Talladega Notes-n-Nuggets:


  • • Clint Bowyer scores his fifth Cup Series win in his 213th start.
    • Clint Bowyers also scores his second win at Talladega in his 12th start at the track.
    • Clint Bowyer has finished first or second in the past three Talladega races.
    • Richard Childress Racing scores its 100th Cup Series win.
    • RCR scores its sixth win of 2011, most of all teams.
    • RCR scores its 12th Talladega win, most of all teams.
    • RCR has now won three of the past four Talladega races.
    • Sunday marks the fourth consecutive race won with a last-lap pass at Talladega.
    • Nine of the past 13 Talladega races have ended with a last-lap pass.
    • Jeff Burton (second) scores his best finish of 2011 and first top-five finish of the year; his last top-five was a second-place finish at Dover in Sept. 2010.
    • Dave Blaney (third) ties a career-best finish for the third time.
    • Brad Keselowski (fourth) scores his tenth top-five finish of 2011, his fourth top-five of the Chase and eighth in the past 12 races.
    • Brian Vickers (fifth) ties his best finish of 2011 (Dover and NH) and scores his fourth top-five finish at Talladega.
    • Kasey Kahne (sixth) scores his fourth consecutive top-six finish; this was his worst finish in the past four races.
    • Tony Stewart (seventh) led the most laps (30) and got his fourth top-10 finish of the Chase.
    • Michael Waltrip (ninth) scores his best finish in three races in 2011.
    • Carl Edwards (10th) leads the points standings by 14 over Matt Kenseth and is the only driver with top-10 finishes in every race of the Chase.
    (Racing Recall/nascar.com)(10-23-2011)