2009 Shelby 427  The 2009 Shelby 427 was the third race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This long race took place on March 1 of that year at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the namesake Nevada city. The race was won by Kyle Busch. The race was telecast by Fox with a radio broadcast by Performance Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite). The race title reflects the new title sponsor, Carroll Shelby International, which has its home base at LVMS, and the Shelby Cobra 427, which is made in Nevada. The race had previously been in length, but will as of 2009 have an extra added into the race name which equates to an addition of 18 laps, meaning that the race will now be a 285-lap duration. Kyle Busch won the pole for the Shelby 427 at a new track record of 185.995 mph. The remainder of the top 10 were Kyle's brother Kurt Busch (185.707 mph), Jimmie Johnson(185.688 mph), David Reutimann (185.624 mph), Marcos Ambrose (185.459 mph), Ryan Newman (185.395 mph), Kasey Kahne (185.382 mph), Mark Martin (185.312 mph), Kevin Harvick (185.280 mph), Tony Stewart (185.217 mph). Jersey Boys performed the national anthem and Carroll Shelby gave the command to start engines. Toyota cars #00, 18 (polesitter), 47, 82, 83 were sent to the back of the field because of engine changes. Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag. Johnson led the first lap; Brad Keweloski hit the wall out of turn 4 causing a flat tire and the first caution of the day. Matt Kenseth reported engine trouble, came onto pit road where his crew fixed the problem, but Kenseth was too fast exiting pit road. Kenseth was served the penalty of restarting from the tail end of the field. Restart on lap 6 with Johnson, KU. Busch, Harvick, Newman, and Stremme in the Top 5. Daytona 500 winner and point leader Kenseth's engine blew on the front stretch on lap 7 while Todd Bodine spun out of turn 2 after a slight contact from behind by Hamlin. Second caution of the day. Keweloski got the luck dog free pass. Restart on lap 11.