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Numbers Game: 2009 AAA 400 at Dover

1
Driver failed to qualify for the AAA 400.
(No. 4 – Scott Wimmer)

1.970
Jimmie Johnson‘s margin of victory over Mark Martin in the AAA 400 on Sunday.

3
Cars moved to the rear of the field at the start of the AAA 400.
(No. 19 – Elliott Sadler, engine change; No. 33 – Clint Bowyer, engine change; No. 37 – Tony Raines, engine change)

3
Number of times winner Johnson led the AAA 400 Sunday.

3 hours, 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Time it took to complete the AAA 400.

6
Lead changes among four drivers Sunday.

9
Caution flags for a total of 38 laps at Dover.

10
Points that Martin leads Johnson by in the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings.

14
Number of penalties handed down by NASCAR during the running of the AAA 400 on Sunday at Dover.

25th
Scott Speed‘s finishing position, earning him Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors.

31
Cars running at the end of the AAA 400; 19 of those finished on the lead lap.

43rd
Raines’s finishing position Sunday in the AAA 400. He completed just 13 laps of the event after parking the No. 37 Long John Silver’s Dodge due to overheating.

44
Career wins for Johnson in 283 starts.

118.704
Average race speed (in mph).

185
Career Cup wins for Rick Hendrick after Johnson’s trip to victory lane on Sunday.

271
Laps led by AAA 400 winner Johnson, the most of any driver.

400
Laps in the AAA 400, equaling 400 miles.

110,000
Estimated crowd in attendance at Dover.

$276,076
Johnson’s purse for winning the AAA 400.

$5,273,330
Total purse for the AAA 400.

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