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Texas Motor Speedway
Dickie's 500
November 8, 2009
Kurt Busch wins at Texas: #2-Kurt Busch won the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway for his 2nd win of the season and 20th of his career. #18-Kyle Busch led 232 laps and was in position to win the race and set history by winning the Cup, Nationwide and Truck race same weekend/ same track, then ran out of fuel with two laps to go and finished 11th. #11-Hamlin finished 2nd, followed by #17-Kenseth, #5-Martin, #29-Harvick [who was 2nd but ran out of fuel and got passed by three cars], #14-Stewart, #33-Bowyer, #16-Biffle, #31-Burton and #44-Allmendinger. On lap 3, points leader #48-Johnson was involved in a wreck and hit the inside wall, the crew took just over an hour to repair the car and get Johnson out so he could make laps and finished 38th. Johnson's points lead went from 184 to 73 over #5-Mark Martin. There were 5 cautions for 26 yellow flag laps and there were 13 lead changes among 4 drivers.
Scheduled Race Re-Airs:
ESPN2: Monday, November 9 at 3:30am/et
ESPN Classic: Monday, November 9 at 1:00pm/et
SPEED, Wednesday, November 11 at 12:00pm/et
For race results, awards and more, see my Texas Race Results Page.(11-8-2009)
UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Texas, Chase race 8 of 10; Season race 34 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6297, finished 38th
2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 6224, -73, 4th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 6185, -112, 13th
4) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 6126, -171, WON
5) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 6119, -178, 6th
6) #42-Juan Montoya, 6061, -236, 37th
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 6050, -247, 8th
8) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 5975, -322, 2nd
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 5973, -324, 12th
10) #9-Kasey Kahne [2 wins], 5898, -399, 33rd
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 5857, -440, 39th
12) #83-Brian Vickers [1 win], 5777, -520, 26th
For the drivers points standings, see my Drivers Points Standings.(11-8-2009)
UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC - the OLD way - Driver Points Standings
[after Texas, race 34 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #14-Tony Stewart (X), 4895
2) #24-Jeff Gordon (X), 4802, -93
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson (X), 4801, -94
4) #5-Mark Martin (X), 4475, -420
5) #11-Denny Hamlin (X), 4446, -449
6) #2-Kurt Busch (X), 4438, -457
7) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya (X), 4312, -583
8) #16-Greg Biffle (X), 4299, -596
9) #39-Ryan Newman (X), 4245, -650
10) #18-Kyle Busch, 4183, -712
11) #9-Kasey Kahne (X), 4158, -737
12) #17-Matt Kenseth, 4151, -744
13) #99-Carl Edwards (X), 4137, -758
14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 4078, -817
15) #83-Brian Vickers (X), 3975, -920
16) #00-David Reutimann, 3969, -926
(X) a chase driver.(11-8-2009)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Phoenix:
No changes, but the spread between 35th and 36th now down to 117 points (was 135)
34) #7-Gordon/Robby Gordon: 2647, +158
35) #34-Andretti/Earnhardt Ganassi: 2606, 117 points ahead of 36th
these teams/drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35:
36) #82-Speed/Red Bull: 2489, 117 points out of 35th
(no other teams are within 500 owners points of 35th)
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owners points standings, see my Owners Points Standings.(11-8-2009)
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP
SERIES OFFICIAL DICKIES 500 1.5-Mile Oval 501 M
– 334 L – Purse: $7,359,286 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status___ 1 3 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 334 190 *5 134.8 $440,575 Running 2 25 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Office 3 30 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT
Ford 334 165 97.4 267,515 Running 4 7 5 Mark
Martin CARQUEST/Kellogg's
Chevrolet 334 160 108.4 207,800 Running 5 24 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 334 155 86.5 219,078 Running 6 4 14 Tony
Stewart Office
Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet 334 150 112.5 181,098 Running 7 10 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger
Helper Chevrolet 333 146 100.9 153,225 Running 8 8 16 Greg
Biffle 3M/Super
33 Tape Ford 333 142 92.5 149,925 Running 9 42 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 333 138 81.7 170,631 Running 11 5 18 Kyle
Busch M&M's 12 26 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet 333 127 79.6 142,454 Running 13 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 333 129 *5 84.8 164,376 Running 14 27 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
Boats Chevrolet 333 121 77.7 143,640 Running 15 19 47 Marcos
Ambrose Little Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox
16 13 00 David
Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine 17 17 6 David
Ragan 18 31 82 Scott
Speed # Red Bull 19 14 20 Joey
Logano # Home Depot 20 22 26 Jamie
McMurray Crown Royal Ford 332 103 65.2 114,975 Running 21 36 07 Casey
Mears Choctaw Casino/Resort
Chevrolet 332 100 60.2 119,250 Running 22 33 19 Elliott
Sadler 23 40 55 Michael
Waltrip 24 41 34 John
Andretti Taco 25 9 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP
Energy Chevrolet 331 88 97.0 118,900 Running 26 15 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 27 29 7 Robby
Gordon MAPEI 28 21 02 David
Gilliland Farm Bureau 29 39 98 Paul
Menard Vertis/Menards Ford 331 76 42.8 132,506 Running 30 38 96 Erik
Darnell Academy Sports +
Outdoors Ford 331 73 42.4 127,529 Running 31 28 71 Bobby
Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 331 70 41.8 99,200 Running 32 32 78 Regan
Smith Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet 330 67 37.6 98,975 Running 33 2 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 330 64 68.9 143,173 Running 34 43 21 Bill
Elliott Motorcraft Ford 311 61 45.3 99,575 Transmission 35 35 12 Brad
Keselowski Penske
Dodge 262 58 42.5 130,865 Running 36 18 43 Reed
Sorenson Valvoline
Dodge 248 55 47.6 135,501 Running 37 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Dream In
Color Chevrolet 231 52 71.2 132,523 Running 38 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 205 49
26.9 151,901 Running 39 6 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 174 46 75.3 146,406 Accident 40 11 77 Sam
Hornish Jr. AAA Dodge 88 43 31.2 116,110 Accident 41 37 36 Michael
McDowell Wave Energy Drink 42 34 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports 43 23 70 Mike
Skinner TRG Motorsports
Chevrolet 6 34 24.3 97,218 Brakes # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) #37 Tony Raines;
#66 Dave Blaney; #13 Max Papis; #09 Mike Bliss. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 167,000, Kurt Busch won the Dickies 500, his
20th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following
cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #21(transmission)
and #34 (engine). TIME OF COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (191.117 mph, 28.255 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE EA SPORTS “ GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Kyle Busch (186.014 mph, Lap 214) 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 O’REILLY RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch TISSOT
“ CAUTION FLAGS: 5 cautions for 26
laps. [Beneficiary] 4-8 (Car #48 & 77-Accident, Turn 2 [None]); 88-91 (Car #77-Accident,
Backstretch [12]); 168-172 (Debris [31]); 176-181 (Car #12, 24, 42 & 99-Accident,
Turn 1 [None]); 207-212 (Car #43-Accident, Turn 2 [6]). LAP LEADERS: 13 lead changes
among 4 drivers. J. Gordon 1-11, Ku. Busch 12-57, ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Jimmie Johnson 6,297 (6) 2 –Mark Martin 6,224 (5) 3 –Jeff Gordon 6,185 (1) 4 –Kurt Busch 6,126 (2) 5 –Tony Stewart 6,119 (4) 6 –Juan Pablo Montoya 6,061 (0) 7 –Greg Biffle 6,050 (0) 8 –Denny Hamlin 5,975 (3) 9 –Ryan Newman 5,973 (0) 10–Kasey Kahne 5,898 (2) 11–Carl Edwards 5,857 (0) 12–Brian Vickers 5,777 (1) SUNOCO DIAMOND Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Mark Martin (# 5) 5 Tony Stewart (#14) 4 THE Jimmie Johnson (#48) 7 Mark Martin (# 5) 5 Tony Stewart (#14) 4 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF AWARD Car
# Pts. Drew Blickensderfer (#17) 4 Alan Gustafson (# 5) 3 Pts Wins Chevrolet 247 17 Ford 158 3 Dodge 151 4 MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Juan Pablo Montoya (#42) 12 Kurt Busch (# 2) 8 David Reutimann (#00) 4 O’REILLY SERVICE &
PERFORMANCE” AWARD Car # Pts. Denny Hamlin (#11) 7 Greg Biffle (#16) 6 Tony Stewart (#14) 3 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Mark Martin 7 Brian Vickers 6 Jimmie Johnson 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 Ryan Newman 2 David Reutimann 2 Martin Truex Jr. 2 Kyle Busch 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Matt Kenseth 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 9 Mark Martin (# 5) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 352 Hendrick (#24) 309 Hendrick (# 5) 300 Car # Pts. Tony Stewart (#14) 7 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Darian Grubb (#14) 7 Greg Erwin (#16) 5 Brian Pattie (#42) 4 TISSOT “ Car # Pts. Greg Biffle (#16) 6 Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Joey Logano 237 Scott Speed 201 Max Papis 140 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race Race Results
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 167,000 Kurt Busch won the Dickies 500, his 20th NASCAR NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #21(transmission) and #34 (engine). Failed to Qualify: (4) #37-Tony Raines, #66-Dave Blaney, #13-Max Papis #, #09-Mike Bliss. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 24 Mins, 18 Secs. Caution Flags: 5 for 26 laps: Laps: 4-8 (#48, 77 accident turn 2 [None]); 88-91 (#77 accident backstretch [12]); 168-172 (Debris [31]); 176-181 (#12, 24, 42, 99 accident turn 1 [None]); 207-212 (#43 accident turn 2 [6]). Lead Changes: 13 among 4 drivers: J. Gordon 1-11; Kurt Busch 12-57; Kyle Busch 58-87; Kurt Busch 88; Kyle Busch 89-145; D. Hamlin 146-147; Kyle Busch 148-167; Kurt Busch 168; Kyle Busch 169-172; Kurt Busch 173-207; Kyle Busch 208-268; Kurt Busch 269-271; Kyle Busch 272-331; Kurt Busch 332-334.
Coors Light Pole Award: Jeff Gordon, #24 191.117 mph NASCAR PR used with permission
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