The 2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 3, 2009, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season.
Juan Pablo Montoya was humbly given a second-place finish by being .869 seconds slower than Hamlin.
Derrike Cope's vehicle was too slow to qualify for the race.
Previous-day rain forced a competition caution on lap 22; most other yellow flags after this one were mainly for debris or accidents.