| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | |||||||||
| May 9, 2009 | Race 11 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 119.687 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 1.531 | Time of Race: 04:11:19 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 23 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 5-7, 22-24, 32-37, 76-85, 120-123, 162-165, 186-189, 198-201, 216-219, 223-226, 250-253, | |||||||||
| 277-281, 285-287, 297-300, 321-325, 336-338, 344-346 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 12 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Cheez-It / Carquest | 190/5 | 367 | Running | $295,150 |
| 2 | 42 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 175/5 | 367 | Running | $236,999 |
| 3 | 18 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 170/5 | 367 | Running | $171,696 |
| 4 | 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 165/5 | 367 | Running | $170,527 |
| 5 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | National Guard ESGR / DuPont | 160/5 | 367 | Running | $152,724 |
| 6 | 16 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 155/5 | 367 | Running | $162,113 |
| 7 | 31 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 146/0 | 367 | Running | $102,400 |
| 8 | 11 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 152/10 | 367 | Running | $112,625 |
| 9 | 5 | 20 | Joey Logano * | Toyota | The Home Depot | 143/5 | 367 | Running | $138,874 |
| 10 | 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Dewalt | 139/5 | 367 | Running | $142,188 |
| 11 | 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 130/0 | 367 | Running | $127,843 |
| 12 | 6 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 127/0 | 367 | Running | $132,254 |
| 13 | 23 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | Farm Bureau Insurance | 124/0 | 367 | Running | $103,175 |
| 14 | 19 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Stanley Tools | 126/5 | 367 | Running | $95,700 |
| 15 | 40 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Schrock / Menards | 118/0 | 367 | Running | $118,904 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 115/0 | 367 | Running | $100,350 |
| 17 | 38 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Best Buy | 112/0 | 367 | Running | $86,050 |
| 18 | 27 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ford | Academy Sports + Outdoors | 114/5 | 367 | Running | $112,952 |
| 19 | 41 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Valvoline Crew Chief Car | 106/0 | 367 | Running | $121,549 |
| 20 | 25 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 103/0 | 367 | Running | $119,746 |
| 21 | 29 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 100/0 | 367 | Running | $78,575 |
| 22 | 20 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 97/0 | 367 | Running | $89,450 |
| 23 | 7 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 99/5 | 366 | Running | $121,221 |
| 24 | 34 | 12 | David Stremme | Dodge | Star Trek | 91/0 | 366 | Running | $113,038 |
| 25 | 39 | 34 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | A&W Root Beer | 88/0 | 364 | Running | $87,800 |
| 26 | 32 | 187 | Scott Speed * | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 85/0 | 362 | Running | $75,325 |
| 27 | 26 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Mountain Dew / National Guard | 82/0 | 360 | Running | $92,725 |
| 28 | 28 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Quaker State | 79/0 | 353 | Running | $96,583 |
| 29 | 21 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 76/0 | 347 | Running | $102,096 |
| 30 | 4 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 73/0 | 344 | Running | $97,008 |
| 31 | 35 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 70/0 | 333 | Accident | $105,321 |
| 32 | 9 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 67/0 | 314 | Running | $123,179 |
| 33 | 10 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford / Clorox | 64/0 | 312 | Running | $91,671 |
| 34 | 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 66/5 | 303 | Running | $121,346 |
| 35 | 22 | 113 | Max Papis * | Toyota | GEICO | 58/0 | 302 | Running | $72,725 |
| 36 | 13 | 7 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 55/0 | 238 | Running | $90,575 |
| 37 | 17 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | BB&T | 52/0 | 221 | Accident | $80,375 |
| 38 | 15 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 49/0 | 199 | Accident | $80,150 |
| 39 | 37 | 36 | Scott Riggs | Toyota | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 46/0 | 101 | Brakes | $72,025 |
| 40 | 36 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA Adaptive One | 43/0 | 73 | Engine | $79,875 |
| 41 | 33 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 40/0 | 56 | Brakes | $71,725 |
| 42 | 43 | 9 | Sterling Marlin | Dodge | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | 37/0 | 38 | Transmission | $71,630 |
| 43 | 30 | 171 | David Gilliland | Chevrolet | TRG Motorsports | 34/0 | 27 | Fuel Pump | $71,990 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||