ford ford thirty final stock car race nascar sprint cup series tenth final race season ending chase held november homestead florida crowd people lap race won joe racing team starting thirty eighth position finished second teammate came won pole position maintained lead lap race chase sprint cup participants including johnson race encountered problems closing laps leading race laps remaining giving lead maintained win race seven race eighteen lead changes different drivers race fourth win season eighth career johnson driver win consecutive drivers championships points ahead johnson team owner won owners championship chevrolet won manufacturers championship points points ahead toyota ninety ahead ford race attracted million television viewers report background intermediate tracks hold nascar races kansas race held standard track homestead miami turn oval track miles long track turns banked degrees stretch location finish line stretch banked degrees final race season led drivers championship points second points points johnson maximum points available final race johnson martin drivers championship fourth points chevrolet secured manufacturer championship entered race points points ahead toyota points maximum points available ford race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes second minutes final session lasted minutes practice session fastest placing ahead second took fourth position placed fifth edwards rounded fastest drivers session drivers entered according nascar qualifying procedure race driver ran laps starting order determined competitor fastest times johnson clinched fifth pole position season time joined grid row qualified martin took fourth stewart started fifth newman completed fastest drivers chase qualified twelfth set twentieth fastest time drivers failed qualify johnson said talk today don freak good mark martin ran kept emotions check drove car right touch feel comes relaxed went saturday morning martin fastest second practice session ahead second johnson newman fourth quickest took fifth managed sixth followed drivers chase finished seventeenth fastest time stewart set fourth fastest time burton paced final practice session martin followed second respectively fourth fastest ahead newman johnson scored seventh eighth ninth tenth chase drivers scored fifteenth eleventh respectively race race season began televised live united_states abc start race weather conditions partly cloudy air temperature assistant pastor florida began pre race ceremonies invocation actress rose performed national anthem actor commanded drivers start engines pace laps grid changing engine johnson retained pole position lead corner speed laps later moved fourth position began race eleventh moved positions seventh place lap began reduce lead johnson martin got loose lap regained control car lap stewart passed martin fourth lap later passed johnson new race leader lap johnson retook lead having positions early moved second position passing lap car suffered flat tire came pit road began race thirty second moved nineteen positions thirteenth lap laps later began slow pit stop laps later change car battery lap stewart passed johnson new race leader car went garage laps later passed tenth position lap passed martin fourth position rejoined race laps later lap passed martin claim sixth position laps later green flag pit stops began martin pit johnson pit stop lap later lap new race leader stewart came pit stall lap later came pit road new race leader lap passed clinch lead laps later moved second position passing stewart laps later stewart reclaimed lead passing lap johnson passed martin ninth lap stewart second lead lap later newman collided wall falling eleventh place escaped minor damage lap moved seventh passing laps later spun turn avoided contact barriers causing caution race pace car came track caution leaders pit stops stewart maintained lead restart reclaimed lead immediately afterward stewart passed second lap later stewart dropped sixth passed lap passed fourth position laps later moved position passing johnson lap passed second burton moved laps later moved sixth passing johnson lap collided wall causing second caution race caution leaders pit stops maintained lead restart laps later collided wall prompted caution drivers stayed track caution allowing remain leader restart collision involving stewart occurred lap caution given result led restart passed laps lap second lead laps later passed claim second lap stewart involved collision prompted fifth caution caution leaders pit stops black laps lap reclaimed lead followed burton lap johnson moved seventh afterward johnson passed sixth position seven laps later reclaimed lead lap burton passed second laps later sixth caution came spun sideways leading cars pit stops maintaining lead burton passed restart lap burton lead seconds lap debris spotted track seventh final caution prompted lead drivers pit stops lap later new leader followed regained lead lap later pit stops immediately passed restart lead lap later reclaimed lead lap passed johnson seventh position seven laps later martin moved twelfth laps lead seconds lap edwards passed eighth laps later passed lost fourth place johnson lap maintained lead win fourth race season burton finished second ahead johnson finished fifth driver clinch consecutive drivers championships gordon edwards rounded finishers post race appeared victory lane start celebrating fourth win season attended race earned race winning race described disappointment saying car took game got little fight especially wrong performance today easy yesterday afterward johnson began celebrating fourth consecutive sprint cup series championship celebration johnson delighted performance saying truth sport love sport like respect like petty gordon awesome win championships years team don know start unbelievable burton finished second commended johnson achievements saying hard best racing list martin finished second points said car didn work sunday didn work struggled sun went went came pitted tried work try improve didn improve lot stuck sorry track position having great race car fought fought fought actually adjustment drove 21st 10th right end couple guys got high line going got drivers championship johnson finished points ahead martin second followed rounded positions points respectively manufacturers championship chevrolet won points ahead toyota ninety ahead ford dodge finished fourth points million people watched race television race took hours minutes eighteen seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race results standings race
2009 Ford 400