2009 Sharpie 500

2009 Sharpie 500
Race details[1]
Race 24 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date August 22, 2009 (2009-August-22)
Official name Sharpie 500
Location Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.857 km)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 82 °F (28 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)
Average speed 80.24 miles per hour (129.13 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 15.414
Most laps led
Driver Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 240
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett

The 2009 Sharpie 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 22, 2009, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.[2]

The 500 lap race was the twenty-fourth in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle Busch, of the Joe Gibbs Racing team, won the race, with Mark Martin finishing second, and Marcos Ambrose third. There were 11 cautions and 12 lead changes throughout the course of the race. [3]

  1. ^ "Official Weather Information : Sharpie 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. ^ "2009 Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  3. ^ "2009 Official Race Results : Sharpie 500". Nascar.Com. 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2011-01-05.