‘ Denny Hamlin earned his 19th Cup Series victory in his 231st start and joins Tony Stewart as the second repeat winner of 2012.
‘ This is Denny Hamlin’s first victory at Kansas in his ninth start.
‘ Denny Hamlin is the ninth different driver to win in 13 races at Kansas.
‘ This is 199th win for car No. 11, most of all numbers after breaking a tie with #43.
‘ Joe Gibbs Racing earned its 95th Cup Series victory, second win of 2012 and second win at Kansas.
‘ This is Toyota’s first Kansas victory of second victory of 2012.
‘ Martin Truex Jr. (second) has top-10 finishes in the past five races, a career high. This is Truex’s best Kansas finish and puts him a career-best second in points.
‘ Martin Truex Jr. led 173 laps, the most of all drivers, but was passed by Hamlin for the final lead change with 31 laps to go. This is the ninth time in 13 Kansas races that the driver who led the most laps failed to win.
‘ Jimmie Johnson (third) scored his seventh consecutive top-10 finish at Kansas and fifth top-10 of 2012.
‘ Matt Kenseth (fourth) has top-five finishes in five races in 2012 including four of the past five.
‘ Greg Biffle (fifth) scored his fifth top-five finish of 2012 and seventh consecutive top-10 at Kansas.
‘ Kevin Harvick (sixth) has finished 11th or better in all but one of the eight races of 2012.
‘ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (seventh) has top-10 finishes in the past four races. This is only the second time he has finished in the top 10 in four consecutive races since moving to Hendrick Motorsports.
‘ Kasey Kahne (eighth) earned his second top-10 finish of 2012, both of which came in the past two races.
‘ The average speed of the race was 144.126 mph ‘ a new track record.
‘ The three cautions for 18 laps was the fewest for a Cup race at Kansas.(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(4-22-2012)
