‘¢ Jamie McMurray won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, becoming the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard in the same year. Dale Jarrett (1996) and Jimmie Johnson (2006) also did it. It was McMurray’s fifth Cup win in 278 starts.
‘¢ McMurray led two times for 16 laps, including the final 11.
‘¢ Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is the first team to ever win the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. Ganassi is the first team owner to win the Indy 500 and the Brickyard 400.
‘¢ Teammates McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya led 102 of the 160 laps raced.
‘¢ The top 10 included five Chevy, two Fords, two Toyotas and one Dodge. Chevy posted its 10th win in 2010 and 12th win at Indy.
‘¢ Kevin Harvick (second) scored his fourth top-10 finish in the past five races at Indy. It marked Harvick’s 300th consecutive start.
‘¢ Greg Biffle (third) scored his third straight top-10 finish at Indy.
‘¢ Clint Bowyer (fourth) tied his best Indy finish.
‘¢ Tony Stewart (fifth) has scored top-10 finishes in six of the past seven Indy races.
‘¢ Jeff Burton (sixth) extended a 17-race streak of running at the finish at Indy.
‘¢ Kyle Busch finished eighth in his 200th consecutive start.
‘¢ Mark Martin (11th) has finished 11th or better in the past six Indy races.
‘¢ AJ Allmendinger finished 16th in his 100th career start.
‘¢ Jeff Gordon (23rd) has gone 49 races since his last win, the longest stretch in his career without a win.
‘¢ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (27th) dropped from 13th to 14th in Cup points.
‘¢ Bobby Labonte finished 31st in his 600th consecutive start.(ESPN.com)(7-26-2010)
