Matt Kenseth is the winner due to the weather, called with 48 laps yet to be ran.

Kenseth  declared the winner . Go Fords !

RESULTS

2009 Unofficial Race Results : Daytona 500

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS
1	43	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Dewalt	190/5	152	Running
2	38	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	170/0	152	Running
3	20	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Dodge	Valvoline	165/0	152	Running
4	22	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	160/0	152	Running
5	30	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Stanley	160/5	152	Running
6	29	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	150/0	152	Running
7	25	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA	146/0	152	Running
8	37	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	147/5	152	Running
9	32	43	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	McDonald's	138/0	152	Running
10	11	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	134/0	152	Running
11	1	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	135/5	152	Running
12	28	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	127/0	152	Running
13	3	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	129/5	152	Running
14	8	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	121/0	152	Running
15	23	07	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	118/0	152	Running
16	2	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / Carquest	120/5	152	Running
17	21	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox	112/0	152	Running
18	16	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	109/0	152	Running
19	41	34	John Andretti	Chevrolet	Window World	106/0	152	Running
20	31	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	103/0	152	Running
21	36	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	100/0	152	Running
22	12	96	Bobby Labonte	Ford	Ask.com	102/5	152	Running
23	34	21	Bill Elliott	Ford	Motorcraft	94/0	152	Running
24	13	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Budweiser	91/0	152	Running
25	35	66	Terry Labonte	Toyota	Window World	88/0	152	Running
26	15	36	Scott Riggs	Toyota	Red Bank Outfitters	85/0	152	Running
27	10	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	82/0	152	Running
28	14	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard	84/5	152	Running
29	26	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	76/0	152	Running
30	9	8	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Guitar Hero	73/0	152	Running
31	5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	70/0	152	Running
32	39	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Mobil 1	72/5	152	Running
33	24	12	David Stremme	Dodge	Penske Racing	64/0	152	Running
34	27	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Jim Beam	61/0	152	Running
35	42	82	Scott Speed *	Toyota	Red Bull	58/0	152	Running
36	40	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	55/0	150	Running
37	17	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Quaker State / Menards	52/0	139	In Pit
38	19	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	49/0	139	Running
39	6	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	46/0	134	Running
40	18	41	Jeremy Mayfield	Toyota	All Sport	43/0	126	Running
41	4	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	50/10	124	Running
42	33	28	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Golden Corral	37/0	90	Running
43	7	20	Joey Logano *	Toyota	The Home Depot	34/0	81	Running

earnhardt is the pitts.

I checked the results on another site.

Nice to see John Andretti do well.

I had to LOL after the race. Everyone was saying they wished it hadn't rained that they had the car to win it.

Who's Really To Blame For The Big Wreck At Daytona?

Interesting artical ....

I personally think it was, as Junior's Dad would have told the media leeches, "It was just one of those racin' things."  I chalk it up to just good hard racing. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't well thought out but hey, that's what you get when you run cars at obver 180 MPH in close proximity to each other.

Again, to me personally, Dale and Brian aren't the real story here. It's NA__AR ("SC" ommitted because they don't even come close to resembling the "stock cars" we see on the streets).   Why didn't they penalize Junior when they penalized the hell out of Jason Leffler the day before for a similar action?  The fact that they gave Junior a pass leaves the door open for those who believe that NA__AR enforces the rules one way for the people who sell the most trinkets & trash, and another way for the lesser drivers.

Just my personal thoughts.

RACE LINEUP

Auto Club 500 | Auto Club Speedway

February 22, 2009 | Race 2 of 36

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	183.439	39.250	Leader
2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools	183.164	39.309	-0.059
3	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	182.653	39.419	-0.169
4	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	182.556	39.440	-0.190
5	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	182.302	39.495	-0.245
6	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	182.209	39.515	-0.265
7	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	182.089	39.541	-0.291
8	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Dodge	Charter Comm.	182.048	39.550	-0.300
9	82	Scott Speed*	Toyota	Red Bull	181.965	39.568	-0.318
10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	181.919	39.578	-0.328
11	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Old Spice / Office Depot	181.901	39.582	-0.332
12	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Jim Beam	181.777	39.609	-0.359
13	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	181.726	39.620	-0.370
14	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox	181.653	39.636	-0.386
15	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	181.616	39.644	-0.394
16	96	Bobby Labonte	Ford	Ask.com	181.461	39.678	-0.428
17	43	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Charter Comm.	181.429	39.685	-0.435
18	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Carquest / Kellogg's	181.264	39.721	-0.471
19	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	181.210	39.733	-0.483
20	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Best Buy	181.173	39.741	-0.491
21	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	181.137	39.749	-0.499
22	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Budweiser	181.132	39.750	-0.500
23	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight	180.836	39.815	-0.565
24	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Carhartt	180.818	39.819	-0.569
25	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	180.773	39.829	-0.579
26	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Auto Club	180.746	39.835	-0.585
27	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Quaker State / Menards	180.610	39.865	-0.615
28	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	180.397	39.912	-0.662
29	07	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	180.374	39.917	-0.667
30	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	180.320	39.929	-0.679
31	8	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Guitar Hero	180.248	39.945	-0.695
32	171	David Gilliland	Chevrolet	TRG Motorsports	180.234	39.948	-0.698
33	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	180.176	39.961	-0.711
34	20	Joey Logano*	Toyota	The Home Depot	180.059	39.987	-0.737
35	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard	179.991	40.002	-0.752
36	36	Scott Riggs	Toyota	Red Bank Outfitters	179.721	40.062	-0.812
37	28	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Farmers Insurance	179.632	40.082	-0.832
38	12	David Stremme	Dodge	Penske Racing	179.390	40.136	-0.886
39	41	Jeremy Mayfield	Toyota	All Sport	179.301	40.156	-0.906
40	34	John Andretti	Chevrolet	WindowWorld.com	179.287	40.159	-0.909
41	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	179.109	40.199	-0.949
42	55	Michael Waltrip+	Toyota	NAPA	-	-	-
43	187	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	177.997	40.450	-1.200
Did Not Qualify
44	64	Todd Bodine	Toyota	Gunselman Motorsports	177.454	40.574	-1.324
45	37	Tony Raines	Dodge	Long John Silver's	177.405	40.585	-1.335
46	51	David Starr	Dodge	Allegro Marinade	177.122	40.650	-1.400
47	09	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Phoenix Racing	175.328	41.066	-1.816
48	73	Mike Garvey	Dodge	Jani-King / Quality Concrete	175.897	40.933	-1.683

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