‘ The race was called after 98 laps due to rain.
‘ Jeff Gordon earned his 86th Sprint Cup win, third all-time, in his 674th start.
‘ He hadn ‘t won since September 2011 at Atlanta (31 starts).
‘ It was Jeff Gordon’s sixth win at Pocono, tops among all drivers.
‘ Jeff Gordon is the 13th driver to win this season.
‘ It was Jeff Gordon’s sixth win in a rain-shortened event; the last time also was at Pocono, in June 2007.
‘ This is Jeff Gordon’s 17th season with at least one win.
‘ Jeff Gordon led once for eight lap.
‘ Hendrick Motorsports earned its 206th Cup win. Its seventh victory of 2012 and 13th at Pocono are both most of all teams.
‘ Chevrolet earned its 26th Pocono win and 11th of 2012, both most of all makes.
‘ Kasey Kahne (second) got his third top-two finish in the past five races and his best finish at Pocono since his win in June 2008.
‘ Martin Truex Jr. (third) matched his best Pocono finish (2007); it was his first top-five since finishing fifth in May at Darlington.
‘ Brad Keselowski (fourth) earned his 11th top-10 finish of 2012.
‘ Tony Stewart (fifth) got his fifth top-five during the past eight races.
‘ Dale Earnhardt Jr. (32nd) had his worst finish of 2012 and failed to finish on the lead lap for the first time this season. It broke a streak of 21 lead-lap finishes.
(Racing Recall/nascar.com)(8-5-2012)
