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275:The 500 lap race was the twenty-fourth in the
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713:"2009 Sprint Cup Series Schedule"
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207:Television in the United States
88:500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
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31:2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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1497:2009 in sports in Tennessee
810:. Cappers Picks. 2009-08-22
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1005:Chase for the Sprint Cup
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291:finishing second, and
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65:Bristol Motor Speedway
29:Race 24 of 36 in the
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80:0.533 mi (0.857 km)
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764:. Racing Reference
598:Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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24:Race details
1048:Dickies 500
985:Sharpie 500
910:Aaron's 499
900:Samsung 500
870:Daytona 500
519:Ryan Newman
465:Greg Biffle
411:Mark Martin
328:Mark Martin
324:Dave Blaney
289:Mark Martin
232:Andy Petree
228:Jerry Punch
159:Mark Martin
124:Mark Martin
56:Sharpie 500
1491:Categories
980:Carfax 400
935:Pocono 500
880:Shelby 427
814:2014-04-08
793:2014-04-08
768:2014-04-08
744:2011-01-05
723:2011-01-04
698:2013-05-27
678:References
546:Kurt Busch
384:Kyle Busch
281:Kyle Busch
224:Announcers
193:Kyle Busch
1028:Pepsi 500
603:Chevrolet
576:Chevrolet
524:Chevrolet
416:Chevrolet
310:Max Papis
283:, of the
270:Tennessee
258:stock car
1058:Ford 400
717:Archived
715:. ESPN.
644:Timeline
368:Laps led
85:Distance
61:Location
1018:AAA 400
356:Driver
299:Summary
266:Bristol
213:Network
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443:Toyota
389:Toyota
252:NASCAR
250:was a
187:No. 18
181:Winner
154:Driver
144:15.414
116:Driver
75:Course
33:season
550:Dodge
348:Grid
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363:Laps
345:Pos
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234:and
218:ESPN
173:Laps
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