* Kyle Busch won the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. He scored his 22nd series victory in his 140th start. Busch’s 22 career wins tie him with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tommy Ellis, and Sam Ard for seventh all-time in the series.
* Busch scored his second series victory at the speedway in his ninth start there; his previous win there was in August 2008.
* Busch became the first driver in NASCAR history to win two NASCAR National Touring Series races in the same day; he won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race as well.
* Busch led a combined 238 of the 250 laps run between the two races. Busch was not passed on the race track in either race.
* Busch scored his fifth series victory with crew chief Jason Ratcliff. It was Ratcliff’s first race back after being suspended.
* Busch has finished in the top 10 in 15 of his past 16 series races; he has scored seven victories during the 16-race span.
* Joe Gibbs Racing has led 423 of the 450 series laps raced at Auto Club Speedway during the past three races there.
* Toyota posted its 23rd series victory and its third, all consecutive, at Auto Club Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing scored its 29th series victory and its third, all consecutive, at the speedway.
* This was the ninth consecutive race won from a top-five starting position at California.
* Kevin Harvick finished second. It was his third second-place finish in his 40th race driving for KHI.
* Carl Edwards, fourth, scored his 11th consecutive top-five finish, tying him with Sam Ard and Jack Ingram for second all-time. The most consecutive top-5s is 15 by Sam Ard.
* Ken Butler scored a 20th-place finish in his series debut.
* #62 Brendan Gaughan (ninth) was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the seven rookies in the race. It was Gaughan’s best career series finish.
* The top 10 consisted of four Toyotas, four Chevys and two Fords. The best Dodge finish was 14th, by Justin Allgaier.(ESPN.com)(2-24-2009)
