Catchfence

After a day delay due to rain, and an emotional time for Denny Hamlin, who lost his Grandmother a few days ago, Hamlin held off Juan Pablo Montoya by 0.869 seconds to win the NSCS Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.

This was Hamlin’s first win in the series this season, his fifth win of his career, and his third win at Pocono. He is fifth in the points standings, 475 points behind leader Tony Stewart, and is 38 points out of fourth-place in the points standings.

The series points leader, Tony Stewart, had to start the race from the back of the field due to having to go to a backup car during a single-car accident during Saturday morning’s practice session. Stewart finished in tenth and is now 197 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson, who at one time was 3-laps down, but rallied to the lead lap and finished in 13th.

Following Hamlin and Montoya to the drop of the checkered flags were Clint Bowyer in third, Sam Hornish Jr., in fourth, Kasey Kahne fifth, Brian Vickers sixth, Mark Martin seventh, Jeff Gordon eighth, Kurt Busch ninth and Tony Stewart rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 126.403 MPH

Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 57 Mins, 22 Secs.

Margin of Victory: 0.869 Seconds

Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers

Cautions: 10 for 39 laps

Unofficial Top-12 in the Points Standings: 1. Tony Stewart – 3188 2. Jimmie Johnson – 2991 (-197 Behind Leader) 3. Jeff Gordon – 2989 (-199) 4. Kurt Busch – 2751 (-437) 5. Denny Hamlin – 2713 (-475) 6. Carl Edwards – 2665 (-523) 7. Kasey Kahne – 2642 (-546) 8. Juan Pablo Montoya – 2631 (-557) 9. Ryan Newman – 2627 (-561) 10. Mark Martin – 2622 (-566) 11. Matt Kenseth – 2564 (-624) 12. Greg Biffle – 2563 (-625)

Looking in from the Outside (13th & 14th are so close) to Make the Chase: 13. Kyle Busch – 2462 (-726 Behind Leader) (-101 Behind 12th) 14. Brian Vickers – 2459 (-729 Behind Leader) (-104 Behind 12th).

2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 NSCS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	6	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	200	195	10	Running	6	91
2	10	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	200	170		Running
3	16	33	Clint Bowyer	The Hartford Chevrolet	200	170	5	Running	1	23
4	29	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	PPG Dodge	200	160		Running
5	8	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	200	160	5	Running	2	35
6	15	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	200	150		Running
7	9	5	Mark Martin	Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet	200	151	5	Running	1	10
8	3	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	200	142		Running
9	4	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	200	143	5	Running	1	14
10	1	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice Swagger Chevrolet	200	134		Running
11	12	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Ford	200	135	5	Running	1	1
12	23	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet	200	127		Running
13	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	200	129	5	Running	1	22
14	7	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	200	121		Running
15	11	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	200	118		Running
16	14	18	Kyle Busch	M&Ms Toyota	200	115		Running
17	27	44	A J Allmendinger	Valvoline Dodge	200	112		Running
18	5	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	200	109		Running
19	24	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	200	106		Running
20	20	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal Ford	200	103		Running
21	17	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	200	100		Running
22	30	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	200	97		Running
23	37	82	Scott Speed #	Red Bull Toyota	200	94		Running
24	25	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Tools Dodge	200	91		Running
25	21	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	200	88		Running
26	33	98	Paul Menard	Moen/Menards Ford	200	85		Running
27	19	20	Joey Logano #	The Home Depot Toyota	200	82		Running
28	22	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP ENERGY / National Guard Chevrolet	200	79		Running
29	13	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	200	81	5	Running	1	1
30	35	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell Chevrolet	200	78	5	Running	1	1
31	31	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Toyota	198	70		Running
32	32	12	David Stremme	No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge	196	67		Running
33	34	7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota	195	64		Running
34	18	47	Marcos Ambrose	iRacing.com/Kingsford/Clorox Toyota	192	66	5	Running	1	1
35	26	43	Reed Sorenson	Air Force Dodge	185	58		Running
36	28	96	Bobby Labonte	DLP Ford	180	55		Accident
37	41	36	Patrick Carpentier	Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich Toyota	38	52		Transmission
38	36	9	Sterling Marlin	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Dodge	36	49		Transmission
39	39	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	30	46		Ignition
40	40	66	Dave Blaney	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	26	43		Overheating
41	38	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	24	45	5	Alternator	1	1
42	43	37	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Dodge	17	37		Power
43	42	64	Mike Wallace	Air Combat USA/Fred's Toyota	13	34		Parked