2009 Shelby 427
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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| Date | March 1, 2009 | ||
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 285 laps, 427.5 mi (687.994 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds climbing up to 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 119.515 miles per hour (192.341 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 29.033 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 92 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2009 Shelby 427 was the third race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This 427.5 miles (688.0 km) race took place on March 1 of that year at the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the namesake Nevada city. The race was won by Kyle Busch.
The race was telecast by Fox with a radio broadcast by Performance Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite).
The race title reflects the new title sponsor, Carroll Shelby International, which has its home base at LVMS, and the Shelby Cobra 427, which is made in Nevada. The race had previously been 400.5 miles (644.5 km) in length, but will as of 2009 have an extra 27 miles (43 km) added into the race name which equates to an addition of 18 laps, meaning that the race will now be a 285-lap duration.
Kyle Busch won the pole for the Shelby 427 at a new track record of 185.995 mph. The remainder of the top 10 were Kyle's brother Kurt Busch (185.707 mph), Jimmie Johnson(185.688 mph), David Reutimann (185.624 mph), Marcos Ambrose (185.459 mph), Ryan Newman (185.395 mph), Kasey Kahne (185.382 mph), Mark Martin (185.312 mph), Kevin Harvick (185.280 mph), Tony Stewart (185.217 mph).
Jersey Boys performed the national anthem and Carroll Shelby gave the command to start engines.
Toyota cars #00, 18 (polesitter), 47, 82, 83 were sent to the back of the field because of engine changes.
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