2009 Montgomery mayoral special election
The election was triggered by the resignation of mayor Bobby Bright, who resigned in order to take a seat he was elected to in the United States House of Representatives.


2009 Montgomery mayoral special election
The election was officially nonpartisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election would have been held between the top two candidates.


2009 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2009 Montreal Alouettes season was the 43rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 55th overall. The Alouettes won their sixth Grey Cup championship, 28–27 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, in a game the Montreal Alouettes trailed throughout, as they came back from trailing  27–11 four minutes into the fourth quarter. It was their first win since 2002, and it ended a streak of four Grey Cup losses in their last four appearances.


2009 Montreal Alouettes season
The Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division setting a new franchise record of 15–3. It was the first time a team finished with a 15–3 record since the 1997 Toronto Argonauts.


2009 Montreal Alouettes season, Off-season, CFL Draft
The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Alouettes selected Calgary Dinos lineman Dylan Steenbergen in the first round, seventh overall.


2009 Montreal Alouettes season, Roster
Italics indicate Import players updated 2009-10-08 • 46 Active, 12 Inactive, 10 PR


2009 Montreal Alouettes season, Playoffs, East Final
Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec


2009 Montreal Alouettes season, Playoffs, Grey Cup
Date and time: Sunday, November 29, 6:30 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta


2009 Montreal municipal election
The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held a municipal election at the same time as numerous other municipalities in Quebec, on November 1, 2009. Voters elected the Mayor of Montreal, Montreal City Council, and the mayors and councils of each of the city's boroughs.


2009 Montreal municipal election
The election became plagued with allegations of corruption and mafia involvement in city contracts.


2009 Montreal municipal election, Results
Despite being assailed with accusations of corruption, incumbent Mayor Gérald Tremblay led his Union Montréal party to a third victory, although with reduced standings in city council. Union's seat totals remained firm especially in the boroughs merged into the city in 2002; it retained complete control of eight boroughs and near-complete control of three more.


2009 Montreal municipal election, Results
Vision Montréal, led by former Quebec minister of municipal affairs Louise Harel, ran a campaign targeting the mayor on ethics. However, its campaign was blindsided by a scandal involving its second-in-command and former leader Benoit Labonté, who dropped out of the race. Vision increased its council standing but was unable to defeat the mayor. It won complete control of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and majorities in three other borough councils.


2009 Montreal municipal election, Results
Third party Projet Montréal increased sharply in popularity. An Angus Reid poll  shortly prior to the election put its leader Richard Bergeron neck-and-neck (32%) with the two other main candidates (34% for Harel, 30% for Tremblay). He would finally come in third, but the party increased from just one seat at the previous election to ten council seats, two borough mayors, four borough councillors, and complete control of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. Besides its main issue of public transit and urban planning, the party emphasized ethics, running its campaign on just $200,000.


2009 Montreal municipal election, Seat-by-seat results, Candidate statistics
Party names are the official ones registered with Élection Montréal.


2009 Montreal municipal election, Declined
Johanna Raso - Financial consultant, former lecturer at McGill University, published articles. She was invited to run for borough mayor by both major parties, Union Montreal and Vision Montreal. She declined both invitations, despite campaign support from the business community.


2009 Montreux Volley Masters
The 2009 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 9 June and 14 June 2009. In the tournament participated 8 teams.


2009 Montserratian general election
General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 September 2009, two years earlier than constitutionally necessary. The Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) gained a parliamentary majority with six of the nine seats, while the outgoing Chief Minister, Lowell Lewis (formerly of the Montserrat Democratic Party but campaigning as an independent), and two other independents won the other seats. Reuben Meade of the MCAP was sworn in as Chief Minister on 10 September 2009.


2009 Montserratian general election, Campaign
A total of 24 candidates contested the elections; the MCAP was the only party to run a full slate of nine candidates, whilst the Montserrat Labour Party nominated three candidates, the Montserrat Reformation Party two and the Funny Ways Party one. The remaining nine candidates were independents.


2009 Monza GP2 Series round
The 2009 Italian GP2 Round was the ninth race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 12 and 13, 2009 at Circuit Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix. Both Racing Engineering drivers were given 10 place grid penalties after causing avoidable accidents in Spa. The race also saw the return of PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni after their court order was dropped. Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his debut for DPR.


2009 Monza GP2 Series round
The Feature Race was action packed, with a very wet track and terrible conditions, the race started behind the safety car. Giedo van der Garde got his and iSport International their first feature win of the season. He passed long time leader Vitaly Petrov for the lead two laps from the end. The Sprint Race was less thrilling, but crashes were still common, as on the first lap Dani Clos flipped his car after being hit side on. Luiz Razia won his first ever GP2 Race and PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni's first win in only their second round.


2009 Monza GP2 Series round
The Round was lucky for Razia as Álvaro Parente was penalised after the race, putting him down to eleventh and moving Razia up to 8th, to claim his first GP2 points finish and first pole. After starting from a lucky pole, Razia never looked challenged and finished ahead of the good starting Lucas di Grassi and new champion Nico Hülkenberg. Hülkenberg became 2009 GP2 Series season champion after Vitaly Petrov did not score enough points to keep his championship challenge alive.


2009 Monza Superbike World Championship round
The 2009 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2009 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 8–10, 2009 at Monza.


2009 Monza Superbike World Championship round, Results, Superbike race 1
Race 1 was stopped before the end of the first lap because of an accident on the first corner that left debris and oil on the track. It was later restarted but Max Neukirchner, Brendan Roberts and Makoto Tamada were not able to restart due to the injuries suffered in the crash. Neukirchner suffered a broken right femur and a dislocation to his right foot, while Roberts suffered bruising, and Tamada suffered a broken wrist. All three riders have been ruled out of the next round at Kyalami.


2009 Monza Superbike World Championship round, Results, Superbike race 1
Max Biaggi was given a 20-second penalty for cutting a chicane.


2009 Monza Superbike World Championship round, Results, Superbike race 2
Shane Byrne was given a 20-second penalty for cutting a chicane. Ride through penalties were given for the same reason to Yukio Kagayama, Vittorio Iannuzzo, David Checa and David Salom. Iannuzzo was black-flagged for ignoring the penalty. Troy Corser did not race due to injuries suffered in both starts of the first race, and also missed the following round at Kyalami.


2009 Monza Superleague Formula round
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2009 Monza Superleague Formula round
The 2009 Monza Superleague Formula round was the fifth round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on October 4, 2009.


2009 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2009 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 12 through 18 January 2009. Unseeded Petra Kvitová won the singles title.


2009 Moorilla Hobart International, Finals, Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Alona Bondarenko /  Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)


2009 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions but did not participate that year.


2009 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
The 2009 champions were Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta who beat sisters, Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, in the final, 6-2 7-6(4).


2009 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Eleni Daniilidou was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.


2009 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Petra Kvitová defeated Iveta Benešová in the final, 7–5, 6–1 for her maiden WTA title.


2009 Mordovia Cup
The 2009 Mordovia Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saransk, Russia between 27 July and 2 August 2009.


2009 Mordovia Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Mordovia Cup, Champions, Doubles
Michail Elgin /  Evgeny Kirillov def. Alexey Kedryuk /  Denis Matsukevich, 6–1, 6–2


2009 Mordovia Cup – Doubles
Denis Istomin and Evgeny Kirillov were the defending champions, but only Kirillov started this year. He partnered up with Michail Elgin and this pair won the tournament, after defeating Alexey Kedryuk and Denis Matsukevich 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2009 Mordovia Cup – Singles
Michail Elgin was the defending champion, but he lost in the semifinal. He was eliminated by Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun. Cervantes-Huegun defeated Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech
The 2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marrakech, Morocco between 16 and 22 March 2009.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech, Champions, Men's doubles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo /  Santiago Ventura def. Alberto Martín /  Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava, 6–3, 7–6(5)


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech – Doubles
Frederico Gil and Florin Mergea were the defending champions, however Gil chose to not participate this year. Mergea partnered up with Denis Istomin, but they lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Santiago Ventura in the semifinal.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes
The 2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meknes, Morocco between 23 and 29 February 2009.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, Champions, Men's Doubles
Marc López /  Lamine Ouahab def. Alessio di Mauro /  Giancarlo Petrazzuolo, 6–3, 7–5


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Doubles
Alberto Martín and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava were the defending champions but only Muñoz de la Nava chose to defend his title, partnering David Marrero.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Doubles
Marc López and Lamine Ouahab won the title after defeating Alessio di Mauro and Giancarlo Petrazzuolo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Singles
Iván Navarro was the defending champion, but he chose to not defend his title. In the final Rui Machado defeated 6–2, 6–7(6), 6–3 David Marrero.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat
The 2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco between 9 and 15 March 2009.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, Champions, Men's doubles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo /  Santiago Ventura def. Michael Kohlmann /  Philipp Marx, 6–4, 7–6(5)


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Doubles
Guillermo García-López and Mariano Hood were the defending champions; however, they chose to not participate this year. Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Santiago Ventura won in the final 6–4, 7–6(5), against Michael Kohlmann and Philipp Marx.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Singles
Thomaz Bellucci chose to not defend his 2009 title. Laurent Recouderc won in the final 6–0, 6–2, against Santiago Ventura.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger
The 2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tanger, Morocco between 16 and 21 February 2009.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger, Champions, Men's Doubles
Augustin Gensse /  Éric Prodon def. Giancarlo Petrazzuolo /  Simone Vagnozzi, 6–1, 7–6(3)


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger – Doubles
Miguel Ángel López Jaén and Iván Navarro were the defending champions, but they chose to not participate. Augustin Gensse and Eric Prodon won in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–3) against Giancarlo Petrazzuolo and Simone Vagnozzi.


2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger – Singles
Marcel Granollers was the defending champion. Marc López defeated 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(11–9) Pere Riba in the final.


2009 Mosconi Cup
The 2009 Mosconi Cup, the 16th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 10–13 December 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2009 Mosconi Cup
Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 11–7.


2009 Mosconi Cup, Format
The format was broadly similar to that used in past years. All matches were a race to 6 with alternate break, with the winner earning 1 point; the first team to 11 points wins the cup. However, several changes were made for this season:


2009 Moscow City Duma election
The Moscow legislative election of 2009 was held October 11 of that year to the Moscow City Duma. On party lists were elected 18 of the 35 deputies, 17 deputies were in single-member constituencies. To get into the City Duma parties need to overcome the 7% threshold. The term of office of the new City Duma is five years. It had been four years.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
On July 8, 2009, the Moscow City Duma elections were announced for October 11. 4 August 2009 issued Decree of the Government of Moscow on the organizational and logistical election to lead this work was entrusted to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow Valery Vinogradov Jurevichu.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
These parties participated in the elections: United Russia, the Communist Party, Just Russia, Yabloko, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Right Cause, the Patriots of Russia, Solidarity.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
On July 14 a conference of the Moscow city branch of the Communist Party put forward a candidate. On the same day his first three named in the Liberal Democratic Party, but the pre-election conference appointed only on August 3. July 27 put forward their list of Patriots of Russia.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
"Yabloko" and "just cause" were negotiating on nominating a single list. Was initiated by the co-chair of the "right things" Boris Titov, who is ready for the election period to withdraw from his party to head the election list of the "Apple". In this case, two other co-chairman Leonid Gozman and Georgy Bovt called for independent participation of the party in the elections.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
July 22 Yabloko put forward their list, and the "just cause" refused to participate in the elections, but the head of the Moscow branch Igor Trunov July 26 announced that he would run as a self-promoter, one of the single-member districts. [ 8] Documents filed for registration as a federal political council of the "right things" Boris Nadezhdin, as well as members of the council of the Moscow organization Elena Guseva and Sirazhdinov Ramazanov.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
August 4, 2009 the city hosted the conference of the regional branch of the party "United Russia". [ 9] The Conference approved the list of deputies to the Moscow elections earlier, on July 29, approved by the Presidium of the General Council of the party. [ 10] According to the observations of correspondents of the magazine "Kommersant-Vlast" to the end July election headquarters of the ruling party did not start any real election campaign. The publication delay is tied to the internal struggle within the party between the federal and Mountain guide.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
The latter, August 5, the party conference held at the "Fair Russia". A few days before it was declared head the list for city elections.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
Attempt to expose your organization has made a list of the Russian National Union, but her list was not even considered, because the organization does not have the right to participate in elections.


2009 Moscow City Duma election, Background
August 23 "Yabloko" and "Patriots of Russia" claimed that collected the required number of signatures to check their lists


2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Moscow Victory Parade of 2009 was held on Victory Day on the 64th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, which ended in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The parade was commanded by Valery Gerasimov, commander of the Moscow Military District, and reviewed by Anatoliy Serdyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence. A speech was made by the third president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, in which he warned other countries against embarking on military adventures. This was thought to be a veiled warning directed at Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. The Defense Ministry noted that the air parade is a de facto dress rehearsal for the jubilee parade that followed in honor of the 65th anniversary of Victory.


2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Forces at the Parade
Note: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with italic indicate double or multiple parade appearances.


2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Forces at the Parade, Infantry Column
With more than 9,000 soldier, sailors, and airmen and 100 vehicles marching in the parade, this was the largest such parade held in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.


2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Forces at the Parade, Infantry Column
Unlike previous Victory Day parades, there were no units parading in Great Patriotic War uniforms, though the Victory Banner was paraded at the beginning of the ceremony.


2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Forces at the Parade, Ground vehicles at the Parade
This was only the second time since the fall of the Soviet Union when armoured fighting vehicles took part in the Red Square parade.


2009 Motocross des Nations
The 2009 Motocross des Nations took place after the 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship season, on October 4, 2009 in Franciacorta, Italy.


2009 Motocross des Nations, B Final
Note 1 : Ireland won the B final which meant they qualified for the main races.


2009 Mount Albert by-election
The 2009 Mount Albert by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Mount Albert on 13 June 2009. There were fifteen candidates in the election. David Shearer of the Labour Party won the election with 63% of the vote. The seat was vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark, who resigned from the New Zealand Parliament on 17 April 2009 following her appointment to head the United Nations Development Programme. Main issues surrounding the campaign included the building of the Waterview Connection and the Auckland Region becoming a supercity.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Background
The Mount Albert electorate is based around the neighbourhoods of western and central Auckland City. It includes the suburbs of Point Chevalier, Kingsland, Avondale, Waterview, as well as the eponymous Mount Albert. It has been held by the New Zealand Labour Party since its creation in 1946; Helen Clark was its representative from 1981 until 2009 and enjoyed a large majority in Mt Albert, winning 59% of the electorate vote in the 2008 election while Labour only won 42% of the party vote.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Background
Prior to the election, National had 58 seats in the House of Representatives, Labour had 42, Green had 9, ACT had 5, Māori had 5, Progressive had 1, and United Future had 1. Labour had lost one seat since the general election, as a result of the resignation of Clark, which caused the by-election.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Results
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Results
a Three candidates were list MPs elected at the 2008 election.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, David Shearer (Labour)
Former UN Deputy Special Representative and 2002 candidate for Whangarei David Shearer won the Labour nomination from a field of eight candidates including lawyer Helen White and Auckland City councillor Glenda Fryer.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, David Shearer (Labour)
Shortly after his selection, media attention focused on articles he wrote for Foreign Affairs and World Today (in 1998 and 2001 respectively) arguing for the use and regulation of private military companies by Western governments for peacekeeping missions where they are unwilling to contribute troops. This was at odds with the position of Labour Party Leader and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Phil Goff.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, David Shearer (Labour)
National Party Leader and Prime Minister John Key said this was "a hypocritical position" because Labour claimed during 2008's election campaign that National had a secret privatisation agenda.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, David Shearer (Labour)
Media speculation prior to the selection suggested that the Labour Party nomination would go to then-current list MP Phil Twyford. Twyford announced that he would not seek the seat on 21 April. This followed media reports that the Labour Party was unwilling to allow Twyford's list place to be taken by defeated Auckland Central MP Judith Tizard.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Melissa Lee (National)
First-term list MP Melissa Lee beat 2008 candidate Ravi Masuku for the National Party nomination on 5 May.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Melissa Lee (National)
Lee faced allegations that her production company Asia Vision had spent New Zealand on Air money making a promotional video for the National Party ahead of the 2008 election. Lee called the allegations "ridiculous", saying that all work on the video was done on a voluntary basis. New Zealand on Air investigated and cleared Lee of any misconduct. The Green Party complained to the Electoral Commission, saying that the video should have been declared as an election expense.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Melissa Lee (National)
If Lee had won the by-election, the next (58th) person on the National Party list – Conway Powell – would have become a list MP, as Lee was already a list MP.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Russel Norman (Green)
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman was the only nomination from his party and was the first candidate from a party then in Parliament to declare his candidacy. In 2008, he stood in Rongotai, finishing third with 15.84% of the vote.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Russel Norman (Green)
If Norman had won the by-election, the next (10th) person on the Green Party list – David Clendon – would have become a list MP, as Norman was already a list MP.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, John Boscawen (ACT)
ACT selected list MP John Boscawen on 2 May. In the 2008 election, Boscawen ran in the seat of North Shore, coming fourth with 4% of the vote.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, John Boscawen (ACT)
If Boscawen had won the by-election, the next (6th) person on the ACT list – Hilary Calvert – would have become a list MP, as Boscawen was already a list MP.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Judy Turner (United Future)
United Future party president and former MP (2002–2008) Judy Turner was announced as her party's candidate on 14 May. In 2008, Turner stood in the East Coast seat, coming fifth with 3.3 percent of the vote.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Ben Boyce is the second half of the comedy duo Bill and Ben. They stood on a "no policies, no promises, no disappointment" platform in 2008 and out-polled all other minor parties.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Businesswoman Simonne Dyer was selected by The Kiwi Party on 4 May. In 2008 she was her party's candidate for Rodney, where she finished second to last with 1.55% of the vote.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Former National Party chair of the Pakuranga electorate Dakta Green was selected as the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party candidate on 2 May. Green had been arrested a number of times in the campaign for drugs offences. In response, Green has alleged police harassment and political interference in his campaign.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Julian Pistorius was a 32-year-old computer programmer and former deputy leader of Libertarianz.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
Jackson Wood was the then-editor of Victoria University student magazine Salient. He announced his independent candidacy on 21 April, being the first person to do so. He campaigned from Wellington, instead of Auckland, save for an open-invite slingshot battle on top of Mount Albert on 6 June, which he invited all other candidates to attend.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates, Other candidates
France smeared a chocolate lamington cake on ACT candidate Boscawen in protest of the supercity.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
A main issue in the campaign was the "Waterview Connection" – the connection of the Southwestern motorway at Mount Roskill with the Northwestern motorway at the suburb of Waterview, on the northern edge of the seat.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
Transit New Zealand announced in 2008 (during the last year of the Fifth Labour Government) that its preferred option was for a two-lane tunnel costed at NZ$1.97 billion. The final cost of NZ$3.1 billion cited by the National Government included an expansion to a three-lane tunnel, upgrades to connecting roads and financing costs.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
In May 2009, National's Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced that he was "not comfortable" with this cost, preferring a surface option costing NZ$1.1 billion. Although this option is over a billion dollars cheaper, the plan will require the demolition of 365 houses along the route in addition to the ones required for the tunnel option.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
Labour called the option "second class" and that the decision was dismissive of the wishes of the people of Mount Albert. Green Party candidate Russel Norman described the plan as "better than the worst of all options", but added that the best anti-congestion investment would be public transport. National's candidate Melissa Lee backed the surface option, saying that the decision would bring certainty to the area. She also suggests that the tunnel option was "unaffordable". Meanwhile, Independent candidate Jackson Wood proposed a series of zeppelins to carry cars without the need for any construction.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
Melissa Lee was widely criticised for claiming that the SH20 Waterview Connection would stop criminals from South Auckland committing crime in Mt Albert. Her party leader John Key called her comments "stupid" and Lee later apologised.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Waterview Connection
This happens..... people coming in from South Auckland get to Mount Albert, right?...and the thing it's like, hopefully, we could divert some of that traffic and criminals away from Mount Albert...


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Auckland governance
The governance of the Auckland Region was another issue that was raised in the by-election campaign. The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance released its report at the end of March and the ruling National Party outlined its plans before campaigning began.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Campaign, Auckland governance
Labour did not support the current legislation relating to the supercity, and filibustered on the weekend of 15–18 May 2009, by proposing about 1000 amendments to the legislation, as the government was not sending it to the select committee process, and that a referendum was not being held for Aucklanders to decide whether a supercity was wanted.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Debates, Q+A
David Shearer and Melissa Lee were interviewed by Paul Holmes on TVNZ's show on Sunday, 10 May. On Sunday, 7 June, Russel Norman and John Boscawen were interviewed on the show.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Debates, Back Benches
On Wednesday, 10 June, John Boscawen, Melissa Lee, Russel Norman, David Shearer and Judy Turner (the candidates from five main parties) appeared on the TVNZ show Back Benches. This episode was filmed and aired on 10 June, and was reshown on 12 June, on the channel TVNZ7.


2009 Mount Albert by-election, Polls
Shearer's huge majority meant that a low turnout was predicted, because voters may have felt that the result was inevitable. Actual turnout was 20,943, a 41% decrease on that of the 2008 general election.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began erupting on March 22, 2009, and activity continued for several months.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity
During the eruptions, which lasted for several months, reports found ash clouds reaching as high as 65,000 feet (20,000 m) above sea level. In response, the National Weather Service issued a series of ash fall advisories. The Mat-Su Valley, Anchorage, Valdez and large portions of the Kenai Peninsula all received coatings of tephra. The 2009 eruptions of Mount Redoubt represented the most seismic activity occurring on the mountain in twenty years.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Renewed concerns over the Drift River Terminal Facility
The 2009 eruptions of Mount Redoubt renewed concerns over the safety of the  nearby tank farm which holds crude oil, known as the Drift River Terminal Facility. During the earlier, 1989-90 eruptions of Redoubt, the facility was inundated and damaged by lahars. Dikes built after the 89/90 activity protected the tanks, although an aircraft hangar and runway were flooded and damaged by the flooding and related debris. In late March the US Coast Guard decided to move the millions of gallons located at the facility to prevent an ecological disaster. The plan called for then refilling the tanks with "harmless" ballast water to prevent them from being dislodged by flooding.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Renewed concerns over the Drift River Terminal Facility
However, on April 5, the Coast Guard stated that filling the empty tanks with ballast water was not possible, because it would create a hazardous waste that the neither the facility nor the Coast Guard was prepared to deal with afterward. Instead, the oil was removed and the empty tanks remained vulnerable to damage from further flooding. In the meantime, oil production in Cook Inlet was suspended, because the tank farms were out of commission while Mount Redoubt remained in an eruptive state.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Renewed concerns over the Drift River Terminal Facility
When the eruptions subsided, the tanks were undamaged and the facility was cleared of debris and subsequently reopened.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Eruptive activity
As of April 4, 2009, AVO had recorded twenty-six volcanic eruptions and/or explosions at Redoubt volcano, although they singled out nineteen of them as most notable. The AVO refers to an "eruption" as any event which discharges ash into the atmosphere, while adding the term "explosion" for more vigorous events. The AVO did not rate and compare each eruption, although the 9:24 am eruption on March 26 reached an altitude of 65,000 feet making it the highest volcanic ash cloud to date during the 2009 phase of activity. The eruption on April 4 was described as being the biggest eruption to date. There were also periods when the volcano emitted notable amounts of steam but did not erupt.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Eruptive activity
The AVO reported that Redoubt erupted or exhibited other notable activity at the following times, with all ash cloud heights in feet above sea level:


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
On April 11, 2009, the Alaska Volcano Observatory released the following statement into the public domain on their USGS affiliated website regarding the aftermath of the 2009 eruptions of Mount Redoubt, and a prognosis for future activity.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
The 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano continues. A lava dome is currently growing in the summit crater, accompanied by intermittent emissions of volcanic gases and minor amounts of ash. Additional explosive events are likely and could send ash to greater than 30,000 feet above sea level. Such a cycle of dome growth and explosive dome destruction may continue for many months. The potential for lahars (volcanic mudflows) and other flooding down the Drift River Valley remains, as does the potential for trace to minor ash fall on communities near Redoubt (e.g., the Kenai Peninsula Borough, The Municipality of Anchorage, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and possibly more distant areas).


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
The 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano began with a minor explosion of steam and ash just after 13:00 AKDT on March 15. Major explosive events began at approximately 22:40 March 22 AKDT, and since then AVO has recorded more than 19 separate explosions. Plume heights, as measured by radar and confirmed by pilot reports, have exceeded 50,000 feet (15 km) above sea level on multiple occasions. To date, the largest explosion occurred at 05:55 AKDT April 4, lasted more than 30 minutes, and is comparable in size to the largest event of the 1989/1990 Redoubt eruption.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Three major lahars (volcanic mudflows), on March 23, March 26, and April 4, have inundated the Drift River Valley and its downstream coastal fan. All of these reached the Cook Inlet and affected the Drift River Oil Terminal (DROT). The peak discharge rates of these lahars remains under investigation, but all are considered significant, and the April 4 event may have exceeded the size of any lahar observed during the 1989/1990 eruption. Smaller lahars that did not impact DROT have also occurred.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Several of Redoubt's recent explosions have resulted in measurable ash fall over populated areas as distant as Delta Junction (340 miles northeast of Redoubt), with more significant ash fall in more proximate areas, including the Susitna Valley, the Kenai Peninsula and the Anchorage bowl. On the afternoon of March 28, ash fall in Anchorage closed the airport from 17:00 until 07:00 the next morning (March 29). The maximum ash fall measured so far in a populated area is about 1/16 inch (1.5 mm) near Seldovia following the April 4 explosion.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
A measurement of about 1/8 inch (3 mm) following the explosion on March 26, was recorded near Silver Salmon Creek Lodge, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the volcano. Trace ash fall has also been observed between explosive events during times when the volcano is emitting a continuous low altitude (< 15,000 feet ASL) gas and ash plume.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
A rich variety of seismic signals have been recorded at Redoubt throughout the eruption and in the preceding months of unrest. These seismic events include: (1) typical "rock-breaking" earthquakes; (2) volcanic "tremor", indicative of steam and other volcanic gases or fluids vigorously propagating through cracks; (3) large, far-reaching, "cigar-shaped" signals resulting from volcanic explosions; (4) ground shaking from lahars as they pass nearby seismometers; and (5) small, repetitive, self-similar events associated with the slow extrusion of lava (this kind of extrusion is often referred to as "dome building").


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
More than 1700 earthquakes have been located since mid-January, and many more occurred that were either too small or of such a character as to make location impossible. Typically, the magnitudes of these events are small, the average being around M0.5. However, on April 9 a magnitudeML 3.3 earthquake occurred about 2.5 miles (4 km) E/NE of Redoubt's summit, possibly resulting from a crustal adjustment to the ongoing withdrawal from Redoubt's subterranean magma reservoir.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Since the fall of 2008, AVO has flown 13 gas measurement flights, and of these, 5 have occurred since the eruption began on March 15, 2009. Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rates (up to 2000 tonnes/day) were measured in October–November, 2008. Starting in late January 2009, and coincident with a strong increase in seismicity, gas emission rates rose to a level (> 5000 tonnes/d) suggesting significant unrest at the volcano, and emissions stayed at this level until the eruption began.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Since that time, emissions of both CO2 and sulfur dioxide (SO2) have been very elevated, sometimes reaching levels in excess of 10,000 tonnes/d. These volcanic gas emission rates are among the largest ever measured in Alaska, though such high values are consistent with an openly degassing volcanic system that is actively extruding lava. Based on measurements and observations from Redoubt's previously observed eruptions, these gas emission rates are likely to drop substantially when the eruption wanes.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
The combination of gas and ash emission from Redoubt since the beginning of the eruption has on occasion resulted in a brownish-yellow volcanic haze in the Cook Inlet region. The volcanic haze contains small quantities of ash, water vapor, sulfur aerosols, and liquid droplets suspended in the air. The main concerns for human health in volcanic haze consist of ash, sulfur dioxide gas (SO2), and sulfuric acid droplets (H2SO4), which forms when volcanic SO2 oxidizes in the atmosphere. Volcanic haze can be both an eye and respiratory irritant. The State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin No. 5 summarizes the health effects associated with volcanic emissions and is available on the web at .


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Visual and satellite observations show that by March 27, a deep crater about a half mile (800 m) across formed in the middle of the summit amphitheater, likely from one or more of the explosions during the early stage of the eruption. By April 4, a north/south elongated lava dome, about a half mile (800 m) long had grown out of the new crater, at an elevation of around 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. Most if not all of this dome was destroyed during the large explosion of April 4.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
A large amount of ice and snow has been removed from the upper Drift Glacier. The Drift River Valley has also been mostly denuded of snow and is covered with lahar deposits. The latest observations, as of about April 9, show a growing lava dome in about the same place as the previous dome. This new dome is about a quarter mile (400 meters) in diameter, and roughly circular as viewed from above.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
The 2009 Redoubt eruption began with a series of large explosions on March 22–23, followed by less-energetic dome growth in the summit crater. On April 4, another large explosion occurred, which was in turn followed by growth of the current dome. There will likely be additional explosive events during the coming days to months, but their exact nature, as well as timing, remains uncertain.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Aftermath of 2009 eruptions and prognosis for future activity
Because the dome sits at the lip of a steep slope leading out of the crater it can become unstable, and (as in 1990) collapse into the Drift River valley, producing avalanches of hot lava blocks, pyroclastic flows, lahars, and ash columns tens of thousands of feet tall, which can carry ash to Alaska communities. During periods between explosions, residents and pilots may also notice occasional sulfur smell and hazy conditions due to low-level ash and volcanic gas emissions.


2009 Mount Redoubt eruptive activity, Disruption of oil production and state oil revenue
In late May 2009, it was reported that the continued shutdown of oil production in Cook Inlet due to the eruption of Mount Redoubt was costing the state of Alaska approximately US$1.5 million a month in tax revenue.


2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 19–23. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas Christian University's Lupton Stadium. Sixth seeded Utah won their first and only Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9-3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference after the 2011 season without winning another title.


2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.


2009 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Tyler Yagi, an outfielder for the champion Utah Utes, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.


2009 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 11–14, 2009. The tournament was sponsored by Conoco. The quarterfinal was broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network, the semifinal games on CBS College Sports Network, and the championship game on Versus. All games were available in HD.


2009 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Second-seeded Utah, one of three teams that shared the regular season conference title, defeated San Diego State 52–50 to claim the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship and the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.


2009 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Of note, this was the first time that UNLV failed to make the championship game of the tournament when they were hosting. The Rebels did not play in the 2001 tournament due to a postseason ban.


2009 Mountain West Conference football season
The 2009 Mountain West Conference football season was the 11th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW.


2009 Mountain West Conference football season, Previous season
Utah won its fourth conference championship while being the only Division I team to go undefeated.


2009 Movistar Open
The 2009 Movistar Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Movistar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place in Viña del Mar, Chile from 2 February through 8 February 2009.


2009 Movistar Open
The singles line up was led by world no. 15 and defending champion Fernando González, Tommy Robredo and Albert Montañés. Other top seeds are José Acasuso, Juan Mónaco, Eduardo Schwank, Agustín Calleri and Óscar Hernández. Fernando González won the single title, his fourth at the event after 2002, 2004, and 2008.


2009 Movistar Open, Finals, Doubles
Pablo Cuevas /  Brian Dabul defeated  František Čermák /  Michal Mertiňák 6–3, 6–3


2009 Movistar Open – Doubles
José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Lucas Arnold Ker and Juan Mónaco.


2009 Movistar Open – Doubles
Pablo Cuevas and Brian Dabul won in the final, 6–3, 6–3, over František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák.


2009 Movistar Open – Singles
Fernando González was the defending champion. He defeated José Acasuso in the final 6–1, 6–3.


2009 Mozambican general election
General elections to elect the president, Assembly of the Republic, and Provincial Assemblies was held in Mozambique on 28 October 2009. Incumbent President Armando Guebuza ran for re-election as the FRELIMO candidate; he was challenged by opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, who had stood as the RENAMO candidate in every presidential election since 1994. Also standing were Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, who was a RENAMO member before founding his own party, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), earlier in 2009.


2009 Mozambican general election, Campaign
Campaigning for the election began on 13 September 2009. There were 17 parties and two coalitions competing in the parliamentary election. Provincial assemblies were also at stake in the election. Citing problems in the papers submitted by the MDM when it filed to run, the National Elections Commission barred it from contesting the parliamentary election in nine out of 13 regions. Simango, who insisted there were no problems with the papers, was allowed to stand as a presidential candidate.


2009 Mozambican general election, Campaign
Prior to the election, Guebuza was heavily favored to win another term, and RENAMO, mired in a bitter feud with Simango and the MDM, was thought to have been seriously weakened since the previous election, held in 2004. On 14 October 2009, 20 minor parties backed Simango's candidacy. The Independent Party of Mozambique (PIMO), another minor party, chose to support Guebuza.


2009 Mozambican general election, Campaign
On the last day of campaigning, 25 October, each of the three main candidates held major rallies. At FRELIMO's rally in Nampula, Guebuza stressed a commitment to fighting poverty and working for "national unity, peace and development". Dhlakama concluded his campaign with rallies in Maputo, and he criticized the predominant role of FRELIMO in society: "Everything is mixed together today in Mozambique. The party, the police, schools, roads, journalists—everything has to be through FRELIMO. This has to stop." Simango, meanwhile, held his last rally in Beira, declaring that it was time to "end the games, end the abuses"; he pointed to the problems of unemployment and lack of medicine in hospitals when urging his supporters to turn out for the vote.


2009 Mozambican general election, Campaign
Voting at central Maputo's Polana secondary school on election day, Dklahama said that if he lost the election he would not run for president again. He also called for a high turnout, while stressing the importance of respecting the results and avoiding a post-election dispute.


2009 Mozambican general election, Results
According to provisional results announced on 2 November, incumbent president Guebuza won a landslide victory with about 75% of the vote. Turnout was estimated at about 42%. SADC observers said the election result was "a true reflection of the will of the people of Mozambique". Opposition party RENAMO was less content with the electoral conduct, demanding that the election be annulled. According to RENAMO spokesperson Ivone Soares, FRELIMO supporters stuffed ballot boxes with multiple votes and were assisted in doing so by the electoral commission, which provided them with additional ballot papers. A FRELIMO spokesperson, Edson Macuacua, dismissed the allegations, asserting that the election was free and fair and characterizing RENAMO as "lost and desperate".


2009 Mozambican general election, Results
On 11 November, the National Elections Commission officially announced that Guebuza had won the election with 75% of the vote; Dhlakama and Simango trailed with 16.5% and 8.6% respectively. Results for the parliamentary election were also announced, showing that FRELIMO had won 191 seats, followed by RENAMO with 51 seats and eight for the MDM. The Constitutional Council confirmed the results on 28 December. Continuing to allege fraud, Dhlakama said that RENAMO would boycott the opening of parliament.


2009 Mozambican general election, Results
After the newly elected deputies were sworn in, they elected Veronica Macamo, a FRELIMO Deputy, as president of the Assembly of the Republic in January 2010. Macamo was the only candidate for the position.


2009 Mr. Olympia
The 2009 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2009 held September 24–27, 2009 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Other events at the exhibition included the 202 Olympia Showdown, Ms. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.


2009 Ms. Olympia
The 2009 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2009 was held on September 25, 2009, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 30th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the 212 Olympia Showdown, Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.


2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 21, 2009. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, on April 16, 2009, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that the Jonas Brothers would co-host the show. The show featured performances by The Black Eyed Peas, Billy Talent, Lady Gaga, Jonas Brothers, Alexisonfire, Kelly Clarkson and others. The artists with the most nominations were Nickelback and Danny Fernandes with five nominations each. Nickelback won the most awards with 3 awards.


2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, Winners and nominees
Nominees for the People's Choice awards had been announced. Four nominations had already been chosen by MuchMusic and one wild card nomination will be chosen which has the most votes on the MuchMusic website. The nominees were, with the winners in bold:


2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, Post-show altercations
During a post-show after-party hosted by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas at a local nightclub, Perez Hilton was allegedly assaulted by the group's tour manager Liborio Molina. Hilton reported in a video on his blog that he was 'clubbed' in the eye by the said manager. will.i.am also later tweeted, defending the group's position in this matter.


2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, Post-show altercations
According to will.i.am, Perez was being provocative in his blog regarding Black Eyed Peas' member Fergie, as well as their latest album release, The E.N.D. An altercation ensued between Hilton and will.i.am, at which point Molina approached Hilton from behind and 'clubbed' him in the right eye, leaving a visible bump as seen in the video he posted during the following morning. Molina was arrested following the incident and appeared in a court hearing in Toronto on August 5, 2009.


2009 Munster Senior Football Championship
The 2009 Munster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Munster GAA. It was won by Cork who defeated Limerick in the final. It was their first time to retain the title in 14 years. Limerick had not won a Munster title since 1896. After Cork's defeat of Kerry in the semi-final there were concerns that Kerry football was in "terminal decline."


2009 Munster Senior Football Championship
The winning Cork team received the Cuppy Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 12 July 2009 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Tipperary and Waterford. Tipperary claimed their third Munster Championship of the decade, beating Waterford on a scoreline of 4-14 to 2-16, a 4-point winning margin. Overall, this was Tipperary's thirty eighth Munster Senior Hurling Championship.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Previous Munster Final encounters
Previous to this encounter, the teams had met each other in six Munster Hurling Finals, with Tipperary edging the rivalry with four wins in comparison to Waterford's two wins. The most recent Munster Final involving both teams was in 2002 with Waterford winning on a scoreline of 2-23 to 3-12. The match was notable for the fact that Waterford won their first Munster Championship in thirty nine years.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, GAA 125th Anniversary
Special events were held in Thurles to mark the 125th anniversary of the GAA on the weekend of the match. Most notable of these special events was a torch procession from the birthplace of Michael Cusack, Carran, County Clare to Hayes' Hotel in Thurles (founding place of the GAA). On the day of the match, the torch was brought from Hayes' Hotel to Semple Stadium. The torch was brought onto the pitch by former Tipperary hurler, Jimmy Doyle.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Team selection
Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy named an unchanged team from the semi final win over Clare for the Munster Senior Hurling Championship final clash with Waterford. For Waterford, Tony Browne came in at wing-back for Richie Foley, Aidan Kearney took Kevin Moran's spot on the other wing. Moran moved to midfield to allow Stephen Molumphy switch to centre forward.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Post-match reaction
Waterfor manager Davy FitzGerald was unhappy with his teams defending before half time, "the goal before half-time, and the one after, were bad errors, mistakes we made, But fair play to Tipp, they were in control of the game for a lot of it. Tipp have been coming a long time. And they’ll be hard beaten. Their work ethic is very good. You can’t make mistakes and expect to win" he said.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Post-match reaction
Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy conceded that Waterford outhurled Tipperary for much of the Final, "We’re down to the last four and we’re delighted to be there, We have to be fair and honest, Waterford outhurled us for long patches and we were tipping the odd point here and there, Overall, we came here to win, we’ve won and we’re delighted to be back in Croke Park" he said.


2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Post-match reaction
Midfielder Shane McGrath claimed that Tipperary are a more rounded team than in 2008, "I think we're more of a team this year than last year - we train a lot harder, we've put in a lot more. We're a closer team, You don't win anything unless you're a close team and friends. At the end of the day, we're all friends and we'll all plug away for each other" he said.


2009 Music City Bowl
The 2009 Music City Bowl was the twelfth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The game was played on Sunday, December 27, 2009, and was telecast on ESPN. The ACC's Clemson Tigers defeated the SEC's Kentucky Wildcats 21–13. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl.


2009 Music City Bowl
Music City Bowl officials originally wanted to select North Carolina as the ACC representative. This would have set up a contest between two traditional college basketball powers (the Wildcats and Tar Heels are first and third, respectively, in all-time college basketball wins). This plan came undone, however, when the Chick-fil-A, Gator, and Champs Sports Bowls all passed on Clemson, which lost the 2009 ACC Championship Game to Georgia Tech. This forced the Music City Bowl to take Clemson. Under the ACC's bowl selection rules in 2009, the conference title game loser could not fall below the Music City Bowl, which had the fifth pick among bowl-eligible ACC teams. The Tar Heels accepted a bid to the 2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl.


2009 Music City Bowl
Since 2002, the name of the bowl game has been known as The Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, being named after its primary sponsor, Gaylord Hotels. The 2010 game marked the first time since then that a new company has taken over as title sponsor of the game, as Franklin American Mortgage will take over. Gaylord Hotels continued to be a major sponsor of the game.


2009 Music City Bowl
This was Kentucky's third appearance in the bowl game in four years. It was Clemson's second appearance in the bowl. The game was a rematch of the 2006 game in which Kentucky won by a score of 28–20. The two teams had met a total of 12 previous times with Kentucky winning 8 of the previous games. Aside from the 2006 Music City Bowl, the schools also met in the 1993 Peach Bowl, a game won by Clemson 14–13.


2009 Music City Bowl, Game summary
Clemson wore their secondary home Purple jerseys and Kentucky wore their white road jerseys.


2009 Music City Bowl, Game summary
Clemson senior and future NFL player, C. J. Spiller ended his final college game with a win. Spiller was named the game's MVP as he accounted for 172 all purpose yards and a rushing touchdown, the 51st touchdown of his college career. The Wildcats' only TD came on their opening drive when freshman quarterback Morgan Newton found Chris Matthews in the end zone for a 17-yard TD pass and a 7-0 lead. Clemson played excellent defense throughout the contest only allowing Kentucky to 277 total yards of offense. After the game 68-year-old Kentucky coach Rich Brooks stated that there was about an 80 percent chance that the game would be his last at Kentucky, which it subsequently proved to be, as he announced his retirement the next week.


2009 Music City Bowl, Game summary
Weather was a significant factor in the game's play. The game time temperature was a chilly 38 degrees and steadily dropped throughout the night. Winds gusted up to 22 mph and not only affected the kicking game and strategy for both teams but also made the temperature feel as if it were in the low 20 degree range. At one point Clemson kicker Richard Jackson, who had kicked three field goals in the regular season from over 50 yards, lined up for a 44-yard field goal. The ball hung in the air when kicked and ended up falling about eight yards short of the goal post.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Juan Martín del Potro and  Mardy Fish.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Men's Singles title at the 2009 Madrid Open.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles
The semifinal match between Nadal and Novak Djokovic was (at the time) the longest men’s tennis match in the Open Era played with the best-of-three system, stretching for 4 hours and 3 minutes with Nadal prevailing, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9). This record was later broken by Federer and del Potro at the 2012 London Olympics in their 4-hour and 26 minute semifinal match.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Singles
World No. 1 Dinara Safina defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 for the title.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The four Rome semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:


2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
The 2009 Madrid Open (also known as the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the Madrid Masters on the ATP and first on the WTA. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 9 May until 17 May 2009.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
2009 was the first year that the Madrid Masters was played on clay rather than a hard-court surface, which replaced Hamburg Masters (for men) that was now downgraded into an ATP 500 tournament and Berlin (for women) which was now defunct.


2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, Finals, Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Wesley Moodie  6–4, 6–4


2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, Finals, Women's doubles
Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Květa Peschke /  Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–3, 10–6


2009 Myanmar National League
MNL Cup Grand Royal 2009 is the inaugural knock-out club football tournament of the Myanmar National League. The tournament, held at the Aung San Stadium and the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon between 16 May and 5 July 2009, was contested by all eight clubs of the newly formed professional league. Yadanabon FC finished on top, one point ahead of Yangon United FC in group stage. On 5 July 2009, Yadanabon defeated Yangon United in the cup final on penalty shootout, to become the reigning champions of the league.


2009 Myanmar National League, Results, Final
The 2009 Myanmar National League Cup final was played at 4:00 on 5 July 2009 at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. Yadanabon defeated Yangon United on penalty kicks (4-1), after a 2-2 score at the end of regulation and extra time.


2009 NAB Cup
The 2009 NAB Cup is the Australian Football League pre-season competition that was played before the Australian Football League's 2009 Premiership season begins. It culminated with the Final on 13 March 2009 played between Geelong and Collingwood and was won by Geelong. The Final was originally scheduled for 14 March 2009 but was moved by the AFL so that the match did not clash with the Sound Relief benefit concert for the Victorian bushfires.


2009 NAB Cup, NAB Challenge
Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.


2009 NACAC Cross Country Championships
The 2009 NACAC Cross Country Championships took place on March 7, 2009. The races were held at the Chain of Lakes Park in Orlando, Florida, United States. A detailed report of the event was given.


2009 NACAC Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 86 athletes (+ 6 guests) from 7 countries participated.


2009 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 72nd Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I  Basketball Tournament was held from March 18 to 24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 72nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The Heart of America Athletic Conference was the host conference for the tournament. This was the Heart of America Athletic Conference's first year as a Division I conference.


2009 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The tournament got off to a surprising start, as five higher seeded teams lost on the opening day, including top-seeded Rogers State, who lost to William Jewell, who had only qualified for the tournament by receiving the Heart of America Athletic Conference's host bid into the field.


2009 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
In the end, two unseeded teams, Rocky Mountain College of Montana and Columbia College of Missouri—neither of whom had ever won a game at the tournament prior to 2009—met in the championship game, having each disposed of three higher-ranked teams along the way. Rocky Mountain won the championship with a 77-61 victory, claiming Rocky's first national basketball title.


2009 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 18th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


2009 NAIA Football National Championship
The 2009 NAIA Football National Championship was played on December 19, 2009 at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The championship was won by the Sioux Falls Cougars over the Lindenwood Lions by a score of 25–22.


2009 NAIA football rankings
One human poll made up the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2009 NAIA Football National Championship.


2009 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2009 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.


2009 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.


2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America
The 2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 17, 2009 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the thirty-first of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, the fifth of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and the only race scheduled at night during the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup that ended the season.


2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America
ABC telecast the race beginning at 7  pm ET, and the Performance Racing Network (Terrestrial) along with Sirius XM Radio (Satellite) provided radio coverage starting at the same time.


2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America
Jimmie Johnson was the quickest in all three practice sessions and won the pole position for the race. He continued his performance throughout the race, leading a race-high of 92 laps before winning the race. He also increased his championship lead and chances for a fourth consecutive title.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
The 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series was the 23rd season of the Camping World East Series, a touring series sanctioned by NASCAR. Matt Kobyluck entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Ryan Truex won the championship, 34 points in front of Eddie MacDonald.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
This was the last season for the East Series with the Camping World title sponsorship. Because Camping World decided to be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Truck Series starting in 2009, they did not renew their title sponsorship of NASCAR's East and West Series after their contract for that ended at the end of the 2009 season. (So, they sponsored all three series for that year only.) K&N Filters became the new title sponsor for the East and West Series starting in 2010.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
The schedule was announced on December 24, 2008 with eleven races at ten different tracks. The series lost three tracks from last year's schedule (Stafford Motor Speedway, Music City Motorplex and Mansfield Motorsports Park) but gains one new track for this season (Tri-County Motor Speedway). The Tennessee State Fairgrounds was initially on the schedule but changes in management of the track (new management decided to eliminate NASCAR sanction) resulted in the loss of the event.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
For the fourth year in a row, the regular season began at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April 11. The series made its first appearance at Tri-County Motor Speedway two weeks later on April 25 before heading to Iowa for the series' third appearance at Iowa Speedway. The Iowa race was a combination East/West race where drivers from both series will compete against each other. Drivers are awarded points based on their finishing position against drivers in their series. (i.e. Highest finishing driver in the East gets first place points and the highest finishing driver in the West gets first place points)


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
Traditional stops at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Thompson International Speedway, Adirondack International Speedway, and Lime Rock Park fill up the bulk of the summer schedule before the regular season finale at Dover International Speedway on September 25.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
On March 16, 2009, NASCAR announced that Speed Channel would broadcast each race as part of a one-hour special that would air on Thursdays at 3 p.m. ET.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
The 2009 season Toyota All-Star Showdown was held on January 30, 2010, and was televised on Speed Channel.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, Schedule
1 All races will air tape-delayed on Speed Channel on Thursdays at 3pm ET2 Non-points event. This race airs live on Speed Channel.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
The NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet was held at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April 11.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Brian Ickler is hoping to use the NASCAR Camping World Series East as a launching pad. Performances like Saturday night at historic Greenville Pickens Speedway certainly don’t hurt his cause, as Ickler led nearly every lap from start to finish in winning the season-opening.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Ickler recorded his fourth career NASCAR Camping World Series East victory and seventh NASCAR Camping World Series victory overall.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Veteran Jody Lavender scored a career-best second-place finish, while Eddie MacDonald finished third. Josh Richards and Brett Moffitt, both making their first career NASCAR starts, rounded out the top five.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Ickler qualified second behind pole position winner Moffitt. A multi-car accident in Turn 1 on the start of the race caused a lengthy red flag before the end of the first lap. NASCAR decided to reset the lineup of the field with the exception of those cars involved in the accident and do a complete restart of the event. Several cars came into the pits to repair damage and would have to start at the rear of the field since they were considered to have pitted before the initial green flag. On the second attempt at the start, Ickler got the jump on Moffitt and quickly began to pull away from the field.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
MacDonald, restarting on the outside of the front row, briefly took the lead by a nose on two restarts. Each time however, Ickler erased the lead and pulled out to a commanding lead. Ickler led four times for 146 laps. In addition, the victory gave Ickler a secured spot in the postseason NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown - a spot reserved for winners of the NASCAR Camping World Series events in 2009.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Fastest Qualifier: Brett Moffitt, Time: 20.691 Seconds, Speed: 86.994 mph (140.003 km/h)


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Cautions: Laps 11-13; 45-48; 99-103; 106-111; 113-118; 129-132; 135-141; 144-146. 8 for 38 laps.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Lap Leaders: Ickler 1-48, MacDonald 49, Ickler 50-111, MacDonald 112, Ickler 113-118, MacDonald 119-120, Ickler 121-150.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Home Tracks 150 presented by Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Top 10 Driver Points: Brian Ickler 190, Jody Lavender 170, Eddie MacDonald 170, Josh Richards 160, Brett Moffitt * 155, Patrick Long 150, Steve Park 146, Matt Kobyluck 142, Alan Tardiff 138, Matt DiBenedetto 134


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
The NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150 was held at Tri-County Motor Speedway on April 25.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Matt DiBenedetto took just two starts to find Victory Lane.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
The 17-year-old Grass Valley, Calif., driver passed Austin Dillon on a back-and-forth battle following a green-white-checkered finish to Saturday night’s Tri-County 150 to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Series East victory.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
DiBenedetto, a Joe Gibbs Racing development driver, and Dillon, a Richard Childress Racing development driver, swapped the lead six times over the second half of the race. The event was stretched to 165 laps due to a pair of late cautions. DiBenedetto led four times for 75 laps, while Dillon led three times for 15 laps.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
On the final restart, Dillon got the jump from the second spot to take the lead. DiBenedetto, however, was able to nose underneath as they came to the white flag and took the lead going into Turn 1 of the final lap.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Rookie Alan Tardiff earned his first Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day and brought home his best finish with a third-place run. Jody Lavender took over the points lead with a fourth-place finish, while Patrick Long rounded out the top five.


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Fastest Qualifier: A.Tardiff *, 86.946 mph (139.926 km/h), 16.562 seconds


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Lap Leaders: A. Tardiff 1-16; M. Kobyluck 17-75; M. DiBenedetto 76-101; A. Dillon 102-113; M. DiBenedetto 114-146; A. Dillon 147; M. DiBenedetto 148-162; A. Dillon 163-164; M. DiBenedetto 165


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Laps Lead: Matt DiBenedetto 75, Matt Kobyluck 59, Alan Tardiff * 16, Austin Dillon 15


2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series, 2009 Series Races, NASCAR Camping World Series East-Tri-County 150
Standings: 1. J. Lavender, 330; 2. M. DiBenedetto, 324; 3. A. Tardiff, 308; 4. P. Long, 305; 5. E. MacDonald, 297; 6. M. Kobyluck, 281; 7. D. Armstrong, 273; 8. S. Park, 264; 9. D. Delaney, 262; 10. R. Duff, 260


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the fifteenth season of the Camping World Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. It was contested over twenty-five races, beginning with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season was the first under the Camping World sponsorship banner. Camping World, announced on October 23, 2008, that they would sponsor the series for the next seven seasons. Ron Hornaday Jr. won and clinched the championship for Kevin Harvick, Inc. at Phoenix, one race early.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, NextEra Energy Resources 250
The NextEra Energy Resources 250 was held on February 13 at Daytona International Speedway. Colin Braun won the pole for the event but Todd Bodine won the race.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, NextEra Energy Resources 250
Failed to qualify: Andy Lally (#28), Norm Benning (#57), Marc Mitchell (#89).


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, NextEra Energy Resources 250
NOTE: Ron Hornaday Jr. suffered a 25-point penalty for rule infractions found in his truck during post-race inspection.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, San Bernardino County 200
The San Bernardino County 200 was held on February 21 at Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, American Commercial Lines 200
The American Commercial Lines 200 was held on March 7 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won his second consecutive pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Kroger 250
The Kroger 250 was held on March 30 at Martinsville Speedway. Rick Crawford won the pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held on April 25 and 27 at Kansas Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, North Carolina Education Lottery 200
The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was held on May 15 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole based on owners' points.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Failed to qualify: Wayne Edwards (#28), John Wes Townley (#09), Andy Ponstein (#02)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, AAA Insurance 200
The AAA Insurance 200 was held May 29 at Dover International Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, WinStar World Casino 400
The WinStar World Casino 400 was held on June 5 at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnny Sauter won his first career pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Michigan 200
The Michigan 200 was held on June 13 at Michigan International Speedway. Brian Ickler won his first career pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Copart 200
The Copart 200 was held on June 20 at Milwaukee Mile. Brian Ickler won the pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, MemphisTravel.com 200
The MemphisTravel.com 200 was held on June 27 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Built Ford Tough 225
The Built Ford Tough 225 was held on July 18 at Kentucky Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Built Ford Tough 225
Failed to qualify: Ryan Mathews (#41), Jack Smith (#36), Dillon Oliver (#02)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, AAA Insurance 200
The AAA Insurance 200 was held on July 24 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Colin Braun won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Toyota Tundra 200
The Toyota Tundra 200 was held on August 1 at Nashville Superspeedway. Timothy Peters won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, O' Reilly 200
The O'Reilly 200 was held on August 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, O' Reilly 200
Failed to qualify: Tim Bainey Jr. (#00), Brandon Duchscherer (#83), Duane Bischoff (#27)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, EnjoyIllinois.com 225
The EnjoyIllinois.com 225 was held on August 28 at Chicagoland Speedway. Matt Crafton won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, EnjoyIllinois.com 225
Failed to qualify: Michelle Theriault (#72), John Jackson (#92), Ryan Hackett (#76)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Lucas Oil 200
The Lucas Oil 200 was held on September 5 at Iowa Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Copart 200
The Copart 200 was held on September 12 at Gateway International Raceway. Colin Braun won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Copart 200
Failed to qualify: Dillon Oliver (#02), Jack Smith (#36), Ben Stancill (#63)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Heluva Good! 200
The Heluva Good! 200 was held on September 19 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Las Vegas 350
The Las Vegas 350 was held on September 26 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Todd Bodine won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held on October 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200
Failed to qualify: Tim Bainey Jr. (#00), Chris Lafferty (#89), Dan Brode (#01)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250
The Mountain Dew 250 was held on October 31 at Talladega Superspeedway. Colin Braun won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, WinStar World Casino 350
The WinStar World Casino 350K was held on November 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Crafton won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, WinStar World Casino 350
Failed to qualify: Lance Hooper (#65), Andy Ponstein (#02), John Jackson (#92)


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Lucas Oil 150
The Lucas Oil 150 was held on November 13 at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnny Sauter won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Races, Ford 200
The Ford 200 was held on November 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Colin Braun won the Pole.


2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series
The 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series was the 56th season of Camping World West Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Allstate Texas Thunder 150 at Thunderhill Raceway on March 14, 2009, and concluded with the Toyota/Copart 150 at All-American Speedway on September 26, 2009. Jason Bowles won the championship, 123 points in front of Eric Holmes.


2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series
This was the last season for the West Series with the Camping World title sponsorship. Because Camping World decided to be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Truck Series starting in 2009, they did not renew their title sponsorship of NASCAR's East and West Series after their contract for that ended at the end of the 2009 season. (So, they sponsored all three series for that year only.) K&N Filters became the new title sponsor for the East and West Series starting in 2010.


2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
The 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is the third racing season since the buy out of the CASCAR Super Series.


2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Highlights
The 2009 calendar is highlighted with a race added to Saskatchewan at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, a return to Delaware Speedway and the dates at Cayuga, Ontario removed. Important car changes are Joey Hanssen came from the Netherlands to run a second D. J. Kennington's car, J. R. Fitzpatrick has graduated to NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and will only run part-time and as well as American NASCAR star Cale Gale will run a couple of races. Again all of the races will air on TSN on tape delay.


2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Highlights
The 2009 season will be David Whitlock's last season as he started it off great with a win in Quebec. Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve made his series debut in the Tide 250 (4th race of the year) finishing last after wrecking out on the 1st lap where Scott Steckly went to victory lane. During the western road swing of races Andrew Ranger won two of the three taking the points lead with Steckly picking up the 3rd and the first ever race in Saskatchewan. Ranger then went on to win the next two races.


2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Highlights
Montreal is the most famed race, as it is paired with the NASCAR Nationwide Series. An eventful last lap ended with Scott Steckly on his roof and . R. Fitzpatrick picking up his first win of the season. At the end of the season Don Thomson Jr. finally won after a disappointing first half of the year at Barrie Speedway. Andrew Ranger ended up getting his 6th win of 13 and locking up the championship with a win at Riverside Speedway on September 20, 2009.


2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, Highlights
The final weekend of racing took place at Kawartha Speedway where D. J. Kennington picked up his second win of the season. The race was delayed many times and was run on Sunday instead of Saturday due to rain. Andrew Ranger won his second championship in three years with the biggest points margin in series history. He will be eligible for the Toyota All-Star Shootout in January, looking to expand his NASCAR career to the next level. The 2009 Rookie of the year was Joey Hanssen, who beat out Dexter Stacey.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series
The 2009 NASCAR Corona Series was the sixth season of the Corona Series, which was sanctioned by NASCAR Mexico.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series, New for this season
All five previous NASCAR Mexico series champions raced the full schedule in 2009.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series, New for this season
The Rookie of the Year championship adopted a points system similar to those used in NASCAR's national series, with points going from ten to one for rookies only, and bonus points for top-ten finishes in the overall race.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series, 2009 calendar
The race calendar for this season and results is as follows: In this season was inaugurated the Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes with the first race of the season.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series, Results, Standings
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2009 NASCAR Corona Series, Results, Rookie of the Year
Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series
The 2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series season was the first to be run under this name. It is the feeder division of the NASCAR Corona Series. It was formerly known as NASCAR Mexico T4 Series. Ernesto Guerrero ended up as series champion, edging out Erik Mondragón by just two points.


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series, Cars
This year the series entered a transition stage, in which the field of front-wheel drive touring cars used in the T4 Series in previous years was changed for rear-wheel drive stock cars, as a way to help the drivers develop their abilities and prepare for the next steps in their careers. However, for this season the old front-wheel drive cars were grandfathered into the series.


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series, Cars
Ironically, in the first two races of the season, the newly built rear-wheel drive cars were affected by reliability issues that have given some advantage to the drivers running with the old car.


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series, Cars
It was the first four-cylinder series in NASCAR since the mid-1990s Goody's Dash Series in the United States, which was a 4-cylinder series from its 1975 inception as the Baby Grand National, until 1998, when six-cylinder engines were permitted.


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series, Race calendar
The race calendar for this season and results is as follows:


2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series, Results, Standings
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series
The 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series began on February 14 at Daytona International Speedway with the Camping World 300. The season concluded on November 21 at Homestead–Miami Speedway with the Ford 300. With 25 top-five finishes, Kyle Busch was the season champion. He finished 210 points clear of Carl Edwards and 318 ahead of Brad Keselowski.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Double-file restarts
Before the start of the season, NASCAR changed restart rules regarding the final moments of all races in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. Previously, when the race was inside the final ten laps, all cars/trucks on the lead lap were in a single-file restart in that window. As of the 2009 season, the window changed to the final 20 laps. The "lucky dog"/"free pass" rule was still be eliminated in the last ten laps of a race. This rule will not matter starting at the July Daytona race, with the addition of "Double-File Restarts Shootout Style."


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Double-file restarts
After being successful in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR will implement a double-file restart system starting at the July Daytona race. The entire field will line up double-file, much like the start of the race at every restart. The leaders and other lead lap cars are now in front always when taking the green flag. Cars who choose to stay out and not pit during a caution flag who are in front of the leaders are now waved-around to restart (double file) at the back of the field.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Double-file restarts
The lucky dog/free pass rule is now in effect the entire distance of the race, and the double-file restarts are for every restart, including green-white-checkered finishes. The only reason cars do not line up double-file in the order they are position wise on the leaderboard is if they are serving a penalty (in most cases, for pit road violations). The leader of the race also has the option of selecting which lane, inside or outside, to restart in, however, the 3rd place car (and 5th, 7th, and so on) will always restart on the inside.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Schedule
♣ – Race ran at night, or started in the late afternoon, and finished at night.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Camping World 300
The Camping World 300 was held February 14 at Daytona International Speedway. Kevin Harvick took the pole but Tony Stewart won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Camping World 300
Did not qualify: Larry Foyt (#56), Johnny Chapman (#90), Stanton Barrett (#31), Terry Cook (#91), Derrike Cope (#41), Johnny Borneman, III (#22).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Stater Brothers 300
The Stater Brothers 300 was held February 21 at Auto Club Speedway. Carl Edwards took the pole but Kyle Busch won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Stater Brothers 300
Did not qualify: Scott Wimmer (#40), Johnny Borneman, III (#22), Mike Harmon (#84), Andy Ponstein (#02).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Sam's Town 300
The Sam's Town 300 was held February 28 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Scott Speed took the pole but Greg Biffle won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Sam's Town 300
Did not qualify: Derrike Cope (#41), Kertus Davis (#49), Johnny Borneman, III (#22), Mike Harmon (#84).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Scotts Turf Builder 300
The Scotts Turf Builder 300 was held March 21 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Brendan Gaughan got his first Nationwide series career pole but Kevin Harvick won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Scotts Turf Builder 300
Did not qualify: Mark Green (#70), Kertus Davis (#49), Brad Teague (#55), Brian Keselowski (#26), Stanton Barrett (#31), Mike Harmon (#84), Benny Gordon (#72).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, O'Reilly 300
The O'Reilly 300 was held April 4 at Texas Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch took the pole and won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, O'Reilly 300
Did not qualify: Scott Wimmer (#40), Josh Wise (#43), Brian Keselowski (#26), Kertus Davis (#49), Kerry Earnhardt (#31), Mike Harmon (#84).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Nashville 300
The Nashville 300 was held on April 11 Nashville Superspeedway. Joey Logano won his 2nd career NNS race. 1992 series champion Joe Nemechek took a wild ride after contact with several cars and flipped once. The car was fine, and he drove it around the track a few times before being black-flagged.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Nashville 300
Did not qualify: Brad Teague (#52), Andy Ponstein (#02), Mike Harmon (#84), Ryan Hackett (#76), Mark Green (#0).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Bashas' Supermarket 200
The Bashas' Supermarket 200 was held April 17 at Phoenix International Raceway. Carl Edwards took the pole but Greg Biffle won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Bashas' Supermarket 200
Did not qualify: Kenny Hendrick (#42), Andy Ponstein (#02), Mike Harmon (#84), Dennis Setzer (#96).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Aaron's 312
The Aaron's 312 was held April 25 at Talladega Superspeedway. David Ragan edged out Ryan Newman by .030 of a second for his first win in any of NASCAR's three top-tier series. Matt Kenseth had a scary wreck in which he flipped 3 times on the backstretch. The defending Daytona 500 champion was uninjured, though.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Aaron's 312
Did not qualify: Johnny Chapman (#90), Justin Hobgood (#91), Scott Wimmer (#40), Mike Harmon (#84).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Lipton Tea 250
The Lipton Tea 250 was held May 1 at Richmond International Raceway. Matt Kenseth took the pole but Kyle Busch won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Lipton Tea 250
Did not qualify: Kevin Hamlin (#52), Kenny Hendrick (#42), Travis Kittleson (#31), John Wes Townley (#09), Mike Harmon (#84).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200
The Diamond Hill Plywood 200 was held May 8 at Darlington Raceway. The qualify rained out so Kyle Busch started 1st but Matt Kenseth won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200
Did not qualify: Dennis Setzer (#96), Paul Menard (#98), Derrike Cope (#73), Justin Hobgood (#41).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, CarQuest Auto Parts 300
The CarQuest Auto Parts 300 was held May 23 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Carl Edwards took the pole. The race was shortened to 170 laps due to rain so Mike Bliss won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, CarQuest Auto Parts 300
Did not qualify: Morgan Shepherd (#89), Casey Atwood (#05), John Wes Townley (#09), Kevin Lepage (#52), Kertus Davis (#49), Marc Davis (#36), Mike Harmon (#84).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Heluva Good! 200
The Heluva Good! 200 was held May 30 at Dover International Speedway. Joey Logano took the pole but Brad Keselowski won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Federated Auto Parts 300
The Federated Auto Parts 300 was held June 6 at Nashville Superspeedway and was dominated by Kyle Busch. This was his first win in Nashville. The victory made news as Kyle smashed the trophy – a custom painted Gibson guitar – in victory lane.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Meijer 300
The Meijer 300 was held June 13 at Kentucky Speedway. Joey Logano took the pole and won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, Meijer 300
Did not qualify: Jeff Green (#91), J. C. Stout (#19), Benny Gordon (#72), Blake Bjorklund (#96), Kevin Lepage (#52), Travis Kittleson (#31).


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, NorthernTool.com 250
The NorthernTool.com 250 was held June 20 at Milwaukee Mile. Erik Darnell got his first Nationwide series career pole but Carl Edwards won the race.


2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, Races, NorthernTool.com 250
Did not qualify: Morgan Shepherd (#89), Kevin Lepage (#52), Stanton Barrett (#41), John Wes Townley (#09).