

With apologizes to Ecclesiastes 9:11, the race is not always won by the Swiffer.

The newest conspiracy theory: Since three Hendrick cars all ran out of fuel on the last lap, it's all Sunoco's fault.

Now Junior knows a little bit how it feels when you see the needle drop past empty 12 miles from the next exit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike late at night.

That last-lap pass of Junior on the front straight looked exactly like two 18-wheelers chugging up a hill, side-by-side.

Getting that run-down feeling: Somebody referred to the current gas price situation as "a fuel and his money are soon parted."

Jimmie Johnson finishes second at Chicagoland and wins at Indy. Carl Edwards finishes second at Indy and wins at Pocono. Tony finishes second at Pocono ...

Kasey probably wishes he'd have taken Interpretive Dance instead of Auto Shop in high school, because whatever rain dance he tried at Pocono didn't work.

Greg could have done better at Pocono had his driver suit not been full of all that rain water from the previous day's trip to Montreal.

Putting a positive spin on things: Kevin turned what could have been a first-lap disaster into a top-five finish.

Matt on why he needed to stop there at the end: "We needed more rain or more caution laps." We had plenty of both in Montreal, Matt.

As long as they didn't have to put on rain tires and windshield wipers, David was OK with waiting out another rain delay last weekend.

Jeff's pass-through penalty was for an "uncontrolled tire." Funny how those things never seem to come when you call them.

Denny was second when the red flag came out. He finished 23rd, the first time he's finished worse than sixth at Pocono.

Clint on running in cleaner air at Pocono: "You feel like Superman in the car." The day before, he looked more like Aquaman.

Yeah, Mark's not running at the Glen this weekend, but how can you argue with seven top-10 finishes in a limited schedule?