2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500

2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500
Race details
Race 32 of 36 in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
	A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
Date	October 25, 2009
Location	Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	0.526 miles (0.847 km)
Distance	501 laps, 263.526 mi (424.103 km)
Scheduled distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching an average of 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds reaching an average of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)
Average speed	73.633 miles per hour (118.501 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Newman;
Time	19.563
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin
Laps	206
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 was the 32nd race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at the beginning of the second half of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500-lap, 263 miles (423 km) event, the only race on the Chase that is held on a short track (.526 miles (0.847 km)), was held on October 25, 2009 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Denny Hamlin won while points leader Jimmie Johnson finished second.^[2]

This was the last career start for NASCAR veteran Sterling Marlin, who retired shortly thereafter, and the first race in over three years for 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope.