* Mark Martin won the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It was his 40th Cup victory in his 749th career start. Martin took sole possession of 16th on NASCAR’s all-time win list. It was his fifth victory in 2009, leading all drivers.
* Martin scored his first Cup win in 26 races at New Hampshire. His previous best New Hampshire finish was second, which he did three times. He became the 10th different winner in the past 10 races at New Hampshire.
* Martin scored his fourth straight top-5 finish, extending a streak that began at Bristol.
* Hendrick Motorsports scored its seventh victory at New Hampshire, tying Roush Fenway Racing for the most by any owner in the 30 Cup races at New Hampshire. Martin scored the ninth win for Hendrick Motorsports this season.
* Chevrolet has scored 13 wins in 2009, leading all manufacturers. Toyota has nine, Dodge has three and Ford has two.
* Denny Hamlin (second) has scored seven straight top-10 finishes in a streak that began at the second Pocono race.
* Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his first top-10 finish in six races at New Hampshire. He led the most laps (105). This marked Montoya’s 100th career start.
* Jimmie Johnson (fourth) has led in 38 of the 51 Chase races. Johnson earned the most bonus points (130) in the first 26 races. Johnson is the only driver who has led in all 17 superspeedway races this season (restrictor-plate races excluded).
* Brian Vickers (11th) extended a 10-race streak of top-15 finishes that began at Daytona in July.
* Tony Stewart (14th) has finished outside the top 10 in the past five races. He has scored 18 top-10 finishes in 27 races this season.
* Jeff Burton (16th) has finished 16th or worse in the past 13 races, since Michigan in June.
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 35th in his 350th consecutive Cup race.
* Elliott Sadler (eighth) and Stewart each have been running at the finish in the past 50 races, the longest current streak. Sadler posted his best finish since posting a fifth in the 2009 Daytona 500 [Note: Reed Sorenson has been running at the finish of 53 races but didn’t run at Infineon in 2008].(ESPN)(9-21-2009)
