

If Jeff was the one who had the baby, why did NASCAR give his crew chief six weeks' maternity leave?

After last week's snafu at Milwaukee, Denny is promising to learn how to rapel from a helicopter the next time Aric Almirola finds himself between a Rockwell and a hard place.

It's a wonder Tony hasn't taken his aggressions out on a poor, defenseless gas pump after Charlotte, Pocono and Sonoma.

Did the RCR guys really crank up Metallica's "Fuel" during the final laps at Sonoma?

With all of July off, Chad Knaus better come back at Michigan with a really nice tan.

Something to watch: Carl has led at least one lap in each of the last six races.

Matt hadn't had back-to-back finishes outside of the top 30 since Atlanta and Phoenix near the end of the 2004 season.

If you thought Clint was going to run out of gas Sunday, you obviously don't know Jack.

Irony: The 100-point penalties for COT infractions have been assessed against three guys who will be teammates in 2008.

Now that Martin's gotten one of the two road courses out of the way, he can resume running at the front.

Second at Sonoma: Who says Kevin can't turn right?

Three straight top-10 finishes. You think Kyle's sending a message?

The summer is shaping up nicely for Ryan, who has victories at four of the next seven tracks on the schedule.

Average finish before his win at Charlotte: 29.4
Average finish in the five races since, even with a 27th at Sonoma: 9.8

Mark's in the middle of a two-week furlough before reporting for duty again at Daytona.

Jamie narrowly mised the Chase in 2004 and 2005 and you sure hope Sunday's bad luck won't come back to haunt him a third time.

Greg now has four top-10s this season, but his average finish in the following race is 26.3.

Fact of the week: Bobby was running at the finish of 23 consecutive New Hampshire races until a crash sidelined him last fall.

J.J.'s only top-10 finish on a mile oval came at Loudon last fall.

With six consecutive finishes outside of the top 10, Kurt needs to right the ship quickly.

As the laps wound down Sunday, I couldn't get that Blondie song out of my mind: "Juan way or another, I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ..."

Sterling turns the big 5-0 on Saturday. By the way, age is important only if you're cheese or wine.

Speaking of 50, Ricky's the only AARP-eligible driver with a top-10 finish this season -- and almost doubled that at Sonoma.

A good sign: Robby led 48 laps Sunday, the most he's been out front since he won at Sonoma in 2003.

Elliott breaks back into the Rankings with his first top-15 finish since Talladega.