| 1 |
1 |
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Mark Martin |
At least MacMary can talk to him about how it feels to miss a shot at the title due to a penalty. |
| 2 |
5 |
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Jamie McMurray |
He was pretty mad when Mike Wallace passed him, but not because he was costing him a spot in the Chase. It was because Mike Wallace passed him. |
| 3 |
3 |
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Jeff Gordon |
Jeff, I thought we agreed you were going to Shelmerdine the car and cite “handling” on Lap 3 so all the guys would get in! |
| 4 |
13 |
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Jeremy Mayfield |
Holy golly geez. What a freakin’ comeback for the ages. You can almost hear Carl Spackler yelling: "He's the Cinderella boy, tears in his eyes as he drives the last lap, he’s got about 500 yards left, the crowd has gone deathly silent, the Cinderella story, outta no where, a former Penske outcast, now - about to claim a spot in the Chase." |
| 5 |
2 |
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Tony Stewart |
He’s only been finishing in the top 10 in half the races in 2004, which means: 1. The competition is that much better, or 2. This just ain’t his year. |
| 6 |
7 |
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Elliott Sadler |
Ok, so he admitted that he’s having a contest with Dale Jr. to see who will cut their hair first. Forget that. We want to see Allen Bestwick in the mix. |
| 7 |
11 |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Someone asked us why he rarely mentions his sponsor on camera. See, Budweiser can fix this problem by changing their name to “Naw.” |
| 8 |
4 |
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Kasey Kahne |
See, Kasey, Dale Jr. said he was sorry for getting into you. But he said your car wasn’t that great anyway, and you agreed. Now y’all can go agree to get a haircut together. |
| 9 |
9 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
Jimmie, you played your part beautifully. If only Gordon had damaged his car as well as you did, maybe we could have gotten Michael Waltrip in the Chase too. |
| 10 |
10 |
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Kurt Busch |
Dude, you’ve been on tour for four years now. You’ve got to learn that it looks much cooler if you run out of gas on the final lap, not with seven to go. |
| 11 |
16 |
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Carl Edwards |
You can almost hear Jack Roush coming up to Carl and screaming, “Blue, you’re my boy!” |
| 12 |
6 |
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Matt Kenseth |
Even though he ran out of gas at RIR, he became only the second driver to pass the $5 million mark in earnings this year. Dale Jr. is the other one, making Kenseth the first Norththerner to pass the $5 million mark in earnings this year. |
| 13 |
8 |
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Dale Jarrett |
You can bet the TNT reporters drew straws to see who had to go attempt to interview Dale Jarrett after the race. |
| 14 |
15 |
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Greg Biffle |
So the big rumor now is that Biffle gets the hard liquor sponsorship because Edwards isn’t a big drinker. Or maybe it’s because Edwards looks 16. |
| 15 |
12 |
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Ryan Newman |
THE AWESOME SOUND SYSTEM! Sorry, just had to say that. |
| 16 |
19 |
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Michael Waltrip |
Man, what a weird points system. All of a sudden, he’s 2252 points behind. To make up that kind of deficit, the rest the races would need to be at Talladega. |
| 17 |
17 |
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Jeff Burton |
He qualified fifth at RIR, which was his best starting spot since 2002, when he was third at Sonoma. And no, we have no idea when the last time was he started in the top five at an oval. We can’t dig through records all day. Just kidding. It was Phoenix in 2001. Man, it was hot that day. |
| 18 |
18 |
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Rusty Wallace |
We’ll see this headline on Jayski in a couple of years: RUSTY GOOD ENUF TO PLAY THE SENIOR PGA TOUR? UPDATE LOOKS LIKE NO |
| 19 |
14 |
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Robby Gordon |
First, he wrecks Tim Fedewa in the Busch race. Then he passes Fedewa’s teammate, Casey Atwood, for the win. If that ain’t a one-man wrecking crew for Fitz-Bradshaw Racing, we don’t know what is. |
| 20 |
25 |
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Terry Labonte |
So he might be running a limited schedule next year in the No. 44. Can he really just take Buckshot’s number like that? Without a fight? |
| 21 |
21 |
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Kevin Harvick |
That sucks. It would have been pretty funny to see him at the banquet with Lugz shoes on. |
| 22 |
20 |
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Bobby Labonte |
It’s hard to believe that we won’t see a Labonte on stage this December. |
| 23 |
NR |
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Sterling Marlin |
His UT Vols are going to have a tough year because they have to employ two quarterbacks who are both younger than Kyle Busch. |
| 24 |
NR |
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Joe Nemechek |
If the Chase took the top 25 guys, then he would have held a dramatic stand as the 25th guy for six straight weeks. |
| 25 |
NR |
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Mike Wallace |
He passed Jamie McMurray. |
