Pretty good racing at Kansas. Congrats to Jimmie Johnson for victory number one in the Chase. Carl Edwards got racey on that last lap. He drove it right by Johnson too hot, drifted up the track right into the wall. He still managed to come in second. He related the pass to playing video games, how he could make the pass, bounce off the wall and keep going, priceless.

Here are some other thoughts of the race:

-- Clint Bowyer made mistake after mistake during the race. He is lucky to have finished 12th. He passed before the green flag waved at the start of the race and got penalized for that. Then later in the race he sped down pit road during a caution and had to start in the last spot on the restart.

-- More issues for Kyle Busch. I think someone said on television that there was paper that was removed from inside the grill. But in Busch's post-race interview he basically said that he didn't think so. So I'm not sure what exactly happened to him. He finished the race 28th.

-- Tony Stewart had a rough day also. He was too fast entering pit road and had to start at the tail end of the longest line on one of the restarts. Then on the track he and Brian Vickers got into each other which sent Stewart sailing through the grass on lap 130. He later had to go in and change the broken splitter that broke when he went throught the grass and went several laps down. I blame Stewart for the incident with Vickers. It looked very intentional to me. Stewart finished the day in 40th position.

-- Despite several mishaps during the day, leaving a lug nut off the left front during a caution and then spinning on the racetrack, Matt Kenseth finished the day in 5th place. Way to come back Kenseth!

-- It was a broken transmission that ruined Martin Truex Jr.'s day. He finished 43rd and fell to 16th in the point standings.

Other chasers: Greg Biffle finished 3rd, Jeff Gordon 4th, Kevin Harvick 6th, Jeff Burton 7th, Denny Hamlin 11th and Dale Eanrhardt Jr.13th.

What did you think of the race?

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