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 | |
| 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup | |||||||||
| 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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