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Motor car race
The
2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
, the 16th running of the
event
, was the twenty-first race of the
2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season
and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
(IMS). It was the first race under the
ESPN
/
ABC
section of the TV coverage for the 2009 season. The 160-lap, 400 miles (640 km) event took place on July 26 at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) IMS located in
Speedway, Indiana
(a separate town surrounded by
Indianapolis
). Along with ESPN, the
IMS Radio Network
, working with
Performance Racing Network
, provided radio coverage on terrestrial radio,
World Harvest Radio International
also provided Shortwave feed of the IMS coverage, and with
Sirius XM Radio
holding the satellite radio rights.
Juan Pablo Montoya
dominated the race leading almost 120 laps, but after a pit penalty while under green flag conditions toward the end of the race,
Jimmie Johnson
held off a hard charging
Mark Martin
to claim victory, his third triumph at the storied venue.
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The race was known as Allstate 400 for the last time, as
Allstate Insurance
announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the race.
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Tires
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Following the fiasco surrounding tire wear in the
2008 race
, infuriating the fans and everyone else involved, Goodyear held three tire tests afterward, with the most recent tire test held on June 15?16. The drivers there agreed that the tire wear was much better than last year, mostly because the
Car of Tomorrow
was not run at IMS in 2007.
Race Results
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