2009 Auto Club 500

Race 2 of 36

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250 laps
Time of race: 3:40:51
Average speed of winner: 135.839 mph
Margin of victory: 1.463 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 43 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson 181.087
Lap leaders: Vickers pole, Johnson 1-43, Andretti 44, Ku. Busch 45-46, Johnson 47-77, J. Gordon 78-85, Biffle 86, Edwards 87, J. Gordon 88-127, Biffle 128-142, J. Gordon 143, Montoya 144, Kenseth 145-170, J. Gordon 171, Stewart 172-174, Martin 175, Kenseth 176-195, J. Gordon 196-209, Stremme 210-212, Kenseth 213-250

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Starting grid), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21 (Finish), Part 22 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	24	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	180.818	250	3	84	running	341615	195
2	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	182.209	250	5	64	running	240926	175
3	10	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	181.919	250	0	0	running	211648	165
4	5	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	182.302	250	2	16	running	161200	165
5	4	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	182.556	250	1	2	running	133900	160
6	23	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	180.836	250	0	0	running	129025	150
7	25	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	180.773	250	1	1	running	155181	151
8	11	Tony Stewart	14	Old Spice/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	181.901	250	1	3	running	139748	147
9	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	183.164	250	2	74	running	160526	143
10	1	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	183.439	250	0	0	running	141473	134
11	15	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	181.616	250	1	1	running	139323	135
12	22	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	RPM	Francis	181.132	250	0	0	running	139398	127
13	38	David Stremme	12	Penske	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	179.390	250	1	3	running	131690	129
14	7	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	182.089	250	0	0	running	123223	121
15	42	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Barker		250	0	0	running	111250	118
16	3	Jamie McMurray	26	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Wingo	182.653	250	0	0	running	104550	115
17	13	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Fennig	181.726	249	0	0	running	103400	112
18	37	Travis Kvapil	28	Farmers Insurance	Ford	Yates	Leslie	179.632	249	0	0	running	94700	109
19	21	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	181.137	249	0	0	running	94000	106
20	16	Bobby Labonte	96	Ask.com	Ford	Hall of Fame	Todd Parrott	181.461	249	0	0	running	122679	103
21	17	Reed Sorenson	43	Charter Communications	Dodge	RPM	Shiplett	181.429	249	0	0	running	129951	100
22	14	Marcos Ambrose	47	Little Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	181.653	249	0	0	running	106473	97
23	26	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Auto Club	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	180.746	249	0	0	running	109960	94
24	29	Casey Mears	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	180.374	249	0	0	running	106325	91
25	20	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	RPM	Buskirk	181.173	249	0	0	running	101350	88
26	34	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	180.059	249	0	0	running	135001	85
27	33	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	180.176	249	0	0	running	123540	82
28	28	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	180.397	248	0	0	running	115579	79
29	8	A.J. Allmendinger	44	Charter Communications	Dodge	RPM	Johns	182.048	248	0	0	running	87250	76
30	12	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Toyota	Robby Gordon	Almquist	181.777	248	0	0	running	104760	73
31	40	John Andretti	34	WindowWorld.com	Chevrolet	Front Row	Lane	179.287	248	1	1	running	92325	75
32	41	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	179.109	247	0	0	running	130931	67
33	32	David Gilliland	71	TRG Motorsports	Chevrolet	TRG	Labbe	180.176	246	0	0	running	84850	64
34	39	Jeremy Mayfield	41	All Sport	Toyota	Mayfield	Furr	179.301	245	0	0	running	83700	61
35	31	Aric Almirola	8	Guitar Hero	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Randolph	180.248	242	0	0	engine	91475	58
36	36	Scott Riggs	36	Red Bank Outfitters	Toyota	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	179.721	240	0	0	running	83325	55
37	27	Paul Menard	98	Quaker State/Menards	Ford	Yates	Larry Carter	180.610	221	0	0	running	113506	52
38	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	181.210	207	0	0	accident	120203	49
39	35	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	179.991	205	0	0	engine	100730	46
40	18	Mark Martin	5	CARQUEST/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	181.264	179	1	1	engine	90575	48
41	9	Scott Speed	82	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	181.965	172	0	0	engine	94498	40
42	30	Dave Blaney	66	PRISM Motorsports	Toyota	HP	Henderson	180.320	50	0	0	fuel pump	82335	37
43	43	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	177.998	36	0	0	fuel pump	82690	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	385	2	0	2	2	2
2	Jeff Gordon	304	2	0	0	1	1
3	Kurt Busch	294	2	0	0	1	2
4	Tony Stewart	294	2	0	0	0	2
5	Greg Biffle	268	2	0	0	1	1
6	Clint Bowyer	266	2	0	0	1	1
7	Michael Waltrip	264	2	0	0	0	1
8	David Ragan	262	2	0	0	0	1
9	Carl Edwards	260	2	0	0	0	1
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	256	2	0	0	0	0
11	Elliott Sadler	248	2	0	0	1	1
12	David Reutimann	248	2	0	0	0	0
13	A.J. Allmendinger	241	2	0	0	1	1
14	Reed Sorenson	238	2	0	0	0	1
15	Denny Hamlin	235	2	0	0	0	1
16	Kevin Harvick	219	2	0	0	1	1
17	Martin Truex, Jr.	217	2	1	0	0	0
18	Kyle Busch	215	2	0	0	1	1
19	Jimmie Johnson	213	2	0	0	0	1
20	Casey Mears	209	2	0	0	0	0
21	Marcos Ambrose	209	2	0	0	0	0
22	Bobby Labonte	205	2	0	0	0	0
23	Kasey Kahne	203	2	0	0	0	0
24	David Stremme	193	2	0	0	0	0
25	John Andretti	181	2	0	0	0	0