# Jamie McMurray won the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. This marked McMurray’s first win in 15 races at Talladega.
# McMurray became the 14th different race winner in 2009.
# This was the first victory by a Ford since Matt Kenseth won at California in February.
# McMurray became the first non-Chase driver to score a Chase victory since Greg Biffle at Kansas in 2007, ending a 23-race streak of victories in Chase races by a Chase driver.
# McMurray scored his fifth top-10 finish in 15 races at Talladega. He started Sunday’s race in the 22nd-place position.
# McMurray scored his second restrictor-plate victory in 29 career restrictor-plate races. He also won at Daytona in July 2007.
# McMurray scored his third Cup victory in his 255th career start.
# This was the third victory by Roush Fenway Racing at Talladega.
# Jimmie Johnson holds the points lead by 184 over second-place Mark Martin. This is the largest points lead in the 2009 Chase.
# The biggest points comeback with three races remaining occurred in 1990 when Dale Earnhardt came from 49 points behind to win the title.
# The biggest points lead overcome with three to go in the Chase was 26 points by Jimmie Johnson in 2006. Interestingly, Johnson was minus-9 points with three to go in 2007. In 2008 he was the points leader and never looked back.
# Kasey Kahne (second) tied his best Talladega finish. Kahne has competed in 24 career restrictor-plate races without a victory. It was his best finish in the 2009 Chase. He climbed from 11th to ninth in points.
# Joey Logano (third) was the highest-finishing rookie.
# Greg Biffle (fourth) scored his best Talladega finish in 14 races there. It was his second straight top-10 finish at Talladega. He finished seventh there in April. He climbed from eighth to seventh in points.
# Jeff Burton (fifth) ended an 18-race streak of finishes of 14th or worse.
# Jimmie Johnson (sixth) scored his seventh top-10 finish in 16 races at Talladega.
# Johnson’s worst finish in the last 33 Chase races is 15th (Texas and Homestead in 2008).
# Johnson, who failed to lead, ended a 13-race streak of leading a lap at Talladega. Johnson led in just one of the four restrictor-plate races this season (two laps at the first Talladega race). Johnson has led in 27 of the 33 races this season, the only driver to do so.
# Elliott Sadler (ninth) extended a 14-race streak of leading a lap at Talladega.
# McMurray led five times for a race-high 32 laps, including the final 11. Before Sunday, he had led just one lap all season (the first Pocono race).
# Casey Mears (25th) is the only driver to finish on the lead lap in the last five races at Talladega.
# Martin (28th) remained second but lost 66 points on first-place Johnson.
# Kurt Busch finished 30th in his 350th career start.
# Martin Truex Jr. finished 31st in his 150th career start.
# Tony Stewart (35th) ended a 55-race streak of running at the finish.
# Denny Hamlin (38th) was the lowest-finishing Chase driver at Talladega.
# The top 10 consisted of four Chevrolets, three Fords, two Toyotas and one Dodge.(ESPN.com)(11-2-2009)
