* Kevin Harvick won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, scoring his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 147th career start. His last victory came at Indianapolis in August 2003, 56 races ago.
* Harvick is the fifth different race winner in five races in 2005.
* Harvick became the seventh different race winner in the last 10 races at Bristol.
* Harvick begins the 2005 season with three top-10 finishes in five races. He climbed from 11th to sixth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
* Harvick posted his fifth top-five finish in nine races at Bristol Motor Speedway. He finished in the top10 in seven of his last eight races at Bristol.
* Harvick scored the eighth victory for car owner Richard Childress at Bristol Motor Speedway. It marked Childress’s first victory at Bristol since Dale Earnhardt won here in August 1999. This was Childress’s 77th victory as a car owner. Notebook Items
* Elliott Sadler (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 14 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. He has scored top-10 finishes in three of the five races this season. Sadler climbed from eighth to fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
* Tony Stewart (third) scored his fourth top-five finish in 13 races at Bristol and climbed from seventh to third in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. It marked his third top-10 finish in 2005.
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fourth) scored his fifth top-10 finish in 11 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. He climbed from 26th to 17th in the point standings. Earnhardt Jr., has scored two top-10 finishes in five races this season.
* Dale Jarrett (fifth) scored his 19th top-10 finish in 38 races at Bristol. Jarrett scored his first top-10 finish in 2005 and climbed from 15th to eighth in the point standings.
* Jimmie Johnson (sixth) posted his fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway. Johnson has scored top-10 finishes in the 11 races since Charlotte last fall. Johnson is the only driver that has led at least one lap in all five races in 2005.
* Travis Kvapil (seventh) was the highest finishing Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contender for the second time in 2005. It marked his career-first top-10 finish.
* Kyle Petty (eighth) scored his ninth top-10 finish in 44 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. His most recent top-10 finish came at Talladega (10th) in April 2002.
* Greg Biffle (ninth) scored his second top-10 finish in five races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It marked his fourth straight top-10 finish in 2005, the first time in his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup career to do so.
* Mark Martin (31st) has been running at the finish in 27 consecutive races, the longest current streak.
* Seven of the top-10 positions in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings changed at Bristol.
* At Martinsville 2005 owner points will be used to determine the guaranteed entrants. Noted drivers ranked outside the top 35 include: Ricky Rudd and Robby Gordon, who will both have to qualify by speed.
* Looking ahead to the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, 25 drivers are already more than 400 points behind point leader Jimmie Johnson.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(4-3-2005)
