

Most kids need a security blanket before they can go to sleep. Ella's fine once she snuggles up in her favorite windshield tear-off.

Don't think Jeff Gordon's going to shake Jimmie this week. He's finished outside of the top 10 at Atlanta only once in his last eight starts.

Interesting fact of the week: Clint has 27 top-10 finishes, but has never done it in three consecutive races.

The Chase has been nothing but the pits for Tony, literally.

Who would win that fight: Guy with six-pack abs against guy with six pack in fridge?

Kyle ran into everything but the hot dog stand there at the end and still finished fourth.

When you've got John Riggins, Art Monk and Wilbur Marshall available, it's no surprise that the Joe Gibbs Racing flag football team is highly-ranked.

If not for bad luck, Kurt wouldn't have any luck at all since the Chase began.

At the end of Sunday's race, Casey's car looked like the National Guard had run over it with a tank.

How has Kevin's season gone? His 10th-place effort at Martinsville was only his third top-10 since Indy.

Points to ponder ...
Laps led by Jeff at Martinsville: 51
Laps led by Jeff in all other 2007 races: 28

The whole Wisconsin Badgers vs. Missouri Tigers trash-talking apparently got way out of hand.

Hey, this whole marriage thing is working out nicely. Greg scored his first top-10 finish at Martinsville.

With as many times as Kasey's brought back a torn-up car this year, I'm surprised Allstate hasn't raised his rates.

Jeff Gordon's just sore that Ryan can figure Pi to 37 places without using a calculator.

Why drivers have a hard time hearing after races: "I put those tail pipes in those other boys ears so they could hear we were on seven cylinders and still driving by them."

You would think a guy named Martin would have better luck at Martinsville.

According to Babelfish, "utilice el cuerno del cromo" is the Spanish translation for using the chrome horn.

With the way his day went, Goody's Headache Powders was an aptly-named sponsor.

Transmission troubles wiped out Dave's streak of consecutive top-10 finishes.

J.J. did his best to keep Martinsville's mosquito population at bay.

Tony on racing at Martinsville: "If somebody doesn't leave here mad, they probably didn't show up."

David's running a special Halloween paint scheme at Atlanta for St. Jude's Hospital. And no, he's not wearing the Energizer Bunny outfit.

"All we really did today was survive and persevere." Sounds like Michael was listening to the Gloria Gaynor disco CD again.

Jamie's running better than his finishes would indicate, which is good, since he's only had one top-10 since his win at Daytona.