| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | February 15, 2009 | ||
| Location |
Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 152 laps, 380 mi (610 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 132.816 miles per hour (213.747 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | ||
| Qualifying race winners | |||
| Duel 1 Winner | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Duel 2 Winner | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 88 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds | ||
| Nielsen Ratings |
9.2/19 (15.954 million viewers)[2] | ||
The 2009 Daytona 500, the 51st running of the event, was held on February 15, 2009, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first points-paying race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the last 500 of the 2000s decade. The race was won by Matt Kenseth, making a car numbered 17 winning the race for the first time in 20 years since Darrell Waltrip's win back in 1989 and the first Daytona 500 win for Roush Fenway Racing. The race was called off with 48 laps to go after a severe rainstorm that had been lingering throughout the area hit the track.
This marks the first Daytona 500 without The Petty family and the first without Dale Jarrett since 1990.
- ^ "Weather information for the 2009 Daytona 500". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (February 24, 2009). "NASCAR Daytona 500 TV Ratings". Zap2it. Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.