Regarding Carl's fuel mileage:
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Matt Kenseth: "The 99 can’t do anything wrong and we can’t do anything right. I don’t understand how he can make power and still get that much better fuel mileage than us. I had such a big lead I was just riding around.â€
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Jamie McMurray: "I’m just amazed that Carl was able to get that kind of fuel mileage. That’s incredible to have one of the fastest cars and get the best fuel mileage, a really good combination for him. But, it was a good night for our Crown Royal Ford Fusion. We had fast car, but the way the pit sequence worked out, we got shuffled back, and it wasn’t because we had bad pit stops or because we did anything wrong, it’s just the way it worked out.â€
HOW CLOSE WERE YOU ON FUEL? “We were still two laps short and I ran that whole last lap letting off, like, halfway down the straightaway. I’m just amazed that the 99 is able to get that good of mileage and still be one of the fastest cars on the track. It’s incredible that they’re able to do that."
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Greg Biffle: "Unfortunately, we’re still not getting the fuel mileage that we need to be getting, so we had to stop like everybody else and get fuel. We thought about ducking in and getting a little gas there, but we worked so hard to get track position all day that we hardly wanted to give it up at the end and come in for a splash of gas. We figured there would be another caution and we’d be racing with two tires or something, but there was no caution. There were a lot of green-flag runs today. We ended up third in the points, so we’re excited about that and we’ll look forward to next year.â€
WERE YOU ON THE SAME STRATEGY AS THE 99? “We were on the same strategy as the 99 and we were seven laps short and the 99 made it. We were eight laps short at Texas and the 99 made it, so they just get a little bit better gas mileage than we get and we’re gonna work this winter on trying to analyze a little bit on why they’re getting a little better mileage than we are. Hopefully, next year we’ll be getting a little better mileage."
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Oh well, credit where credit's due, Johnson and Knaus played the game perfectly, did what they do with the least amount of mistakes and won the prize. It's just that Carl's just such an awesome driver, really passionate and gets up on that wheel and digs so deep, it'd have been really cool to see him win it and cap off his 9 wins with the Cup, but Dega and then Charlotte was one mulligan too many. Hope he can prevent himself from making those mistakes again and win the Cup next year. He's been a machine in these last few races. 
