High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 Daytona 500, the fifty-first running of Daytona 500, was the first points-paying race to open the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The race was won by Matt Kenseth making a car numbered 17 winning the Daytona 500 for the first time in 20 years since Darrell Waltrip`s win back in 1989 and the first Daytona 500 win for Roush Fenway Racing. The 500-mile race was held on February 15 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was called off with 48 laps to go after a severe rainstorm that had been lingering throughout the area hit the track.