| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Samsung 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | |||||||||
| April 5, 2009 | Race 7 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 146.372 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: .378 | Time of Race: 03:25:22 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 28 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 98-102, 157-161, 221-225, 233-236, 252-258, 305-308 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | National Guard GED Plus / DuPont | 195/10 | 334 | Running | $541,874 |
| 2 | 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt "Tough Tools for Cool Schools" | 175/5 | 334 | Running | $367,724 |
| 3 | 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 170/5 | 334 | Running | $249,625 |
| 4 | 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 165/5 | 334 | Running | $219,146 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Dewalt | 160/5 | 334 | Running | $221,363 |
| 6 | 23 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Cheez-It / Carquest | 155/5 | 334 | Running | $163,975 |
| 7 | 16 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 146/0 | 334 | Running | $184,071 |
| 8 | 28 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 147/5 | 334 | Running | $151,000 |
| 9 | 15 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 138/0 | 334 | Running | $176,304 |
| 10 | 13 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 139/5 | 334 | Running | $176,579 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 135/5 | 334 | Running | $172,346 |
| 12 | 22 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 127/0 | 334 | Running | $139,025 |
| 13 | 5 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Quaker State / Menards | 129/5 | 334 | Running | $156,079 |
| 14 | 32 | 12 | David Stremme | Dodge | Penske Racing | 121/0 | 334 | Running | $155,213 |
| 15 | 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 118/0 | 334 | Running | $150,002 |
| 16 | 18 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 120/5 | 334 | Running | $147,746 |
| 17 | 12 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 112/0 | 334 | Running | $136,833 |
| 18 | 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | 114/5 | 333 | Running | $160,246 |
| 19 | 6 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 106/0 | 333 | Running | $153,371 |
| 20 | 20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 108/5 | 333 | Running | $128,625 |
| 21 | 35 | 7 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 100/0 | 333 | Running | $125,375 |
| 22 | 19 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 97/0 | 333 | Running | $109,575 |
| 23 | 40 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 94/0 | 332 | Running | $105,325 |
| 24 | 34 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA | 91/0 | 332 | Running | $114,475 |
| 25 | 31 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 88/0 | 332 | Running | $140,913 |
| 26 | 26 | 34 | John Andretti | Chevrolet | MyAutoLoan.com | 85/0 | 332 | Running | $111,275 |
| 27 | 17 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 82/0 | 331 | Running | $139,593 |
| 28 | 37 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Ford | Motorcraft | 79/0 | 331 | Running | $100,075 |
| 29 | 30 | 171 | David Gilliland | Chevrolet | Capital Window | 76/0 | 330 | Running | $95,775 |
| 30 | 10 | 20 | Joey Logano * | Toyota | The Home Depot | 73/0 | 330 | Running | $145,524 |
| 31 | 33 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 70/0 | 330 | Running | $92,700 |
| 32 | 42 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Best Buy | 67/0 | 329 | Running | $102,700 |
| 33 | 41 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | Guitar Hero | 64/0 | 328 | Running | $102,450 |
| 34 | 25 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Super 8 | 61/0 | 328 | Running | $92,400 |
| 35 | 39 | 113 | Max Papis * | Toyota | GEICO | 58/0 | 326 | Running | $88,275 |
| 36 | 38 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | McDonald's | 55/0 | 315 | Running | $127,524 |
| 37 | 4 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 57/5 | 293 | Engine | $94,025 |
| 38 | 36 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Sears Auto Center / Valvoline | 49/0 | 255 | Running | $92,875 |
| 39 | 29 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Jim Beam | 46/0 | 249 | Engine | $104,058 |
| 40 | 24 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ford | Ask.com | 43/0 | 229 | Accident | $112,802 |
| 41 | 11 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Clorox / Kingsford / Little Debbie | 40/0 | 216 | Engine | $99,606 |
| 42 | 27 | 9 | Mike Bliss | Dodge | Phoenix Racing | 37/0 | 76 | Clutch | $84,390 |
| 43 | 43 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 34/0 | 48 | Brakes | $84,717 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||