* Las Vegas native Kyle Busch won the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch was the pole winner but dropped to the rear, under penalty, for an engine change prior to the start. He is the first pole winner to win at Las Vegas.
* Busch posted his 13th career Sprint Cup victory in 153 races. All 13 wins have come at different tracks. Busch’s last victory came at Watkins Glen in August 2008, 17 races ago.
* Busch scored his first Las Vegas victory in six races there. He became the eighth different race winner in 12 Las Vegas races.
* The 14 cautions set a track record; the old track record of 11 was set in 2008. The number of caution laps was also a new track record [66].
* Crew chief Steve Addington posted his ninth career Cup victory in 148 races. All nine of his crew chief victories have come with Busch.
* This is the first victory for Joe Gibbs Racing at Las Vegas. Roush Fenway Racing leads all teams with six wins at Las Vegas. Hendrick Motorsports has four.
* Jeff Gordon leads the Cup standings for the first time since Atlanta on Oct. 28, 2007 (42 races ago). He leads second-place Clint Bowyer by 18 points.
* Bowyer (second) extended a 76-race streak of running at the finish that began at Homestead in November 2006. Bowyer’s last DNF came at Phoenix on Nov. 12, 2006, when he finished 33rd due to oil pump failure.
* David Reutimann, who finished fourth, scored his first career top-5 finish.
* Bobby Labonte, who finished fifth, posted his first top-5 since finishing third at Martinsville in 2006 (78 races between).
* Joey Logano (13th) was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the three rookies in the race.
* Roush Fenway had three engine failures in the race: Matt Kenseth, David Ragan and Carl Edwards, tying most engine DNFs for Roush in a race (set at Atlanta in March 2003 and Talladega in April 1998).
* The top 10 consisted of three Fords, four Chevrolets and three Toyotas. Kasey Kahne, who finished 11th, was the highest-finishing Dodge.(ESPN.com)(3-2-2009)