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NOTES: Jeff Gordon was finally able to scratch Texas Motor Speedway off his bucket list, as he raced to victory last year. It took 17 tries, but Gordon was able to cross the finish line first, as he held off Jimmie Johnson for his 82nd and last career victory. Although currently fifth on the 2010 points list, Gordon has not found the winners circle since winning last season. Prior to his victory, Gordon had finished twice at Texas, most recently in November of 2008. His only two last-place finishes in his Cup career have also come at the one-and-a-half mile track. He finished 43rd here one year ago. Homestead-Miami Speedway is now the only active track where Gordon has not won a Cup race. Homestead has been on the schedule since 1999. After three lackluster finishes in this race, Carl Edwards dominated the Samsung 500 in 2008, as he led three times for a race-high 123 laps for his 10th career checkered flag. Edwards regained the lead on lap 233 and led the rest of the way to defeat Jimmie Johnson by less than a second. Pole sitter Dale Earnhardt Jr placed 12th. Edwards posted nine wins that year and owns 16 career Sprint Cup titles. In 2007, Jeff Burton overtook Matt Kenseth on the final lap to record his 19th career Sprint Cup title. Burton, who started second on the grid, led only one lap, as he edge Kenseth by 0.410 of a second. Jeff Gordon, who started on the front row, led for most of the race, leading 173 laps, but finished fourth. Only five of the 43 cars failed to finish the race, including Dale Earnhardt Jr, who led for 96 laps, but placed 36th due to engine problems. With the win, Burton became the first multiple champion of this race. When pole sitter Kasey Kahne raced to victory in 2006, he outdistanced Matt Kenseth for his third career Sprint Cup title. In all, Kahne led five times for 63 laps, including the final 37 as he posted a 5.229 seconds win over Kenseth. Tony Stewart, who placed third, led twice for a race-high 99 laps. Jimmie Johnson had his string of four straight top-10's at this race snapped, as he finished 11th. Kahne still remains as the lone pole sitter to ever win at TMS. In 2005, Greg Biffle overtook Casey Mears with just 24 laps remaining to take the lead for the seventh and final time, as he crossed the finish line over three seconds ahead of Jamie McMurray, collecting his second win of that season and fifth of his "Cup" career. Mears, who started in the 32nd position, finished fourth, while pole sitter Ryan Newman finished 16th. Carl Edwards set a new track race record that year of 151.055 m.p.h. in November's Dickies 500. Construction on Texas Motor Speedway began in 1995, with the original configuration calling for an unusual dual banking system that had 24 degrees of banking for stock cars and eight degrees for open-wheel cars. The first NASCAR race at Texas was a NASCAR Nationwide Series event on April 5, 1997. The first Sprint Cup race at Texas was held the following day. In 1998, Turn 4 at Texas was reshaped to ease the transition from the turns to the front straightaway. A second renovation started after the 1998 race which eliminated the dual banking and gave the track its current configuration. In all, there have been 18 Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway, one per season from 1997 through 2004 and two races per year since 2005. When Matt Kenseth started in the 31st position in 2002, it was the lowest starting position of a race winner at Texas. Jack Roush has posted five victories at Texas, more than any other car owner. All have been won by a different driver: Jeff Burton (1997), Mark Martin (1998), Matt Kenseth (2002), Greg Biffle (spring 2005) and Carl Edwards (fall 2005). 14 of the previous 18 races at TMS have been won from the top-10 positions, 11 of which have come from the top-5. The next race on the 2010 Sprint Cup Series docket is the April 25th Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, as Brad Keselowski defends his title. 04/13 15:23:29 ET