2009 Kobalt Tools 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
330 laps
Time of race: 3:59:01
Average speed of winner: 127.573 mph
Margin of victory: 0.332 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 54 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 181.188
Lap leaders: Martin 1-5, Ku. Busch 6-12, Nemechek 13, Newman 14-16, Ku. Busch 17-68, Johnson 69-79, Edwards 80-102, Ku. Busch 103-188, Truex 189, Ku. Busch 190-203, J. Gordon 204-250, Ku. Busch 251-323, Edwards 324-328, Ku. Busch 329-330

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Starting grid), Part 2 (Start/Sorenson crash), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (Martin crash), Part 11, Part 12 (Biffle crash), Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 (Finish), Part 17 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	186.365	330	6	234	running	164175	195
2	16	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/National Guard Youth Challenge	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	185.269	330	1	47	running	186276	175
3	29	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	183.881	330	2	28	running	156556	170
4	10	Kevin Harvick	29	Reese's	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	185.834	330	0	0	running	143728	160
5	17	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	184.948	330	0	0	running	117048	155
6	21	Clint Bowyer	33	BB&T	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	184.499	330	0	0	running	96350	150
7	13	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	RPM	Francis	185.430	330	0	0	running	122173	146
8	11	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Old Spice	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	185.741	330	0	0	running	96048	142
9	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.053	330	1	11	running	132126	143
10	23	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	184.107	330	1	1	running	117465	139
11	20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	184.499	330	0	0	running	93650	130
12	30	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	183.795	330	0	0	running	122065	127
13	6	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	186.165	329	0	0	running	93525	124
14	15	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	185.282	329	0	0	running	121181	121
15	3	Jamie McMurray	26	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Wingo	186.309	328	0	0	running	88675	118
16	25	Casey Mears	07	DirecTV	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	184.003	328	0	0	running	91925	115
17	38	A.J. Allmendinger	44	Charter	Dodge	RPM	Johns	182.922	328	0	0	running	77825	112
18	9	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	185.891	327	0	0	running	121348	109
19	39	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.856	327	0	0	running	85650	106
20	14	Elliott Sadler	19	Best Buy	Dodge	RPM	Buskirk	185.337	327	0	0	running	86575	103
21	37	Aric Almirola	8	Cub Cadet	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Randolph	182.934	327	0	0	running	84550	100
22	12	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	185.579	327	1	3	running	109679	102
23	28	David Stremme	12	Penske	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	183.923	326	0	0	running	108790	94
24	31	David Gilliland	71	TRG Motorsports	Chevrolet	TRG	Labbe	183.765	326	0	0	running	73200	91
25	24	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Barker	184.009	326	0	0	running	83925	88
26	19	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Toyota	Robby Gordon	Almquist	184.658	326	0	0	running	93935	85
27	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	186.209	325	0	0	running	109673	82
28	33	Paul Menard	98	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards	Ford	Yates	Larry Carter	183.285	325	0	0	running	105006	79
29	41	John Andretti	34	WindowWorld.com	Chevrolet	Front Row	Lane	182.621	325	0	0	running	82325	76
30	42	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	181.938	324	0	0	running	121551	73
31	1	Mark Martin	5	Kellogg's/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	187.045	316	1	5	running	89725	75
32	18	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	184.868	305	0	0	running	98098	67
33	32	Reed Sorenson	43	Super 8	Dodge	RPM	Shiplett	183.753	264	0	0	running	109251	64
34	5	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	186.184	262	0	0	accident	90475	61
35	26	Scott Speed	82	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	183.978	262	0	0	accident	85413	58
36	35	Bill Elliott	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Hyder	183.267	201	0	0	accident	70805	55
37	36	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	183.248	199	0	0	accident	89530	52
38	34	Marcos Ambrose	47	Kingsford/Clorox/Little Debbie	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	183.273	179	0	0	engine	82808	49
39	8	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	185.922	110	1	1	wheel	70800	51
40	40	Bobby Labonte	96	Ask.com	Ford	Hall of Fame	Todd Parrott	182.783	103	0	0	engine	98289	43
41	27	Dave Blaney	66	PRISM Motorsports	Toyota	HP	Henderson	183.948	82	0	0	electrical	70615	40
42	22	Travis Kvapil	28	Golden Corral	Ford	Yates	Leslie	184.260	32	0	0	engine	70570	37
43	43	Mike Bliss	09	Phoenix Racing	Dodge	Finch	Reno	182.645	21	0	0	overheating	70141	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	634	4	0	0	2	3
2	Clint Bowyer	591	4	0	0	2	3
3	Kurt Busch	588	4	0	1	2	3
4	Carl Edwards	547	4	0	0	1	2
5	Matt Kenseth	546	4	0	2	2	2
6	Tony Stewart	521	4	0	0	0	3
7	Kyle Busch	514	4	1	1	2	2
8	Kevin Harvick	511	4	0	0	2	2
9	Kasey Kahne	484	4	0	0	0	1
10	Greg Biffle	480	4	0	0	1	2
11	Brian Vickers	477	4	1	0	1	3
12	David Reutimann	475	4	0	0	1	1
13	Jimmie Johnson	457	4	0	0	0	2
14	Denny Hamlin	456	4	0	0	0	1
15	Jeff Burton	437	4	0	0	1	1
16	Michael Waltrip	434	4	0	0	0	1
17	Elliott Sadler	427	4	0	0	1	1
18	Jamie McMurray	423	4	0	0	0	1
19	Martin Truex, Jr.	423	4	1	0	0	1
20	A.J. Allmendinger	417	4	0	0	1	1
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	408	4	0	0	0	0
22	David Ragan	405	4	0	0	0	1
23	Bobby Labonte	403	4	0	0	1	1
24	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	397	4	0	0	0	1
25	Casey Mears	397	4	0	0	0	0