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TALLADEGA - Week 10 of 36 - By: Mark Aumann
Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week: Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 6th to 1st
New This Week : Kasey Kahne
Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week: Martin Truex Jr.: 2nd to 7th
Dropped Out : Ryan Newman
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If Junior were to win Sunday, I guarantee there will be fans still nursing hangovers when the parking lots open again for the race in October.
Denny Hamlin
Denny on Saturday night's finish: "Everyone
was just going to go for everything they had knowing that they weren't going to pay a price for tires." And if you've recently shopped for tires, that's a pretty steep price.
Jimmie Johnson
"What goes up, must come down
Spinning wheel got to go round
Talk about your troubles, it's a cryin' sin
Ride the painted pony, let the spinning wheel spin."
Greg Biffle
Greg said his car ran "like Jack the bear" at times Saturday night. Which is apparently better than jack squat, which would have resulted in needing the jack stands.
Matt Kenseth
To say Matt and Talladega don't seem to get along well might be an understatement. His last top-10 finish was a fourth ... in 2006.
Tony Stewart
Broken-down karma: Somewhere in Indiana, one retired school bus driver who put up with Tony singing "99 Bottles (Of Beer On The Wall)" on every single field trip just got his payback.
Martin Truex Jr.
After a disappointing night at Richmond, Talladega would seem the perfect place for Martin to bounce back. He's finished no worse than 13th there in the past four trips.
Carl Edwards
Imagine if Willy Wonka was officiating Saturday night's race: "Wrong! It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You jumped the restart, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"
Kevin Harvick
DeLana tweeted that if Kevin didn't agree to get a haircut soon, she might have to take a Flowbee to it. Flowbees are scientific proof that yes, it is possible to cut hair in a vacuum.
Kyle Busch
Want a perfect illustration of the inherent randomness of a Talladega finish? Mike Bliss has as many top-10 finishes (one) as Kyle in the past six races there.
Clint Bowyer
Want another one? Of the 12 drivers with five or more lead-lap finishes at Talladega since 2009, Clint's the only one to have won -- and he's done it twice.
Brad Keselowski
Fun with numbers -- Brad's best five finishes in 2012 have been all odd: first, fifth, ninth, ninth and 11th. His worst four? All even: 18th, 32nd, 32nd and 36th.
Kasey Kahne
Kasey's put together three consecutive top-10 finishes for the first time since he ended 2011 with a third, a first and a seventh.