‘ This was Matt Kenseth’s 22nd career victory in his 437th start.
‘ Matt Kenseth became the ninth driver to win multiple Daytona 500s.
‘ Matt Kenseth is the first driver to win the 500 after winning one of the Duel races since 2004 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.).
‘ Matt Kenseth led twice for 50 laps, including the final 38.
‘ It was the second Daytona 500 victory for crew chief Jimmy Fennig, who also won in 1988 with Bobby Allison.
‘ The victory was the 300th in NASCAR for Roush Fenway Racing.
‘ Ford has won three of the past four Daytona 500s.
‘ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (second) picked up his fifth finish of third or better in the Daytona 500.
‘ Greg Biffle (third) tied his best finish in the 500 (2010) and got his third top-10 finish in 10 500 starts.
‘ Denny Hamlin (fourth) earned his best career finish in the 500, the first time he’s finished better than 17th.
‘ Jeff Burton (fifth) has finished in the top 10 in five of his past six races, including 2011.
‘ Kevin Harvick (seventh) has top-1o finishes in three of his past four Daytona 500s.
‘ Carl Edwards (eighth) earned his third consecutive top-10 finish in the Daytona 500.
‘ Danica Patrick (38th) was caught in an early-race accident in her Sprint Cup debut.
‘ Jimmie Johnson (42nd) has finished 14th or worse in six of his past seven races since his 34th-place finish at Charlotte last October.
‘ The race ended under a green-white-checkered condition for the sixth time in the past seven Daytona 500s that went the full distance.(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(2-27-2012)
