[Stewart himself was upset with Biffle, and Johnson was too, for Biffle not moving out of the way in the closing laps.] I don't understand why Greg held up both me and Jimmie, because he was a lap down, ... That kept us both from having a chance.

[Tony Stewart -- Broke out a new chassis at Pocono Raceway last June and raced to the checkered flag for his first victory of 2003; has finished among the top 10 in all but two of his 10 career starts here;] Turn one is probably the easiest of the three, but you've got the challenge of having to downshift in the middle of the corner, ... You go down the backstretch and into the tunnel turn and it's basically one lane.

[Stewart, who had taken the lead from Newman with eight laps to go, was in no mood to dissect Newman's pass after the race.] We tried, ... There wasn't a lack of effort there.

Yeah, that was not too bad for a car that was just a little off, ... We had a setback in the practice session the other day and that got us off a little bit. But the guys rebounded really well. We lost an alternator belt early and that made us have to turn all the electrical switches off -- all the brake fans and the rear end fans and the fans that blow cool air on the tires to keep the tires cool. It hurt us because it lets it build air pressure a little quicker.

Then all I need to do is stay away from the McDonald's drive-up window and not use all that new equipment to hang my clothes on.

Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.