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The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
 with Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
 driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion.

This was the first season that NASCAR utilized the Chase for the Nextel Cup format that began with the Sylvania 300
Sylvania 300

The Sylvania 300 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire....
 on Sunday, September 19. Under the format rules, the top 10 drivers (and any additional drivers within 400 points of the leader) by the end of the 26th race would be eligible to compete in a final 10-race playoff to determine the NASCAR Nextel Cup champion.






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The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 7 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
 with Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
 driving a Ford was the Nextel Cup champion.

This was the first season that NASCAR utilized the Chase for the Nextel Cup format that began with the Sylvania 300
Sylvania 300

The Sylvania 300 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire....
 on Sunday, September 19. Under the format rules, the top 10 drivers (and any additional drivers within 400 points of the leader) by the end of the 26th race would be eligible to compete in a final 10-race playoff to determine the NASCAR Nextel Cup champion. Following the 26th race, the eligible drivers would have their points reset to bring the drivers closer together in the standings, with only five points separating each driver. The season would then continue as normal, with the driver with the most points at the end of the season becoming the champion.

This was the first year for the new series sponsorship. Mobile phone
Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites....
 provider Nextel assumed sponsorship of the NASCAR championship series from cigarette
Cigarette

A cigarette is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of curing and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other List of additives in cigarettes, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder ....
 brand Winston
Winston (cigarette)

Winston cigarettes are manufactured for or by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates.The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States....
.

The season was also marked by tragedy. On October 24, a charter airplane
Private aviation

Private aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves flying not for hire. In most countries, private flights are always general aviation flights, but the opposite is not true: many general aviation flights are commercial aviation in that the pilot is hired and paid....
 owned by Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
 crashed at Bull Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a Physiographic regions of the world of the larger Appalachian Mountains division. The province consists of the Northern and Southern physiographic sections, which divide near the Roanoke River gap....
 of Virginia, near Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
. Ten people aboard the plane died, including four relatives of team owner Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick

Joseph Riddick Hendrick III , better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the largest Automobile chains in the United States....
, as well as Randy Dorton
Randy Dorton

Randy Dorton was chief engine builder for Hendrick Motorsports until his death in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, Virginia in which he along with 7 other passengers and the 2 pilots were killed....
, Hendrick's chief engine builder. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
, a Hendrick driver, had won the race, but the post-race victory ceremony was cancelled as word spread of the incident.

2004 Team Chart

List of full time teams after race 5 of 2004.

Number Driver Make Sponsor(s) Team 2003 Owner's Points
0Ward Burton
Ward Burton

John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
NetZero
NetZero

NetZero is an Internet service provider based in Woodland Hills, California. It is a subsidiary of United Online, owner of Juno Online Services and Kmart#BlueLight_Internet_Service....
Haas CNC Racing
Haas CNC Racing

Stewart Haas Racing is a NASCAR racing team based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, which runs Chevrolets. The team is owned by Tony Stewart and Haas Automation....
37th
01Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek

Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
U.S. ArmyMB2 Motorsports
MB2 Motorsports

Ginn Racing was a NASCAR NASCAR Championship team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte, North Carolina. Its principal owners in its final season, 2007, were 80% Bobby Ginn and 20% Jay Frye....
33rd
2Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Miller Lite
Miller Lite

Miller Lite is a popular pilsner-style beer with a 4.2% Alcohol by volume sold by Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States....
Penske Racing South14th
4Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
YokeTV.comMorgan-McClure Motorsports
Morgan-McClure Motorsports

Morgan-McClure Motorsports was an United States auto racing team that competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It ran for 25 years, starting in 1982 and ending in 2007....
40th
5Terry Labonte
Terry Labonte

Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Kellogg'sHendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
10th
6Mark Martin
Mark Martin (NASCAR)

Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
FordViagraRoush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
17th
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Budweiser
Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)

Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Budweiser is made with a proportion of rice in addition to hops and barley malt, for which it has received some criticism, though the company takes the position that the rice gives the beer a lighter taste....
Dale Earnhardt Incorporated
DEI

DEI is a three-letter acronym. It may refer to one of the following:*Public Power Corporation*FIFA Trigramme for Dutch East Indies*Dale Earnhardt, Inc., a current NASCAR team...
3rd
9Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 (R)
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Dodge Dealers
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
/UAW
Evernham Motorsports
Evernham Motorsports

Richard Petty Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. It is owned by Montreal Canadiens owner and Liverpool F.C. co-owner George N. Gillett Jr....
9th
10Scott Riggs
Scott Riggs

Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
 (R)
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
ValvolineMB2 Motorsports
MB2 Motorsports

Ginn Racing was a NASCAR NASCAR Championship team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte, North Carolina. Its principal owners in its final season, 2007, were 80% Bobby Ginn and 20% Jay Frye....
24th
12Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
ALLTEL
Alltel

Alltel Corporation was, until its acquisition by Verizon Wireless, the fifth largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States with 14.7 million customers, as of the third quarter 2008, after AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint-Nextel, and T-Mobile USA....
Penske Racing South6th
15Michael Waltrip
Michael Waltrip

Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
NAPA Auto PartsDale Earnhardt Incorporated
DEI

DEI is a three-letter acronym. It may refer to one of the following:*Public Power Corporation*FIFA Trigramme for Dutch East Indies*Dale Earnhardt, Inc., a current NASCAR team...
15th
16Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle

Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
FordUnited States National Guard
United States National Guard

The National Guard of the United States is a Military reserve force composed of U.S. state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive Military of the United States service for the United States ....
Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
20th
17Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth

Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
FordDeWALT
DeWALT

DeWalt is a world-wide brand of power tools for the construction and woodworking industries. The original company was started in 1924 by Raymond E....
Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
1st
18Bobby Labonte
Bobby Labonte

Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Interstate Batteries
Interstate Batteries

Interstate Battery System of America, Inc., a.k.a. Interstate Batteries, is a privately-owned company that markets car battery manufactured by Johnson Controls through nearly 300 independent distributors....
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991 in NASCAR, and J.D....
8th
19Jeremy MayfieldDodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Dodge Dealers
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
/UAW
Evernham Motorsports
Evernham Motorsports

Richard Petty Motorsports is a racing team in NASCAR. It is owned by Montreal Canadiens owner and Liverpool F.C. co-owner George N. Gillett Jr....
19th
20Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
The Home Depot
The Home Depot

The Home Depot is an United States retailer of home improvement and building construction products and services.Headquartered in Vinings, Georgia, just outside Atlanta, Georgia, The Home Depot employs more than 331,000 people and operates 2,193 big-box store across the United States , Canada , Mexico and People's Republic of China....
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991 in NASCAR, and J.D....
7th
21Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
FordMotorcraft
Motorcraft

Motorcraft is an auto parts brand of Ford Motor Company....
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing

Wood Brothers Racing is a United States auto racing team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series....
23rd
22Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer

Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....
 (R)
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Inc. is a United States-based corporation headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. Caterpillar is, according to their corporate website, "the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines."...
Bill Davis Racing
Bill Davis Racing

Triad Racing Technologies was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009.The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in both the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series since 2007....
21st
24Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
DuPont
DuPont

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is an United States chemical industry that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont....
Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
4th
25Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers

Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
 (R)
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
ditech.com/GMACHendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
26th
29Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick

Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
GM Goodwrench
GM Goodwrench

GM Goodwrench is an auto repair service for General Motors.Goodwrench took to the national airwaves in 1977 as a way to market General Motors franchised dealers' service departments, replacing a patchwork of separate GM-divisional offerings....
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing

RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina. The team currently fields the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Impala for Casey Mears, the #29 Royal Dutch Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, the #31 Caterpillar Inc....
5th
30Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
 (R)/Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
AOL
AOL

AOL LLC is an United States global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner and was headquartered in Loudoun County, Virginia until late April 2008 when it was moved to new offices at 770 Broadway in New York City....
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing

RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina. The team currently fields the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Impala for Casey Mears, the #29 Royal Dutch Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, the #31 Caterpillar Inc....
34th
31Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon

Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless

AT&T Mobility LLC is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T Inc. AT&T Mobility is the second largest mobile phone company, in terms of number of subscribers, under Verizon Wireless....
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing

RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina. The team currently fields the #07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet Impala for Casey Mears, the #29 Royal Dutch Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, the #31 Caterpillar Inc....
16th
32Ricky Craven
Ricky Craven

Richard Allen Craven is a former NASCAR driver. He last drove in the Sprint Cup in 2004 and raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005. He does not have a racing job at this time....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Tide
Tide

Tides are the rising of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. Tides cause changes in the depth of the marine and estuary water bodies and produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams, making prediction of tides important for coastal navigation ....
PPI Motorsports
PPI Motorsports

PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in the NEXTEL Cup Series and various off-road racing circuits. The team had one of the few remaining single car operations in the NEXTEL Cup series....
27th
38Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler

Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
FordM&M's
M&M's

M&M's are candy-coated pieces of milk chocolate with the letter "m" printed on them, produced by Mars, Incorporated. Popular in the United States, several variations of the candies exist, including plain milk chocolate, peanut, peanut butter, dark chocolate , and almond....
Robert Yates Racing22nd
40Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin

Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Coors LightChip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
18th
41Casey Mears
Casey Mears

Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Target
Target Corporation

Target Corporation is an United States retailing company that was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902 under the name of Dayton Dry Goods Company....
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
36th
42Jamie McMurray
Jamie McMurray

James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Havoline
Havoline

Havoline is a motor oil brand of Texaco, a former major oil company based in the United States that is now merged with the Chevron Corporation....
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
13th
43Jeff Green
Jeff Green (NASCAR)

Jeff Green is an American stock car racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is currently employed with Key Motorsports driving the #40 NASCAR Craftsman Truck & #31 Nationwide Series race vehicles....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
General Mills
General Mills

General Mills is a Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
41st
45Kyle Petty
Kyle Petty

Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Georgia PacificPetty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures....
39th
48Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Lowe's
Lowe's

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a United States-based chain of retail home improvement and major appliance stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now serves over 14+ million customers a week in its 1,616 stores in every state and Canada....
Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
2nd
49Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
Schwan'sBAM Racing
BAM Racing

BAM Racing is a NASCAR racing team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, owned by Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau. The team's #49 Toyota Camry runs part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, although the team is currently inactive....
38th
50Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
UnsponsoredArnold Motorsports
Arnold Motorsports

Arnold Motorsports was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team owned by Don Arnold. 1983 in NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bobby Allison was the Vice President of operations and also served a consultant....
58th
72Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
FordFreddie B'sKirk Shelmerdine RacingNew Team
77Brendan Gaughan
Brendan Gaughan

Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
 (R)
Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
KodakPenske Racing South29th
88Dale Jarrett
Dale Jarrett

Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
FordUPS
United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc. , commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company. UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the world....
Robert Yates Racing25th
97Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
FordSharpie
Sharpie

Sharpie refer to:* Sharpie , a line of permanent markers manufactured by the Sanford company* Sharpie , a long, narrow sailboat with a shallow draft...
/Rubbermaid
Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
11th
99Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
/Carl Edwards
Carl Edwards

Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
FordSKF
SKF

SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, later AB SKF, is a Sweden rolling-element bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seal , lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, customer solutions and related services globally....
Roush Racing
Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
12th


Budweiser Shootout


The exhibition Budweiser Shootout
Budweiser Shootout

Budweiser Shootout at Daytona is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series exhibition event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the weekend before the Daytona 500....
 was held on February 7 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
.

Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  3. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  4. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  5. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  6. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  7. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  8. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  9. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  10. Boris Said
    Boris Said

    Boris Said is an United States race car driver from Carlsbad, California, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut....


Gatorade Twin 125s


The Gatorade 125s
Gatorade Duel

The Gatorade Duel, is NASCAR Sprint Cup Series preliminary event to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway....
 qualifying for the Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 were held on February 12 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
.

Race One: Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  3. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  4. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  5. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  6. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  7. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  8. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
  9. Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
  10. Johnny Sauter
    Johnny Sauter

    Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....


Race Two: Top Ten Results

  1. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  2. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  3. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  4. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  5. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  6. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  7. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  8. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  10. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....


Daytona 500


Subway 400


The Subway 400
Subway 400

The Subway 400 was the second race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season until 2004, held a week after the Daytona 500. This 400 mile annual race was sponsored by Subway and was held at North Carolina Speedway since 1966....
 was held on February 22 at North Carolina Speedway
North Carolina Speedway

Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located in Rockingham, North Carolina....
. This was the final NASCAR race held at Rockingham, which was dropped from the 2005
2005 in NASCAR

The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400....
 NASCAR schedule. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole. During the race Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 went for a wild tumble down the back straight. The finish saw Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
, in only his second NASCAR Nextel Cup start, finish second to Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth

Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
 by a mere .01 of a second. The race also became the beginning of the focus of the season-long field-filler controversy.



Top Ten Results

  1. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  2. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  3. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  4. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  6. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  7. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  8. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  9. Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
  10. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....


Failed to qualify: none

UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400


The UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was held on March 7 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing....
. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 won the pole. The finish saw Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth

Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
 score his second win in a row, as Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 once again finished second.



Top Ten Results
  1. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  2. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  3. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  4. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  5. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  6. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  7. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  8. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  9. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  10. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


Failed to qualify: Larry Gunselman
Larry Gunselman

Larry Gunselman is an United States racecar driver. He has made a total over eighty starts in all three of NASCAR's top divisions.Gunselman began racing in various West Coast series before moving to the Winston West Series, where he won the Most Popular Driver award in 1996....
 (#98)

Golden Corral 500


The Golden Corral 500
Golden Corral 500

Name=Kobalt Tools 500| Logo=KobaltTools500 2008.png| Img_size=170px| Venue=Atlanta Motor Speedway| Sponsor=Lowe's and Danaher| First race=1960| Distance=|...
 was held on March 14 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results
  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Jeremy Mayfield
  3. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  4. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  5. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  6. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  7. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  8. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  9. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  10. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....


Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89)

Carolina Dodge Dealers 400


The Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 was held on March 21 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results
  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  3. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  4. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  5. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  6. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  7. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  8. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  9. Jeremy Mayfield
  10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.


Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#94)

Food City 500


The Food City 500
Food City 500

The Food City 500 is a 500 lap race NASCAR Sprint Cup race held on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Sharpie 500, and is considered one of NASCAR's best races....
 was held on March 28 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  2. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  3. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  4. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  5. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  6. Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
  7. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  8. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  9. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  10. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....


Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89)

Samsung/Radio Shack 500


The Samsung/Radio Shack 500
Samsung/Radio Shack 500

The Samsung 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas USA. Even though is advertised as a "500 mile" race, because TMS is a track, the actual distance is ....
 was held on April 4 at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
. Bobby Labonte
Bobby Labonte

Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
 won the pole. Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler

Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
 edged out Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 by a .028 of a second.



Top Ten Results

  1. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  2. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  5. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  6. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  7. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  8. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  9. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  10. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....


Failed to qualify: Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch nicknamed "Rowdy Busch," "Wild Thing," and "Shrub" is an United States of America auto racing. He drives the #18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the #18 Interstate Batteries / Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series, and the #51 Miccosukee Toyota T...
 (#84), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Andy Hillenburg
Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg is an United States race car driver, team owner and track owner. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby....
 (#80), Andy Belmont
Andy Belmont

Andy Belmont is a stock car racer. Belmont began racing at an early age before moving south. In 1987, he was named the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series Rookie of the Year, then he won the championship the next year as a car owner....
 (#02)

Advance Auto Parts 500


The Advance Auto Parts 500 was held on April 18 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole. It was the final win for 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
.



Top Ten Results

  1. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  2. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  5. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  6. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  9. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  10. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....


Failed to qualify: Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Aaron's 499


The Aaron's 499
Aaron's 499

The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, Alabama. The race has always been held in late April or early May....
 was held on April 25 at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
. Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
 won the pole.

The race ended under controversy when Brian Vickers crashed with four laps to go. At the same time, Jeff Gordon was about to be passed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. As Gordon's car was still ahead of Earnhardt's, he kept the lead for the following caution. However, the race never was restarted, and Gordon won the race under the caution, prompting angered fans to throw beverage cups at his car while he celebrated his victory by doing doughnuts on the track. This led to the implementation of the green-white-checker finish
Green-white-checker finish

The green-white-checker finish is a rule implemented into many levels of automobile racing in the United States. When the race would otherwise end during a yellow-flag "caution" condition , this rule gives the field an attempt to finish the race under a green-flag, "racing" condition....
 rule in order to avoid such situations in the future.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  3. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  4. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  5. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  6. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  7. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  8. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  9. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  10. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....


Failed to qualify: Larry Foyt
Larry Foyt

Larry Foyt is a semi-retired NASCAR driver and Indy Racing League driver. He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a cousin of A. J....
 (#14), Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
 (#98), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Auto Club 500


The Auto Club 500
Auto Club 500

The Auto Club 500 is a long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, California. This is one of two races held at the Auto Club Speedway, the other being the Pepsi 500....
 was held on May 2 at California Speedway
California Speedway

The Auto Club Speedway of Southern California is a two-mile , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to its "sister track" Michigan International Speedway....
. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  3. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  4. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  5. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  6. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
  7. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  9. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  10. Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....


Failed to qualify: none

Chevy American Revolution 400


The Chevy American Revolution 400 was held on May 15 at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
. Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers

Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  3. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  4. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  5. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  6. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  7. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  8. Brian Vickers
    Brian Vickers

    Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
  9. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  10. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....


Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#94), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Coca-Cola 600


The Coca-Cola 600
Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 , and also known as the "Coke 600" is a in length stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend....
 was held on May 30 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a Oval track in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. It features a long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield....
. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  3. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  4. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  5. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  7. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  8. Jeremy Mayfield
  9. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  10. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


Failed to qualify: Steve Park
Steve Park (NASCAR)

Stephen Park is a professional Auto racing driver. Park is currently racing in the #35 Waste Management Inc. Recycle America Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Camping World East Series 2008 in NASCAR....
 (#7), Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
 (#37), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#46), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#94), Geoffrey Bodine (#98), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Jeff Fultz (#78), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Andy Hillenburg
Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg is an United States race car driver, team owner and track owner. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby....
 (#80)

MBNA America 400 "A Salute to Heroes"


The MBNA America 400 "A Salute to Heroes" was held on June 6 at Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc....
. Jeremy Mayfield won the pole. The race was decimated by a 20-car crash on lap 347 on a restart; one of the largest crashes ever outside of Daytona and Talladega.



Top Ten Results

  1. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  2. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  5. Scott Riggs
    Scott Riggs

    Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
  6. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  7. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. Jeremy Mayfield
  9. Scott Wimmer
    Scott Wimmer

    Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....
  10. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....


Failed to qualify: Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
 (#37), Larry Gunselman
Larry Gunselman

Larry Gunselman is an United States racecar driver. He has made a total over eighty starts in all three of NASCAR's top divisions.Gunselman began racing in various West Coast series before moving to the Winston West Series, where he won the Most Popular Driver award in 1996....
 (#98)

Pocono 500


The Pocono 500
Pocono 500

The Pocono 500 is the first of two stock car racing held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule in mid-June, the other being the Pennsylvania 500, usually held in July....
 was held on June 13 at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the The Poconos of Pennsylvania at Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in June and August....
. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Jeremy Mayfield
  3. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  4. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  5. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  7. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  9. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  10. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....


Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#94), Andy Hillenburg
Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg is an United States race car driver, team owner and track owner. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby....
 (#80)

DHL 400


The DHL 400 was held on June 20 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 got his fourth second place finish of the season.



Top Ten Results

  1. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  2. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  3. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  4. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  5. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  6. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  7. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  8. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  9. Brian Vickers
    Brian Vickers

    Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
  10. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....


Failed to qualify: Kerry Earnhardt
Kerry Earnhardt

Kerry Dale Earnhardt is the eldest son of the late seven time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. He is the half-brother of NASCAR Sprint Cup star Dale Earnhardt, Jr....
 (#33), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#00)

Dodge/Save Mart 350


The Dodge/Save Mart 350
Dodge/Save Mart 350

The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held annually at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point in Sonoma, California. This race is one of the only two Sprint Cup races each year that is run on a non-oval track, with 12 turns over the track....
 was held on June 27 at Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway

Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  2. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  3. Scott Pruett
    Scott Pruett

    Donald Scott Pruett is an United States of America race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, Champ Car, International Motor Sports Association, Trans-Am Series and Grand-Am....
  4. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  5. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  6. Boris Said
    Boris Said

    Boris Said is an United States race car driver from Carlsbad, California, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut....
  7. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  8. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  9. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  10. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....


Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89)

Pepsi 400


The Pepsi 400 was held on July 3 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  5. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  6. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  7. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  8. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  9. Brian Vickers
    Brian Vickers

    Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
  10. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....


Failed to qualify: Chad Blount
Chad Blount

Chad Blount is a Nextel Cup Driver from Walkerton, Indiana. Blount was the driver of the #34 Oak Glove Co. Chevrolet for Front Row Motorsports....
 (#37), Tony Raines
Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
 (#23), Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
 (#94), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Eric McClure
Eric McClure

Eric McClure , is a NASCAR driver. His family owns the NEXTEL Cup team Morgan-McClure Motorsports. A graduate of Emory and Henry College, he drives the #24 Hefty Ford full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Rensi/Hamilton Racing....
 (#04), Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace

Kenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet in the Nationwide series....
 (#00)

Tropicana 400


The Tropicana 400 was held on July 11 at Chicagoland Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago, Illinois. The speedway is actually located several miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole. This race is known for a pit road fight that occurred between crew members of Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 and Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  after Stewart got into the back of Kahne, causing his car to spin



Top Ten Results

  1. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  3. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  4. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  5. Jeremy Mayfield
  6. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  7. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  8. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  9. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  10. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....


Failed to qualify: Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
 (#98), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Siemens 300


The Siemens 300 was held on July 25 at New Hampshire International Speedway
New Hampshire International Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as open wheel car during the 1990s....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  2. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  3. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  4. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  5. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  6. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  9. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  10. Jeremy Mayfield


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#51), Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch nicknamed "Rowdy Busch," "Wild Thing," and "Shrub" is an United States of America auto racing. He drives the #18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the #18 Interstate Batteries / Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series, and the #51 Miccosukee Toyota T...
 (#84), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00)

Pennsylvania 500


The Pennsylvania 500
Pennsylvania 500

The Sunoco Presents The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 is the second of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the other being the Pocono 500....
 was held on August 1 at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the The Poconos of Pennsylvania at Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in June and August....
. Casey Mears
Casey Mears

Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  4. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  5. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  6. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  7. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  8. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  9. Jeremy Mayfield
  10. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#51), Andy Hillenburg
Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg is an United States race car driver, team owner and track owner. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby....
 (#37), A.J. Henriksen (#90)

Brickyard 400


The Brickyard 400 was held on August 8 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
. Casey Mears
Casey Mears

Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
 won the pole. This race marked the first time that the green-white-checker finish
Green-white-checker finish

The green-white-checker finish is a rule implemented into many levels of automobile racing in the United States. When the race would otherwise end during a yellow-flag "caution" condition , this rule gives the field an attempt to finish the race under a green-flag, "racing" condition....
 rule came in to play. The race was extended after Brian Vickers crashed on lap 158. However, when Ricky Rudd crashed on lap 160, the race still ended under caution.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  2. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  3. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  4. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  5. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  6. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  9. Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  10. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#51), Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Andy Hillenburg
Andy Hillenburg

Andy Hillenburg is an United States race car driver, team owner and track owner. He began his racing career at age 11, when he competed in the Indianapolis soap box derby....
 (#37), Geoffrey Bodine (#34), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Sirius at The Glen


The Sirius at The Glen was held on August 15 at Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake . The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation....
. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  2. Ron Fellows
    Ron Fellows

    Ron Fellows is an accomplished Canada sportscar driver, and a NASCAR Road course ringer....
  3. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  6. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  7. Jeremy Mayfield
  8. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  10. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....


Failed to qualify: Scott Pruett
Scott Pruett

Donald Scott Pruett is an United States of America race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, Champ Car, International Motor Sports Association, Trans-Am Series and Grand-Am....
 (#39), Boris Said
Boris Said

Boris Said is an United States race car driver from Carlsbad, California, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut....
 (#36), Klaus Graf
Klaus Graf

Klaus Graf is a Germany race car driver. He is the son of rally driver Peter Graf. He lived in the United States while competing in the American Le Mans Series, Trans-Am, and in certain NASCAR and Automobile Racing Club of America races....
 (#59), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#52)

GFS Marketplace 400


The GFS Marketplace 400
GFS Marketplace 400

The 3M Performance 400 is the second NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Introduced in 1969 as a 600 mile race, it has since been held as a 400 mile race....
 was held on August 22 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  2. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  4. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  5. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  6. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  7. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  8. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  9. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  10. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#51), Kerry Earnhardt
Kerry Earnhardt

Kerry Dale Earnhardt is the eldest son of the late seven time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. He is the half-brother of NASCAR Sprint Cup star Dale Earnhardt, Jr....
 (#33), Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch

Kyle Thomas Busch nicknamed "Rowdy Busch," "Wild Thing," and "Shrub" is an United States of America auto racing. He drives the #18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, the #18 Interstate Batteries / Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series, and the #51 Miccosukee Toyota T...
 (#84), Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace

Kenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet in the Nationwide series....
 (#00), J. J. Yeley
J. J. Yeley

Christopher Beltram Hernandez Yeley is a NASCAR racecar driver from Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently a free agent....
 (#11), Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
 (#35), Stan Boyd
Stan Boyd

Stan Boyd is a former NASCAR driver who competed in both the Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#79), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#37)

Sharpie 500


The Sharpie 500
Sharpie 500

The Sharpie 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee. It is one of two NASCAR Nextel Cup races held at Bristol, the other being the Food City 500, but it is by far the more popular of the two....
 was held on August 28 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  3. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  4. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  5. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  6. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  9. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  10. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....


Failed to qualify: Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#52), Brad Teague
Brad Teague

Brad Teague is a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series and the Nextel Cup Series. He was born November 9, 1947 in Buladean, North Carolina. He resides in Johnson City, Tennessee....
 (#72), Tony Ave
Tony Ave

Tony Ave is a race car driving born in Hurley, Wisconsin, United States. He competed in the Grand-Am Series from 2000 until 2002, in Formula Atlantic from 1996 until 2001, and in the Trans-Am in 2002....
 (#80), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00)

Pop Secret 500


The Pop Secret 500 was held on September 5 at California Speedway
California Speedway

The Auto Club Speedway of Southern California is a two-mile , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to its "sister track" Michigan International Speedway....
. Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers

Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
 won the pole. Portions of this race were filmed for the movie Herbie Fully Loaded. Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
 got his fifth second-place finish of the season.



Top Ten Results
  1. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  2. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  3. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  4. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  5. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  6. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
  7. Scott Riggs
    Scott Riggs

    Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
  8. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  9. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  10. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
 (#35)

Chevy Rock and Roll 400


The Chevy Rock and Roll 400
Chevy Rock and Roll 400

The Chevy Rock and Roll 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Starting in 2004 in sports, the race served as the last race in NASCAR's "regular season" as the top ten point earning drivers and their teams held a playoff to determine the Sprint Cup champion....
 was held on September 11 at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jeremy Mayfield
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Mike Bliss
    Mike Bliss

    Michael Bliss is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #1 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the Nationwide Series. He began racing at age 10....
  5. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  6. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
  7. Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

    Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
  8. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  9. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  10. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


Failed to qualify: Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
 (#33), Tony Raines
Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
 (#51), Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Brad Teague
Brad Teague

Brad Teague is a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series and the Nextel Cup Series. He was born November 9, 1947 in Buladean, North Carolina. He resides in Johnson City, Tennessee....
 (#92), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#80)

Sylvania 300


The Sylvania 300
Sylvania 300

The Sylvania 300 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire....
 was held on September 19 at New Hampshire International Speedway
New Hampshire International Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as open wheel car during the 1990s....
. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
 won the pole. This was the first race of the new 10 race playoff format.



Top Ten Results

  1. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  2. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  5. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  6. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  7. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  8. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  9. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
  10. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), Martin Truex, Jr. (#1), Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
 (#33), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#46), Tony Raines
Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
 (#92), Stan Boyd
Stan Boyd

Stan Boyd is a former NASCAR driver who competed in both the Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#79)

MBNA America 400


The MBNA America 400 was held on September 26 at Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc....
. Jeremy Mayfield won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  2. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  5. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  6. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  7. Jeremy Mayfield
  8. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  10. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....


Failed to qualify: Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
 (#80), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#00), Kenny Hendrick
Kenny Hendrick

Kenny Hendrick, from Chino, California, is a current NASCAR Nationwide Series driver. He dabbled in the sport part-time for a number of years before fading out of the limelight....
 (#35), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#92), Mike Garvey
Mike Garvey

Mike Garvey is aNASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series....
 (#75)

EA Sports 500


The EA Sports 500 was held on October 3 at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International Speedway and several other racetracks....
. Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek

Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
 won the pole. At the finish line on the last lap Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler

Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
 flipped over just as he had done in the same race in 2003. He was uninjured, though.



Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  3. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  4. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
  5. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  6. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  7. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  8. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
  9. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
  10. Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#80)

  • Although he won the race, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., was later penalized 25 points for uttering an obscenity during his post-race interview on NBC.


Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods


The Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods was held on October 10 at Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, adjacent to the Village West area. The speedway is a tri-oval with 15 degree banking in the turns....
. Joe Nemechek
Joe Nemechek

Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  2. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  3. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  4. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  5. Jeremy Mayfield
  6. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  10. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....


Failed to qualify: Mike Garvey
Mike Garvey

Mike Garvey is aNASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series....
 (#75), Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
 (#35), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#00), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89)

UAW-GM Quality 500


The UAW-GM Quality 500 was held on October 16 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a Oval track in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. It features a long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  5. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  6. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  7. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
  8. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  9. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  10. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....


Failed to qualify: Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace

Kenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet in the Nationwide series....
 (#00), Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
 (#94), Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
 (#35), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#00), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Larry Foyt
Larry Foyt

Larry Foyt is a semi-retired NASCAR driver and Indy Racing League driver. He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a cousin of A. J....
 (#59), Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Geoffrey Bodine (#98)

Subway 500


The Subway 500
Subway 500

The Tums QuikPak 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, Virginia. It is currently the sixth race in the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup....
 was held on October 24 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  3. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  4. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
  5. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  6. Jeremy Mayfield
  7. Jeff Green
    Jeff Green (NASCAR)

    Jeff Green is an American stock car racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is currently employed with Key Motorsports driving the #40 NASCAR Craftsman Truck & #31 Nationwide Series race vehicles....
  8. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  9. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  10. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....


Failed to qualify: Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#46), Brad Teague
Brad Teague

Brad Teague is a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series and the Nextel Cup Series. He was born November 9, 1947 in Buladean, North Carolina. He resides in Johnson City, Tennessee....
 (#94), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Mike Garvey
Mike Garvey

Mike Garvey is aNASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series....
 (#75), Klaus Graf
Klaus Graf

Klaus Graf is a Germany race car driver. He is the son of rally driver Peter Graf. He lived in the United States while competing in the American Le Mans Series, Trans-Am, and in certain NASCAR and Automobile Racing Club of America races....
 (#59)

  • Victory lane celebration was cancelled after a tragic plane crash that took the lives of key personnel in the Hendrick Motorsports Stable. Read supra for details


Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500


The Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500

The Pep Boys Auto 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, Georgia....
 was held on October 31 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
  4. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  5. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  6. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
  7. Brian Vickers
    Brian Vickers

    Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
  8. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  9. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  10. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....


Failed to qualify: Scott Riggs
Scott Riggs

Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
 (#10), Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer

Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....
 (#22), Kerry Earnhardt
Kerry Earnhardt

Kerry Dale Earnhardt is the eldest son of the late seven time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Dale Earnhardt. He is the half-brother of NASCAR Sprint Cup star Dale Earnhardt, Jr....
 (#33), Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
 (#09), Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler

Herman Marion Sadler III is an United States race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia, Virginia. He also an advocate for autism, as his daughter, Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001....
 (#02), Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (NASCAR)

Mike Wallace is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace ....
 (#4), Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
 (#94), Randy LaJoie
Randy LaJoie

Randall LaJoie is a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series , where he is a two-time champion. Presently, he does not have a full-time ride. He is the father of racers Casey LaJoie and Corey LaJoie....
 (#98), Greg Sacks
Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel....
 (#13), Larry Foyt
Larry Foyt

Larry Foyt is a semi-retired NASCAR driver and Indy Racing League driver. He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a cousin of A. J....
 (#59), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Andy Belmont
Andy Belmont

Andy Belmont is a stock car racer. Belmont began racing at an early age before moving south. In 1987, he was named the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series Rookie of the Year, then he won the championship the next year as a car owner....
 (#80), Larry Hollenbeck
Larry Hollenbeck

Larry Hollenbeck is a NASCAR driver residing in Kalamazoo, Michigan where he has designed, built and leased residential and commercial properties for 35 years....
 (#62), Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace

Kenny Wallace is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver who currently drives the #28 United States Border Patrol Chevrolet in the Nationwide series....
 (#00)

Checker Auto Parts 500


The Checker Auto Parts 500
Checker Auto Parts 500

The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, Arizona....
 was held on November 7 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
. Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  2. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
  5. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  6. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  7. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  8. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  9. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  10. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....


Failed to qualify: Mike Garvey
Mike Garvey

Mike Garvey is aNASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series....
 (#75), Tony Raines
Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
 (#51), Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett

Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver and Hollywood stunt double. He currently drives the #30 Stanton Barrett Motorsports Nationwide Series car and with primary sponsors INTERUSH.net, 4Caring.org, and GrandStay Residential Suites and Hotels....
 (#94), Mario Gosselin
Mario Gosselin (racecar driver)

Mario Gosselin is a Canadian professional racecar driver who races in USAR Hooters Pro Cup, ARCA RE/MAX, Late Models Stock and NASCAR Sprint Cup series....
 (#80), Ryan McGlynn
Ryan McGlynn

Ryan McGlynn , is the co-owner of McGlynn Racing, along with his father Raynard "Ray" McGlynn. Together they manage the #74 NEXTEL Cup team with driver Derrike Cope....
 (#00), Geoffrey Bodine (#93), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72)

Mountain Dew Southern 500


The Mountain Dew Southern 500
Mountain Dew Southern 500

The Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, USA, and is the second such event at Darlington to bear the name....
 was held on November 14 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
. Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  2. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  5. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
  6. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  7. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
  8. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
  9. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
  10. Mike Bliss
    Mike Bliss

    Michael Bliss is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #1 Miccosukee Indian Gaming Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the Nationwide Series. He began racing at age 10....


Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), John Andretti
John Andretti

John Andretti , is an United States race car driver. He currently drives the #34 Window World.Com car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing....
 (#14), Derrike Cope
Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
 (#94), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#00), Travis Kvapil
Travis Kvapil

Travis Kvapil is an American race car driver. He currently drives the #28 Ford Fusion for Yates Racing in the Sprint Cup Series....
 (#06)

Ford 400


The Ford 400
Ford 400

The Ford 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, Florida.The race is relatively new on the NASCAR circuit, first being run in 1999....
 was held on November 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami, Florida. It plays host to Ford Championship Weekend, the final races of the season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series....
. Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
 won the pole.



Top Ten Results

  1. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
  4. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  5. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
  6. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
  7. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
  8. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
  9. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  10. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....


Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty
Kyle Petty

Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
 (#45), Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
 (#09), Mike Garvey
Mike Garvey

Mike Garvey is aNASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He formerly drove the #51 Marthon Oil Chevy for Competitive Edge Motorsports in the Nextel Cup Series....
 (#75), Tony Raines
Tony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines is an United States race car driver, previously driving in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hall of Fame Racing in the #96 Texas Instruments Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS....
 (#51), Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
 (#37), Todd Bodine
Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
 (#50), Larry Foyt
Larry Foyt

Larry Foyt is a semi-retired NASCAR driver and Indy Racing League driver. He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a cousin of A. J....
 (#70), J. J. Yeley
J. J. Yeley

Christopher Beltram Hernandez Yeley is a NASCAR racecar driver from Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently a free agent....
 (#11), Randy LaJoie
Randy LaJoie

Randall LaJoie is a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series , where he is a two-time champion. Presently, he does not have a full-time ride. He is the father of racers Casey LaJoie and Corey LaJoie....
 (#98), Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd

Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
 (#89), Kirk Shelmerdine
Kirk Shelmerdine

Kirk Shelmerdine is a NASCAR driver and former championship-winning crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt....
 (#72), Carl Long
Carl Long

James Carlyle Long is a NASCAR race car driver and mechanic. He is currently the crew chief for the #24 Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet driven in the Nationwide Series by Eric McClure....
 (#80), Geoffrey Bodine (#93)

Final Points Standings


  1. Kurt Busch
    Kurt Busch

    Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
     - 6506
  2. Jimmie Johnson
    Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
     - 6498
  3. Jeff Gordon
    Jeff Gordon

    Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
     - 6490
  4. Mark Martin
    Mark Martin (NASCAR)

    Mark Anthony Martin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the #5 Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet Impala SS, and is also a part-time driver in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports....
     - 6399
  5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 6368
  6. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
     - 6326
  7. Ryan Newman
    Ryan Newman

    Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson....
     - 6180
  8. Matt Kenseth
    Matt Kenseth

    Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American stock car racing driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing....
     - 6069
  9. Elliott Sadler
    Elliott Sadler

    Elliott William Barnes Sadler is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports....
     - 6024
  10. Jeremy Mayfield - 6000

    Cutoff for the Chase for the Nextel Cup
  11. Jamie McMurray
    Jamie McMurray

    James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
     - 4597
  12. Bobby Labonte
    Bobby Labonte

    Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
     - 4277
  13. Kasey Kahne
    Kasey Kahne

    Kasey Kenneth Kahne is a Auto racing driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the 2009 season, he drives the #9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports with teammates Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson, and AJ Allmendinger....
     - 4274
  14. Kevin Harvick
    Kevin Harvick

    Kevin Michael Harvick is an United States race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup for Richard Childress Racing, driving the #29 Shell Pennzoil car....
     - 4228
  15. Dale Jarrett
    Dale Jarrett

    Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
     - 4214
  16. Rusty Wallace
    Rusty Wallace

    Russell William "Rusty" Wallace is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner, and television broadcaster with NASCAR on ESPN and ESPN on ABC and co-host of NASCAR Angels....
     - 3960
  17. Greg Biffle
    Greg Biffle

    Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
     - 3902
  18. Jeff Burton
    Jeff Burton

    Jeffrey Brian Burton also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Inc. Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing....
     - 3902
  19. Joe Nemechek
    Joe Nemechek

    Joseph Frank Nemechek III is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports. He won the 1992 Busch Series championship. He currently is bringing his NEMCO team back to run the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series in the #87 Chevy for 2009....
     - 3878
  20. Michael Waltrip
    Michael Waltrip

    Michael Curtis Waltrip is a professional race car driver and co owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip, a three-time NASCAR champion ....
     - 3878
  21. Sterling Marlin
    Sterling Marlin

    Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
     - 3857
  22. Casey Mears
    Casey Mears

    Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
     - 3690
  23. Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
     - 3646
  24. Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
     - 3615
  25. Brian Vickers
    Brian Vickers

    Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
     - 3521
  26. Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
     - 2987
  27. Scott Wimmer
    Scott Wimmer

    Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....
     - 3308
  28. Brendan Gaughan
    Brendan Gaughan

    Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
     - 3341
  29. Scott Riggs
    Scott Riggs

    Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
     - 3416
  30. Jeff Green
    Jeff Green (NASCAR)

    Jeff Green is an American stock car racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is currently employed with Key Motorsports driving the #40 NASCAR Craftsman Truck & #31 Nationwide Series race vehicles....
     - 3452
  31. Ken Schrader
    Ken Schrader

    Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He is currently driving in the Sprint Cup series part time for Phoenix Racing. He occasionally appears as a television analyst on This Week In NASCAR on the Speed Channel....
     - 3474
  32. Ward Burton
    Ward Burton

    John Edward Burton III is an American NASCAR auto racing, who has a total of five career Sprint Cup wins. He last drove the #4 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Impala SS for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in 2007....
     - 3577
  33. Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
     - 3695
  34. Ricky Craven
    Ricky Craven

    Richard Allen Craven is a former NASCAR driver. He last drove in the Sprint Cup in 2004 and raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005. He does not have a racing job at this time....
     - 4420
  35. Jimmy Spencer
    Jimmy Spencer

    Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
     - 4537
  36. Johnny Sauter
    Johnny Sauter

    Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
     - 5076
  37. Carl Edwards
    Carl Edwards

    Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing.In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion ....
     - 5082
  38. Dave Blaney
    Dave Blaney

    David Blaney is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He currently pilots the #66 Toyota Camry for Prism Motorsports. Blaney was a successful Sprint car racing driver before he started racing in NASCAR....
     - 5159
  39. Bobby Hamilton Jr. - 5235
  40. Derrike Cope
    Derrike Cope

    Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500. He currently drives the #31 car for Rick Ware. He is owner of the #73 and #78 teams in the Nationwide Series and the #73 and #74 trucks in the Camping World Truck Series....
     - 5448
  41. Todd Bodine
    Todd Bodine

    Todd Bodine is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his aggressive driving style and bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion....
     - 5520
  42. Morgan Shepherd
    Morgan Shepherd

    Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977 in NASCAR. He has also raced in the Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series....
     - 5581
  43. Kevin Lepage
    Kevin Lepage

    Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver from Shelburne, Vermont. He currently has not signed with a team for the 2009 season.. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500....
     - 5591


Rookie of the Year

The Rookie of the year
NASCAR Rookie of the Year

The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. Each of NASCAR's national and regional touring series selects a RotY winner each year....
 battle in 2004 marked the first time since 1998
1998 in NASCAR

The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 8 and ended on Sunday November 8. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was crowned champion for the third time in four years....
 that a rookie driver did not visit victory lane. The winner of the battle was dark horse candidate Kasey Kahne, who went from a 43rd place finish at the season opening Daytona 500, to being narrowly defeated by Matt Kenseth the next week at Rockingham, and he never looked back, grabbing fourteen top ten finishes and thirteen top-five finishes, as well as a couple of pole positions. Pre-season favorites Scott Wimmer
Scott Wimmer

Scott Wimmer is a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver who was born in Wausau, Wisconsin January 26, 1976. He drives the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS part-time for JR Motorsports....
 and Brian Vickers
Brian Vickers

Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Vickers was the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Nationwide Series champion, and at age 20, the youngest champion in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series....
 struggled, although Wimmer placed third in the Daytona 500, but neither made competitive strides during the season. Brendan Gaughan
Brendan Gaughan

Brendan Gaughan is an United States stock car driver. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate....
 was a pleasant surprise, posting four top tens and finishing runner-up to Kahne for the award, while Scott Riggs
Scott Riggs

Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
 only had two-top ten finishes. The only other rookie, Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter

Jonathan Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter , and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter....
, was released from his ride mid-season and never made a challenge for the top honor.

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