[2] The 500 lap race was the twenty-fourth in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
An incredibly packed racetrack of 160,000 people would see eleven cautions for a duration of 76 laps.
Approximately 15% of the race was held under caution; with accidents being the predominant cause of the yellow flags.
The average green flag run was 35 laps; with a ten-lap caution period for rain.
Mark Martin was the undisputed best driver in the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season after this event; even though he finished in second place behind Kyle Busch.