Needless to say I'm not as disappointed as Tony, but I was on my knees after that one. It's a real heart breaker to be in that position at that point in the race. But he wasn't up there the whole time, and he didn't have a lot of good things to say about his car most of the race. Thanks to a friend with TrackPass on NASCAR.com, I was able to listen to him all but cuss at the car for some time. But in true championship team fashion, Zippy and co. were able to put the proper screws to it and get him in a position to win it.

I think Tony went low to pick up a push he knew he wasn't gonna get from the 12. He didn't realize that Kyle lost all of his momentum after being forced under the yellow line and having to lift. We'll never know, but I could have seen a huge wreck if Tony would have attempted the block on Ryan with Kurt attached. Given one more lap, Kyle would have been able to give him that push. I gotta look on the bright side a little, we're 136 points ahead of where we were this time last year. Here's to finishing in the top 3 all year.

Congratulations to Ryan Newman and Rodger Penske. He started this journey when he entered a car in the 1972 Daytona 500 with Mark Donohue behind the wheel of a AMC Matador. 18 laps into it, a push rod got too short (broke). Roger's been trying ever since. And I'll recognize the two Evernham cars in the top 10. Sadler had a terrible run going and finished up front.

You're the greatest Toni.