2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500
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{{NASCAR race season infobox
| Type = NAS
| Race Name = TUMS Fast Relief 500
| Details ref =
| Fulldate = {{Start date|2009|10|25}}
| Year = 2009
| Race_No = 32
| Season_No = 36
| Image = Martinsville Speedway track map.png
| image-size = 200px
| Caption = A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
| Location = Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia
| Course_mi = 0.526
| Course_km = 0.847
| Distance_laps = 501
| Distance_mi = 263.526
| Distance_km = 424.103
| Scheduled_laps = 500
| Scheduled_mi = 263
| Scheduled_km = 423.257
| Weather = Temperatures reaching an average of {{convert|69.1|F|C}}; wind speeds reaching an average of {{convert|9.9|mph|km/h}}{{cite web | url = http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Martinsville/2009-10-25| title = 2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 information | publisher = The Old Farmers' Almanac | access-date = 2014-10-11}}
| Avg = {{convert|73.633|mi/h}}
| Pole_Driver = Ryan Newman
| Pole_Team = Stewart-Haas Racing
| Pole_Time = 19.563
| Most_Driver = Denny Hamlin
| Most_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing
| Most_laps = 206
| Car = 11
| First_Driver = Denny Hamlin
| First_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing
| Network = ESPN
| Announcers = Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
}}
The 2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 was the 32nd race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at the beginning of the second half of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500-lap, {{convert|263|mi|km}} event, the only race on the Chase that is held on a short track ({{convert|.526|mi|km}}), was held on October 25, 2009 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Denny Hamlin won while points leader Jimmie Johnson finished second.[http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2009032 2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 race information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407231332/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=2009032 |date=2011-04-07 }} at Driver Averages
This was the last career start for NASCAR veteran Sterling Marlin, who retired shortly thereafter, and the first race in over three years for 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope.
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Category:NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway
Category:October 2009 sports events in the United States
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