Jimmie Johnson won the 42nd Annual Aaron’s 499 , his 54th victory in 335 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2011.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 19 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Clint Bowyer (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 11 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2011.
Jeff Gordon (third) posted his 18th top-10 finish in 37 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Andy Lally (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Carl Edwards leads the point standings by 5 points over Jimmie Johnson.
The margin of victory of 0.002 ties the closest margin of victory (Darlington – 3/16/2003) since the advent of electronic scoring in 1993.
The 88 lead changes ties the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series all-time record of lead changes set at Talladega (4/25/2010). (NASCAR Statistics)(4-17-2011)
