When #48-Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flat at Texas Motor Speedway to score his ninth victory this season he also achieved a major milestone for Chevrolet – helping the brand tie its all-time win record in the NASCAR Cup Series. Team Chevy drivers have scored 25 victories in 34 races [74%] this season – 13 with the Monte Carlo SS and 12 with the new generation Impala SS race car – which ties the bowtie brand’s win record set in 1958.(GM Racing PR), it also ties Buick for the all time wins in the moderna era [1972 to present], Ford holds the record for most wins in a season with 48 in 1965, that season there were 55 races [87%] run.(11-7-2007)
