In NASCAR Cup Series competition the #09 car has started 275 races and has 1 win, 0 poles, 6 top 5s, 35 top 10s, and 159 DNFs. The car number has not made a start since 2011.
Larry Manning has the most starts in #09 with 25 from 1963-1964. Manning earned 1 top 5 finish in the number.
Sterling Marlin started James Finch’s Pheonix Racing #09 in 16 races between 2007-2009.
Mike Bliss made 15 starts in the Pheonix Racing car from 2009-2010.
From 2003-2007 Mike Wallace made 14 starts in #09 including a top 5 at the 2007 Daytona 500 .
Nelson Oswald started 14 races in #09 from 1978-1980.
Bobby Labonte stared the #09 car 14 times for Finch in 2010.
Johnny Sauter drove the Finch #09 in 13 races from 2004-2005.
Landon Cassill drove the Pheonix #09 in 13 races in 2010-2011.
Famous for #39, Friday Hassler started #09 a total of 8 times in 1966 including 1 top 5.
Geoff Bodine started #09 for finch a total of 7 times from 2001-2002 including a third place finish in the 2002 Daytona 500.
In 2009 Brad Keselowski earned the only win the #09 has ever scored by driving James Finch’s car to a controversial victory at Talladega after a last lap encounter with Carl Edwards. Keselowski made a total of 5 starts in the number.
Other notable names in #09
Roy Mayne 11 starts
Wayne Gillette, 11 starts
Joe Ruttman, 7 starts
Bobby Hamilton Jr., 6 starts
Aric Almirola, 5 starts
Bill Elliott , 4 starts
Bobby Allison , 4 starts
Dick Trickle, 4 starts
Johnny Benson Jr, 4 starts
Elmo Langley , 2 starts
Scott Pruett , 2 starts
Ron Fellows , 2 starts
Wendell Scott, 1 start
Buckshot Jones, 1 start
Bobby Hamilton, 1 start
David Gilliland, 1 start
Jeremy Mayfield, 1 start
