2009 Budweiser Shootout

2009 Budweiser Shootout
Race details[1][2]
Race 1 of 2 Exhibition Races in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07)
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 78 laps, 195 mi (313.82 km)
Scheduled Distance 75 laps, 187.5 mi (301.75 km)
Weather Temperatures from 35.6 °F (2.0 °C) to 66.2 °F (19.0 °C); wind speeds up to 10.24 mph (16.48 km/h)[3]
Average speed 168.56 mph (271.27 km/h)
Attendance 80,000
Pole position
Driver
Yates Racing
Time N/A
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 23
Winner
No. 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Broadcasting Network
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings
  • 4.9/9 (Final)
  • 4.1/7 (Overnight)
  • (8,300,000 million)[4]

The 2009 Budweiser Shootout was the first exhibition stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 31st annual running of the Budweiser Shootout, it was held on February 7, 2009, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, before a crowd of 80,000 people. Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick won the 78-lap race, after he started from the next-to-last 27th position. Roush Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray finished in second, and Stewart-Haas Racing's Tony Stewart was third.

Pole position starter Paul Menard was passed by Elliott Sadler on the third lap. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead for the first time on lap four, and led a total of 23 laps, more than any other driver. Carl Edwards assumed the lead on lap 17, holding it until a caution flag was issued on lap 25. During the caution all the teams made a scheduled ten-minute pit stop. On the 41st lap, Earnhardt retook the lead, which he maintained until the 50th lap, when Matt Kenseth passed him. McMurray became the leader on lap 66, and held it until Harvick overtook him on the final lap to win the event.

Harvick took his first Sprint Cup Series victory since the 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, and Richard Childress Racing's had its first Budweiser Shootout win since the 1995 edition. Eight cautions were issued during the race, which saw an event-record 23 lead changes among 14 drivers, and attracted 8.3 million television viewers.

  1. ^ "2009 Budweiser Shootout". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JayskiShootout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Weather Information for Daytona Beach, Florida". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup TV Ratings". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2015.