aaa aaa eighth stock car race nascar sprint cup series second race season ending chase held september dover international dover delaware crowd people lap race won team started pole position teammate finished second came johnson won pole position maintained lead lap begin race competition caution lap leader race chase participants race johnson reclaimed lead passing johnson maintained position lead laps win fourth race season lead changes different drivers course race race johnson fourth win season fourth career result kept martin lead drivers championship points ahead johnson juan chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship ahead toyota seventy ford dodge points fourth place race attracted million television viewers report background dover international short tracks hold nascar races richmond international nascar race makes use track standard configuration turn short track oval mile long track turns banked degrees stretch location finish line banked degrees race led drivers championship points tied second points points martin fourth points ahead nineteen ahead fifth sixth respectively points ahead points ahead rounded positions chase sprint cup points respectively manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points thirty points ahead rivals toyota second place dodge points point ahead ford battle place johnson race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes second minutes final session lasted minutes practice session johnson fastest placing ahead newman second took fourth position placed fifth martin rounded fastest drivers session session broke rocker arm team changed engines consequence drivers entered according nascar qualifying procedure race driver ran laps starting order determined competitor fastest times johnson pole position season time joined grid row newman qualified took fourth started fifth gordon completed positions driver failed qualify qualifying changed car engine failed session johnson said pole today start weekend better lot direction momentum moving tomorrow carry aspect momentum time got perform saturday morning fastest second practice session ahead second newman johnson fourth quickest took fifth managed sixth stewart followed drivers chase finished eleventh fastest time set fourteenth fastest time set fastest time final practice session followed second respectively martin fourth quickest ahead johnson seventh fastest eighth ninth tenth chase drivers included newman eleventh eighteenth race race eighth total thirty season began televised live united_states espn start race weather conditions cloudy air temperature moderate chance rain forecast pastor began pre race ceremonies giving invocation country music group dog universal music recording artists performed national anthem sergeant major gave command drivers start engines pace laps rear grid changing engines nascar announced competition caution place lap meaning drivers mandatory pit stops johnson maintained pole position lead corner lap later newman passed second position starting race twelfth martin lost positions run eighteenth lap 10th lap johnson built second lead newman began race rear grid moved thirteen positions ninth lap laps later drove garage lap passed vickers ninth claimed fourth position laps later lap competition caution came caution leaders pit stops new leader lap pit stops newman claimed position held restart lap multi car collision occurred turn stewart causing flip sideways collected prompting second caution lap red flag shown allow race officials clear track debris race restarted minutes later caution newman maintained lead restart followed laps later gordon passed fifth sixth respectively lap fell ninth passed martin laps later martin passed thirteenth position lap johnson passed lap passed newman claim lead laps later claimed fifth position passed johnson eighth lap moved position passing went garage retire race laps later claimed seventh position passed newman second lap lap gordon passed newman fourth positions laps later johnson claimed seventh lap ran fuel forcing pit stop lap passed johnson fourth position lap later lost car right tire collided wall causing caution leaders elected pit stops remained leader restart ahead lap passed second position passed ninth lap laps later dropped sixth passed passed position lap sixteen laps later passed sixth stewart moved eighteenth position lap lap blocked allowing johnson claim lead lap dropped positions sixth passed martin green flag pit stops began lap pit stop laps later fourth caution came caution caused liquid track leaders pit stops reclaimed lead lap restart stewart moved eleventh position lap laps later johnson reclaimed lead lap johnson opened second lead laps later collided wall turn turn prompting fifth caution leaders chose pit stops caution race resumed lap johnson leading lap johnson lead seconds seven laps later rejoined race track lap stewart passed ninth position seven laps later stewart moved eighth passing newman passed seventh lap lap johnson lead seconds reduced pace car moved track caution caused making contact wall turn leaders pit stops johnson remained leader restart lap passed newman ninth lap johnson built lead seconds seventeen laps later martin passed fourth position johnson lead increased seconds lap laps later debris spotted track seventh caution prompted leaders elected pit stops caution johnson maintained lead restart followed martin lap later moved second position martin fell fifth lap martin moved fourth passing passed laps later lap eighth caution came spun collecting johnson kept lead lap restart lap later moved second position stewart gordon moved fourth tenth respectively lap gordon passed newman ninth falling eleventh position contact newman lap later lap stewart passed martin fourth position johnson built second lead lap lap later moved ninth position passing newman lap spun prompting ninth final caution race caution leaders pit stops johnson maintained lead lap laps later newman passed eighth edwards passed stewart twelfth lap stewart passed newman seventh eighth ninth respectively lap passed martin second position lap passed second position laps later johnson lead increased seconds held win race martin finished second ahead fourth fifth gordon stewart newman rounded finishers post race johnson appeared victory lane celebrate fourth victory season people attended race johnson earned race afterward said sunday morning optimistic lap knew balanced car competitive day long solid finish continued guys worried people think people spend lot time areas works don watch television don watch read trade papers magazines ignore ignore ignore focus world going race car rest chase martin finished second result finish second don think johnson league today post race press conference said result didn qualify good happy car race started didn think good yesterday practice able good pit stops involved biggest accident race biggest thing fine time sure happened clearing low got checked going corner got tagged race result kept martin lead drivers championship points johnson won race stood second points martin ahead moved fourth position points stewart fifth sixth newman vickers followed positions final positions available chase sprint cup occupied edwards eleventh twelfth manufacturers championship chevrolet maintained lead toyota remained second ford followed points point ahead dodge fourth million people watched race television race took hours minutes seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race standings race
2009 AAA 400