‘¢ Kevin Harvick won the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. It was his 12th series victory in his 331st career start. His previous win came at Daytona, 116 races ago, in February 2007. It was Harvick’s sixth top-10 finish in nine races in 2010 and his first Cup victory at Talladega in 19 races. He had finished 20th or worse in the five previous races there.
‘¢ Harvick led just two laps Sunday.
‘¢ Harvick extended a 19-race streak of running at the finish, the longest current streak by a driver with no Talladega DNFs.
‘¢ Harvick scored his second victory in 37 races on restrictor-plate tracks.
‘¢ Richard Childress Racing posted its 90th series victory and 10th at Talladega, tying Hendrick Motorsports for first all time. It was RCR’s first victory in nine races in 2010.
‘¢ Robby Gordon finished 20th in his 350th career Cup race.
‘¢ Jimmie Johnson finished 31st in his 300th career Cup race.
‘¢ Kasey Kahne finished 21st in his 225th career Cup race.
‘¢ Denny Hamlin (fourth) posted his 50th career top-5 finish.
‘¢ The 29 leaders Sunday and 88 lead changes are NASCAR records.
‘¢ The .011-second margin of victory was the second-closest at Talladega.
‘¢ Jeff Burton led five times for 28 laps, the most in the race.
‘¢ Jamie McMurray (second) has finished first or second in the past three restrictor-plate races.
‘¢ Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his fourth top-10 in 2010; he has scored top-10 finishes in three of the past four restrictor-plate races.
‘¢ Hamlin scored his third top-10 finish in nine Talladega races, all top-5s.
‘¢ Mark Martin (fifth) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 2010. It marked his first top-5 finish in his past 14 races at Talladega.
‘¢ Kyle Busch (ninth) has scored four straight restrictor-plate top-15 finishes.
‘¢ Carl Edwards (11th) has scored four straight restrictor-plate top-15 finishes.
‘¢ Elliott Sadler has led at least one lap in the past 15 Talladega races, the longest current streak.
‘¢ Jeff Gordon (22nd), who leads all drivers with 12 restrictor-plate victories, has not scored a top-10 finish in his past 10 nine restrictor-plate races.
‘¢ Johnson (31st) posted his seventh DNF at Talladega — more than double his DNF total on all other tracks.
‘¢ This marked the sixth green-white-checkered finish at Talladega and fifth in nine races in 2010.(ESPN)(4-26-2010)
