2009 Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com

February 2025 September 2025September 2025 NAS Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com http://racing-reference.info/race/2009_Southern_500/W 2009 Southern 500 USA Today Sports Media Group Racing-Reference.info 2013-05-18http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/SC/Darlington/2009-05-09 2009 Southern 500 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-05-23 2009 05 9 2009 11 36 Darlington raceway.svg Layout of Darlington Raceway Darlington Raceway, Darlington County, South Carolina 1.366 2.198 367 501.322 806.799 Chilly with temperatures plummeting as low as 69.1 F C; wind speeds up to 16.9 mph km/h 119.687 mi/h 70,000 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing 27.394 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing 117 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2009 Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com, the 60th running of the race, was the eleventh race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, was held on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race was televised in the USA on Fox starting at 7 PM US EDT with radio being handled on MRN on terrestrial radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Seventy-two thousand fans were eyewitnesses to four hours and eleven minutes of racing action. There were 23 changes to the lead position recorded during the race and 17 cautions were taken for a duration of 73 laps. Almost 20% of the race was held under the caution flag due to debris and accidents while the average green flag run was slightly more than 16 laps. Top Ten Finishers Pos. Car # Driver Make Team 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Stewart–Haas Racing 4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Stewart–Haas Racing 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Earnhardt Ganassi Racing 7 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford Roush Fenway Racing 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Roush Fenway Racing Failed to Qualify: Jeremy Mayfield (#41), Scott Speed (#82) Note: Scott Speed's team paid Joe Nemechek to let Speed drive his car in this race. References Sprint Cup Series 2009 2009 Crown Royal 400 2009 Coca-Cola 600 collapsed Southern 500 Southern 500 Category:NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway Category:May 2009 sports events in the United States