0 running 155 6 27 Jason Keller Baker Curb Racing Ford 250 0 running 150 7 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 146 8 26 Michael McDowell (R) Whitney Motorsports Dodge 250 0 running 142 9 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. (R) CJM Racing Toyota 250 0 running 138 10 29 Stephen Leicht Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 134 11 15 Michael Annett (R) Germain Racing Toyota 250 0 running 130 12 72 Benny Gordon VSI Racing Ford 250 0 running 127 13 20 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 0 running 124 14 1 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 250 3 running 126 15 12 Justin Allgaier (R) Penske Racing Dodge 250 35 running 123 16 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Ford 250 0 running 115 17 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 249 0 running 112 18 34 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 249 0 running 109 19 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 249 0 running 106 20 24 Eric McClure Rensi-Hamilton Racing Ford 249 0 running 103 21 61 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford 248 0 running 100 22 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 248 7 running 102 23 6 Erik Darnell (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 247 0 running 94 24 01 Danny O'Quinn Jr. JD Motorsports Chevrolet 245 0 running 91 25 62 Brandan Gaughan (R) Rusty Wallace Racing Chevrolet 244 0 running 88 26 99 Trevor Bayne Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 244 0 running 85 27 81 Sean Murphy MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 222 0 running 82 28 2 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 211 0 crash 79 29 09 John Wes Townley (R) RAB Racing Ford 205 0 running 76 30 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 195 0 running 73 31 5 Scott Wimmer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 168 0 engine 70 32 32 Brian Ickler Braun Racing Toyota 165 0 crash 67 33 23 Ken Butler III (R) R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 108 0 crash 64 34 40 Aric Almirola Key Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 crash 61 35 05 Casey Atwood Day Enterprise Racing Ford 37 0 crash 58 36 87 Jeff Fuller NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31 0 overheating 55 37 0 Kertus Davis JD Motorsports Chevrolet 26 0 brakes 52 38 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 21 0 brakes 49 39 73 Kevin Lepage Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge 19 0 rear end 46 40 91 Chase Miller MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 9 0 brakes 43 41 47 Coleman Pressley JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 8 0 engine 40 42 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 7 0 overheating 37 43 07 Mike Harmon SK Motorsports Chevrolet 6 0 brakes 34Official Race results References 2009 Kroger 200 2009 Zippo 200 at the Glen NASCAR Nationwide Series 2009 Category:2009 in sports in Iowa Category:NASCAR races at Iowa Speedway Category:August 2009 sports events in the United States