Brickyard 400 Postrace Fact Sheet

Brickyard 400

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Doubles and triples: Jamie McMurray added a Brickyard 400 victory to the Daytona 500 he won at the beginning of the season. The owner of McMurray’s No. 1 Chevy, Chip Ganassi, has also won the Indianapolis 500 this year with driver Dario Franchitti.

All for nothing: Juan Pablo Montoya has led 202 laps in the past two races here – 116 in 2009 and 86 on Sunday – without winning either.

Jamie the Third: Dale Jarrett won both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in 1996, and Jimmie Johnson accomplished the feat in 2006.

Notable numbers

5 – McMurray’s career Sprint Cup victories

7 – Kevin Harvick’s top-10 finishes in 10 races at Indy.

184 – Harvick’s lead in the point standings.

278 – McMurray’s career Cup starts.

Quotable quotes

            “This is certainly the greatest racing year of my life.” – Jamie McMurray.

            “We felt like we were going to have a great day, but we had an understeer problem we couldn’t correct, and we ended up hanging around in the back of the pack.” – Jimmie Johnson

“We didn’t have a winning car but we had a top-five car. We weren’t as fast as the ’42’ (Montoya) or the ‘1.’” – Kevin Harvick.

“It’s not what we wanted, but it was a good day.” – Clint Bowyer

“Damn, I just want to win one of these things. We’ve got to take some chances to win these races.” – Greg Biffle

“It feels like a win compared to the way we were in practice.” – Tony Stewart