‘ Brad Keselowski claimed his fifth career Cup Series victory in his 93rd start.
‘ Brad Keselowski’s win finished the third set of back-to-back Bristol victories in six of the past seven races ‘ Kyle Busch won both in 2009, then 8/2010 and 3/11, and Keselowski won 8/11 and 3/12).
‘ This was the second top-five of the season for Brad Keselowski. He was fifth at Phoenix.
‘ Brad Keselowski led four times for 231 laps, including the final 111.
‘ It was the 72nd Cup victory for Penske Racing, which became the fourth team to win in four races in 2012.
‘ Matt Kenseth (second) posted his sixth consecutive top-10 finish at Bristol and is one of two drivers to lead in all four races in 2012.
‘ Martin Truex Jr. (third) scored his second top-10 finish of 2012. In 13 Bristol starts, Truex has just two top-10s; both have come in the past two races.
‘ Clint Bowyer (fourth) posted his best finish of 2012 and his second top-10 of the year (sixth at Las Vegas).
‘ Brian Vickers (fifth) earned his first career Bristol top-10 (15 starts) in his first race of 2012.
‘ Michael Waltrip Racing had three cars in the top five: Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers.
‘ Teammates Jamie McMurray (seventh) and Juan Montoya (eighth) scored their best finishes of the season.
‘ Jimmie Johnson (ninth) had his third consecutive top-10 finish since ending up 42nd at Daytona.
‘ Paul Menard (10th) posted his third top-10 in four races in 2012.
‘ Kevin Harvick (11th) was involved in the first caution but pitted eight times to repair the damage and rallied back to nearly enter the top 10.(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(3-18-2012)
