 On lap 290 , Earnhardt Jr was forced onto pit road after colliding with the wall at turn two . One lap later , Ragan drove to pit road because of overheating issues . On the 294th lap , Edwards reclaimed the lead off Gordon , while Ragan drove to the garage , three laps later . On lap 298 , Stewart moved into second after passing Jeff Gordon . Four laps later , a sixth and final caution came out , after Stremme collided with the wall and spun going into turn 3 . Jeff Gordon led on the restart . On lap 309 , Johnson passed Stewart for the second position , while Jeff Gordon built up a 1 @.@ 4 second lead four laps later . On the 314th lap , Biffle moved into the fourth position after passing Johnson . By lap 323 , Jeff Gordon had increased his lead to 1 @.@ 7 seconds over Johnson . Jeff Gordon maintained the lead to win his first race of the 2009 season . Johnson finished second , ahead of Biffle in third , Stewart in fourth , and Kenseth in fifth . Martin , Montoya , Kurt Busch , Burton and Edwards rounded out the top ten finishers . 
