Full Throttle

If nothing else the Pocono results proves a couple of things. Whether your an “anointed one” (J. Gordon & Dale Jr.) or the reigning Cup Champ there’s no immunity from either bad luck or the “black flag of fate” being unfurled by the NASCAR Police.

On the bad luck side of the ledger is the plight of Dale Jr. who registered his second straight 43^rd place finish. Two events ago he was in 3^rd, down 257 points to leader Johnson. Now he’s on the outside looking in, 477 behind Johnson and 15 from 10^th place Tony Stewart. With six events before the Chase Guillotine