You Never Know

Congrats to JJ for his #2 result in Kansas. He started 21, worked his way up to the teens, and then fell down to 28 and then worked his way back. His progress was fairly steady, but slow. If you just watched the first 1/2 of the race, you'd never know that he was going to end so well.*

The lesson is to always keep digging because you never know how it is going to turn out.

Xaxa

*Well maybe you should know because it is the 48.

Who Doubts Team 48 Now

What a race, what a team. JJ & Chad are focused and locked in.

To quote XAXA "It's Drive for Five".

It was a great race.

JJ on Baby J

Highs to Lows

I know it is good to enforce the rules to keep the sport fair, but it is too bad to see Clint go from 2nd to 12th place.

#33 fails inspection, penalized 150 points

Working on the 88

Mr. H is on it. Though I wish he'd get there faster. Jr does great with fast cars as this last weekend shows.

Smoke was Swinging for the Fences

I know many would disagree with me, but I loved that 14 just went for it. Risked it all.

After the race he was asked if he would do it differently. He said "maybe next time try for second".

But I like the way he started the Chase. The pressure is on and who knows what could happen.

Chase Begins

Great race for Clint Bowyer, good to see him win this season. Also a very nice finish for Dale Jr at 4th place. There was a bumpy start to the Chase with a 25th place finish for JJ. But he'll be back next week as focused as ever.

Don't count Jimmie Johnson out.

"We'll go home and get back to work and go after it again next week," Johnson said..

"I'm gonna show up, drive my butt off and see what happens," he said..