This wasn't the race for a lot of the guys in the Chase and apparently that includes Carl Edwards. He failed post-race inspection. Penalties will be doled out a little later this week. His car was found to be too low in the right rear. He will retain the victory but will likely be docked some points. He could be docked as much as 25 points.

On a different note, Edwards gave his trophy received from yesterday's victory to a young boy in New York who has cerebral palsy. Just another reason to love cousin Carl.

Others in the Chase weren't so lucky:
Kevin Harvick - finished 20th, he couldn't keep tires on his car
Kurt Busch - With about 20 laps to go, he went up hit the outside wall hard. That wreck collected a dozen or so other cars. Busch finished 28th.
Matt Kenseth - After leading the most laps, he blew up. First engine in 2007 to die, just bad luck. He finished 35th.
Denny Hamlin - Finished 38th, involved in a wreckwith Kyle Petty that he himself caused.

A few other observations:
Tony Stewart - Finished 9th. All I have to say is that he never should have finished there. His car was like a brick all day.
Clint Bowyer - Despite starting last, he finished 12th. He had a hell of a car yesterday. Unbelievable. He would have finished better had he not been the victim of the wreck with Denny Hamlin and Kyle Petty.
Jeff Burton - was probably the luckiest man in the Chase yesterday. He was like a cat with nine lives. It seemed all day long he would just go down a lap or come real close to being passed by the leader and a caution flag would wave due to debris on the track or a wreck.

And finally...

How about Juan Pablo Montoya?! He finished 10th and didn't wreck anyone or himself as was predicted by some of you.

We're off to the one-mile track of Dover International Speedway this weekend. Six of the Chase drivers finished in the top-ten here in June for the Autism Speaks 400. Martin Truex Jr. won and dominated most of the race.

Clint Bowyer finished in the 8th position. Could he possible get back-to-back victories? I think he can pull it off. I certainly think after last weekend's victory at New Hampshire International Speedway, he must have a MAJOR confidence boost, so my pick this weekend is going to be Bowyer.

Here's the schedule of this weekend's events at the Dodge Dealers 400 in Dover.

On a different topic, I am having a real hard time getting used to fact that Kasey Kahne is going to be the Bud man of racing. Budweiser is going to have to work really hard to get him to fit that image in my mind of what a Bud guy should look like. Maybe, just maybe, if he grew a little 5 o'clock shadow on his face (if he can) it would help.