Race Lineup

The official 2009 Auto Club 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Auto Club Speedway.

Auto Club 500

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

  • 11 Dodge
  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 14 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 48 (8 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 135.839
  • Cautions: 5 for 43 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,321 (11.2 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 183.439 39.250 0.000 Red Bull Team Red Bull
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 183.164 39.309 0.059 Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon
3 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 182.653 39.419 0.169 Crown Royal Geoff Smith
4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 182.556 39.440 0.190 Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 182.302 39.495 0.245 3M Jack Roush
6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 182.209 39.515 0.265 DuPont Hendrick Motorsports
7 00 David Reutimann Toyota 182.089 39.541 0.291 Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip Racing
8 44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 182.048 39.550 0.300 Charter Comm. Evernham Motorsports
9 82 Scott Speed Toyota 181.965 39.568 0.318 Red Bull Team Red Bull
10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 181.919 39.578 0.328 Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing
11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 181.901 39.582 0.332 Old Spice / Office Depot Stewart-haas Racing
12 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 181.777 39.609 0.359 Jim Beam Robby Gordon
13 6 David Ragan Ford 181.726 39.620 0.370 UPS Mike Dee
14 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 181.653 39.636 0.386 Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox Michael Waltrip Racing
15 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 181.616 39.644 0.394 Target Dale Earnhardt Inc
16 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 181.461 39.678 0.428 Ask.com Jeffrey Moorad
17 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 181.429 39.685 0.435 Charter Comm. Richard Petty Motorsports
18 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 181.264 39.721 0.471 Carquest / Kellogg's Hendrick Motorsports
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 181.210 39.733 0.483 Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress Racing
20 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 181.173 39.741 0.491 Best Buy Evernham Motorsports
21 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 181.137 39.749 0.499 Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Mb2 Motorsports
22 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 181.132 39.750 0.500 Budweiser Evernham Motorsports
23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 180.836 39.815 0.565 FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing
24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 180.818 39.819 0.569 Carhartt John Henry
25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 180.773 39.829 0.579 Aflac Jack Roush
26 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 180.746 39.835 0.585 Auto Club Bill Davis
27 98 Paul Menard Ford 180.610 39.865 0.615 Quaker State / Menards Max Jones
28 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 180.397 39.912 0.662 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing
29 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 180.374 39.917 0.667 Jack Daniel's Richard Childress Racing
30 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 180.320 39.929 0.679 Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
31 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 180.248 39.945 0.695 Guitar Hero Chip Ganassi Racing
32 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 180.234 39.948 0.698 TRG Motorsports The Racers Group
33 1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 180.176 39.961 0.711 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Dale Earnhardt Inc
34 20 Joey Logano Toyota 180.059 39.987 0.737 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 179.991 40.002 0.752 Amp Energy / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
36 36 Scott Riggs Toyota 179.721 40.062 0.812 Red Bank Outfitters Tommy Baldwin Racing
37 28 Travis Kvapil Ford 179.632 40.082 0.832 Farmers Insurance Jeff Moorad
38 12 David Stremme Dodge 179.390 40.136 0.886 Penske Racing Team Penske
39 41 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 179.301 40.156 0.906 All Sport Jeremy Mayfield
40 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 179.287 40.159 0.909 WindowWorld.com Dale Earnhardt Inc
41 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 179.109 40.199 0.949 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
42 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 NAPA Michael Waltrip Racing
43 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 177.997 40.450 1.200 NEMCO Motorsports Andrea Nemechek