Full Throttle

Headline courtesy of your local pseudo-journalist who may also be referred to as a Barking Moonbat.

Meanwhile; Back on earth, Jeff Burton put an exclaimation point on a weekend showcasing the re-emergence of RCR as a force to been reckoned with. The #31 and its driver followed a first and third RCR finish in Saturday’s Busch event with Burton’s first Cup victory breaking a 175 race winless streak. (Oct 2001 was his last win)

And Oh, BTW, he also sits atop the Chase point standings taking the spot from RCR teammate Kevin Harvick. Kevin Harvick was knocked out of the race with a blown engine and plummeted to fifth in the standings.

And Harvick wasn’t alone in witnessing a sour turn of luck. The list of former contenders for the Championship has grown considerably after Dover.

Kasey Kahne: History due to a wreck with defending champion Tony Stewart only 11 laps into the race. “No more championship,’” added Kahne

Kyle Busch: History due his engine mimicking Harvick’s in barfing it’s guts all over the concrete. “We’re done,” Busch said.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Junior sits 102 points out after Dover, again being saddled with an ill handling car. There’s a season long pattern there even if his partisans refuse to see it. He’s one race and one failure to finish in the top ten away from being history also.

Essentially the Chase has boiled down to 6 contenders separated by 75 points with eight events to go, with the top of the standings reading like the Mutt Jeff & Jeff Show. Jeff Burton followed by Jeff Gordon a slight 6 points in arrears.

Congrats to those in the top fifteen that aren’t part of the Chase. Count’em. There are 9 “non-chasers” that had excellent days Sunday.

Next week it’s on to the place where Toto once lived, Kansas. It’s also a place where Mark Martin is the defending champion and Jeff Gordon has two wins. (2001-2002)

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