
Pocono Raceway
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
August 3, 2009 [rain postponed from August 2, 2009]
Hamlin wins at Pocono: #11-Denny Hamlin won the rain delayed/postponed Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway for his third win at Pocono Raceway, his first win in 2009 and first in 50 races, since Martinsville in March 2008 and Hamlin's 5th career win. #42-Montoya finished 2nd for his first top-five of 2009, #33-Bowyer was third, followed by #77-Hornish Jr. [his career best finish and first ever top-five of his career], #9-Kahne, #83-Vickers, #5-Martin, #24-Gordon and #14-Stewart [was in a backup car the had to fall to the rear of the field before the start of the race]. #48-Johnson had engine problems was down as many as three laps, the crew fixed the problem (spark plugs) and Johnson was able to use FOUR Lucky Dog - lap back passes, to finish 13th. #88-Earnhardt Jr. has an ill-handling car and finished 28th. Stewart now leads Johnson on the points standing by 197 points. The spread between 12th (the final chase spot) and 13th is now 101 points with #16-Biffle in 12th and #18-Busch in 13th. There were 10 cautions for 39 caution laps and there were 17 lead changes among 12 drivers.
Scheduled Race Re-Airs:
ESPN2, Monday, August 3 at 9:00pm/et;
SPEED, Wednesday, August 5 at 12:00pm/et.(8-3-2009) Comment here
UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Pocono, race 21 of 36]:
1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3188 [2 wins], finished 10th
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 2991, -197 [3 wins], 13th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon 2989, -199 [1 win], 8th
4) #2-Kurt Busch 2751, -437 [1 win], 9th
5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2713, -475 [1 win], 1st
6) #99-Carl Edwards, 2665, -523, 18th
7) #9-Kasey Kahne, 2642, -546 [1 win], 5th
8) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 2631, -557, 2nd
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 2627, -561, 14th
10) #5-Mark Martin, 2622, -566 [4 wins], 7th
11) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2564, -624 [2 wins], 11th
12) #16-Greg Biffle 2563, -625, 15th
Contenders for the top-12/chase:
13) #18-Kyle Busch, 2462, 101 points out of 12th, [3 wins] 16th
14) #83-Brian Vickers, 2459, -104, 6th
15) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2448, -115, 3rd
16) #00-David Reutimann 2442, -121 [1 wins], 29th
For drivers and owners points standings, see the Drivers/Owners Points Standings page.(8-3-2009)
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL SUNOCO RED CROSS POCONO
RACEWAY 2.5-Mile
Triangular Paved 500 M
– 200 L – Purse: $5,077,262 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status_____ 1 6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx
Express 2 10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 200 170
104.3 195,873 Running 3 16 33 Clint Bowyer The 4 29 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 5 8 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 200 160 *5 122.4 148,573 Running 6 15 83 Brian Vickers Red
Bull 7 9 5 Mark Martin Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet 200 151 *5 104.7 95,600 Running 8 3 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 200 142
109.3 120,401 Running 9 4 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite Dodge 200 143 *5 114.5 96,300 Running 10 1 14 Tony
Stewart Old Spice Swagger
Chevrolet 200 134
75.4 105,673 Running 11 12 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT Ford 200 135 *5 89.5 121,515 Running 12 23 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 200 127
83.4 114,628 Running 13 2 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 200 129 *5 108.2 132,751 Running 14 7 39 Ryan
Newman Haas Automation
Chevrolet 200 121
96.3 102,079 Running 15 11 16 Greg
Biffle 3M Ford 200 118
89.1 90,950 Running 16 14 18 Kyle
Busch M&M’s 17 27 44 AJ
Allmendinger Valvoline Dodge 200 112
76.4 72,750 Running 18 5 99 Carl
Edwards Aflac Ford 200 109
99.1 118,056 Running 19 24 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass Pro
Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 200 106
65.2 107,190 Running 20 20 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 200 103 68.7 81,975 Running 21 17 31 Jeff
Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 200 100
63.3 114,931 Running 22 30 6 David
Ragan 23 37 82 Scott
Speed # Red Bull 24 25 19 Elliott
Sadler 25 21 07 Casey
Mears Jack Daniel's
Chevrolet 200 88
50.0 85,800 Running 26 33 98 Paul
Menard Moen/Menards Ford 200 85
42.1 100,656 Running 27 19 20 Joey
Logano # The
Home Depot 28 22 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National
Guard Chevrolet 200 79
69.5 84,850 Running 29 13 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine 30 35 34 John
Andretti Taco 31 31 55 Michael
Waltrip 32 32 12 David
Stremme Penske Dodge 196 67
52.7 98,715 Running 33 34 7 Robby
Gordon Robby Gordon
Motorsports 34 18 47 Marcos
Ambrose iRacing.com/Kingsford/Clorox
35 26 43 Reed
Sorenson 36 28 96 Bobby
Labonte 37 41 36 Patrick
Carpentier Guy
Fieri Knuckle 38 36 09 39 39 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports
40 40 66 Dave
Blaney PRISM
Motorsports 41 38 71 David
Gilliland TRG Motorsports
Chevrolet 24 45 *5 35.1 64,725 Alternator 42 43 37 Tony
Raines Long John
Silver's Dodge 17 37
26.4 64,575 Power Steering 43 42 64 Mike
Wallace Air Combat
USA/Fred's # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: n/a. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 80,000 (original crowd estimated at 105,000 on Sunday), Hamlin won the
Sunoco Red Cross TIME OF COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: None, due to inclement weather - rain DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE EA SPORTS “ GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (167.482 mph, Lap 3) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $40,000
at Watkins Glen ++ O’REILLY RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Denny Hamlin TISSOT
“ CAUTION FLAGS: 10 cautions for 39
laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 22-25 (Competition Yellow [14]); 54-57 (Debris,
Turn 3 [None]); 63-66 (Debris, Frontstretch [98]);
98-101 (Car #96-Spin, Turn 3 [98]); 143-146 (Debris, Turn 3 [98]); 151-152 (Car
#7 & 12-Accident, Turn 3 [None]); 158-160 (Car #7 & 12 Accident, Short
Shoot [48]); 167-170 (Debris, Turn 3. [48]); 176-179 (Car #00,
11 & 47-Accident, Frontstretch [48]); 182-187 (Car
#6, 20, 31, 43, 55 & 96-Accident, Turn 1 [12]). LAP LEADERS: 17 lead changes
among 11 drivers. Stewart-pole, Johnson 1-22, Gilliland 23, Hamlin 24-54,
Andretti 55, Hamlin 56-90, Reutimann 91, Kenseth 92, Ambrose 93, Hamlin 94-97,
Kahne 98-126, Hamlin 127-132, Kahne 133-138, Hamlin 139-143, Martin 144-153, Ku.
Busch 154-167, Bowyer 168-190, Hamlin 191-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 3,188 (2) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 2,991 (3) 3 –Jeff Gordon 2,989 (1) 4 –Kurt Busch 2,751 (1) 5 –Denny Hamlin 2,713 (1) 6 –Carl Edwards 2,665 (0) 7 –Kasey Kahne 2,642 (1) 8 –Juan Pablo Montoya 2,631 (0) 9 –Ryan Newman 2,627 (0) 10–Mark Martin 2,622 (4) 11–Matt Kenseth 2,564 (2) 12–Greg Biffle 2,563 (0) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Joey Logano 206 Scott Speed 184 Max Papis 70 THE Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Mark Martin (# 5) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF AWARD Car
# Pts. Drew Blickensderfer (#17) 3 Alan Gustafson (# 5) 3 Darian Grubb (#14) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 159 11 Ford 96 2 Dodge 90 2 MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 6 Juan Pablo Montoya (#42) 6 David Reutimann (#00) 4 Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#14) 5 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Denny Hamlin (#11) 3 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Darian Grubb (#14) 5 Greg Erwin (#16) 3 Tony Gibson (#39) 3 O’REILLY SERVICE &
PERFORMANCE” AWARD Car # Pts. Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Tony Stewart (#14) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 207 Hendrick (#14) 207 Hendrick (#24) 198 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Brian Vickers 5 Mark Martin 4 David Reutimann 2 Kyle Busch 1 Matt Kenseth 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 Ryan Newman 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 TISSOT “ Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 SUNOCO DIAMOND Car # Pts. Mark Martin (# 5) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race Unofficial Race Results for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Monday, August 3, 2009 Pocono Raceway - Long Pond, PA - 2.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 500 Miles - Purse: $5,077,262
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 80,000, (original crowd estimated at 105,000 on Sunday) Denny Hamlin won the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to weather.Prior to the start, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #14 Stewart (back-up car). Failed to Qualify: None Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 57 Mins, 21 Secs. Average Speed: 126.396 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.869 Seconds Caution Flags: 10 for 39 laps: Laps: 22-25 (Competition Yellow [14]); 54-57 (Debris Turn 3 [None]); 63-66 (Debris Frontstretch [98]); 98-101 (#96 Spun Turn 3 [98]); 143-146 (Debris Turn 3 [98]); 151-152 (#7, 12 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 158-160 (#7, 12 Accident Short Shoot [48]); 167-170 (Debris Turn 3. [48]); 176-179 (#00, 11, 47 Accident Frontstretch [48]); 182-187 (#6, 20, 31, 43, 55, 96 Accident Turn 1 [12]). Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers: 0; J. Johnson 1-22; D. Gilliland 23; D. Hamlin 24-54; J. Andretti 55; D. Hamlin 56-90; D. Reutimann 91; M. Kenseth 92; M. Ambrose 93; D. Hamlin 94-97; K. Kahne 98-126; D. Hamlin 127-132; K. Kahne 133-138; D. Hamlin 139-143; M. Martin 144-153; Kurt Busch 154-167; C. Bowyer 168-190; D. Hamlin 191-200. DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Denny Hamlin, #11 crew chief Mike Ford DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Denny Hamlin, #11 EA Sports Move of the Race : Denny Hamlin, #11 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (167.482 mph, Lap 3) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Denny Hamlin, #11 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : Juan Pablo Montoya, #42 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Tony Stewart, #14 (.172 sec ) O'Reilly Auto Parts People, Service and Performance : Denny Hamlin, #11 302.298 seconds Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Scott Speed, #82 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Denny Hamlin, #11 Tissot Pit Road Precision : Kasey Kahne, #9 222.986 seconds WIX Filters Lap : Denny Hamlin, #11 (91 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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