⢠Tony Stewart earned his 41st career win in his 456th start. It was also his eighth victory with Stewart-Haas Racing and crew chief Darian Grubb in their 100th start together.
⢠Tony Stewart became the second driver to win the first two races of the Chase; Greg Biffle did so in 2008.
⢠Tony Stewart’s eighth Chase victory tied Carl Edwards for second all time behind Jimmie Johnson’s 19.
⢠Tony Stewart led once for two laps, tying Jeff Burton for the fewest laps led in a New Hampshire victory.
⢠Tony Stewart leads the points for the first time during the Chase since he won the title in 2005; however, the driver leading the points after the second race has never gone on to win the Chase.
⢠Brad Keselowski (second) had his best career finish at NHMS; his previous best was sixth in Sept. 2009.
⢠Greg Biffle (third) earned his second top-five finish of 2011; the other was a fourth at Texas in March.
⢠Jeff Gordon (fourth) has had top-six finishes in five of the past six races; he led a race high 79 laps.
⢠Brian Vickers (fifth) picked up his second top-five finish of 2011; he also tied his best finish at NHMS.
⢠Matt Kenseth (sixth) rebounded from a spin early to get his first top-10 finish at New Hampshire in his past eight races.
⢠David Ragan (seventh) earned his best New Hampshire finish in his 10th start; he has had top-11 finishes in the past three races.
⢠Carl Edwards (eighth) had his fifth consecutive top-10 finish, but only his third top-10 finish in his 15th New Hampshire start.
⢠All four Roush Fenway Racing drivers finished in the top 10; they also did that at Texas in April. ( NASCAR.com/Sporting News/Racing Recall)(9-27-2011)
