‘¢ Denny Hamlin won the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was Hamlin’s 10th series victory in his 159th start. He joins Jimmie Johnson as only the second multiple-race winner of the season. It was Hamlin’s first win at Texas in his 10th start there.
‘¢ Hamlin led once for the final 12 laps.
‘¢ With the victory, Hamlin moved from 18th to 11th in the Sprint Cup standings.
‘¢ Joe Gibbs Racing posted its 48th career Cup win overall and just its second win at Texas.
‘¢ It was Toyota’s first win at Texas. It was the manufacturer’s second victory in eight races this season.
‘¢ The top 10 consisted of four Chevrolets, three Toyotas, two Fords and one Dodge.
‘¢ Jimmie Johnson (second) has finished first or second in five of the past eight races at Texas. Johnson became the 14th driver in series history to surpass 10,000 laps led. Johnson leads the points by 108 over Matt Kenseth.
‘¢ Kyle Busch (third) scored his best finish of 2010.
‘¢ Kurt Busch (fourth) scored his third top-5 at Texas and in 2010.
‘¢ Kasey Kahne (fifth) broke a streak of three finishes outside the top 15.
‘¢ Greg Biffle (10th) has finished in the top 10 in seven of eight races in 2010, most of all drivers.
‘¢ Tony Stewart finished 32nd in his 400th career Cup race after winning his first pole in more than four years. Stewart led 74 laps.
‘¢ Jeff Gordon (31st) led a race-high 124 laps before being involved in a late-race wreck.
‘¢ Jeff Burton (12th) was running at the end of the race for the 500th time in 555 career races.
‘¢ There were 29 lead changes, tying the previous record set in 2000.(ESPN.com)(4-20-2010)
