High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 Southern 500 presented by GoDaddy.com, was the 53rd annual running of the Rebel 500, traditionally held on Confederate Memorial Day, the eleventh race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, was held on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race was televised in the USA on Fox starting at 7 PM US EDT with radio being handled on MRN on terrestrial radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.