CUP Series Darlington Raceway

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Race Lineup

The official 2009 Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Southern 500

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

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  • 8 Dodge
  • 7 Ford
  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 119.687
  • Cautions: 17 for 73 laps
  • Lead Changes: 23
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,300 (4.4 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 179.514 27.394 0.000 Dewalt John Henry
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 178.861 27.494 0.100 National Guard ESGR / DuPont Hendrick Motorsports
3 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 178.757 27.510 0.116 U.S. Army Stewart-haas Racing
4 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 178.744 27.512 0.118 Mobil 1 Bill Davis
5 20 Joey Logano Toyota 178.549 27.542 0.148 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 178.510 27.548 0.154 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
7 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 178.407 27.564 0.170 Budweiser Evernham Motorsports
8 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 178.400 27.565 0.171 Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
9 99 Carl Edwards Ford 178.019 27.624 0.230 Aflac Jack Roush
10 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 177.826 27.654 0.260 Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kings… Michael Waltrip Racing
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 177.646 27.682 0.288 3M Jack Roush
12 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 177.300 27.736 0.342 Cheez-It / Carquest Hendrick Motorsports
13 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 177.300 27.736 0.342 Jack Daniel's Richard Childress Racing
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 177.039 27.777 0.383 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing
15 6 David Ragan Ford 177.007 27.782 0.388 UPS Mike Dee
16 1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 176.911 27.797 0.403 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Dale Earnhardt Inc
17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 176.892 27.800 0.406 BB&T Mb2 Motorsports
18 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 176.594 27.847 0.453 Old Spice / Office Depot Stewart-haas Racing
19 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 176.555 27.853 0.459 Stanley Tools Evernham Motorsports
20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 176.423 27.874 0.480 Crown Royal Geoff Smith
21 00 David Reutimann Toyota 176.347 27.886 0.492 Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip Racing
22 113 Max Papis Toyota 176.328 27.889 0.495 GEICO Germain Racing
23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 176.264 27.899 0.505 Farm Bureau Insurance Joe Gibbs Racing
24 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 176.138 27.919 0.525 Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress Racing
25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 176.050 27.933 0.539 Target Dale Earnhardt Inc
26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 175.980 27.944 0.550 Mountain Dew / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
27 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 175.968 27.946 0.552 Academy Sports + Outdoors Jeffrey Moorad
28 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 175.735 27.983 0.589 Quaker State Robby Gordon
29 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 175.629 28.000 0.606 Furniture Row Companies Barney Visser
30 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 175.441 28.030 0.636 TRG Motorsports The Racers Group
31 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 175.434 28.031 0.637 GoDaddy.com Hendrick Motorsports
32 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 175.266 28.058 0.664 NEMCO Motorsports Andrea Nemechek
33 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 175.247 28.061 0.667 Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
34 12 David Stremme Dodge 175.053 28.092 0.698 Star Trek Team Penske
35 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 174.860 28.123 0.729 Red Bull Team Red Bull
36 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 174.773 28.137 0.743 NAPA Adaptive One Michael Waltrip Racing
37 36 Scott Riggs Toyota 174.724 28.145 0.751 Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Racing
38 44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 174.525 28.177 0.783 Best Buy Evernham Motorsports
39 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 173.847 28.287 0.893 A&W Dale Earnhardt Inc
40 98 Paul Menard Ford 173.088 28.411 1.017 Schrock / Menards Max Jones
41 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 172.058 28.581 1.187 Valvoline Crew Chief Car Richard Petty Motorsports
42 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Lowe's Jeff Gordon
43 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge 174.402 28.197 0.803 Phoenix Racing Phoenix Racing