‘¢ Clint Bowyer won the Amp Energy Juice 500 Talladega Superspeedway. It was his fourth Cup series victory in his 178th start and his second win in 2010. It was his first victory at Talladega in 10 races there and his first victory at a restrictor-plate track.
‘¢ Bowyer became the first repeat Chase winner in seven playoff races in 2010 (also won at New Hampshire).
‘¢ Bowyer finished in the top 10 in both 2010 Talladega races.
‘¢ Bowyer became the third different winner in four restrictor-plate races in 2010 (Kevin Harvick, two; Jamie McMurray, one; Bowyer, one).
‘¢ It was Bowyer’s 17th top-10 finish in 33 races in 2010.
‘¢ Bowyer led nine times for 19 laps.
‘¢ Sunday was the 18th time the Talladega race was settled by a last-lap pass and the seventh time that happened in the past 11 races.
‘¢ Richard Childress Racing posted its 94th Cup series win, seventh on the all-time wins list. RCR scored its fifth win in 2010 and 11th victory at Talladega, the most by any team.
‘¢ RCR won three of four restrictor-plate races in 2010, including both Talladegas.
‘¢ Chevrolet posted its 18th win in 2010 and 36th victory at Talladega, including 20 of the past 24 races.
‘¢ The top 10 included five Chevrolets, four Toyotas and one Dodge.
‘¢ Kevin Harvick (second) scored top-10 finishes in all four restrictor-plate races in 2010, the only driver to do so. He extended a 20-race streak of running at the finish, the longest current streak by a driver with no Talladega DNFs. Harvick scored victories in two of the four 2010 restrictor-plate races: Talladega (April) and Daytona (July).
‘¢ Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted top-10 finishes in three of the four restrictor-plate races in 2010.
‘¢ David Reutimann (fourth) scored top-15 finishes in all four restrictor-plate races in 2010.
‘¢ Joey Logano (fifth) scored his third top-10 finish in four races at Talladega.
‘¢ Elliott Sadler (14th) has led at least one lap in the past 16 Talladega races, the longest current streak.
‘¢ Brad Keselowski finished 10th in his 50th career Cup series race.
‘¢ Tony Stewart finished 31st in his 425th career race, all starts being consecutive.(ESPN)(11-1-2010)
