‘¢ Kevin Harvick won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. It was Harvick’s 13th Cup series victory (tied for 51st all time) in his 340th race and his second win of 2010. It was Harvick’s third restrictor-plate victory in 38 races. His past three wins have come on plate tracks.
‘¢ Harvick is the sixth different race winner in the past six Daytona races.
‘¢ Harvick led eight times for 28 laps, including the final two. He has led in nine of the 18 Cup races in 2010.
‘¢ Richard Childress Racing scored its 91st Cup victory and second win in 2010, both by Harvick.
‘¢ Chevrolet posted its ninth win in 2010, leading all makes; Toyota has seven, Dodge has two and Ford is winless. It was Chevy’s 40th win at Daytona; Ford has 29, Dodge has 15 and Toyota has one; all others combined have 42.
‘¢ The top 10 consisted of five Chevrolets, two Toyotas, two Fords and one Dodge.
‘¢ Kasey Kahne (second) has scored top-5 finishes in three of the past four races.
‘¢ Jeff Gordon (third) scored his fourth straight top-5 finish.
‘¢ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fourth) has finished 11th or better in his past four races in 2010.
‘¢ Jeff Burton (fifth) scored his best finish in his past seven races at Daytona.
‘¢ Carl Edwards (sixth) posted top-10 finishes in four of his past five Daytona races.
‘¢ Kurt Busch (seventh) has posted top-10 finishes in six of his past seven Daytona races.
‘¢ Reed Sorenson finished eighth in his 150th career Cup start.
‘¢ Mike Bliss (ninth) scored his best finish in 2010 and best since his 10th-place finish at Talladega in April.
‘¢ David Reutimann (11th) finished in the top 15 in all three 2010 restrictor-plate races.
‘¢ Bobby Labonte finished a season-best 16th in his 600th career Cup start. Labonte has never won in 36 Cup races at Daytona.
‘¢ Kevin Conway (14th) scored his career-best finish.
‘¢ Clint Bowyer (17th) extended a 10-race streak of running at the finish at Daytona.
‘¢ Mark Martin (28th) has never won in 51 Cup races at Daytona.
‘¢ Jimmie Johnson finished 35th, 31st and 31st in the three restrictor-plate races in 2010.
‘¢ It was the seventh green-white-checkered finish in 2010.(ESPN.com)(7-5-2010)
