
Michigan International Speedway
Carfax 400
August 16, 2009
Vickers wins at Michigan: #83-Brian Vickers won the CARMAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his 1st win of 2009, 2nd of his career, 1st win ever in Sprint Cup for Red Bull Racing, 1st win from the pole for Vickers [after 11 poles] and first ever win at MIS for Toyota. Vickers in the 13th different winner in 23 Sprint Cup races this season [the record is 19]. #24-Gordon finished 2nd followed by #88-Earnhardt Jr. [1st top 5 since Talladega in May], #99-Edwards, #77-Hornish Jr., #07-Mears, #20-Logano, #33-Bowyer, #00-Reutimann and #11-Hamlin. #48-Johnson was leading with 2 laps to go but ran out of fuel and finished 33rd. Points leader #14-Stewart finished 17th and increased his points lead to 284 points over now 2nd place, #24-Gordon as Johnson fell to 3rd. Vickers is now only 12 points out of the Chase with three races to go before the chase, #5-Martin is now 12th after running out of fuel on the last lap and finishing 31st. There were 7 cautions for 36 caution laps, an18 minute red flag for a light rain shower on lap 8 and there were 25 lead changes among 14 drivers.
Scheduled Race Re-Air: ESPN2 on Monday, August 17 at 3:00am/et; ESPN Classic on Monday, August 17 at 1:00pm/et; and SPEED, Wednesday, August 19 at 12:00pm/et.(8-16-2009) Comment here
UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Michigan, race 23 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish
1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3500 [3 wins], finished 17th
2) #24-Jeff Gordon 3216, -284 [1 win], 2nd
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3197, -303 [3 wins], 33rd
4) #99-Carl Edwards, 2995, -505, 4th
5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2986, -514 [1 win], 10th
6) #2-Kurt Busch 2957, -543 [1 win], 36th
7) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 2887, -613 (108 ahead of 13th), 19th
8) #9-Kasey Kahne, 2884, -616 (+105)[1 win], 11th
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 2845, -655 (+66), 15th
10) #16-Greg Biffle 2821, -679 (+42), 20th
11) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2811, -689 (+32)[2 wins], 14th
12) #5-Mark Martin, 2791, -709 (+12 ahead of 12th)[4 wins], 31st
Contenders for the top-12/chase:
13) #83-Brian Vickers, 2779, 12 points out of 12th, [1 win] 1st
14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2733, -58, 8th
15) #18-Kyle Busch, 2721, -70, [3 wins] 23rd
16) #00-David Reutimann 2673, -118 [1 win], 9th
For drivers and owners points standings, see the Drivers Points Standings page.(8-16-2009)
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NASCAR SPRINT
CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 23 CARFAX 400 2-Mile
Oval 400 M – 200 L – Purse:
$5,279,259 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status_____ 1 1 83 Brian Vickers Red
Bull Toyota 200 190 *5 126.8 $180,873 Running 2 21 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 200 175 *5 117.2 181,151 Running 3 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 200 170 *5 96.6 131,500 Running 4 32 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 200 165 *5 98.8 156,806 Running 5 14 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge 200 155
84.5 118,210 Running 6 42 07 Casey Mears Jack
Daniel's Chevrolet 200 150
78.2 107,250 Running 7 8 20 Joey Logano # The Home
Depot 8 23 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger
Helper Chevrolet 200 147 *5 101.5 96,625 Running 9 31 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 200 143 *5 88.5 119,248 Running 10 16 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 200 139 *5 100.3 100,775 Running 11 10 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 200 130
70.5 122,773 Running 12 22 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 200 127
87.2 121,353 Running 13 20 12 David
Stremme Penske
Dodge 200 124
80.8 116,440 Running 14 25 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT
Ford 200 126 *5 99.7 131,340 Running 15 7 39 Ryan
Newman Haas Automation
Chevrolet 200 118
65.5 111,029 Running 16 9 21 Bill
Elliott Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Ford 200 115 59.4 78,025 Running 17 18 14 Tony
Stewart Office Depot/Old
Spice Chevrolet 200 117 *5 85.8 97,698 Running 18 27 31 Jeff
Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 200 109
61.7 123,831 Running 19 3 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 200 106 84.5 115,173 Running 20 17 16 Greg
Biffle 3M/Scotch-Brite
Ford 200 103
70.2 98,100 Running 21 5 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 200 100
75.8 114,690 Running 22 13 44 AJ Allmendinger Super
8 Dodge 200 97
57.0 79,400 Running 23 39 18 Kyle
Busch Interstate
Batteries Toyota 200 94
68.5 124,448 Running 24 12 25 Brad
Keselowski GoDaddy.com
Chevrolet 200 91
68.4 75,475 Running 25 34 19 Elliott
Sadler Stanley Tools
Dodge 200 88
49.9 87,100 Running 26 35 98 Paul
Menard MOEN/Menards Ford 200 90 *5 45.9 108,606 Running 27 30 55 Michael
Waltrip NAPA
Auto Parts Toyota 200 87 *5 45.9 85,875 Running 28 29 34 John
Andretti CARFAX Chevrolet 200 79
42.6 85,625 Running 29 40 43 Reed
Sorenson Auto Value Bumper to
Bumper Dodge 200 76
41.7 114,701 Running 30 37 6 David
Ragan UPS Ford 200 78 *5 67.1 85,775 Running 31 2 5 Mark
Martin Kellogg's/CARQUEST
Chevrolet 200 75 *5 105.2 90,550 Running 32 19 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 200 67
56.1 82,050 Running 33 4 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 199 74 *10 124.0 129,201 Running 34 11 82 Scott
Speed # Red Bull 35 26 47 Marcos
Ambrose Little
Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox Toyota 199 58
46.0 86,798 Running 36 6 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 146 55
89.4 91,675 Accident 37 24 7 Robby
Gordon MOEN Toyota 97 52
44.7 92,385 Accident 38 28 09 Mike
Bliss Miccosukee
Indian Gaming & Resort Dodge 62 49 31.5 73,525 Electrical 39 38 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO
Motorsports Toyota 40 46
31.6 73,475 Electrical 40 36 71 David
Gilliland TaxSlayer.com
Chevrolet 39 43
32.1 73,425 Vibration 41 43 36 Mike
Skinner Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich Toyota 33 40 28.4 73,365 Vibration 42 41 66 Dave
Blaney PRISM
Motorsports Toyota 18 37
26.4 73,290 Overheating 43 33 96 Bobby
Labonte DLP Ford 18 34
23.3 100,504 Engine
#
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed
to qualify: (1) #37 Tony Raines. Race Comments: Before
an estimated crowd of 103,000, Vickers won the CARFAX 400, his second NASCAR
Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the start, the following cars dropped to the rear
of the field: #9 Kahne, #36 Skinner, #66 Blaney (engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 28 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.531 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 1.409 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:
Brian Vickers (187.242 mph, 38.453 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Zipadelli
(crew chief for Joey Logano) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Dale Earnhardt
Jr. EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Brian Vickers GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Mark Martin (184.148 mph, Lap 2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr. MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Bob Osborne (crew
chief for Carl Edwards) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner;
rolls over to $20,000 at Bristol++ O’REILLY AUTO PARTS “PEOPLE, SERVICE
& PERFORMANCE” AWARD: Matt
Kenseth (234.182 sec) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Joey Logano SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Brian
Vickers TISSOT
“PIT ROAD PRECISION” AWARD: Joey Logano (204.366
secs.) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: David Reutimann
(4 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 7 cautions
for 36 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 8-11 (Weather [Red
Flag 18 Min 35 Sec]. [None]); 54-58 (Car #7-Accident, Turn 1 [09]);
117-120 (Debris, Backstretch [77]); 122-126 (Car #2 & 6-Accident, Turn 2
[98]); 133-140 (Car #6-Spun, Turn 4 [43]); 146-152 (Weather [77]); 159-161 (Car
#12-Spin, Frontstretch [42]). LAP LEADERS: 25
lead changes among 14 drivers. Vickers-pole, Martin 1-23, Johnson 24-41, Kenseth 42, J. Gordon 43, Bowyer 44, Ragan 45, Edwards 46,
Hamlin 47-48, Johnson 49-53, Martin 54, Menard 55-58, Kenseth
59-63, Johnson 64-94, Martin 95, Vickers 96-97, Johnson 98-116, Martin 117, Waltrip 118, Stewart 119-120, Johnson 121-148, Reutimann 149-152, Earnhardt 153-158, Vickers 159-165,
Johnson 166-197, Vickers 198-200. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Tony Stewart 3,500 (3) 2 –Jeff Gordon 3,216 (1) 3
–Jimmie Johnson 3,197 (3) 4 –Carl Edwards 2,995 (0) 5 –Denny Hamlin 2,986 (1) 6 –Kurt Busch 2,957 (1) 7
–Juan Pablo Montoya 2,887 (0) 8 –Kasey Kahne 2,884 (1) 9 –Ryan Newman 2,845 (0) 10–Greg Biffle 2,821 (0) 11–Matt Kenseth 2,811 (2) 12–Mark Martin 2,791 (4) SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Mark
Martin (# 5) 4 Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 3 Tony
Stewart (#14) 3 DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie
Johnson (#48) 4 Mark
Martin (# 5) 4 Tony
Stewart (#14) 3 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Drew Blickensderfer (#17) 3 Alan
Gustafson (# 5) 3 Darian Grubb (#14) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 174 12 Toyota 132 7 Ford 104 2 Dodge 96 2 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt
Busch (# 2) 6 Juan
Pablo Montoya (#42) 6 David Reutimann (#00) 4 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Tony
Stewart (#14) 6 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
AUTO PARTS “PEOPLE, 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 Mark
Martin (# 5) 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#14) 227 Hendrick (#48) 223 Hendrick (#24) 213 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Brian Vickers 6 Mark Martin 4 David Reutimann 2 Kyle Busch 1 Matt Kenseth 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 Ryan Newman 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 TISSOT “ Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Joey Logano 212 Scott
Speed 186 Max Papis 84 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race Unofficial Race Results for the Carfax 400 - Sunday, August 16, 2009 Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI - 2 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 400 Miles - Purse: $5,279,259
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 103,000, Brian Vickers won the CARFAX 400, his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start, the folowing cars dropped to the rear of the field: #9 Kahne, #36 Skinner, #66 Blaney (engine change). Failed to Qualify: (1) 37 Tony Raines. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 02 Mins, 28 Secs. Average Speed: 131.531 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.409 Seconds Caution Flags: 7 for 36 laps: Laps: 8-11 (Weather [Red Flag 18 Min 35 Sec]. [None]); 54-58 (#7 Accident Turn 1 [09]); 117-120 (Debris Backstretch [77]); 122-126 (#2, 6 Accident Turn 2 [98]); 133-140 (#6 Spun Turn 4 [43]); 146-152 (Weather [77]); 159-161 (#12 Spun Frontstretch [42]). Lead Changes: 25 among 14 drivers: B. Vickers 0; M. Martin 1-23; J. Johnson 24-41; M. Kenseth 42; J. Gordon 43; C. Bowyer 44; D. Ragan 45; C. Edwards 46; D. Hamlin 47-48; J. Johnson 49-53; M. Martin 54; P. Menard 55-58; M. Kenseth 59-63; J. Johnson 64-94; M. Martin 95; B. Vickers 96-97; J. Johnson 98-116; M. Martin 117; M. Waltrip 118; T. Stewart 119-120; J. Johnson 121-148; D. Reutimann 149-152; D. Earnhardt Jr. 153-158; B. Vickers 159-165; J. Johnson 166-197; B. Vickers 198-200. Coors Light Pole Award : Brian Vickers, #83 (187.242 mph) DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Joey Logano, #20 DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Dale Earnhardt, Jr, #88 EA Sports Move of the Race : Brian Vickers, #83 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Mark Martin, #5 (184.148 mph, Lap 2) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder : Jeff Gordon, #24 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : Sam Hornish, #77 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Carl Edwards, #99 (.251 sec) O'Reilly People, Service and Performance Award : Matt Kenseth, #17 (234.182 sec) Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Joey Logano, #20 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Brian Vickers, #83 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award : Joey Logano, #20 (204.366 sec) WIX Lap Leader : David Reutimann, #00 (4 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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