2009 Carfax 400

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2009 Carfax 400
Race details
Race 23 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Michigan International Speedway
Date	August 16, 2009 (2009-August-16)
Location	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.218 km)
Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 89.6 °F (32.0 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)^[1]
Average speed	131.531 miles per hour (211.679 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team
Time	38.453
Most laps led
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	133
Winner
No. 83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett

2009 Sprint Cup Series
The Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duels Daytona 500 Auto Club 500 Shelby 427 Kobalt Tools 500 Food City 500 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Samsung 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Aaron's 499 Crown Royal 400 Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race XXV Coca-Cola 600 Autism Speaks 400 Pocono 500 LifeLock 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Coke Zero 400 LifeLock.com 400 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Pennsylvania 500 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Carfax 400 Sharpie 500 Pep Boys Auto 500 Chevy Rock & Roll 400
Chase for the Sprint Cup
Sylvania 300 AAA 400 Price Chopper 400 Pepsi 500 NASCAR Banking 500 TUMS Fast Relief 500 AMP Energy 500 Dickies 500 Checker Auto Parts 500 Ford 400
Non-points races in italics
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The 2009 Carfax 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that took place on August 16, 2009 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Actual start time of the race was 2:10PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time;^[2] meaning that the race ended at exactly 5:12 PM EDT.

Summary

200 laps were done on a paved oval track spanning 2.000 miles (3.219 km).^[3] Out of the 43 race car drivers on the grid, there were 41 American-born driers and two foreigners (Marcos Ambrose from Australia and Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia).^[3] There were seven cautions for 36 laps and the race lasted three hours and two minutes.^[3] Attendance was 103000 strong and Brian Vickers (driving a Toyota Camry) won the race.^[3] The other contenders who finished in the top ten were: Jeff Gordon (lost by 1.409 seconds), Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish, Jr., Casey Mears, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, David Reutimann, and Denny Hamlin.^[3] The pole speed was 187.242 miles per hour (301.337 km/h) while the average speed was 131.531 miles per hour (211.679 km/h).^[4] Jimmie Johnson had a dominant run during the closing laps until he ran out of fuel. He later admitted that his team was not good on fuel mileage during the race.^[4]

Red Bull was the winning sponsor for that day (Dietrich Mateschitz was the winning car owner for the 2009 Carfax 400).^[3] Tony Raines failed to qualify for the race due to lack of speed.^[3] There were two instances of rain during the race which eventually returned to fair weather.^[3] NASCAR had terrible luck with the weather during their 2009 season.^[4] While environmental experts were to blame it on global warming, it just meant delayed races for loyal NASCAR followers.

References

↑ "Weather information for the 2009 Carfax 400". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
↑ "2009 CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway". About.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "2009 Carfax 400 racing information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Jimmie Johnson at the 2009 Carfax 400". About.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

Preceded by 2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen	NASCAR Sprint Cup Season 2009	Succeeded by 2009 Sharpie 500

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