2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 26 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
Richmond International Speedway
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| Date | September 12, 2009 | ||
| Official name | Chevy Rock & Roll 400 | ||
| Location | Richmond Fairgrounds (Richmond, Virginia) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.207 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 300.0 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures averaging around 67.8 °F (19.9 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 96.601 miles per hour (155.464 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 21.292 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 299 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers |
Jerry Punch Dale Jarrett Andy Petree |
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The 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the 26th race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and served as the last race in the "regular season" before the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 400-lap, 300-mile (480 km) race was held on Saturday night, September 12, 2009 at the 0.75-mile (1.21 km) Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia outside the state capital city, and was telecast on ABC with radio being handled by MRN Radio (over the air/terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite). After this race, the top twelve drivers in the points standings were determined to enter the ten-race playoff to decide the 2009 Sprint Cup Champion, and their points were reset to 5,000 points with a ten-point bonus for each win they compile during the first 26 events this year. Denny Hamlin won the race, Brian Vickers gets the last spot, leaving Kyle Busch who won four times out, along with Matt Kenseth. It is the first time he has failed to make the cut.
The race was mainly a duel between Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin. The duo led 396 of the 400 laps run. Gordon got shoved to sixth, but made it up to third late in the race. Hamlin then held off Kurt Busch to win.
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