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Final 2009 

1.   Jimmie Johnson  200.38 (1) - 2009 Champion

2.   Tony Stewart  172.14  (2)

3.   Jeff Gordon  170.28  (4)

3.   Mark Martin  166.15  (3)

5.   Denny Hamlin  163.80  (5)

6.   Kurt Busch  124.93  (6)

7.   Kyle Busch  111.57  (7)

8.   Juan Pablo Montoya  92.88  (8)

9   Greg Biffle  92.51  (9)

10. Kasey Kahne  89.49  (10)

11. Carl Edwards  82.60  (13)

12. Matt Kenseth  79.45 (11)

13. Ryan Newman  79.14  (12)

14. David Reutimann  61.01  (14)

      Brian Vickers  61.01  (16)

16. Clint Bowyer  60.41  (15)

17. Jeff Burton  50.96  (19)

18. Kevin Harvick  49.59  (19)

19. Joey Logano  45.36  (17)

20. Marcus Ambrose  43.15  (18)

Denny Hamlin wins the last race of the season for FedEx, but Jimmie Johnson already was the 2009 champ.  There was some movement in the standings as they finalized.  Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon couldn’t catch Tony Stewart for second place, but Gordon did move past Martin to take third.  Hamlin’s victory put him within 3 points of Martin, however he still had to settle for fifth.  Some signs of life from Carl Edwards as he went by Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth, but couldn’t get into the top 10.  Jeff Burton finished strong and passed a couple of drivers to get to 17th.

Only three drivers led more than 1000 laps in 2009:

Jimmie Johnson     2238

Denny Hamlin       1380

Kyle Busch             1157

Top teams (this was over months ago)

Hendrick Motorsports    532.90

Stewart-Haas                 325.31

Roush-Fenway               300.91