2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500

The 2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 was held on March 29, 2009 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia; it was the sixth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season . Jimmie Johnson, who led forty-two laps, won the race, while Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart finished second and third respectively.

2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500

Race details[1]
Race 6 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
Date	March 29, 2009 (2009-March-29)
Official name	Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500
Location	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.526 mi (0.85 km)
Distance	508 laps, 267 mi (430 km)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 75 °F (24 °C); wind speeds up to 23.9 miles per hour (38.5 km/h)[2]
Average speed	75.938 miles per hour (122.210 km/h)
Attendance	63,000[1]
Pole position
Driver	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	296
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

No time trials took place because of rain during the previous days. A live audience of 63,000 people attended the event, which lasted three hours and twenty-seven minutes. Last-place finisher Todd Bodine quit on lap 3 due to a problem with his engine. Robby Gordon, Joe Nemechek and Dave Blaney also failed to finish the race. 13% of the race was run under caution; the average green flag run lasted approximately 33 laps. Most of the incidents that brought out the yellow flag were crashes. Five drivers failed to qualify for the race including Sterling Marlin, Tony Raines and Dennis Setzer.[1]

Jeff Gordon often battled Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer for the lead.[3] Gordon finished fourth, while Hamlin took second place and Bower finished in fifth place.