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NOTES: Tony Stewart regained his winning form at Daytona, as he raced to victory last year on the Fourth of July. Kyle Busch passed Stewart for the lead with less than two laps to go, but Stewart caught his former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate as they came out of the final turn on the last lap. As Stewart attempted to make a pass on the outside, Busch tried to block him, but his rear bumper hit Stewart's front end, as Busch spun around and slammed hard into the wall. Several other cars crashed in reaction to the incident, while Stewart crossed the finish line for the 35th of 37 Sprint Cup Series titles. With the win, Stewart became the first driver/owner to win multiple races in a season since Ricky Rudd in 1997. Stewart has won this race three times in the last five years. In 23 Sprint Cup races at Daytona International Speedway, Stewart has recorded 12 top-10 finishes. In the Nationwide Series, Stewart has added five titles and seven top-10's. After back-to-back runner-up finishes, Busch captured the Coke Zero 400 in 2008, as he defeated Carl Edwards under the caution. Busch led the final seven laps for the 10th of 18 Sprint Cup titles. Pole sitter Paul Menard led the first 19 laps, but finished 15th. Following a difficult month of May, Jimmie Johnson has climbed steadily in the standings to second, trailing Kevin Harvick by 105 points. Johnson has recorded back-to-back wins and four consecutive top-10 finishes. In 2007, Jamie McMurray snapped Stewart's two-year run, as he defeated Kyle Busch by less than a second for his second career Sprint Cup title. McMurray reclaimed the lead on the final lap to post a 0.005 second victory. The final margin is tied for the second closest finish since NASCAR went to electronic timing. The closest finish was 0.002 seconds between Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch in March 2003 at Darlington. In 2005, pole sitter Stewart dominated this race, leading a whopping 151 of the 160 laps, as he defeated Jamie McMurray by less than a second. Stewart led for the first 103 laps, reclaimed the lead on lap 110 and after a brief respite by Kasey Kahne on lap 142, took the lead for good on lap 145 en route to his 21st career title. Jeff Gordon, who started on the pole in 2004, became a three-time Coke Zero 400 race winner, as he clipped teammate Jimmie Johnson by less than a second. Gordon is a three-time winner and pole sitter at this race, with his victory total now standing at 82. Gordon has posted six Sprint Cup wins at Daytona, but none since 2005. In July 2001, Dale Earnhardt Jr won this race in "Hollywood fashion" in his first return to Daytona after the tragic death of his father at the Daytona 500 in February of the same year. Prior to Stewart, David Pearson was the last driver to win back-to-back Coke Zero 400s (1972-74) and is a five-time winner of this race. Cale Yarborough leads all drivers with eight pole positions in the Coke Zero 400. Richard Petty was a 10-time winner at Daytona while among active drivers Jeff Gordon has six wins. Bill Elliott is also a five-time pole-sitter at Daytona. Petty recorded his 200th and final Sprint Cup title at Daytona, July 4, 1984. TRACK FACTS: Groundbreaking for Daytona International Speedway was on November 25, 1957, with the first Sprint Cup Series race, a 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 1959. Lights were installed in the spring of 1998. However, the race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires. The second Daytona race has been held under lights ever since. There have been 124 Sprint Cup races at the Daytona International Speedway since the track hosted its first race in 1959: 51 have been 500 miles, 46 were 400 miles and four 250 miles. There were also 23 qualifier races that were point races (one in 1959; two from 1960-1971). A driver has swept both races at Daytona only four times, most recently by Bobby Allison in 1982. Bill Elliott won the 1988 summer race from 38th, the deepest in the field that a Daytona race winner has started. Tony Stewart has led 546 laps in 21 races at Daytona, placing him 11th on the all-time laps led list. Jeff Gordon is 10th all-time in Daytona laps led with 571, but Gordon has competed in 12 more races there than Stewart. Starting from the top-15 certainly has its rewards, as 115 of the 126 races have been won from this position. 24 from the pole and 68 from the top five. There are just four tracks on the current Sprint Cup Series schedule that Mark Martin has never won on. Daytona leads the way, as Martin is 0-for-49, followed by Pocono (46 attempts), Indianapolis (16) and Homestead (10). In each instance, Martin's best finish at those tracks is second, including six runner-up finishes at Pocono. The July 10th LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway is the next event on the Sprint Cup Series schedule, as Mark Martin defends his title. 06/30 12:32:36 ET