⢠Jeff Gordon claimed his 85th career Cup Series victory, giving him sole possession of third place on the all-time winners list. It broke a tie with Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip.
⢠This was the 11th 1-2 finish for teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson; Gordon has won seven of them.
⢠Jeff Gordon led 146 laps, including the final 38; that was the most laps led by any driver, and it was the second week in a row in which Gordon led the most laps.
⢠This was the 15th career victory on a 1.5-mile track, tying Jimmie Johnson for the most all time.
⢠This was the fifth Atlanta victory for Jeff Gordon, but his first since the fall of 2003.
⢠Hendrick Motorsports earned its 198th Sprint Cup Series victory.
⢠Chevrolet claimed its 10th victory of the season (most of any manufacturer) and 37th win at Atlanta (also the most by any manufacturer).
⢠Jimmie Johnson (second) earned his 11th top-five finish of 2011, which ties him for the second most in the series.
⢠Tony Stewart (third) picked up his third top-five of 2011; He has just four top-10 finishes in the past 10 races.
⢠Kurt Busch (fourth) had only his second top-10 finish in the past six races.
⢠Carl Edwards (fifth) is tied with Jimmie Johnson with 11 top-five finishes in 2011.
⢠Brad Keselowski (sixth) earned his sixth consecutive top-10 finish; his worst finish in the past six races is ninth.
⢠This was only the second race run on a Tuesday since 1978; the other was run at Michigan.(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(9-6-2011)
