– Martin Truex Jr.: 60th driver in Cup Series history to win at least 10 races; ties Donnie Allison and Sterling Marlin for 58th on all-time wins list (with 10)
– Truex Jr.: led race-high 152 laps; leads Cup Series with 1,115 laps led this season and 2,924 over last 2 seasons
– Truex Jr.: 2nd time this season winning both stages and race, only driver to do so (earned max 60 points and 7 playoff points)
– Truex Jr.: leads all drivers with 13 stage wins (next-most is 4) and 28 playoffs points (2nd-most is 16) this season
– Truex Jr.: 3rd race win this season, 7th over last 2 seasons in 54 races (3 wins in 369 races to start Cup Series career from 2004-15)
– Kyle Larson: finished 2nd; 6th 2nd-place finish this season (2 wins)
– Kyle Busch: finished 5th (started on the pole and led 112 laps); 858 laps led this season are 2nd-most in series (has not won race)
– Joe Gibbs Racing: winless in 1st 18 races this season; furthest into season without win since 1997 (didn’t win until 32nd race, was a 1-car team)
– Darrell Wallace Jr.: finished 11th; best finish by black driver in Cup Series since 1971 (Wendell Scott finished 11th at Islip Speedway)
– Brad Keselowski: finished 39th; was trying to become 5th driver in series history to win 4 of first 7 races run at a track (the 4 are Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty, Dan Gurney and Herb Thomas)
– Jimmie Johnson: finished 40th; wrecked out of last 2 Kentucky races after having top-10 finish in first 5
[ESPN Stats & Info]
