 The race was Gordon 's first win of the 2009 season , and the eighty @-@ second of his career . The result kept Gordon in the lead of the Drivers ' Championship , one @-@ hundred and sixty @-@ two ahead of Johnson , and one @-@ hundred and eighty ahead of Kurt Busch . Chevrolet increased its lead in the Manufacturers ' Championship , ten points ahead of Ford , who bumped Toyota to third place , with twenty @-@ nine races remaining in the season remaining . The race attracted 7 @.@ 4 million television viewers . 
