2009 Pepsi 500

February 2025 NAS Pepsi 500 2009 10 11 2009 30 36 Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg Auto Club Speedway Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California 2.0 3.23 250 500 804.672 Temperatures up to 69.8 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/h Weather information for the 2009 Pepsi 500 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Fontana/2009-10-11 143.908 mi/h 70,000 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 39.158 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 126 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports ABC Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree The 2009 Pepsi 500 was the thirtieth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and also served as the fourth race in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. It took place on October 11, 2009, at Auto Club Speedway in the American community of Fontana, California. Summary Jimmie Johnson would defeat his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon by slightly more than 1.6 seconds after a grueling three hours and twenty-eight minutes of racing.Results of the 2009 Pepsi 500 at Racing Reference Kyle Busch suffered through three different illnesses during this race; including a non-H1N1 form of the flu. After driving for 62 laps, he felt weak and went into the pits in order for David Gilliland to perform the substitute duty for him. David Gilliland finished the race in 28th place but Busch received the points for it.Kyle's Busch Illness During the Race https://web.archive.org/web/20140726235104/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2009030 2014-07-26 at Driver Averages Mike Bliss walked away as the last-place finisher after encountering engine problems on lap 11. The Big One struck with six laps to go after Dale Earnhardt Jr. was turned around and collected 8 other cars (including all 4 Richard Petty Motorsports cars). This led to a red flag of almost 22 minutes. The gambling pundits handpicked Jimmie Johnson to be the winner of the race; with Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth being wild cards. Just before the race, Johnson had an average finish of 6th place in his 13 prior races at Auto Club Speedway and finished worse than tenth place only twice.Gambling pundit information at The Spread Results Finish Start Car Driver Make Pts/bns Laps Status Winnings1348Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet195/10250Running302,80121024Jeff GordonChevrolet175/5250Running211,4263442Juan MontoyaChevrolet170/5250Running195,773495Mark MartinChevrolet165/5250Running136,62552014Tony StewartChevrolet160/5250Running143,24861199Carl EdwardsFord150/0250Running158,3567316David RaganFord146/0250Running117,5008242Kurt BuschDodge147/5250Running121,9259833Clint BowyerChevrolet138/0250Running113,95010729Kevin HarvickChevrolet134/0250Running142,828111607Casey MearsChevrolet130/0250Running121,525122277Sam Hornish Jr.Dodge127/0250Running120,810 References collapsed Pepsi 500 Pepsi 500 Category:NASCAR races at Auto Club Speedway Category:October 2009 sports events in the United States