2009 Checker Auto Parts 500
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 35 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 Phoenix International Raceway |
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| Date | November 15, 2009 | ||
| Location | Phoenix International Raceway (Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi (1.609 km) |
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| Distance | 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km) | ||
| Average speed | 110.486 miles per hour (177.810 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Martin Truex, Jr. | Dale Earnhardt Inc. | |
| Time | 26.643 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 238 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Hendrick Motorsports | |
| U.S. Television | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree | ||
The 2009 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was the penultimate race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 312-lap 500 kilometres (310 mi) event on the 1 mile (1.6 km) circuit was held on November 15, 2009 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale. ABC broadcast the race on television beginning at 3 PM US EST while MRN along with Sirius Satellite Radio had radio coverage starting at 2:45 PM US EST. Martin Truex Jr. won the pole and Kurt Busch started in second, making it the first time in NASCAR history that car #1 and #2 started in 1st and 2nd by that order. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson.
