2009 Crown Royal 400

2009 Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400

Race details
Race 10 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Richmond International Speedway
Date	May 2, 2009 (2009-May-02)
Location	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.207 km)
Distance	400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Weather	Temperatures averaging around 71.5 °F (21.9 °C); wind speeds up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Average speed	90.627 miles per hour (145.850 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team
Time	21.238
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	148
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2009 Crown Royal presents the Russ Friedman 400 was the tenth race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, which took place on May 2, 2009 at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia.

Race summary

Brian Vickers won his second pole position of the season. Kyle Busch won the 400 lap race in his Toyota, with Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton, and Ryan Newman following. In total, there were 15 caution flags during the course of the race. Busch also won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race the previous day.^[2] This was also, the last race for Jeremy Mayfield, as he was suspended by NASCAR soon after for failing the drug policy rule.

Television coverage

The race was telecast on Fox/Speed starting at 7 PM US EDT, because of baseball with radio coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio and MRN beginning at 7:30 PM US EDT.

Results

^[3] † - Denotes rookie driver

References