‘ Clint Bowyer scored his seventh Cup win in his 243rd start.
‘ Clint Bowyer posted his second win of 2012 (Sonoma); he is the seventh multiple winner of the season.
‘ Clint Bowyer scored his second win in his 14th start at Richmond; he is the 27th driver to win multiple races at RIR.
‘ Clint Bowyer is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in all five short-track races of 2012.
‘ Clint Bowyer led once, for the final 86 laps; his last pit stop came on Lap 277.
‘ Michael Waltrip Racing posted its fourth Cup win, second of 2012 and first at Richmond.
‘ Toyota scored its eight win of 2012 and seventh at Richmond.
‘ Jeff Gordon (second) posted his third consecutive top-three finish; he was running as low as 26th prior to the red flag.
‘ Mark Martin (third) posted his third top-five finish of 2012.
‘ Tony Stewart (fourth) posted his first finish better than 19th in the past five races and 10th top-five of 2012.
‘ Matt Kenseth (fifth) posted his first top-10 at Richmond since the spring of 2007, and only his fourth top-five at Richmond in 26 starts.
‘ Jeff Burton (sixth) posted only his fifth top-10 of 2012.
‘ Kyle Busch (16th) missed the Chase by three points; it’s the third time he missed the Chase.
‘ Carl Edwards (17th) missed the Chase for the second time in his full-time career.
‘ All four Hendrick Motorsports cars made the Chase for the first time.
‘ This is the fifth time in nine seasons of the Chase a driver raced his way in at Richmond: Jeff Gordon in 2012.
(Racing Resources and Services ‘ Statistics Racing Recall / nascar.com)(9-9-2012)
