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Numbers Game: 2009 Coca-Cola 600

1st
Career Sprint Cup victory for Coca-Cola 600 winner David Reutimann in 75 starts.

1
Number of times winner Reutimann led the Coca-Cola 600 Monday.

1
Career Cup win for owner Michael Waltrip after Reutimann’s trip to victory lane on Monday.

1
Car moved to the rear of the field at the start of the Coca-Cola 600.
(No. 36 – engine change)

2 hours, 48 minutes, 59 seconds
Time it took to complete the Coca-Cola 600.

3
Red-flag periods during the running of the Coca-Cola 600.
(57:37 at lap 74, due to rain; 1:21 at lap 166 for Memorial Day’s National Moment of Silence; 20:30 at lap 177 for rain)

4
Drivers failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600.
(No. 41 – JJ Yeley, No. 73 – Mike Garvey, No. 64 – Todd Bodine, No. 06 – David Starr)

5
Laps led by Coca-Cola 600 winner Reutimann.

6
Caution flags for a total of 40 laps at Lowe’s.

9th
Joey Logano‘s finishing position in the Coca-Cola 600 earning him Rookie of the Race honors for the ninth time this season.

14
Lead changes among 10 drivers Monday.

16
Number of penalties handed out by NASCAR during the running of the Coca-Cola 600.

42
Cars running at the end of the Coca-Cola 600; 26 finished on the lead lap.

43rd
Mike Bliss‘s finishing position in the Coca-Cola 600. He completed just 42 laps before parking the No. 09 Dodge due to a vibration.

44
Points that Jeff Gordon leads Tony Stewart by in the Sprint Cup standings.

173
Laps led by Kyle Busch in the Coca-Cola 600, the most of any driver.

120.899
Average race speed (in mph).

227
Laps in the Coca-Cola 600, equaling 340.5 miles; 173 laps shorter than the advertised distance due to rain.

100,000
Estimated crowd in attendance at Lowe’s.

$403,998
Reutimann’s purse for winning the Coca-Cola 600.

$6,696,340
Total purse for the Coca-Cola 600.

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