Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #18 of 36 for the 2009 season -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race: Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Daytona Beach, FL Title Sponsor: Coke Zero Scheduled Green Flag: 8:19pm/et -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage: SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace TNT 6:30pm/et Announcers: Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty Pit Reporters: Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Ralph Sheheen, Lindsay Czarniak TNT's Revolving Studio: Marc Fein and Larry McReynolds Scheduled Race Re-Air Date: Wednesday, July 8 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Practices: Thursday, July 2, 4:00 - 5:20 pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Thursday, July 2, 6:35 - 8:00pm/et, TV-SPEED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying Information: Qualifying Draw: Thursday, July 2, 3:00pm/et Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, July 3 at 4:10pm/et, TV-SPEED & live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio. Then the cars will be Impounded after qualifying -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Diagram: Track Website: Daytona International Speedway Track Specs: Track/Race Length: 2.5 mile oval, 160 laps, 400 miles Tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns 18-degree banking in the tri-oval and 6-degree banking on the straightaways Date track opened: 1959 Banking in turns 1-4: 31 degrees Banking in tri-oval: 18 degrees Banking on backstretch: 3 degrees Banking on the straightaway: 6 degrees Length of frontstretch: 3,800 feet Length of backstretch: 3,400 feet Grandstand Seating: 168,000. Pit Road Speed: 55 mph Pace Car Speed: 70 mph Pit Road Length: 1,600 feet Pit Road Width: 50 feet Opened: 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Winners of the Coke Zero 400: Firecracker 250 1959 July 4 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 1960 July 4 Jack Smith Pontiac 1961 July 4 David Pearson Pontiac 1962 July 4 Fireball Roberts Pontiac Firecracker 400 1963 July 4 Fireball Roberts Ford 1964 July 4 A. J. Foyt Dodge 1965 July 4 A. J. Foyt Ford 1966 July 4 Sam McQuagg Dodge 1967 July 4 Cale Yarborough Ford 1968 July 4 Cale Yarborough Mercury 1969 July 4 LeeRoy Yarbrough Ford 1970 July 4 Donnie Allison Ford 1971 July 4 Bobby Isaac Dodge 1972 July 4 David Pearson Mercury 1973 July 4 David Pearson Mercury 1974 July 4 David Pearson Mercury 1975 July 4 Richard Petty Dodge 1976 July 4 Cale Yarborough Buick 1977 July 4 Richard Petty Dodge 1978 July 4 David Pearson Mercury 1979 July 4 Neil Bonnett Mercury 1980 July 4 Bobby Allison Mercury 1981 July 4 Cale Yarborough Buick 1982 July 4 Bobby Allison Buick 1983 July 4 Buddy Baker Ford 1984 July 4 Richard Petty Pontiac Pepsi Firecracker 400 1985 July 4 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 1986 July 4 Tim Richmond Chevrolet 1987 July 4 Bobby Allison Buick 1988 July 2 Bill Elliott Ford Pepsi 400 1989 July 1 Davey Allison Ford 1990 July 7 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 1991 July 6 Bill Elliott Ford 1992 July 4 Ernie Irvan Chevrolet 1993 July 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 1994 July 2 Jimmy Spencer Ford 1995 July 1 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1996 July 6 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 1997 July 5 John Andretti Ford 1998 October 17 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1999 July 3 Dale Jarrett Ford 2000 July 1 Jeff Burton Ford 2001 July 7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2002 July 6 Michael Waltrip 2003 July 5 Greg Biffle Ford 2004 July 3 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 2005 July 2 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2006 July 1 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2007 July 7 Jamie McMurray Ford Coke Zero 400 presented by Coca-Cola 2008 July 5 Kyle Busch Toyota
Coke Zero 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Nascar.com Qualifying was cancelled due to rain, the field will be set by the current owner points POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Burger King 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Scotch-Brite 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford R+L Global Services 11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg's 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 14 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 15 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Clorox / Bush's Beans 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 20 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 21 20 Joey Logano* Toyota The Home Depot 22 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin Marathon Saw Blades 23 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 24 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 26 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge U.S. Air Force 27 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Pennzoil Platinum 28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Academy Sports + Outdoors 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 30 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Paralyzed Veterans of America 31 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 32 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 33 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville / Menards 34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Mapei / Menards 35 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 36 09 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 37 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 38 71 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 41 36 Patrick Carpentier Toyota Tommy Baldwin Racing 42 37 Tony Raines Dodge Gander Mountain / Remington 43 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies Did Not Qualify 44 13 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 45 64 Mike Wallace Toyota Fred's Hometown Discount Store * Denotes Rookie
Coke Zero 400 Results courtesy of Nascar.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Burger King 195/10 160 Running 2 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 170/0 160 Running 3 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 170/5 160 Running 4 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 160/0 160 Running 5 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 160/5 160 Running 6 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Clorox / Bush's Beans 150/0 160 Running 7 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 146/0 160 Running 8 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford R+L Global Services 147/5 160 Running 9 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 138/0 160 Running 10 23 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 134/0 160 Running 11 22 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin Marathon Saw Blades 130/0 160 Running 12 43 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 127/0 160 Running 13 31 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 124/0 160 Running 14 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 126/5 160 Running 15 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 118/0 160 Running 16 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 120/5 160 Running 17 30 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Paralyzed Veterans of America 112/0 160 Running 18 9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Scotch-Brite 109/0 160 Running 19 21 20 Joey Logano * Toyota The Home Depot 106/0 160 Running 20 7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 108/5 160 Running 21 28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Academy Sports + Outdoors 100/0 160 Running 22 34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Mapei / Menards 102/5 160 Running 23 33 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville / Menards 94/0 160 Running 24 36 09 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 91/0 160 Running 25 24 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 88/0 160 Running 26 27 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Pennzoil Platinum 85/0 160 Running 27 35 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 87/5 160 Running 28 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 84/5 160 Running 29 15 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 76/0 159 Running 30 42 37 Tony Raines Dodge Gander Mountain / Remington 73/0 158 Running 31 37 187 Scott Speed * Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 70/0 152 Accident 32 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 67/0 152 Running 33 26 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge U.S. Air Force 64/0 146 Running 34 20 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 61/0 144 Running 35 32 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 58/0 129 Running 36 14 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 55/0 127 Running 37 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 52/0 124 Running 38 11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg's 49/0 79 Running 39 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard "Serving America" / Amp Energy 46/0 76 Accident 40 38 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 43/0 76 Accident 41 39 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 40/0 25 Transmission 42 41 36 Patrick Carpentier Toyota Tommy Baldwin Racing 37/0 18 Engine 43 40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 34/0 2 Overheating * Denotes Rookie
