‘ Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his 19th Cup Series race in his 450th start.
‘ The win ended a 143-race winless streak that dated back to Michigan in June 2008 (1,462 days between wins). He finished second seven times between victories.
‘ This is the second consecutive week a driver broke a winless streak of more than 100 races. Joey Logano broke a 104-race winless streak last week at Pocono.
‘ This is Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s second victory at Michigan in his 26th start. and he is the 11th driver to win in 2012.
‘ Sunday marks Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first victory with crew chief Steve Letarte, who ended a 115-race winless streak that dated back to Texas in April 2009 with Jeff Gordon.
‘ Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads all drivers with 12 top-10 finishes in 2012.
‘ Hendrick Motorsports earned its 203rd Cup Series victory; fourth of 2012, all in the last five races; and sixth Cup race at Michigan.
‘ Chevrolet earned its seventh win of 2012 and 20th at Michigan.
‘ Tony Stewart (second) scored his sixth top-five this season and his fifth consecutive top-10 at Michigan.
‘ Matt Kenseth (third) earned his 12th top-10 in 26 races at Michigan and remains the point leader.
‘ Greg Biffle (fourth) notched his eighth top-five of 2012 but fell to third in points.
‘ Jimmie Johnson (fifth) earned only his fourth top-five at Michigan in 21 starts.
‘ Jeff Gordon (sixth) scored just his fourth top-10 this season.
‘ Juan Montoya (eighth) matched his best finish this season for just his second top-10 of 2012.
‘ Marcos Ambrose (ninth) tied his best finish of 2012.
‘ Carl Edwards (11th) finished 11th after starting 42nd due to fuel issues in qualifying.
‘ Austin Dillon finished 24th in his first Cup start this season.
‘ Joe Nemechek finished 40th in his 600th Cup Series start. (Racing Recall/nascar.com)(6-17-2012)
