2009 Samsung 500
Race details[1][2][3] | ||||||
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Race 7 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | ||||||
![]() 2009 Samsung 500 program cover, with cover artwork by Sam Bass. | ||||||
Date | April 5, 2009 | |||||
Official name | Samsung 500 | |||||
Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | |||||
Course | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | |||||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | |||||
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds up to 25.1 miles per hour (40.4 km/h)[4] | |||||
Average speed | 146.372 miles per hour (235.563 km/h) | |||||
Pole position | ||||||
Driver | Michael Waltrip Racing | |||||
Time | 28.344 | |||||
Most laps led | ||||||
Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
Laps | 105 | |||||
Winner | ||||||
No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
Television in the United States | ||||||
Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | |||||
Announcers |
Nielsen Ratings |
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The 2009 Samsung 500 was the seventh stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on April 5, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas before a crowd of 176,300 people. The 334-lap race was won by Jeff Gordon of the Hendrick Motorsports team after starting from second position. His teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second and Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle placed third.
Gordon was the
The race was Gordon's first win of the 2009 season, and the eighty-second of his career. The result kept Gordon in the lead of the Drivers' Championship, one-hundred and sixty-two ahead of Johnson, and one-hundred and eighty ahead of Kurt Busch. Chevrolet increased its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, ten points ahead of Ford, who bumped Toyota to third place, with twenty-nine races remaining in the season remaining. The race attracted 7.4 million television viewers.
Background
The 2009 Samsung 500 was the seventh of thirty-six scheduled
Before the race,
Jeff Gordon had not won a race at Texas Motor Speedway in 16 attempts and said he would not base anything based on his second-place finish at the circuit in late 2008, "The team worked hard over the offseason and our performances on intermediate tracks have improved. We are just a different team with different race cars right now. Texas is one of those places that is on my radar. I want to turn things around and conquer it."[12]
Practice and qualifying
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Three practice sessions were before the Sunday race — one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final practice session lasted 60 minutes.[3] During the first practice session, Mark Martin was fastest with a lap of 28.467 seconds, placing ahead of David Reutimann in second and Kurt Busch in third. Greg Biffle was scored fourth, and Johnson placed fifth. Jeff Gordon, Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Stremme and David Ragan rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.[13]
Forty-eight drivers were entered in the qualifier on Friday afternoon;
On Saturday morning, Reuitmann was fastest in the second practice session by setting a time of 28.999 seconds, ahead of Johnson in second, and Hamlin in third. Edwards was fourth quickest, and Jeff Gordon took fifth. Stewart, Kurt Busch, Kenseth, Bobby Labonte and Jeff Burton rounded out the top ten.[18] Later that day, Johnson paced the final practice session with a time of 29.393 seconds, with Hamlin and Kyle Busch followed in second and third respectively. Jamie McMurray was fourth fastest, ahead of David Gilliland and Burton. Martin placed seventh, Edwards eighth, Juan Pablo Montoya ninth, and Martin Truex Jr. tenth.[19]
Qualifying results
Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed | |
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1 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.344 | 190.516 | |
2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.392 | 190.194 | |
3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 28.428 | 189.954 | |
4 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.431 | 189.934 | |
5 | 98 | Paul Menard | Robert Yates Racing |
Ford | 28.435 | 189.907 | |
6 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 28.436 | 189.000 | |
7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 28.450 | 189.907 | |
8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.507 | 189.427 | |
9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.508 | 189.421 | |
10 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.531 | 189.268 | |
11 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 28.538 | 189.221 | |
12 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Team Penske | Dodge | 28.539 | 189.215 | |
13 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.545 | 189.175 | |
14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.548 | 189.155 | |
15 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.553 | 189.122 | |
16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 28.593 | 188.857 | |
17 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.597 | 188.831 | |
18 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 28.605 | 188.778 | |
19 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.606 | 188.772 | |
20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.610 | 188.745 | |
21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 28.628 | 188.626 | |
22 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.641 | 188.541 | |
23 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.645 | 188.515 | |
24 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Hall of Fame Racing | Ford | 28.652 | 188.469 | |
25 | 44 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 28.678 | 188.298 | |
26 | 34 | John Andretti | Front Row Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.679 | 188.291 | |
27 | 09 | Mike Bliss | Phoenix Racing | Dodge | 28.722 | 188.009 | |
28 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Championship Racing | Dodge | 28.731 | 187.950 | |
29 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 28.739 | 187.898 | |
30 | 171 | David Gilliland | TRG Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.749 | 187.833 | |
31 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.772 | 187.682 | |
32 | 12 | David Stremme | Penske Racing | Dodge | 28.801 | 187.493 | |
33 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 28.802 | 187.487 | |
34 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.830 | 187.305 | |
35 | 07 | Casey Mears | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.834 | 187.279 | |
36 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.840 | 187.240 | |
37 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28.871 | 187.039 | |
38 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 28.885 | 186.948 | |
39 | 113 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 28.955 | 186.496 | |
40 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.977 | 186.355 | |
41 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 29.008 | 186.156 | |
42 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 29.606 | 182.395 | |
43 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 29.015 | 186.111 | |
Failed to qualify
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44 | 187 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 29.027 | 186.034 | |
45 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 29.065 | 185.790 | |
46 | 41 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mayfield Motorsports |
Toyota | 29.135 | 185.344 | |
47 | 64 | Todd Bodine | Gunselman Motorsports |
Toyota | 29.261 | 184.546 | |
48 | 36 | Scott Riggs | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Toyota | 29.352 | 183.974 | |
Race
Television coverage for the race began at 1:30 p.m.
The race began at 2:17 p.m. Jeff Gordon passed Reuitmann almost immediately by the end of the first lap. Three laps later, Kurt Busch collided with Robby Gordon, with the latter sustaining minor damage and both drivers managed to continue. On lap eight, Reutimann took back the lead from Jeff Gordon by passing him in the third turn. Jeff Gordon dropped a further position when he was passed by Kenseth during the following lap. By lap 20, Reuitmann had a lead of about 1.6 seconds over Kenseth. Kurt Busch, who began the race in twenty-sixth, had moved up seven positions to nineteenth by lap 24. On lap 29, Stewart claimed fifth from Menard.[22]
By lap 30, Earnhardt had moved up eight positions to twelfth. Ten laps later, Reutimann had maintained a lead of 1.7 seconds over Kenseth. On lap 42,
On the 109th lap, Kyle Busch's car suffered a cut left front tire from contact with John Andretti, forcing Kyle Busch to come to pit road. Seven laps later, Biffle passed Kenseth on the outside in the dogleg for the lead, while Jeff Gordon passed Reuitmann for fourth thirteen laps later. By the 135th lap, Biffle had built a lead over Kenseth to three seconds.[22] Green flag pit stops began on the 152nd lap; Kenseth made his pit stop on the same lap. Johnson and Biffle made a pit stop the next lap, handing the lead to Jeff Gordon. After pit stops, Biffle reclaimed the first position. On lap 157, Elliott Sadler spun out exiting the final corner and went sideways across the start/finish line, causing the second caution. None of the leaders elected to pit under the caution. The race restarted on lap 162 with Biffle in the lead, ahead of Kenseth and Jeff Gordon. By the 190th lap, Biffle's lead was three seconds. Another round of green flag pit stops began on lap 203 when Truex made a pit stop; Kenseth was the first of the leaders to pit the following lap. On lap 208, Jeff Gordon became the new race leader after Biffle came into pit road. After pit stops, Biffle reclaimed the top position.[22]
On lap 220, the third caution was given when Ambrose's car suffered an engine failure. Jeff Gordon on the advice of his crew chief Steve Letarte over the radio remained on the circuit, and this promoted him to the lead and his car would not be affected by aerodynamic turbulence.[23] Martin also stayed out on the circuit, while some of the leaders came to pit road. Earnhardt was required to make an additional pit stop because his crew needed to replace a missing lug nut.[21][22] Jeff Gordon led the field back up to speed on the restart on lap 226.[6] Five laps later, Sam Hornish Jr. spun exiting the second turn while driving alongside Bowyer and Labonte collided with the outside wall, prompting the fourth caution. During the caution, Johnson, Earnhardt and Hamlin made pit stops. Jeff Gordon stayed out of pit road and the led the field to restart on lap 237. Four laps later, Logano collided with the wall, but escaped with minor damage.[22]
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Edwards moved into sixth on lap 247 during the 247th lap. Four laps later, a fifth caution came out when Robby Gordon's car suffered an engine failure. All of the leaders elected to pit under caution, giving the lead to Earnhardt.[22] Kenseth was demoted from second to 15th position when lug nut issues on the right-rear tire during his pit stop caused him to remain in the pit lane for longer than usual.[24] The race restarted on lap 259. On lap 260, Jeff Gordon moved back into the lead, while Earnhardt fell to the seventh position. Three laps later, Edwards passed Brian Vickers to move into ninth.[22]
On lap 290, Earnhardt was forced onto pit road after colliding with the wall at turn two. One lap later, Ragan drove to pit road because of overheating issues. On the 294th lap, Edwards reclaimed the lead off Gordon, who was delayed by a slower vehicle, while Ragan entered the garage, three laps later. On lap 298, Stewart moved into second after passing Jeff Gordon. Four laps later, a sixth and final caution came out, after Stremme collided with the wall and spun going into turn three.[22] Edwards relinquished the lead to Jeff Gordon during the yellow flag pit stop cycle when the front tires on his car were slow to be fitted;[25] he was demoted to 11th position and fell out of contention for the victory.[23]
Jeff Gordon led on the lap 309 restart.[6] On the same lap, Johnson passed Stewart for the second position, while Jeff Gordon built up a 1.4 second lead four laps later. On the 314th lap, Biffle moved into the fourth position after overtaking Johnson. By lap 323, Jeff Gordon had increased his lead to 1.7 seconds over Johnson. Biffle overtook Stewart for third on the 330th lap.[22] Jeff Gordon maintained the lead to win his first race of the 2009 season. Johnson finished second, ahead of Biffle in third, Stewart in fourth, and Kenseth in fifth. Martin, Montoya, Kurt Busch, Burton and Edwards rounded out the top ten finishers.[26] There were twenty-eight lead changes among fourteen different drivers during the course of the race. Jeff Gordon led six times for a total of 105 laps, more than any other driver.[6]
Post-race
""I knew we were going to get one eventually, We had some missed opportunities last season, but that keeps you driving hard and pushing forward."
Jeff Gordon, speaking after the race.[27]
Jeff Gordon appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first win of the 2009 season in front of 176,300 who attended the event,[6] earning $541,874 in race winnings.[28] Gordon was delighted with his victory: "Incredible team effort. This whole year has been amazing. What a great car. I've never had a car like this at Texas. We finally had one and put it in position."[29] Johnson was happy with his second-place result, saying, "It was nice to get our car up front and get some clean air on it. We had to work really hard all day long to keep the car right. I'm very proud of the team."[30] Third-place finisher Biffle was candid with his performance: "We worked our way all the way back to fourth, third – 15 more laps, would've passed [runner-up Jimmie Johnson] and then a little while longer we could've gotten [Gordon]. But, I just ran out of time, lost track position and weren't able to capitalize on it."[31]
Earnhardt described his accident late in the race as him "Trying too hard and run well, and just got in to the wall down there in the middle of one and two. The car jumped sideways" and talked about his performance, "We were running pretty good all day. We were really fast."[32] Edwards appeared to be certain that there would have been a different result had his slow pit stop late in the race not happened, saying, "I thought, ‘If we can have just one more [good pit stop], we’ll be all right. And then we went in leading and came out 11th, and that’s what cost us the race."[25] His teammate Kenseth commented on the lug nut fault that lost him positions and caused him to finish fifth, "You can't really do much about it. We just got to the back and it was extremely tough to pass, and we were just stuck back there racing with them guys."[24] Stewart described his fourth-place as his team being "good today, we just weren't good enough", and said his team's vehicle was the quickest on the circuit at any time during the race after approximately 25 laps.[23] Eighth-placed finisher Kurt Busch said his team believed that they could not challenge the major competitors, but admitted his strong result was "exactly what we needed. … Our car was better on the long runs. We needed to be out there as long as we could and stretch it out."[23]
The race results kept Jeff Gordon in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 1154 points. Johnson, who finished behind Gordon, moved to second on 992, eighteen points ahead of Kurt Busch and twenty-five ahead of Bowyer.[33] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet increased their points total to 48, while Ford advanced to second with 38 and Toyota was bumped to third with 37.[10] 7.4 million people watched the race on television.[5] The race took three hours, twenty-five minutes and twenty-two seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.378 seconds.[6]
Race results
Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps Run | Points | |
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1 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 1952 | |
2 | 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 1751 | |
3 | 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 1701 | |
4 | 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 1651 | |
5 | 3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 1601 | |
6 | 23 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 1551 | |
7 | 16 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 146 | |
8 | 28 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Championship Racing | Dodge | 334 | 1471 | |
9 | 15 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 138 | |
10 | 13 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 1391 | |
11 | 1 | 00 | David Reuitmann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 334 | 1351 | |
12 | 22 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 127 | |
13 | 5 | 98 | Paul Menard | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 334 | 1291 | |
14 | 32 | 12 | David Stremme | Phoenix Racing | Dodge | 334 | 121 | |
15 | 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 118 | |
16 | 18 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 334 | 1201 | |
17 | 12 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Team Penske | Dodge | 334 | 112 | |
18 | 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 333 | 1141 | |
19 | 6 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 333 | 106 | |
20 | 20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 333 | 1081 | |
21 | 35 | 07 | Casey Mears | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 100 | |
22 | 19 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 97 | |
23 | 40 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 332 | 94 | |
24 | 34 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 332 | 91 | |
25 | 31 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 332 | 88 | |
26 | 26 | 34 | John Andretti | Front Row Motorsports | Chevrolet | 332 | 85 | |
27 | 17 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 331 | 72 | |
28 | 37 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 331 | 79 | |
29 | 30 | 171 | David Gilliland | TRG Motorsports | Chevrolet | 330 | 76 | |
30 | 10 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 330 | 73 | |
31 | 33 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 330 | 70 | |
32 | 42 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 329 | 67 | |
33 | 41 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 328 | 64 | |
34 | 25 | 44 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 328 | 61 | |
35 | 39 | 113 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 326 | 58 | |
36 | 38 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Richard Petty Motorsports | Dodge | 315 | 55 | |
37 | 4 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 293 | 521 | |
38 | 36 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 255 | 49 | |
39 | 29 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 249 | 46 | |
40 | 24 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Hall of Fame Racing | Ford | 229 | 43 | |
41 | 11 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 216 | 40 | |
42 | 27 | 09 | Mike Bliss | Phoenix Racing | Dodge | 76 | 37 | |
43 | 43 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 48 | 34 | |
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2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
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Standings after the race
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