Kahne in, Stewart out
Kasey Kahne made the Chase, just like history suggested and a lot of folks predicted.
But he bumped Tony Stewart, of all people, out of the running. I figured Mark "Zero Wins" Martin or Jeff "Zero Wins and Falling" Burton. Give Stewart props for responding to post-race questions with a combination of resignation, disappointment and -- hard to believe -- grace. Of course, he had about 200 laps to put on his post-race face. His car was absolute junk.
Congrats to the 8, the 11 and 24 teams for nursing their crippled cars around the track and to the 29 for making the 5 look like a punk on the next-to-last lap.
There was plenty of drama last night. And unless you're a Tony Stewart fan, it was a pretty darn good night.