Interesting stats from the 2011 season.
Four times the leader at the end of regulation didn't win due to the green/white/checker format...Earnhardt just rolled over.
Joe Gibbs Racing blew up 6 engines during points races, changed 8 engines putting them at the back of the field...fired everybody in the engine shop and closed it up.
Childress/Earnhardt engines blew up 7 times.
http://www.nascar.com/news/111210/by...cup/index.html