2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 Pocono Raceway, the race track where the race was held. | |||
| Date | August 3, 2009 | ||
| Location | Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.67 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 79 °F (26 °C); with wind speeds climbing up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 91 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Dr. Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree[3] | ||
The 2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 3, 2009 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, won the race.
It took three minutes and fifty-seven seconds to complete. Juan Pablo Montoya was humbly given a second place finish by being .869 seconds slower than Hamlin. Eight drivers failed to finish the race; including last-place finisher Mike Wallace who parked his car on lap 13. Derrike Cope's vehicle was too slow to qualify for the race. Rain from qualifying forced a competition caution on lap 22; most other yellow flags after this one were mainly for debris or accidents. Nearly 20% of the race was held under the caution flag; with a green flag run lasting an average of nearly 15 laps.[1]
Top ten finishers
- 11-Denny Hamlin
- 42-Juan Pablo Montoya
- 33-Clint Bowyer
- 77-Sam Hornish, Jr.
- 9-Kasey Kahne
- 83-Brian Vickers
- 5-Mark Martin
- 24-Jeff Gordon
- 2-Kurt Busch
- 14-Tony Stewart
Standings after the race
| Pos | Driver | Points[1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Stewart | 3188 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 2991 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | 2989 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 2751 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 2713 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500". Racing-reference. Yardbarker. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ↑ "The Race: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 9, 2014.