The Elevator | Going up? That would be the Ganassi bunch

07/29/2007 9:40 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE

Racing for the elevator and mashing the buttons:

Observations | David Poole on Sunday's race and more

07/29/2007 9:37 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE

Some observations on Sunday's Allstate 400 and more from David Poole of The Charlotte Observer:

Key moments | Some of Sunday's turning points

07/29/2007 9:33 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE

Some of Sunday's key moments at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Harvick considerably less than happy after contact with eventual race winner

07/29/2007 9:25 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

Kevin Harvick was none too pleased with the outcome of his late-race battle with Tony Stewart for the lead.

Earnhardt Jr. runs well early, blows engine late

07/29/2007 9:21 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

INDIANAPOLIS - Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fortunes took a wild turn in Sunday's Allstate 400.

Jimmie Johnson, 48 team take another hit in the standings

07/29/2007 9:16 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

INDIANAPOLIS - Although Jimmie Johnson is one of only three drivers with multiple wins this season, he has fast becoming in danger of losing his grip on one of the 12 spots in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Pole-winner Reed Sorenson fifth at the end

07/29/2007 9:11 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

INDIANAPOLIS - Reed Sorenson turned his first Nextel Cup pole into his second-best career finish in one of the series’ biggest races.

Blaney gets first top 10 of season, finishing a good weekend for Toyota

07/29/2007 9:09 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

INDIANAPOLIS - Toyota completed a strong weekend, getting a ninth-place finish in Sunday's Allstate 400 from driver Dave Blaney – his first top 10 of the season – to go with the manufacturer’s first Busch Series win.

Slideshow | Sunday's Allstate 400 action

07/29/2007 8:49 pm EDT

Montoya posts a strong second

07/29/2007 7:12 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE

INDIANAPOLIS – In the immediate aftermath of his runner-up finish in Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, someone asked Juan Pablo Montoya if he could still make this year’s Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Second Brickyard win sweet, too, and Stewart still wants more

Word choice no worry for jubilant winner

07/29/2007 5:50 pm EDT

DAVID POOLE

INDIANAPOLIS – Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will never, ever, be routine for Tony Stewart. Winning here, as he did for the second time in three years in Sunday’s Allstate 400, will never get old.

Kyle Busch works on one fence, finds another needs mending

07/29/2007 2:18 pm EDT

JIM UTTER

INDIANAPOLIS – This gamble failed in several ways. Desperate to do something to get to the front of Sunday’s Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch’s team elected to have him pit for four tires on a late-race caution while most of the lead-lap cars remained on the track.