* Denny Hamlin won the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway on a sunny Monday afternoon after the race was delayed a day by rain Sunday. Hamlin scored his fifth Sprint Cup Series career victory in his 136th career start.
* Hamlin scored his third victory at Pocono, the only Sprint Cup Series track where he has scored multiple victories. Hamlin also has one victory at New Hampshire and Martinsville. Hamlin has scored finishes of sixth or better in seven of his eight races at Pocono.
* Hamlin’s win marked the first victory by Toyota at Pocono Raceway. Toyota scored its sixth win in 2009. Chevrolet has scored 11 wins in 21 races in 2009, leading all manufacturers. Dodge and Ford each have two.
* Hamlin’s last win came at Martinsville in March 2008. Hamlin has scored five top-5 finishes in the last seven races and has climbed from 12th to fifth in points in that span.
* Hamlin became the 12th different race winner in 2009. He led six times for 91 laps, including the final 10, the most by any driver.
* This marked the 73rd Sprint Cup Series victory for Joe Gibbs Racing and the team’s seventh win at Pocono. All five of Hamlin’s victories have come with Joe Gibbs Racing and crew chief Mike Ford. Four of his five victories came on superspeedways.
* Juan Pablo Montoya (finished second) scored his best Pocono finish and best finish of the season. Montoya has scored top-15 finishes in the last eight races, extending a streak that began at Pocono in June, all finishes of 12th or better.
* Clint Bowyer (third) scored his best Pocono finish in eight races there.
* Sam Hornish Jr. (fourth) scored his career-best finish.
* Kasey Kahne (fifth) posted his sixth straight top-15 finish, extending a streak that began at Infineon, where he won.
* Brian Vickers (sixth) posted his fourth straight top-10 finish, extending a streak that began at Daytona.
* Tony Stewart (10th) has scored top-10 finishes in the last nine races, extending a streak that began at Dover. Stewart posted his 12th superspeedway top-10 finish in 14 superspeedway races in 2009 (restrictor-plate races excluded), the most by any driver.
* Jimmie Johnson (13th) was running at the finish for the 250th time in his career. Johnson has led at least one lap in 17 of the 21 races in 2009, the most by any driver.
* Kyle Busch (16th) has scored just one top-10 finish in the last nine races. Busch ranks 13th, 101 points behind 12th-place Greg Biffle and a spot in the 2009 Chase.
* Jeff Burton (21st) has finished 16th or worse in the last seven races, since Michigan in June.
* Michael Waltrip (31st) was running at the finish for the 600th time in his career.
* Stewart (10th) and Elliott Sadler (24th) have each been running at the finish in the last 44 races, the longest current streak.(ESPN/Racing Resources)(8-4-2009)
