2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen

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{{Infobox NASCAR race report

| Type = NAS

| Race Name = Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen

| Details ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/2009-08-10 |title=2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen weather information |publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac |access-date=2013-06-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526181807/https://www.webcitation.org/6HtqAoBkq?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/Watkins%20Glen/2009-08-10 |archive-date=2024-05-26 |url-status=live }}

| Fulldate = {{Start date|2009|08|10}}

| Year = 2009

| Race_No = 22

| Season_No = 36

| Image = Watkins Glen International Short Circuit 2024.svg

| Caption = The short course at Watkins Glen International

| Location = Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York

| Course_mi = 2.45

| Course_km = 3.942

| Distance_laps = 90

| Distance_mi = 220.5

| Distance_km = 354.86

| Weather = Temperatures up to {{convert|90|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|14|mph|km/h}}

| Avg = {{convert|90.297|mi/h}}

| Attendance = 85,000

| Pole_Driver = Jimmie Johnson

| Pole_Team = Hendrick Motorsports

| Pole_Time = 71.340

| Most_Driver = Tony Stewart

| Most_Team = Stewart-Haas Racing

| Most_laps = 34

| Car = 14

| First_Driver = Tony Stewart

| First_Team = Stewart-Haas Racing

| Network = ESPN

| Announcers = Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett

}}

The 2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on August 10, 2009, at Watkins Glen International.

The race was rained out on the original scheduled day of August 9. The race was won by points leader Tony Stewart, his third win of the year. Stewart scored his fifth win at Watkins Glen. With that win, he passed Jeff Gordon as the all time NASCAR winner at the Glen. As of 2019, that record still stands. Also with his win in that race, Tony Stewart would score his seventh career road course win, breaking him out a four-way tie for second in all time road course wins with Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, and Ricky Rudd. Stewart would win an additional road course race at Sonoma in 2016, the year he retired. As of 2019, Tony Stewart is currently in second place with eight road course wins, as Jeff Gordon currently holds the all-time record with nine wins.

During the race, a hard crash involving Sam Hornish Jr., Jeff Gordon, and Jeff Burton, left the drivers shaken but alright. Kasey Kahne got loose under Hornish and Hornish slid hard into the tire barrier. Then Hornish spun back onto the track and Gordon had no way to avoid him and they made hard contact sending Gordon head on into the Armco barrier and Hornish into Jeff Burton, which nearly sent Hornish on his side. Gordon's hit into Hornish ended up destroying the whole rear of Hornish's car including ripping out the fuel cell.{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2009_Heluva_Good_Sour_Cream_Dips_at_The_Glen/W |title=2009 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen racing information |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=2013-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728051521/http://racing-reference.info/race/2009_Heluva_Good_Sour_Cream_Dips_at_The_Glen/W |archive-date=2013-07-28 |url-status=live }}

In the late stages of the race, fuel mileage was an issue but no one had any problems. Stewart held off a strong Marcos Ambrose for the win. Drivers from five countries were in the race including the United States of America, Australia, Colombia, Italy and Canada. A crowd of 85,000 live spectators watched this 146-minute racing event where the average green flag run was almost 13 laps long. Owing to the high number of accidents and resulting amount of debris, more than 14% of the event was raced under a caution flag.