ISBN: | 978-5-5110-2584-1 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 Carfax 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that took place on August 16, 2009 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Out of the 43 races, there were 42 Americans and 2 foreigners (Marcos Ambrose from Australia and Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia). There were seven cautions for 36 laps and the race lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes. Attendance was 103000 strong and Brian Vickers (driving a Toyota Camry) won the race. The other contenders who finished in the top ten were: Jeff Gordon (lost by 1.409 seconds), Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish, Jr., Casey Mears, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, David Reutimann, and Denny Hamlin. The pole speed was 187.242 miles per hour while the average speed was 131.531 miles per hour. 200 laps were done on a 2-mile paved oval track and Red Bull was the winning sponsor for that day (Dietrich Mateschitz was the winning car owner for the 2009 Carfax 400).