The 2009 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This 500 lap, race took place on March 22 of that year at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, and was telecast on Fox beginning at 1:30 PM US EDT, with radio broadcasting being handled by Performance Racing Network (terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) beginning at 1 PM US EDT. This race was the last to utilize the 2008 season Top 35 in owners points rule. Beginning with the next race, the Goody's Cool Orange 500, each week's current standings will be used to determine automatic qualifiers for each week's race.