. Kurt Busch won the Kobalt Tools 500, his 19th victory in 296 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
. This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2009 “ all in the past three races.
. This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 17 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
. Jeff Gordon (second) posted his 22nd top-10 finish in 34 races at Atlanta. It is his third top-10 finish in 2009. Gordons winless streak is now at 45 races “ the longest of his career. He has finished in the top five 17 times in that span, including four runner-up finishes. Two of his second-place finishes have come this season.
. Kurt and Kyle Busch posted back-to-back victories for the third time. Fontana and Richmond (2005) and Infineon and New Hampshire -2008) are the other times.
. Carl Edwards (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 10 races at Atlanta. This is his best finish thus far in 2009.
. Joey Logano (30th) was the highest finishing rookie.
. Gordon leads the point standings by 43 points over Clint Bowyer.(NASCAR Statistics)(3-8-2009)