* Kasey Kahne won the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway, scoring his ninth career series victory in 158 races. He led the most laps, five times for 69 laps. He is the third multiple-race winner in 2008. * Five of Kahne’s nine wins have come from the Coor’s Light pole. Kahne is the 13th driver to win from a top-10 starting position in the 14 races in 2008. Kahne’s last series victory came at Lowe’s, two races ago. * This was Kahne’s first victory in nine races at Poco#His previous best Pocono finish was third in August 2004. This marked his third top-10 finish at Pocono, and he became the 28th different race winner in 61 races at Pocono. * This is the second victory for Gillette Evernham Motorsports in 2008. * Brian Vickers (second) scored his best finish in 2008. It was his fourth top-5 finish at Pocono and best finish since joining Team Red Bull. * Denny Hamlin (third) scored his fifth top-10 finish in five races at Pocono. * Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fourth) scored his 10th top-10 finish in 2008. * Jeff Burton (fifth) is the only driver to score a top-15 finish in each of the 14 races this season. * Carl Edwards (ninth) scored his 10th top-10 finish in 2008. Edwards has scored top-10 finishes in his past five races, extending a streak that began at Richmond. * A.J. Allmendinger (12th) scored his career-best finish. * Kevin Harvick (13th) extended the longest streak of running at the finish to 58 races; the streak began in October 2006 at Kansas. * Jeff Gordon (14th ) ended a streak of four straight top-10 finishes that began at Richmond. He dropped from sixth to eighth in points. * Kyle Busch (43rd) ended a seven-race streak of top-10 finishes that began at Texas. * Busch finished 43rd for the third time in his 128-race career. He last finished 43rd at Michigan on Aug. 21, 2005. He remains first in the points standings but lost 121 points. He now is just 21 points ahead of second-place Burton. * Elliott Sadler (34th) has been running at the finish in 19 straight races at Pocono, the longest current streak. * 34 cars finished on the lead lap. * Seven points separate 12th-place Tony Stewart from 13th-place David Ragan as the race to the chase continues with 12 events remaining.(ESPN.com)(6-10-2008)
