Entry List
Kobalt Tools 500
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
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- Drivers Entered: 47 (7 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 325
- Laps Actual: 330 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 127.573
- Cautions: 11 for 54 laps
- Lead Changes: 13
- Green Flag Passes: 1,774 (6.4 passes per green flag lap)
Race weekend links appear as data becomes available.
| ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 44 | AJ Allmendinger | Los Gatos, CA | Dec 16, 1981 | 42 | Dodge | Charter Comm. | Evernham Motorsports | |
| 2 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Tampa, FL | Mar 14, 1984 | 40 | Chevrolet | Cub Cadet | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| 3 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Oct 8, 1955 | 68 | Ford | Motorcraft | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| 4 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | May 8, 1964 | 60 | Ford | Ask.com | Jeffrey Moorad | |
| 5 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Thomasville, NC | Oct 24, 1983 | 40 | Toyota | Red Bull | Team Red Bull | |
| 6 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Columbia, MO | Aug 15, 1979 | 45 | Ford | Aflac | Jack Roush | |
| 7 | 07 | Casey Mears | Bakersfield, CA | Mar 12, 1978 | 46 | Chevrolet | DirecTV | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 8 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Emporia, KS | May 30, 1979 | 45 | Chevrolet | BB&T | MB2 Motorsports | |
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Kannapolis, NC | Oct 10, 1974 | 49 | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 10 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Hartford, OH | Oct 24, 1962 | 61 | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | Phil Parsons | |
| 11 | 171 | David Gilliland | Riverside, CA | Apr 1, 1976 | 48 | Chevrolet | Capital Window | The Racers Group | |
| 12 | 6 | David Ragan | Unadilla, GA | Dec 4, 1985 | 38 | Ford | UPS | Mike Dee | |
| 13 | 00 | David Reutimann | Zephyrhills, FL | Mar 2, 1970 | 54 | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 14 | 12 | David Stremme | South Bend, IN | Jun 19, 1977 | 47 | Dodge | Penske Racing | Team Penske | |
| 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chesterfield, VA | Nov 18, 1980 | 43 | Toyota | FedEx Ground | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 16 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Emporia, VA | Apr 30, 1975 | 49 | Dodge | Best Buy | Evernham Motorsports | |
| 17 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Vancouver, WA | Dec 23, 1969 | 54 | Ford | 3M | Jack Roush | |
| 18 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Joplin, MO | Jun 3, 1976 | 48 | Ford | Irwin Industrial Tools | Geoff Smith | |
| 19 | 31 | Jeff Burton | South Boston, VA | Jan 29, 1967 | 57 | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 20 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Vallejo, CA | Aug 4, 1971 | 53 | Chevrolet | National Guard Youth Challenge / DuPont | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 21 | 41 | Jeremy Mayfield | Owensboro, KY | May 27, 1969 | 55 | Toyota | All Sport | Jeremy Mayfield | |
| 22 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | El Cajon, CA | Sep 17, 1975 | 49 | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Jeff Gordon | |
| 23 | 187 | Joe Nemechek | Lakeland, FL | Sep 26, 1963 | 61 | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | Andrea Nemechek | |
| 24 | 20 | Joey Logano | Middleton, CT | May 24, 1990 | 34 | Toyota | The Home Depot | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 25 | 34 | John Andretti | Bethlehem, PA | Mar 12, 1963 | 61 | Chevrolet | WindowWorld.com | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 26 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Bogota, Colombia | Sep 20, 1975 | 49 | Chevrolet | Target | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 27 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Enumclaw, WA | Apr 10, 1980 | 44 | Dodge | Budweiser | Evernham Motorsports | |
| 28 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Bakersfield, CA | Dec 8, 1975 | 48 | Chevrolet | Reese's | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 29 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Las Vegas, NV | Aug 4, 1978 | 46 | Dodge | Miller Lite | Walter Czarnecki | |
| 30 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Las Vegas, NV | May 2, 1985 | 39 | Toyota | M&M's | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 31 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Launceston, Tasmania | Sep 1, 1976 | 48 | Toyota | Kingsford / Clorox / Little Debbie | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 32 | 5 | Mark Martin | Batesville, AR | Jan 9, 1959 | 65 | Chevrolet | Kellogg's / Carquest | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 33 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Mayetta, NJ | Jun 29, 1980 | 44 | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | Dale Earnhardt Inc | |
| 34 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Cambridge, WI | Mar 10, 1972 | 52 | Ford | Dewalt | John Henry | |
| 35 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Owensboro, KY | Apr 30, 1963 | 61 | Toyota | NAPA | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 36 | 09 | Mike Bliss | Milwaukie, OR | Apr 5, 1965 | 59 | Dodge | Phoenix Racing | Phoenix Racing | |
| 37 | 98 | Paul Menard | Eau Claire, WI | Aug 21, 1980 | 44 | Ford | Pittsburgh Paints / Menards | Max Jones | |
| 38 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Peachtree City, GA | Feb 5, 1986 | 38 | Dodge | Super 8 | Richard Petty Motorsports | |
| 39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Bellflower, CA | Jan 2, 1969 | 55 | Toyota | Jim Beam | Robby Gordon | |
| 40 | 39 | Ryan Newman | South Bend, IN | Dec 8, 1977 | 46 | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| 41 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr | Defiance, OH | Jul 2, 1979 | 45 | Dodge | Mobil 1 | Bill Davis | |
| 42 | 36 | Scott Riggs | Bahama, NC | Jan 1, 1971 | 53 | Toyota | Red Bank Outfitters | Tommy Baldwin Racing | |
| 43 | 82 | Scott Speed | Manteca, CA | Jan 24, 1983 | 41 | Toyota | Red Bull | Team Red Bull | |
| 44 | 135 | Todd Bodine | Chemung, NY | Feb 27, 1964 | 60 | Toyota | Unsponsored | Germain Racing | |
| 45 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Rushville, IN | May 20, 1971 | 53 | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Old Spice | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| 46 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Janesville, WI | Mar 1, 1976 | 48 | Ford | Golden Corral | Jeff Moorad | |
| 47 | 64 | Geoff Bodine | Chemung, NY | Apr 18, 1949 | 75 | Toyota | Gunselman Motorsports | Larry Gunselman |