I think the rain delay messed up all the crew chief's strategies, and of course cleaned the track so after the rain delay it was like starting all over on chassis setup.... The guys with the short fuel at the end were hoping for a yellow, then when they got it pitting would have meant giving up too much track position so some chose to try to stretch their remaining fuel and try to make it to the checkers--some made it, some didn't!!!! As for Gordon, he owes his crew chief and crew for his climb from way in the back to 2nd!!!!! His car was junk for dang near all of the race but with his feedback and Gustafson's changes they finally got it right when it counted and Gordon made it to 2nd, which by the way, pushed the 18 car out of the chase!!!! Jeff certainly did show that he can still wheel one of those overweight stock cars around the track, for sure!!!! Heck, he's been around long enough now maybe he's becoming one of the "old guys" instead of the kid????????