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class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 11 of 36 in the <a href="/wiki/2009_NASCAR_Sprint_Cup_Series" title="2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series">2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_raceway.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Layout of Darlington Raceway"><img alt="Layout of Darlington Raceway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darlington_raceway.svg/220px-Darlington_raceway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darlington_raceway.svg/330px-Darlington_raceway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darlington_raceway.svg/440px-Darlington_raceway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="302" 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class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Chilly with temperatures plummeting as low as 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds up to 16.9 miles per hour (27.2 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Average speed</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 119.687 miles per hour (192.618 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 70,000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol 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Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Darlington,_South_Carolina" title="Darlington, South Carolina">Darlington, South Carolina</a>. </p><p>The race was televised in the USA on <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_on_Fox" title="NASCAR on Fox">Fox</a> starting at 7 PM <a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">US EDT</a> with radio being handled on <a href="/wiki/Motor_Racing_Network" title="Motor Racing Network">MRN</a> on terrestrial radio and <a href="/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio" title="Sirius Satellite Radio">Sirius Satellite Radio</a>. </p><p>Seventy-two thousand fans were eyewitnesses to four hours and eleven minutes of racing action. There were 23 changes to the lead position recorded during the race and 17 cautions were taken for a duration of 73 laps. Almost 20% of the race was held under the caution flag due to debris and accidents while the average green flag run was slightly more than 16 laps.<sup id="cite_ref-southern500_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southern500-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9">Top Ten Finishers </th></tr> <tr> <th>Pos. </th> <th>Car # </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Make </th> <th>Team </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Martin" title="Mark Martin">Mark Martin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Motorsports" title="Hendrick Motorsports">Hendrick Motorsports</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Stewart" title="Tony Stewart">Tony Stewart</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stewart-Haas_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart-Haas Racing">Stewart-Haas Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>39 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Newman_(racing_driver)" title="Ryan Newman (racing driver)">Ryan Newman</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earnhardt_Ganassi_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Earnhardt Ganassi Racing">Earnhardt Ganassi Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Keselowski" title="Brad Keselowski">Brad Keselowski</a> </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Biffle" title="Greg Biffle">Greg Biffle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roush_Fenway_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Roush Fenway Racing">Roush Fenway Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joey_Logano" title="Joey Logano">Joey Logano</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs_Racing" title="Joe Gibbs Racing">Joe Gibbs Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Kenseth" title="Matt Kenseth">Matt Kenseth</a> </td> <td>Ford </td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Failed to Qualify:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Mayfield" title="Jeremy Mayfield">Jeremy Mayfield</a> (#41), <a href="/wiki/Scott_Speed" title="Scott Speed">Scott Speed</a> (#82)</li> <li><b>Note:</b> Scott Speed's team paid Joe Nemechek to 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href="http://racing-reference.info/race/2009_Southern_500/W">"2009 Southern 500"</a>. <i>Racing-Reference.info</i>. USA Today Sports Media Group<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-05-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Racing-Reference.info&rft.atitle=2009+Southern+500&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fracing-reference.info%2Frace%2F2009_Southern_500%2FW&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2009+Southern+500+presented+by+GoDaddy.com" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weather-information-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weather-information_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/SC/Darlington/2009-05-09">"2009 Southern 500 weather information"</a>. The Old Farmers' Almanac<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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