on">pole position</a>, which surpassed <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a> for the most in NASCAR's modern era (since 1971).</li>
<li>Gordon won on the anniversary of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt" title="Dale Earnhardt">Dale Earnhardt</a>'s birthday and on a track on which he and his son <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt,_Jr." title="Dale Earnhardt, Jr.">Dale Earnhardt, Jr.</a> have won a combined total of 15 Sprint C