SPRINT Food City 500

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Mar 17, 2009 - 5:11 PM 
March 22, 2009
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
Race 5 of 36 on Sprint Cup circuit

TV: FOX, 1:30 pm EDT

Laps: 500
Track length: .533 miles
Race length: 267 miles

Qualifying record: Ryan Newman, Dodge, 128.709 mph, 2003
Race record: Charlie Glotzbach, Chevrolet, 101.074 mph, 1971

2008 Top 10
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 1. Jeff Burton (31), Chevrolet
 2. Kevin Harvick (29), Chevrolet 
 3. Clint Bowyer (33), Chevrolet 
 4. Greg Biffle (16), Ford 
 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Chevrolet 
 6. Denny Hamlin (11), Toyota 
 7. Kasey Kahne (9), Dodge 
 8. Aric Almirola (8), Chevrolet 
 9. David Gilliland (171), Ford 
10. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford 

Past Champions
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2008  Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 89.775 mph
2007  Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 81.969 mph
2006  Kurt Busch, Dodge, 79.427 mph
2005  Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 84.678 mph
2004  Kurt Busch, Ford, 82.607 mph
2003  Kurt Busch, Ford, 76.185 mph
2002  Kurt Busch, Ford, 82.281 mph
2001  Elliott Sadler, Ford, 86.949 mph
2000  Rusty Wallace, Ford, 88.018 mph
1999  Rusty Wallace, Ford, 93.363 mph
1998  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 82.850 mph
1997  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 75.035 mph
1996  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 91.308 mph
1995  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 92.011 mph
1994  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 89.647 mph
1993  Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 84.730 mph
1992  Alan Kulwicki, Ford, 86.316 mph
1991  Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 72.809 mph
1990  Davey Allison, Ford, 87.258 mph
1989  Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 76.034 mph
1988  Bill Elliott, Ford, 83.115 mph
1987  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 75.621 mph
1986  Rusty Wallace, Pontiac, 89.714 mph
1985  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 81.707 mph
1984  Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 93.967 mph
1983  Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 93.445 mph
1982  Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 94.133 mph
1981  Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 89.530 mph 
1980  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 96.978 mph
1979  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 91.033 mph
1978  Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 92.401 mph
1977  Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 100.989 mph
1976  Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 87.978 mph
1975  Richard Petty, Dodge, 97.569 mph
1974  Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 71.758 mph
1973  Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 89.975 mph
1972  Bobby Allison, Chevrolet, 93.893 mph
1971  David Pearson, Ford, 92.758 mph
1970  Davey Allison, Ford, 87.521 mph
1969  Bobby Allison, Dodge, 81.455 mph
1968  David Pearson, Ford, 77.247 mph
1967  David Pearson, Dodge, 75.937 mph
1966  Dick Hutcherson, Ford, 69.952 mph
1965  Junior Johnson, Ford, 74.938 mph 
1964  Fred Lorenzen, Ford, 72.196 mph
1963  Fireball Roberts, Ford, 76.910 mph
1962  Bobby Johns, Pontiac, 73.397 mph
1961  Jack Smith, Pontiac, 68.373 mph







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