⢠Tony Stewart scored his 44th victory in his 464th start.
⢠This is Tony Stewart’s fifth victory of 2011, all in the 10 Chase races. Stewart’s five Chase wins are the most for a driver in the Chase.
⢠Tony Stewart earned his third victory at Homestead in his 13th start. His three Homestead victories are tied with Greg Biffle for the most.
⢠This is the seventh time the Cup Series champion won the last race of the season. The last time was Jeff Gordon in 1998.
⢠Tony Stewart passed 76 cars on the track in Sunday’s race.
⢠Tony Stewart started the Chase ninth in points, the farthest back a driver has come back to win the Cup Series championship.
⢠Stewart-Haas Racing earned its 13 victory and the team’s six wins in 2011 are tied for the most.
⢠This is Chevrolet’s 18th victory of 2011 and second Homestead victory.
⢠Carl Edwards (second) scored his fifth top-five at Homestead, 19th top-five in 2011 — the most of all drivers. Edwards’ average finish of 4.9 in Chase is best ever by a Chase driver.
⢠Martin Truex Jr (third) earned his second top-five at Homestead and third top-five of 2011. Truex finished in the top-10 in four of the final five races.
⢠Matt Kenseth (fourth) posted his third top-five finish at and 12th top-five of 2011, five of which came in the Chase.
⢠Jeff Gordon (fifth) scored his sixth top-five at Homestead and 13th top-five of 2011.
⢠Clint Bowyer (sixth) — Fourth top-10 finish in the last five races. Finished 2011 13th in points with four top-five finishes and 16 top-10 finishes
⢠Kasey Kahne (seventh) had 15 top-10 finishes in 2011 including seven in the final eight races.
⢠Jeff Burton (10th) had five top-10 finishes in 2011 including four in the final five races.
⢠Jimmie Johnson (32nd) finishes sixth in 2011 final points standings, his lowest points position in his 10th full-time season.
(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(11-20-2011)
