2009 AAA 400
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The 2009 AAA 400, was the twenty-eighth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season
and the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 400 miles (643.7 km) race was held on Sunday, September 27 at the 1 miles (1.6 km) Dover International Speedway
in Dover, Delaware
, the city that serves as state capital of the First State. ABC
telecasts the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT
and MRN
along with Sirius Satellite Radio
provided radio coverage starting at 1:15 PM US EDT. Jimmie Johnson
won the pole and won the race. The race featured Joey Logano
rolling over several times in turn 3 and thus brought out a red flag, less than 30 seconds after the caution was waved, Logano walked away from the wreck.
2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008...
and the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 400 miles (643.7 km) race was held on Sunday, September 27 at the 1 miles (1.6 km) Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway
Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
in Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...
, the city that serves as state capital of the First State. ABC
NASCAR on ABC
NASCAR on ESPN is the coverage of NASCAR on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. ABC, and later ESPN, carried NASCAR races from the sanctioning body's top three divisions at various points from the early 1960s until 2002. ESPN resumed coverage of NASCAR with the Nationwide Series race at Daytona in February 2007...
telecasts the race beginning at 1 PM US EDT
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
and MRN
Motor Racing Network
The Motor Racing Network is the principal radio broadcasting operation of NASCAR, promoting themselves as "The Voice of NASCAR." It broadcasts coverage of most major NASCAR races at the top three levels of NASCAR at tracks owned by International Speedway Corporation as well as Dover International...
along with Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
provided radio coverage starting at 1:15 PM US EDT. Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
won the pole and won the race. The race featured Joey Logano
Joey Logano
Joseph Thomas "Joey" Logano , nicknamed "sliced bread" by Randy LaJoie, is an American stock car auto racing race car driver who currently drives the #20 Home Depot Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series and the #20 GameStop/Sport Clips Toyota Camry in the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs...
rolling over several times in turn 3 and thus brought out a red flag, less than 30 seconds after the caution was waved, Logano walked away from the wreck.
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