- 2012 marks his 19th full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 619 starts, 21 wins, six poles, 130 top-five and 242 top-10 finishes
- Finished the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season with two top-five and five top-10 finishes en route to a top-20 showing in the final Sprint Cup Series driver championship points standings
- Kicked off the 2011 season with a win in the second Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway in February 2011
- Made his 900th NASCAR start at Texas Motor Speedway in the Sprint Cup Series race in April 2011
- Made his 600th Sprint Cup Series start at Daytona International Speedway in July 2011
- Competed in his fourth Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2010 and ended the season 12th in the championship point standings in the No. 31 Chevrolet
- In 2009, totaled five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, finishing 17th in the Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings
- Raced to his third consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2008, finishing the season sixth in the championship point standings
- Recorded victories at Bristol in March and Charlotte in October 2008, his first multiple win season since 2001, along with seven top-five and 18 top-10 finishes
- Named 2007 Person of the Year by NASCAR Illustrated
- Became the first repeat winner at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2007, capturing his 19th Sprint Cup Series win
- Ended a 176-race winless streak with a trip to Victory Lane at Dover International Speedway in September 2006
- Set a personal record of four poles during the 2006 season, including the season opener Daytona 500
- Finished in the top 10 in the championship point standings from 1997-2001; highest finish was third in 2000
- First Sprint Cup Series victory came at Texas Motor Speedway in April 1997, his 96th career start
- First Sprint Cup Series pole came at Michigan International Speedway in August 1996, his 80th career start
- Earned 1994 Rookie of the Year honors in the Sprint Cup Series
- First Sprint Cup Series start came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July 1993
- Accumulated 27 wins, 11 poles, 90 top-five and 153 top-10 finishes in his 306 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts and helped capture the 2007 championship trophy where he co-piloted the No. 29 Chevrolet to RCR’s third owner’s title
- Began racing go-karts at South Boston (Va.) Speedway at the age of seven, went on to claim two state championships
- Involved with Duke Children’s Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., where wife Kim sat on the Board of Directors
- Huge fan of Duke University Basketball Team
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