Brad Keselowski picked up his third Sprint Cup Series victory in his 74th start, his second win of 2011.
 Brad Keselowski climbed from 21st to 18th in the points; last year at this point, he was 25th with no top-10s.
 Brad Keselowski became the 30th different winner in 68 Pocono Raceway races.
 Brad Keselowski’s previous best finish at Pocono was 20th last August.
 The past nine Pocono races have been won from top-15 starting positions.
 Brad Keselowski led twice for 19 laps, including the final 16.
 This was the ninth Pocono victory for Penske Racing with five different drivers — Rusty Wallace (4), Jeremy Mayfield (2), Kurt Busch (1), Ryan Newman (1) and Brad Keselowski (1).
 Kyle Busch (second) tied his best Pocono finish, which he also achieved last June. He has finished in the top five in three of the past four Pocono races.
 Kurt Busch (third) has finished in the top 10 in six of the past seven Pocono races.
 Jimmie Johnson (fourth) extended a nine-race streak of top-15 finishes at Pocono.
 Ryan Newman (fifth) has finished 12th or better in his past four races since finishing 23rd at Daytona.
 Jeff Gordon (sixth) has finished in the top 10 in six of the past seven Pocono races.
 Carl Edwards (seventh) made his 250th Cup start. He has finished 15th or better in the past four races.
 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (ninth) earned his first top-10 in his past seven races.
 Denny Hamlin (15th) extended a five-race streak with at least one lap led at Pocono, the longest current streak.
(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(8-7-2011)
