Schedule
The biggest changes for 2009 in a NASCAR schedule realignment added the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway to the 2009 Chase, the shifting of the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway to a later autumn date, and the placement of the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to Labor Day weekend as a night race. Additionally, there was a fourth bye week between the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway and the Pep Boys 500. The schedule changes are listed in boldface on the chart below.
2009 Sprint Cup Schedule | |||||||||
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No. | Date | Race | Length | Site | TV | Radio1 | Time |
Winner | |
2/7 | Budweiser Shootout ♣ ¶ | Segment 1: 25 Laps; 62.5 miles (100.6 km); Segment 2: 50 Laps; 125 miles (201 km) |
Daytona International Speedway | Fox | MRN | 8 PM | Kevin Harvick | ||
2/12 | Gatorade Duels ¶ ♥ | Two races; each 60 Laps 150 miles (240 km) |
Speed TV | MRN | 12 noon | Jeff Gordon; Kyle Busch |
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1 | 2/15 | Daytona 500 ♣ | 152 Laps 380 miles (610 km)(race shortened due to rain) |
Fox | MRN | 2:32 pm | Matt Kenseth | ||
2 | 2/22 | Auto Club 500 | 250 Laps 500 miles (800 km) |
Auto Club Speedway | Fox | MRN | 4:10 pm | Matt Kenseth | |
3 | 3/1 | Shelby 427 | 285 Laps 427.5 miles (688.0 km) |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Fox | PRN | 3:30 pm | Kyle Busch | |
4 | 3/8 | Kobalt Tools 500 | 331 laps 509.74 miles (820.35 km)(race extended due to green/white/checker finish.) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway | Fox | PRN | 5:31 pm | Kurt Busch | |
5 | 3/22 | Food City 500 | 503 Laps 268.1 miles (431.5 km)(race extended due to green/white/checker finish.) |
Bristol Motor Speedway | Fox | PRN | 8:23 pm | Kyle Busch | |
6 | 3/29 | Goody's Fast Relief 500 | 500 Laps 263 miles (423 km) |
Martinsville Speedway | Fox | MRN | 1:30 pm | Jimmie Johnson | |
7 | 4/5 | Samsung 500 | 334 Laps 501 miles (806 km) |
Texas Motor Speedway | Fox | PRN | 1:30 pm | Jeff Gordon | |
8 | 4/18 | Subway Fresh Fit 500 ♣ | 312 Laps 500 kilometres (310 mi) |
Phoenix International Raceway | Fox | MRN | 8 PM | Mark Martin | |
9 | 4/26 | Aaron's 499 | 188 Laps 500.8 miles (806.0 km) |
Talladega Superspeedway | Fox | MRN | 1 PM | Brad Keselowski | |
10 | 5/2 | Crown Royal Presents The Russell Friedman 400 ♣ | 400 Laps 300 miles (480 km) |
Richmond International Raceway | Fox | MRN | 7 PM | Kyle Busch | |
11 | 5/9 | Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com ♣ | 367 Laps 501.322 miles (806.800 km) |
Darlington Raceway | Fox | MRN | 7 PM | Mark Martin | |
5/16 | NASCAR Sprint Shootout and All-Star Race XXV ¶ ♣ | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Speed Channel | MRN | 7 PM | Sam Hornish, Jr. (Shootout); Tony Stewart |
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12 | 5/24§ | Coca-Cola 600 ♣ | 227 Laps 341.5 miles (549.6 km)(race shortened due to rain) |
Fox | PRN | 3:47 pm |
David Reutimann | ||
13 | 5/31 | Autism Speaks 400 presented by Heluva Good! Cheese | 400 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Dover International Speedway | Fox | MRN | 1:30 pm | Jimmie Johnson | |
14 | 6/7 | Pocono 500 | 200 Laps 500 miles (800 km) |
Pocono Raceway | TNT | MRN | 12:30 pm | Tony Stewart | |
15 | 6/14 | Lifelock 400 | 200 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Michigan International Speedway | TNT | MRN | 12:30 pm | Mark Martin | |
16 | 6/21 | Toyota/Save Mart 350 | 113 Laps 360 kilometres (220 mi)(race extended due to green/white/checker finish.) |
Infineon Raceway | TNT | PRN | 1:53 pm | Kasey Kahne | |
17 | 6/28 | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | 273 Laps 289.389 miles (465.726 km)(race shortened due to rain) |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway | TNT | PRN | 5:42 pm | Joey Logano | |
18 | 7/4 | Coke Zero 400 ♣ | 160 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Daytona International Speedway | TNT | MRN | 6:30 pm | Tony Stewart | |
19 | 7/11 | LifeLock.com 400 ♣ | 267 laps 400.5 miles (644.5 km) |
Chicagoland Speedway | TNT | MRN | 6:30 pm | Mark Martin | |
20 | 7/26 | Allstate 400 at the Brickyard | 160 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ESPN | IMSRN† | 1 PM | Jimmie Johnson | |
21 | 8/2§ | Sunoco American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 | 200 Laps 500 miles (800 km) |
Pocono Raceway | ESPN | MRN | 1 PM |
Denny Hamlin | |
22 | 8/9§ | Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen | 90 laps 220.5 miles (354.9 km) |
Watkins Glen International | ESPN | MRN | 1 PM |
Tony Stewart | |
23 | 8/16 | CARFAX 400 | 200 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Michigan International Speedway | ESPN | MRN | 1 PM | Brian Vickers | |
24 | 8/22 | Sharpie 500 ♣ | 500 Laps 266.5 miles (428.9 km) |
Bristol Motor Speedway | ESPN | PRN | 6:30 pm | Kyle Busch | |
25 | 9/6 | Pep Boys Auto 500 ♣ | 325 Laps 500.5 miles (805.5 km) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway | ESPN | PRN | 7 PM | Kasey Kahne | |
26 | 9/12 | Chevy Rock & Roll 400 ♣ | 400 Laps 300 miles (480 km) |
Richmond International Raceway | ABC | MRN | 7 PM | Denny Hamlin | |
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27 | 9/20 | Sylvania 300 | 300 Laps 317.4 miles (510.8 km) |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway | ABC | PRN | 1 PM | Mark Martin | |
28 | 9/27 | AAA 400 | 400 Laps 400 miles (640 km) |
Dover International Speedway | MRN | 1 PM | Jimmie Johnson | ||
29 | 10/4 | Price Chopper 400 | 267 Laps 400.5 miles (644.5 km) |
Kansas Speedway | MRN | 1 PM | Tony Stewart | ||
30 | 10/11 | Pepsi 500 | 250 Laps 500 miles (800 km) |
Auto Club Speedway | MRN | 3 PM | Jimmie Johnson | ||
31 | 10/17 | ♣ | 334 Laps 501 miles (806 km) |
Lowe's Motor Speedway | PRN | 7 PM | Jimmie Johnson | ||
32 | 10/25 | TUMS Fast Relief 500 | 501 Laps 264 miles (425 km)(race extended due to green/white/checker finish.) |
Martinsville Speedway | MRN | 3:50 pm | Denny Hamlin | ||
33 | 11/1 | AMP Energy 500 | 191 Laps 508.8 miles (818.8 km)(race extended due to green/white/checker finish.) |
Talladega Superspeedway | MRN | 4:47 pm | Jamie McMurray | ||
34 | 11/8 | Dickies 500 ♣ | 334 Laps 501 miles (806 km) |
Texas Motor Speedway | PRN | 3 PM | Kurt Busch | ||
35 | 11/15 | Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 | 312 Laps 310 miles (500 km) |
Phoenix International Raceway | MRN | 3 PM | Jimmie Johnson | ||
36 | 11/22 | Ford 400 ♣ | 267 Laps 400.5 miles (644.5 km) |
Homestead Miami Speedway | MRN | 7:22 pm | Denny Hamlin |
The total distance of the season will be 14,461.9 miles (23,274.2 km).
Key to symbols:
1 – All races were broadcast on Sirius XM Radio.
* – Television times are listed. Fox started (except for Daytona 500 and Aaron's 499) with a 30-minute pre-race show, TNT had a 90-minute pre-race show and ESPN/ABC had a one-hour pre-race show. Add an extra fifteen minutes following the pre-race show for the scheduled green flag of the race.
♣ – This race was run at night or began in the day and finished that evening.
¶ – Non-points race.
♥ – This is a pair of races that will set the field for the Daytona 500.
† – This race was produced and distributed by IMS Radio and the broadcast will be produced in conjunction with Performance Racing Network.
§ – This race was scheduled to have been run on Sunday, but was rescheduled to the following Monday due to rain.
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