2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

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{{NASCAR race season infobox

| Type = NAS

| Race Name = Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

| Details ref = {{cite web | url = http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/PA/Long%20Pond/2009-08-03| title = 2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 weather information | publisher = The Old Farmers' Almanac| access-date = 2014-10-10}}

| Fulldate = {{Start date|2009|8|3}}

| Year = 2009

| Race_No = 21

| Season_No = 36

| Image = Pocono Raceway.svg

| Caption = Pocono Raceway, the race track where the race was held.

| Official name = Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

| Location = Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania

| Course_mi = 2.500

| Course_km = 4.023

| Distance_laps = 200

| Distance_mi = 500

| Distance_km = 804.67

| Weather = Temperatures reaching up to {{convert|79|F|C}}; with wind speeds climbing up to {{convert|7|mph|km/h}}

| Avg =

| Attendance = 80,000{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2009_Sunoco_Red_Cross_Pennsylvania_500/W|title=2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500|work=Racing-reference|publisher=Yardbarker|access-date=October 9, 2014}}

| Pole_Driver = Tony Stewart

| Pole_Team = Stewart-Haas Racing

| Pole_Time =

| Most_Driver = Denny Hamlin

| Most_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Most_laps = 91

| Car = 11

| First_Driver = Denny Hamlin

| First_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Network = ESPN

| Announcers = Dr. Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/next/2009/21poc2009.htm|title=The Race: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500|work=Jayski's Silly Season Site|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=October 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708042425/http://www.jayski.com/next/2009/21poc2009.htm|archive-date=July 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}

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The 2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 3, 2009, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, won the race.

It took three hours fifty-seven minutes to complete. Juan Pablo Montoya was humbly given a second-place finish by being .869 seconds slower than Hamlin. Eight drivers failed to finish the race; including last-place finisher Mike Wallace who parked his car on lap 13. Derrike Cope's vehicle was too slow to qualify for the race. Previous-day rain forced a competition caution on lap 22; most other yellow flags after this one were mainly for debris or accidents. Nearly 20% of the race was held under the caution flag; with a green flag run lasting an average of nearly 15 laps.