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Jimmie Johnson |
After the race, he said, “"It's a personal bonus for me to come out of here with a second-place finish.” What kind of bonus? Cash? Stock options? |
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Ryan Newman |
Did you see his blue/white/red paint scheme? It looked like a French flag. He didn’t act very French though. He entered every fight on the track. |
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Jeff Gordon |
He wasn’t too happy for being black-flagged by NASCAR. But at least he kept his hard card. |
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Tony Stewart |
www.ilikedhomesteadbetterwhenitwasflat.com/tonystewart |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
He said he enjoys listening to Boston’s Greatest Hits. Not sure about you, but we’re confident that his favorite songs are Party and Cool The Engines. |
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Matt Kenseth |
Wow. He really was able to lift that big heavy trophy. |
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Bill Elliott |
The media has a pretty long memory. On Sunday, this was a headline: Elliott goes to media center after victory. |
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Kevin Harvick |
He said he was pretty happy to leave Rockingham with a top-15 finish. Mainly because it prevented any chance of Tony Stewart overtaking him for sixth in the standings. |
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Kurt Busch |
After the race, he said: “We got in a three-wide predicament early on and nobody knew we were on the high side and we got pinched.” Was he talking about the race, or his time in the credential trailer line? |
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Jeremy Mayfield |
He put a big donut on the side of Bill Elliott’s car at the end of the race. It was all Elliott could do to keep Jimmy Spencer from eating it. |
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Jamie McMurray |
With his Busch victory, he leapfrogged over Larry Gunselman for 20th in the Busch Series standings. |
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Bobby Labonte |
If he’s not careful, Bill Elliott will catch him for eighth in the standings. |
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Jeff Burton |
His resurgence has been a forgotten sidebar. Elliott snapped his losing streak last weekend; Burton’s due to do the same at Miami-Homestead. Homestead-Miami. Whatever. |
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Terry Labonte |
Somebody has to finish 11th. Too bad it’s him. |
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Brian Vickers |
Ah, to be 20, in Miami, and single. He’s got a tough life, you know? |
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Rusty Wallace |
Rusty, to truly break the streak, you gotta go all-black on the paint scheme. |
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Mark Martin |
As far as official blown motor counts go, he is tied with teammate Jeff Burton with four. So one race to go for the title. If both finish with four, the official stat wizards will decide the champion by whoever blew the most engines in practice. |
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Greg Biffle |
Great. He outruns Jamie McMurray for the first time in months, and wouldn’t you know it, Tony Raines has a career day. |
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Sterling Marlin |
He had a hard time seeing out the windshield at Rockingham. Now he knows how John Andretti feels. |
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Dale Jarrett |
Reckon how his golf game is this year? If it’s like his year on the track, he tees off on hole No. 1, slices it into the woods, can’t find his ball, drops one, hits into the water, drops one, skulls a shot over the green, chips on, three putts. |
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Michael Waltrip |
After going all those races without a DNF, he’s now failed to finish five of the last 12. In happier news, Daytona is only two races away. |
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Elliott Sadler |
One top-10 away from having 10 this year. He’s been stuck on nine since New Hampshire. |
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Ward Burton |
Before the race in the drivers’ meeting, he answered when NASCAR called “for the driver of the No. 22.” Ward, did you not see the memo about this? |
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Tony Raines |
No, we didn’t pick him because he finished sixth at Rockingham. He’s actually 15th in the last six races. Nothing earth-shattering, but he’s been one of the top 25 cars. |
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Jimmy Spencer |
He’s got four top-15 finishes in the last eight races. That ain’t bad at all. |
