Race Lineup

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

Samsung 500

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 8 Dodge
  • 17 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 15 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 48 (8 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 146.372
  • Cautions: 6 for 30 laps
  • Lead Changes: 28
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,501 (8.2 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 00 David Reutimann Toyota 190.516 28.344 0.000 Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip Racing
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 190.194 28.392 0.048 National Guard GED Plus / DuPont Hendrick Motorsports
3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 189.954 28.428 0.084 Dewalt John Henry
4 6 David Ragan Ford 189.934 28.431 0.087 UPS Mike Dee
5 98 Paul Menard Ford 189.907 28.435 0.091 Quaker State / Menards Max Jones
6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 189.900 28.436 0.092 Budweiser Evernham Motorsports
7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 189.807 28.450 0.106 Old Spice / Office Depot Stewart-haas Racing
8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 189.427 28.507 0.163 Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing
9 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 189.421 28.508 0.164 Lowe's / Kobalt "Tough Too… Jeff Gordon
10 20 Joey Logano Toyota 189.268 28.531 0.187 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
11 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 189.221 28.538 0.194 Clorox / Kingsford / Little Debbie Michael Waltrip Racing
12 77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 189.215 28.539 0.195 Mobil 1 Bill Davis
13 99 Carl Edwards Ford 189.175 28.545 0.201 Aflac Jack Roush
14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 189.155 28.548 0.204 3M Jack Roush
15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 189.122 28.553 0.209 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
16 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 188.857 28.593 0.249 Target Dale Earnhardt Inc
17 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 188.831 28.597 0.253 Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress Racing
18 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 188.778 28.605 0.261 Red Bull Team Red Bull
19 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 188.772 28.606 0.262 Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Mb2 Motorsports
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 188.745 28.610 0.266 Amp Energy / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
21 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 188.626 28.628 0.284 U.S. Army Stewart-haas Racing
22 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 188.541 28.641 0.297 FedEx Ground Joe Gibbs Racing
23 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 188.515 28.645 0.301 Cheez-It / Carquest Hendrick Motorsports
24 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 188.469 28.652 0.308 Ask.com Jeffrey Moorad
25 44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 188.298 28.678 0.334 Super 8 Evernham Motorsports
26 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 188.291 28.679 0.335 MyAutoLoan.com Dale Earnhardt Inc
27 09 Mike Bliss Dodge 188.009 28.722 0.378 Phoenix Racing Phoenix Racing
28 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 187.950 28.731 0.387 Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
29 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 187.898 28.739 0.395 Jim Beam Robby Gordon
30 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 187.833 28.749 0.405 Capital Window The Racers Group
31 1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 187.682 28.772 0.428 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Dale Earnhardt Inc
32 12 David Stremme Dodge 187.493 28.801 0.457 Penske Racing Team Penske
33 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 187.487 28.802 0.458 Furniture Row Companies Barney Visser
34 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 187.305 28.830 0.486 NAPA Michael Waltrip Racing
35 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 187.279 28.834 0.490 Jack Daniel's Richard Childress Racing
36 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 187.240 28.840 0.496 Sears Auto Center / Valvoline Geoff Smith
37 21 Bill Elliott Ford 187.039 28.871 0.527 Motorcraft Wood Brothers Racing
38 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 186.948 28.885 0.541 McDonald's Richard Petty Motorsports
39 113 Max Papis Toyota 186.496 28.955 0.611 GEICO Germain Racing
40 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 186.355 28.977 0.633 GoDaddy.com Hendrick Motorsports
41 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 186.156 29.008 0.664 Guitar Hero Chip Ganassi Racing
42 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 182.395 29.606 1.262 Best Buy Evernham Motorsports
43 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 186.111 29.015 0.671 Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons