| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Aaron's 499 | Talladega Superspeedway | |||||||||
| April 26, 2009 | Race 9 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 147.565 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: .175 | Time of Race: 03:23:20 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 57 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 8-13, 30-34, 44-46, 62-64, 86-88, 125-127, 148-150, 173-175, 181-184 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 9 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | Chevrolet | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | 190/5 | 188 | Running | $312,075 |
| 2 | 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Amp Energy | 175/5 | 188 | Running | $224,200 |
| 3 | 25 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Prelude to the Dream / U.S. Army | 170/5 | 188 | Running | $201,104 |
| 4 | 34 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox | 160/0 | 188 | Running | $161,598 |
| 5 | 8 | 82 | Scott Speed * | Toyota | Red Bull | 160/5 | 188 | Running | $144,798 |
| 6 | 28 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 155/5 | 188 | Running | $130,750 |
| 7 | 2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 151/5 | 188 | Running | $140,225 |
| 8 | 30 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 147/5 | 188 | Running | $136,648 |
| 9 | 22 | 20 | Joey Logano * | Toyota | The Home Depot | 143/5 | 188 | Running | $153,276 |
| 10 | 20 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 139/5 | 188 | Running | $146,456 |
| 11 | 41 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | U.S. Air Force | 130/0 | 188 | Running | $137,401 |
| 12 | 10 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 132/5 | 188 | Running | $107,500 |
| 13 | 24 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Turtle Wax / Menards | 129/5 | 188 | Running | $129,431 |
| 14 | 17 | 187 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 126/5 | 188 | Running | $92,900 |
| 15 | 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | National Day of Prayer / Furniture Row | 118/0 | 188 | Running | $91,775 |
| 16 | 15 | 7 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 120/5 | 188 | Running | $110,175 |
| 17 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Dewalt | 117/5 | 188 | Running | $136,315 |
| 18 | 43 | 113 | Max Papis * | Toyota | GEICO | 109/0 | 188 | Running | $88,975 |
| 19 | 39 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Best Buy | 111/5 | 188 | Running | $100,275 |
| 20 | 1 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Tums Dual Action | 108/5 | 188 | Running | $133,298 |
| 21 | 31 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA | 105/5 | 188 | Running | $98,600 |
| 22 | 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 102/5 | 188 | Running | $104,275 |
| 23 | 29 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 94/0 | 188 | Running | $101,198 |
| 24 | 16 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Claritin | 96/5 | 187 | Accident | $139,506 |
| 25 | 23 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Pedigree | 98/10 | 187 | Running | $138,273 |
| 26 | 33 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 85/0 | 187 | Running | $107,548 |
| 27 | 40 | 34 | John Andretti | Chevrolet | Taco Bell | 87/5 | 187 | Running | $94,825 |
| 28 | 12 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ford | Ask.com | 79/0 | 179 | Accident | $113,804 |
| 29 | 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Jim Beam | 76/0 | 179 | Accident | $104,635 |
| 30 | 36 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 78/5 | 179 | Accident | $137,026 |
| 31 | 37 | 12 | David Stremme | Dodge | Penske Racing | 70/0 | 179 | Accident | $118,915 |
| 32 | 27 | 41 | Jeremy Mayfield | Toyota | Big Red | 72/5 | 179 | Accident | $82,075 |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 69/5 | 179 | Accident | $121,190 |
| 34 | 4 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Penske Truck Rental / AAA | 66/5 | 179 | Accident | $103,685 |
| 35 | 38 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Hunt Brothers Pizza | 58/0 | 164 | Running | $84,675 |
| 36 | 35 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 55/0 | 133 | Running | $123,973 |
| 37 | 14 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Pepsi Throwback Challenger / DuPont | 52/0 | 128 | Running | $121,201 |
| 38 | 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 49/0 | 127 | Running | $118,353 |
| 39 | 5 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | BB&T | 46/0 | 8 | Running | $88,875 |
| 40 | 26 | 171 | David Gilliland | Chevrolet | TRG Motorsports | 43/0 | 6 | Accident | $80,550 |
| 41 | 21 | 36 | Scott Riggs | Toyota | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 40/0 | 6 | Accident | $80,325 |
| 42 | 32 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 37/0 | 6 | Accident | $88,155 |
| 43 | 7 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Carquest / Kellogg's | 34/0 | 6 | Accident | $88,464 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||